Revenge on the minds of multiple Delaware County teams as opening night of District 1 playoffs arrives
A look at high school football in Delaware County on this weekend in years past.
10 Years Ago
Andrew Hodges gains 200 yards on 27 carries and runs for two touchdowns, and Steve Egee throws a scoring pass and adds a scoring run as Ridley defeats Interboro, 34-6, in a Class AAAA district playoff game … Francis Drummond tosses three TD passes and Bernard Pierce has a scoring run and scoring reception in Glen Mills’ 36-26 Class AAAA district playoff win at Perkiomen Valley … Jared Bonaquisti has four scoring runs in Garnet Valley’s 42-7 Class AAA district playoff win at Strath Haven … Kevin Eckel returns a kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown and adds a scoring run, and Luke Wischnowski also gets a pair of TDs as Archbishop Carroll earns a 30-22 Catholic League Blue playoff decision over Neumann-Goretti … Steve Werner runs 75 yards for a touchdown to help Cardinal O’Hara claim a 31-7 Catholic League Red victory over La Salle … Aaron Duncan gains 173 yards on 33 carries and scores four TDs in Upper Darby’s 26-13 win at Abington … John Gallagher’s scoring run ties the score early in the fourth quarter, and Andrew Dougan’s 21-yard field goal with 1:58 to play lifts Marple Newtown past Owen J. Roberts, 24-21 … Mike Woody throws scoring passes of 70 and 52 yards to Rick Bailey in the second half of Penncrest’s 31-20 win over Academy Park … Jerome Duncan picks up 215 yards on 30 carries and scores three touchdowns as Sun Valley defeats Conwell-Egan, 27-14.
20 Years Ago
Albert Grundy gains 311 yards on 23 carries and matches the county record with seven touchdowns as Springfield crushes Academy Park, 58-0 … Ed Stefanski has two TD runs in Archbishop Carroll’s 28-14 Catholic League playoff victory over Cardinal O’Hara … Jerry Mason catches a 13-yard scoring pass from Vince Deery and runs 39 yards with an interception for a touchdown as Strath Haven defeats Upper Perkiomen, 21-10, for its second consecutive Class AAA district title … Ryan Moore scores three TDs, Robert Randolph has an 11- yard scoring run and a 76-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, and Dennis Yagmourian throws a pair of scoring passes in Interboro’s 54-0 win over Chichester … Najeeb Rasheed runs 70 yards for a TD and tosses a scoring pass to Roosevelt Turner as Chester defeats Malvern Prep, 14-3 … Terrance Trogdon gains 198 yards on 21 carries and scores three touchdowns in Penn Wood’s 27-7 win over Marple Newtown.
30 Years Ago
Ed Dougherty’s scoring run gives Cardinal O’Hara a 14-7 Catholic League playoff victory over Archbishop Carroll … Joe DiGregorio runs for one touchdown and throws for another in St. James’ 27-0 Catholic League playoff win over St. John Neumann … Bob Cox throws a 10yard scoring pass to Raphael Irving with two minutes to play to give Garnet Valley a 15-14 win over Sun Valley … Mike Cangelosi’s three TDs help Interboro get past Unionville, 20-9 … Moza Ritchie gets two touchdowns in Chichester’s 40-0win over Harriton … Ron Higgins scores three TDs and Bill Bair adds three interceptions as Ridley rolls over Conestoga, 38-15 … Joe Barr tosses three touchdown passes – two to Dave Wilder – and Paul Battersby recovers a fumble for a TD in Marple Newtown’s 28-7 win over Radnor … Lanue Johnson recovers a fumble caused by Steve Zebley’s hit on the last play of Penncrest’s 7-6 victory over Haverford … Barry Foster scores on a 90-yard punt return, but Springfield drops a 14-7 decision to Lower Merion.
40 Years Ago
Dan Henry recovers a fumble for a touchdown and returns a kickoff 85 yards to score as Upper Darby defeats Ridley, 20-19 … Mike Boccella runs for the only TD and Ric Taylor gains 116 yards on 18 carries in his first start at running back to help coach Bob Fithian’s Sun Valley Vanguards top Chester, 10-0, to clinch first place in Section Two … Scoring runs by George Schmitt and Kurt Worley give coach Bob Kenig’s Marple Newtown Tigers a 13-0 win over Penncrest and the Central League championship … John Nicholas scores three touchdowns, but St. James drops a 34-26 decision to St. Joseph’s Prep … Bob Bowen runs 40 yards to score after Bob Klepacki blocks a punt, and Ken Dillon returns an interception 22 yards for a TD in Nether Providence’s 21-0 win over Interboro … Carl Naimoli gets a pair of touchdowns as Sharon Hill beats Garnet Valley, 21-0 … Bob Harrington kicks the extra point after Mike O’Sullivan’s 24-yard TD pass to Bob Whiteman in Radnor’s 20-19 win over Springfield … Cardell Baskerville has scoring runs of 51 and 10 yards as Darby Township defeats Harriton, 14-7 … Gary Clofine runs 21 and 80 yards for touchdowns in Haverford’s 35-19 win over Harriton … Ed Tulskie gains 202 yards on 22 carries and scores three TDs as Cardinal O’Hara tops West Catholic, 35-7.
50 Years Ago
Jim Johnson, Charlie McDermott, and Rex Aaron run for touchdowns as Chichester defeats Sun Valley, 18-14 … Ron MacDonald’s 20-yard scoring pass to Clint Griffin ties the score, and Pete Korsan kicks the extra point that gives Nether Providence a 21-20 win over Upper Dublin … John Mackrey catches a 43-yard TD pass from Bob Brights and runs 41 yards for a touchdown, but Darby-Colwyn drops a 45-14 decision to Bristol … Greg McKinley gets Radnor’s TD in a 12-7 loss to Lower Merion.