Darby Township’s Clark runs for state record 439 yards
A look at high school football in Delaware County on this weekend in years past.
40 Years Ago
Vincent Clark gains a state record 439 yards on 32carries and scores on runs of 48,
1, 45, 5, and 8yards to lead Darby Township past Yeadon, 40-6… Steve Gross throws for one touchdown and runs for another in Swarthmore’s 24-7win over Academy of the New Church … Matt Grossi kicks a 25-yard field goal and scores on a 21-yard run to help Ridley get past Marple Newtown, 17-0… Greg Gottshalk’s interception in the end zone in the closing seconds saves Upper Darby’s
14-10win over Springfield … William Civitella gains 135yards on 18carries and scores a pair of TDs in Radnor’s 17-7victory over Penncrest … Mike Rzewnicki runs for a pair of TDs as Nether Providence beats Interboro, 26-6 … Jim Curry gets three TD runs in Sharon Hill’s 50-0romp past Oxford … Sophomore John Bauer picks up 111yards on 17carries and scores on a 4-yard run as Cardinal O’Hara beats Bishop Neumann, 27-6… Ken Manganiello scores a pair of TDs in Archbishop Carroll’s 32-6win over Roman Catholic.
50 Years Ago
John Cappelletti scores his third touchdown late in the fourth quarter, then returns an interception 25yards for his fourth TD as Monsignor Bonner gets past St. James (Marty Moke 73-yard return for a score on the opening kickoff), 31-20… John Mackrey scores on punt returns of 75and
85yards in the first half of Darby-Colwyn’s
20-0win over Clifton Heights … Roger Mason and Tony Pacitti each run for a TD and catch a scoring pass from Frank McLaughlin as Springfield stops Upper Darby, 35-13 … Steve Joachim throws four TD passes, including 69- and 37-yarders to Val Erdmanis, in Haverford’s 34-13win over Penncrest … Bill Smerigan gains 213yards on 20 carries, runs for two TDs, and grabs a 70yard TD pass from Billy Johnson to pace Chichester past Lansdowne-Aldan, 26-0 … Walker Lindsay runs for the winning TD in the fourth quarter as Nether Providence earns a 13-7decision over Interboro … Don Freda has a pair of TD runs and catches two scoring passes, but Sharon Hill bows to Jenkintown, 31-26… Kevin McCaffrey catches 20- and 70-yard TD passes from Chip Robinson to help Swarthmore beat Garnet Valley, 20-13… Frank McKone runs for a TD and John Machamer tosses a TD pass in the second half as Collingdale gives coach Bill Hutchinson his first victory, 1312over Darby Township (James Johnson
38-yard scoring run with a blocked fieldgoal attempt).
30 Years Ago
Bill Bair completes 10 of 14 passes for
252 yards and five TDs, and Tom Lafferty makes five catches for 178 yards and scores of 47, 36, and 29 yards as Ridley routs Marple Newtown, 47-0… Jim Collins runs for two TDs, and Bob Ruditys gets two sacks and knocks down a pair of passes in Chichester’s 28-15 win over Unionville … George Zagame catches an
11-yard scoring pass from Chris Schaub, recovers a fumble in the end zone for a TD and throws a two-yard TD pass to Robert Gwodik as Interboro beats Garnet Valley,
30-0… John Miller gains 145 yards on 24 carries and scores two TDs as Springfield beats Penncrest (Lanue Johnson 67-yard scoring run), 20-12 … Greg James runs
50 yards with a fumble for Penn Wood’s only score in an 18-6 loss to Episcopal Academy … Mike Sulpizio’s three TD runs help Haverford to a 20-6win over Radnor … Stan Bystrek throws scoring passes to Chris Shuster and Terry Golden, and Kevin Nodis kicks a pair of 40-yard field goals as St. James defeats St. John Neumann, 20-7 … Lou Cristinziani runs 73 yards for Monsignor Bonner’s TD, but the Friars yield a score in the final minute of a 12-6 loss to West Catholic.
20 Years Ago
Shawn Conti’s 48-yard scoring run in the last minute of the first half puts Haverford ahead in a 24-12victory over Marple Newtown … Pete Celebre runs for three TDs, and Mike Connor throws a pair of scoring passes in Strath Haven’s 35-0 win over Conestoga … Nasir Bailey catches a
71-yard TD pass to help Penn Wood earn a 33-0 decision over Sun Valley … Bobby DiSands runs for a pair of TDs and scores on a 71-yard punt return in Interboro’s
47-13 win over Unionville … Greg Watson gains 211 yards on 26 carries and has four TDs as Cardinal O’Hara tops Archbishop Carroll, 28-8 … Jameer Rasheed runs for one TD and throws for another in Chester’s
19-7 win over Academy Park … B.J. Radcliffe tosses two TD passes to pace Penncrest past Springfield, 14-7 … Dante DeSantis has a pair of scoring runs in Upper Darby’s 21-7 win over Radnor.
10 Years Ago
Brian Ruditys scores two TDs, one a 35-yard punt return, as Episcopal Academy earns its fifth straight win, 31-0at Brandywine (Del.) … Andrew Pidgeon throws a pair of TD passes in Ridley’s 43-0win over Harriton … Phil Graziano gains 221 yards on 32carries and scores three TDs to pace Marple Newtown over Radnor, 24-7… Richard Crane runs 34yards with a fumble to score, and Brandon Hunter returns an interception for a TD in Academy Park’s 3313win over Penn Wood … Dixon Speaker and Nick DeCindis get two scoring runs apiece as Strath Haven earns a 41-20 decision over Springfield … Al Payne picks up 141yards rushing, including three scores, and adds 239yards passing and a TD throw in Chester’s 27-20win at Interboro, the Clippers’ first over the Bucs in 11years … Tim Keyser gets 175yards and a TD on 11 carries, and Jared Bonaquisti chips in a pair of scoring runs as Garnet Valley halts Haverford, 21-14… Tom Savage tosses two TD passes and Evan Higgins runs 15yards with a fumble for a TD in Cardinal O’Hara’s
21-14win over Roman Catholic … Matt Atkinson has 212yards passing, including threeTD throws — two to Phil Barbieri and a 61-yarder to Matt Bundy — as Penncrest rolls Lower Merion, 38-12… Wyatt Benson scores on a 60-yard interception return, and Terance Fitzsimmons adds a 62-yard TD run in Haverford School’s 19-0win over Monsignor Bonner.