Payne, Swain locked down Chester’s 500th victory
A look at high school football in Delaware County on this weekend in years past.
10 Years Ago
Al Payne gets a pair of scoring runs and throws a touchdown pass and Devaughn Swain adds a 92-yard TD run as Chester rolls past Penn Wood, 44-0, for the program’s 500th victory … Jurell Smalls throws touchdown passes to Darnell Plummer (49 yards) and Corey Garcia
(63 yards) and Bernard Pierce adds a pair of scoring runs in the first half as Glen Mills defeats Chichester, 35-8 … Nicholas Stephens catches a TD pass from Kevin Johnson and runs for a score in Marple Newtown’s 14-6 win over Lower Merion … Dan Judge tosses a pair of touchdown passes to A.J. Jones in the first half and Wyatt Benson runs 88 yards with a blocked field goal as Haverford School stops Penn Charter, 32-22… Ryan Shea gets a pair of scoring runs in the first half of Archbishop Carroll’s 29-20 win over Kennedy-Kenrick … Shawn Krautzel catches a TD pass from Jim McMenamin and runs eight yards with a fumble to a TD as Interboro rolls past Academy Park,
40-7 … Mike Wallace runs for two touchdowns in Upper Darby’s 22-7 win over Harriton … Matt Atkinson throws a 78-yard TD pass to Ricky Bailey and Jerry Bailey runs 50 yards to score in the fourth quarter as Penncrest snaps Ridley’s (Pat Mills 69-yard punt return for a touchdown) 26-game Central League winning streak,
26-19… Tim Keyser has a pair of scoring runs in the first half of Garnet Valley’s 28-8 win over Springfield … Anthony Dempsey catches a
10-yard pass from Tom Savage to give Cardinal O’Hara a 28-22overtime win over Archbishop Ryan … Marco Kopac runs for two touchdowns as Strath Haven stops Radnor, 28-7.
20 Years Ago
Reggie Bowman has four scoring runs to help Penncrest to a 32-14 victory over Conestoga … Joe Summers runs 35 yards with an interception for a touchdown in Monsignor Bonner’s 14-0 win over Kennedy-Kenrick … Myron Farley scores on a 49-yard punt return and Sessions Byrd has an 88-yard TD run as Glen Mills defeats Massilon (Ohio), 19-0 … Bob Chambers’ touchdown run in the first quarter helps Haverford School to a 7-0win at Boyertown … John McLaughin throws a pair of scoring passes to Jason Edwards as Upper Darby gets past Marple Newtown, 14-13 … Robert Randolph’s scoring run gives Interboro a 14-7 win over Caravel Academy … Mark Jones runs for a TD and scores on a 26-yard interception return as Strath Haven stops Ridley, 20-10 … Jim Starkey tosses a 25-yard scoring pass to Ray Withelder to give Sun Valley a 14-9 win at Unionville … Ken Wellar blocks a punt to set up Charlie Hurley’s touchdown run in the third quarter as Archbishop Carroll beats West Catholic, 7-6 … Matt Zoba has three scoring runs in Garnet Valley’s 48-7 win over Harriton … Joe Jones runs for a pair of TDs and Matt Iannetta scores on a 68-yard punt return as Haverford knocks off Lower Merion, 47-14 … Afa Johnson throws three touchdown passes to Nasir Bailey as Penn Wood tops Academy Park, 57-19 … Kevin Jones scores four TDs in Cardinal O’Hara’s 36-8 win over St. John Neumann.
30 Years Ago
John Miller scores on two 88-yard kickoff returns and adds a touchdown run in the second quarter as Springfield defeats Marple Newtown,
24-6… Chris Schaub throws scoring passes to George Zagame and Eric Boughman to help Interboro to its fifth consecutive win, 13-12 over Sun Valley (Jeff Brower two TD receptions) … Fran Naselli and Mike Stocku both get a pair of touchdowns as Ridley rolls by Radnor, 27-0 … Lanue Johnson (24 carries, 202 yards) scores on runs of 60, 40, and one yards in Penncrest’s
33-6 win over Upper Darby … Nick Milligan returns an interception 74 yards for a TD as Strath Haven tops Haverford (Todd Odgers 84- and 82-yard scoring kickoff returns), 27-14 … Warren Leach returns the second-half kickoff 83 yards for a touchdown in Penn Wood’s 36-7 win over Haverford School … James Raguckas runs 82 yards for a TD on Cardinal O’Hara’s second play in the Lions’ 30-0 victory over Monsignor Bonner … Kevin Nodis runs 74 yards with an interception for a touchdown and kicks field goals of 43 and 26 yards to help St. James to a 19-0 win over West Catholic.
40 Years Ago
Chuch Raech is 12 for 18 passing for 362 yards and four touchdowns and Wally Rutecki makes 10 catches for 241 yards, including scoring receptions of 55, 14, and 75 yards, in Monsignor Bonner’s 42-0victory over Bishop Neumann … Wayne Kennedy runs 34 yards for a TD in the fourth quarter and kicks a 33yard field goal with 23 seconds to play to give Sharon Hill an 11-8 win at Springfield (Montco) … Vincent Clark gains 179 yards on 15 carries, including scoring runs of 47 and 58 yards, and throws a touchdown pass to Eugene Walls as Darby Township defeats Garnet Valley, 22-12 … Mike O’Sullivan runs for one TD and tosses a scoring pass in Radnor’s 22-0 win over Haverford … Tom Gardler catches seven passes for
174 yards and helps Interboro rally from a 14-0 deficit to earn a 20-14 decision over Archmere Academy.
50 Years Ago
Harris Plotnick scores three touchdowns and Steve Joachim throws three TD passes, including 45- and 80-yarders to Bob Croff , as Haverford outscores Radnor (Steve Schadler four scoring passes, three to Jeff Pearsall), 49-35… Billy Johnson tosses touchdown passes of 73 and 79 yards to Bill Smerigan in Chichester’s 20-7 win over Interboro … John Hornibrook runs for a pair of TDs and throws three scoring passes to Don Solowski as Ridley rallies for 32points in the fourth quarter to beat Nether Providence, 38-13 … Artie Phillips is 22 for 27 passing for 301 yards, including a 47-yard scoring pass to Phil Pennington, to give Sun Valley a 12-7 win over Upper Dublin … Roger Mason runs for a pair of touchdowns and Frank McLaughlin throws two TDs as Springfield defeats Lower Merion, 26-20 … Bob Hartshorn tosses a 30-yard scoring pass to Harry Schreiber and Frank McKone runs 32 yards with an interception to score in Collingdale’s 14-6 win over Clifton Heights … Greg Jefferson throws a pair of touchdown passes and Billy Taylor scores on a 38-yard interception return as Darby Township defeats Darby-Colwyn, 21-0 … George Gezzer has three scoring runs in Marple Newtown’s 46-0 rout of Harriton … Steve Phillips runs for three TDs and Mike McGrath scores on an 85-yard run Monsignor Bonner beats Roman Catholic, 40-0.