White Shoes runs for 320 yards, 5 TDs in Chi victory
On this weekend 50years ago in Delco football …
Billy Johnson gains 320 yards on 12 carries, has five touchdown runs, including
93- and 96-yarders, and returns a punt
50 yards to pace Chichester past Chester,
48-8 … Tony Pacitti has a pair of scoring runs, and Dick Barr runs for a TD and throws for one in Springfield’s 27-8win over Radnor … Earl Asbury runs for Darby-Colwyn’s TD in an 8-6 victory over Clifton Heights (Tom Amey 47-yard scoring run with a blocked punt) … Steve Joachim tosses four scoring passes — two to Randy Grossman — and sets a state record with 61career TD passes as Haverford crushes Lower Merion, 48-6 … Eric Scott runs for a TD and throws for one in Ridley’s 22-14 win over Upper Darby … Ron Talbot has three scoring passes — two to Frank Perrone — and runs 67 yards for a TD as St. James clinches first place in the Catholic League Southern Division by beating Bishop Neumann, 35-13 … Mike Bracken gains 166 yards and scores three TDs in Cardinal O’Hara’s 26-18 win over Roman Catholic … Craig Pahls tosses three scoring passes — two to Jim Nicholson —
DOWNINGTOWN EAST 37, HAVERFORD HIGH 26 as Penncrest tops Interboro, 29-6 … John Cappelletti scores on a 65-yard punt return as Monsignor Bonner beats St. Joseph’s Prep, 26-9 … Rich Loughead’s two scoring runs help Nether Providence clinch first place in Section Two, 12-6 over Sun Valley … George Johnson runs for four TDs as Swarthmore outscores Collingdale, 46-28.
40 YEARS AGO
John Hanna’s scoring run and Nick Pulos’s
37-yard field goal help Nether Providence to a 10-6victory over Interboro (Tom Mortimer 255yards passing, TD throw to Andy DeMarcantonio) … Luther Roberts tosses a TD pass to Troy Monroe and returns a punt
65 yards for the winning score as Chester upsets Sun Valley, 12-8 … Bill McKelvey’s
55-yard scoring run in the third quarter gives Swarthmore a 14-6 upset of Sharon Hill (Wayne Kennedy 55-yard TD run and
3,000th career rushing yard) … Mike Irving has three scoring runs as Garnet Valley clobbers Oxford, 39-0 … Kevin O’Sullivan runs for four TDs as Monsignor Bonner stops St. James, 27-8 … Marty Cull and Larry Mullin both score twice and the Cardinal O’Hara defense earns it seventh consecutive shutout, 33-0 over Archbishop Carroll … Chris Sydnor gets two scoring runs in the fourth quarter in Radnor’s 16-2win over Upper Darby … Wally Packer tosses a TD
DOWNINGTOWN EAST 38, HAVERFORD HIGH 24 pass to Joe Covert and runs for a score in Penncrest’s 14-8 win over Conestoga … Harry Broomall’s run accounts for the tying TD, and John Hanlon kicks the extra point that gives Darby-Colwyn a 7-6decision over Collingdale … Bob Burdumy runs for two TDs as Springfield beats Haverford, 21-20.
30 YEARS AGO
Raphael Irving has two rushing TDs and runs 21 yards with a fumble to score as Chester earns at least a share of the Del Val title by beating Penn Wood, 35-12 … Chuckie Robinson gains 178 yards on 20 carries and scores three TDs as undefeated Springfield rolls to a 41-0 win over Lower Merion … Derek Ryder throws three TD passes to pace Strath Haven past Upper Darby, 33-3 … John Stetzick hits Matt Barr with a 68-yard scoring pass and runs for a TD, and Charlie Whalen adds two scoring runs in Marple Newtown’s 33-22 win over Radnor (Leon Durrell 90-yard kick return TD) … Tony Green picks up 141 yards on 23 carries and scores two TDs to help Ridley to its 28th consecutive victory, 17-9 over Conestoga … Rich Rezer tosses three TD passes, including 30- and
50-yarders to Mike Sulpizio, as Haverford tops Penncrest, 20-0 … Keith Smith runs for a TD and kicks the deciding extra point in Academy Park’s 14-13win over Oxford …
DOWNINGTOWN EAST 28, HAVERFORD HIGH 20
Dan DiRita’s 45-yard field goal in overtime gives Monsignor Bonner a 17-14 Catholic League playoff victory over Cardinal O’Hara.
20 YEARS AGO
Mark Jones runs for two TDs, catches two TD passes from Mike Connor and scores on a 91-yard kick return to help Strath Haven to a 42-0 Class 3A district playoff victory over Perkiomen Valley … Rich Lowry throws three scoring passes — two to Chris Owen — in Interboro’s 42-7win over Chichester … George Caroulis has three TD passes, and Anthony Maggitti adds two scoring runs as Upper Darby defeats West Chester East, 35-14 … Nick Corsi’s TD run in the fourth quarter lifts Ridley past Haverford, 7-3 … LeVaun Wesley and Dustin Clark run for two TDs each, and Ron Alexander throws two TDs in Academy Park’s
44-38 PIAA Class 3A playoff loss to North Schuylkill … Frank Grabuski runs for two TDs and tosses a TD pass to Ben Moses as Radnor beats Lower Merion, 32-14 … Demetrius Smith has three scoring runs in Penn Wood’s 47-23win over Methacton.
10 YEARS AGO
Brian McDonald runs for a TD and throws for another as Academy Park defeats West Chester East, 20-3, to qualify for the district playoffs … Lonnie Richardson has two scoring runs in Strath Haven’s 27-26 win over Springfield (Wally Rutecki two TD passes) … Matt Atkinson tosses two TDs to Matt Bundy and Adam Yee scores on a 96-yard punt return to help Penncrest advance to the district playoffs by beating Harriton, 41-7… Alex Lundstrom’s 20yard scoring pass to Rob McCurdy with
23 seconds to play gives Radnor a 24-20 win at Marple Newtown … Darris Smith runs for a pair of TDs, and Rodney McCaulley has two scoring passes as Penn Wood rolls past Octorara, 36-6 … Charles Bolger has two touchdown runs to help Interboro top Glen Mills, 20-13, to earn its 12th consecutive Del Val title … Tevin Campbell throws two TDs and runs for a score in Chester’s 35-0 win over Chichester … Colin Masterson tosses three TD passes, and Jalen Randolph has two TDs as first-year head coach Dennis Decker’s Ridley stops Upper Darby, 28-0, to win the Central League championship … Kyle Moore has a pair of scoring runs, and Jeremy Irving returns a fumble 28 yards for a touchdown in Garnet Valley’s 52-6 win over Lower Merion … Eric Petransky gains
121yards on 20carries to reach 1,000yards rushing for the season and scores two TDs, and Sean Quarterman has a pair of scoring passes as Monsignor Bonner beats Archbishop Ryan, 27-7.