Spragues push O’Hara into Class 4A final

A look at high school football in Delaware County on this weekend in years past.

20 YEARS AGO

Jim Starkey throws a touchdown pass to Ray Withelder and catches a scoring pass from Todd Gorsup as Sun Valley gets past Academy Park, 24-21, to win the Del Val American Division championship … Pete Celebre runs for a pair of TDs, Mike Connor throws for a TD and runs for another, and Ray Bradwell catches Connor’s scoring pass and adds a scoring run to help Strath Haven defeat Penncrest, 49-21, to clinch first place in the Central League … Anthony Maggitti runs for five TDs in Upper Darby’s 47-14 win over Salesianum … Robert Randolph has scoring runs of

53 and 85 yards, and Rob Moir adds a pair of TDs as Interboro beats Chichester,

41-6, to claim the Del Val National title … George Shahadi runs for a pair of TDs in Garnet Valley’s 25-20 loss to Unionville … Alfa Jackson tosses two TD passes to Nasir Bailey, and Kenny Brown has two interceptions as Penn Wood beats Chester (Mac Miller two scoring runs, two conversion runs), 21-16 … John Fisher’s 44-yard run in the fourth quarter breaks a scoreless tie in Ridley’s 9-0 win over Springfield … Josh Newkirk throws 32- and 63-yard TD passes to Roderick Mitchell, and Sessions Byrd scores on a 74-yard run as Glen Mills rolls past St. Ignatius (Ohio), 42-14 … Kevin Jones runs for two TDs in Cardinal O’Hara’s 21-12 win over Monsignor Bonner.

10 YEARS AGO

Phil Graziano runs for a pair of TDs, catches a scoring pass from Kevin Johnson, and returns a kickoff 86 yards for a TD to help Marple Newtown to a 38-6victory over St. Pius X … Dale Blees throws for

252 yards and three TDs in Upper Darby’s

41-20 win at Upper Perkiomen … Zach Zgleszewski runs for two TDs, grabs a pair of scoring passes from Mousaab Abdalla, and runs 86 yards with a fumble for a touchdown as Chichester tops Octorara,

34-19, for its first victory of the season … Laquan Frazier runs for 173 yards and four TDs on 11 carries and hauls in a scoring pass from Eric Gilbert in Academy Park’s

48-0 win over Moyer Academy … Christian Custis returns a kickoff 78 yards to set up Kvonne Nottingham’s TD as Penn Wood earns a 21-20 decision at Harriton … Robert McCurdy scores on an 85-yard kickoff return and Tyler Anderson tosses a TD pass and has two interceptions in Radnor’s 23-7 win over Archbishop Carroll … Joe Pfaff runs for one TD and gets another on a 23-yard run with a fumble, but Interboro bows, 42-20, to Pottsgrove in a Class 3A district playoff game … Jared Bonaquisti runs 55 yards to score in Garnet Valley’s 21-7 Class 4A district playoff win over Pennridge … Andrew Pidgeon throws scoring passes to Casey DePrinzio and Troy Foster as Ridley stops Quakertown, 21-0, in a Class 4A playoff game … Bernard Pierce has a pair of TDs, but Glen Mills drops a 48-35 Class

4A playoff decision to Abington … Lonnie Richardson gets two scoring runs in Strath Haven’s 27-14 Class 3A playoff loss to West Chester Rustin … Joe Nassib’s

34-yard interception return for a TD gives Haverford School a 6-0win over Episcopal Academy … Joe Addona returns a kickoff

65 yards for a TD and grabs a scoring pass from Wally Rutecki as Springfield stops Lower Merion, 23-19 … Jabree Clayton’s

70-yard run is the third of Chester’s three fourth-quarter TDs in a 19-11win at Cheltenham.

30 YEARS AGO

John Ireland throws three TDs in the fourth quarter, including 14- and 45-yarders to Rob Craig, as Chichester defeats Academy Park, 26-7 … Don Freda’s two scoring runs help Springfield beat Upper Darby, 20-13 … Rafael Irving gets both TDs in Garnet Valley’s 14-6 win over Archbishop Kennedy … Dan Pellegrino tosses four TD passes, including a pair to Scott Williams, to pace Marple Newtown past Strath Haven, 47-14… Bill Bair runs for a TD and throws another in Ridley’s 20-0 win over Lower Merion … Rich Nicholson’s four-yard scoring pass to Brad Jordan with 51 seconds to play gives Penncrest a 14-14 tie with Radnor … Steve Broomall runs for three TDs and Warren Leach adds two scoring runs as Penn Wood routs Sun Valley, 42-0 … Chris Kluska runs for the winning TD after Don Hayner’s blocked punt in Interboro’s 13-12 win over Glen Mills … Demerian Palmer’s blocked punt sets up a 13-yard scoring run by DeJuan Bean as Chester earns a 12-7 decision over Unionville … Mark Raguckas runs for three scores as Cardinal O’Hara claims a 28-21victory over St. Joseph’s Prep … Anthony Barber runs for three TDs in St. James’s 30-6 win over Roman Catholic … Rocco Vernisi has three scoring runs and tosses a TD as Archbishop Carroll beats West Catholic, 42-14.

40 YEARS AGO

Brian Pollock runs 21 yards for the only TD, and senior quarterback Warren Moore, making his first start, throws for 93yards and runs for 59 as Chester defeats Sun Valley, 7-0, to win the Del Val A title …

Bill Corey runs for one TD and throws for another to help Nether Providence defeat Interboro, 23-6 … Michael King has a pair of TD runs, and John Rivers scores on a

55-yard punt return in Darby-Colwyn’s

31-6 win over Sharon Hill … Jerry Irving scores on runs for 58 and 52 yards, and Ed Plasha adds a pair of interceptions as Garnet Valley beats Yeadon (Robert Dowling four scoring runs), 35-34 … Bill Algeo runs for a pair of TDs in Harriton’s 27-15 win over Lansdowne-Aldan … Joe Keegan scores on a 70-yard punt return as Ridley rolls by Upper Darby, 22-0 … Bill Marquardt tosses four touchdowns to pace Collingdale past Oxford, 40-0 … Chris Antonello scores on a 55-yard interception return as Penncrest tops Marple Newtown, 13-6… Dana Corbo throws a 65-yard TD pass to Bob Whiteman and scores on a four-yard run in Radnor’s 19-14 win over Springfield … Mike Santoleri gets two TDs as Archbishop Carroll beats Cardinal O’Hara,

35-13.

50 YEARS AGO

Andy Young’s fumble recovery sets up John Mackrey’s TD run with 44 seconds to play as Darby-Colwyn defeats Collingdale, 9-6 … Kevin Kane throws a pair of TD passes, and Frank Murphy returns a kickoff

70 yards to score as Archbishop Carroll beats Archbishop Kennedy, 32-6 … John Hornibrook throws three TDs to lead Ridley past Sun Valley, 37-14 … Wayne Hughes has three TDs, including a 90-yard punt return, to carry Chester past Nether Providence,

25-19… Bruce Costa and Jim Davidson both run for a pair of TDs as Interboro stops Lansdowne-Aldan (John Stefanik two scoring passes), 41-26 … Don Freda scores on an 85-yard punt return, runs of eight and one yards and kicks three extra points as Sharon Hill earns a 21-14 decision over Garnet Valley … Chris Arnold scores on a 32-yard interception return as Darby Township defeats Clifton Heights, 33-0 … Jimmy Hood runs 60 yards for a touchdown in Swarthmore’s 14-6win over Yeadon … John Cappelletti runs 10 yards for a TD on the final play of the first half as Monsignor Bonner beats St. Joseph’s Prep, 14-0, for its ninth consecutive victory, clinching first place in the Catholic League’s Southern Division … John Cunningham tosses three TD passes and runs for a pair of scores, and Mike Thompson returns a kickoff 89 yards to lead Penncrest past Harriton, 52-12 … Roger Mason runs for one TD and throws for another in Springfield’s 20-13 win over Radnor … Steve Joachim tosses five scoring passes — three to Bob Croff — as Haverford beats Lower Merion, 42-0.