Craig runs for 305 yards, five TDs to lead Springfield

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

10 Years Ago

Matt Craig picks up 305yards rushing and scores five touchdowns as Springfield defeats Lower Merion, 41-10… Sean Blundin throws TD passes to Norm Donkin and Dion Shaw, Donkin scores on a 71-yard interception return, and Shaw returns the second-half kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown as Ridley tops Penncrest, 41-7 … Thomas Obi-Tabot has a pair of scoring runs, and Jake Helmes tosses two TD passes in Garnet Valley’s 35-28 win over Marple Newtown … Chris Devan picks up 162 yards rushing and two touchdowns, but Glen Mills drops a 26-21 decision to Dunbar (D.C.) … Mike Clancy runs for two TDs to help Haverford halt Harriton, 35-14 … Thurman Fortune has four scoring runs in Strath Haven’s 36-7 win at Conestoga … Sonkarly Winpea runs for three touchdowns as Upper Darby routs Radnor, 41-7 … Sean Quarterman throws two scoring passes in Monsignor Bonner’s 28-19 win over Interboro … Adam Dempsey runs for two TDs and Sean Driggins scores on a 15-yard interception return as Cardinal O’Hara blanks Chester, 35-0… Khalif King has a touchdown run and a scoring pass in Penn Wood’s 18-9win at Haverford School.

20 Years Ago

Mike Connor runs for three touchdowns and throws a TD to Owen McGarrity as Strath Haven rolls past Ridley, 35-0 … Isaiah Harrison runs for two TDs and catches a 74-yard touchdown pass from Frank Grabuski in Radnor’s 24-10 win over Springfield … Derek Zambino tosses two TD passes, Brian Mattaway has two scoring runs, and Mike Malandra and Charley Hurley return interceptions for scores as Archbishop Carroll clobbers Archbishop Wood,

77-0 … Mike Lomas throws three touchdown passes — two to Ryan Barksdale — and Kevin Jones has two scoring runs in Cardinal O’Hara’s 34-7 win over Archbishop Ryan … James Brewer runs for a TD and throws a scoring pass to Calvin Ford, but Glen Mills falls 27-20to Bethlehem Catholic … Tim Schneider blocks a punt and recovers it for a touchdown in Academy Park’s

24-7 win over Chichester … John Port tosses two scoring passes and runs for two TDs as Monsignor Bonner beats Father Judge, 33-0 … Brad Berner runs for two touchdowns and catches a scoring pass from Chris Baker, and Jeff Bigas gets the winning TD with 2:26 to play as Penncrest tops Conestoga, 30-27 … Antonio Williams has three sacks in helping Sun Valley top Harriton, 33-7 … Paul McKinney has two touchdowns as Haverford School beats Boys’ Latin (Md.), 34-18 … Dante DeSantis’ two scoring runs pace Upper Darby past Marple Newtown, 35-7.

30 Years Ago

Rich Julason recovers a fumble for a touchdown, and Bob Shull scores on a

47-yard interception return as St. James defeats St. John Neumann, 21-8 … Russ Kingsbury runs for 201yards and two TDs on 28 carries to help Archbishop Carroll to a 35-0victory over West Catholic … Mike Blunt catches a 23-yard scoring pass from Brian Stumpf and runs 71 yards for a touchdown as Springfield rolls past Haverford, 27-0 … Joe Jennings gains

196 yards on 19 carries and scores four TDs in Chester’s 27-14 win over Haverford School … Bob Barrar scores two touchdowns and adds two interceptions as Interboro rallies past Unionville, 34-21 … Dennis Decker is 15for 20for 193yards and three TDs — two to Devon Preston — in Ridley’s 49-6 romp past Penncrest … Sean Dowell gains 254 yards and scores two fourth-quarter touchdowns to help Academy Park stop Oxford, 26-6 … Ryan Cahill kicks an 18-yard field goal with 28 seconds left to lift Cardinal O’Hara past Monsignor Bonner, 18-17.

40 Years Ago

Duane Borchert’s 20-yard field goal with

1:36 to play gives Ridley ( Mark Doubet

30-yard interception return) a 16-14 victory over Upper Darby … Danny Guy runs for one touchdown and throws for another to help Sun Valley to a 14-0 victory over Nether Providence … Kyle Walton runs for a TD and returns an interception 54 yards for a score as Haverford defeats Lower Merion, 17-6 … Mike Moses completes only two passes, but both are touchdowns in Garnet Valley’s 28-18 win over Darby Township … Glenn Bennett’s 28-yard TD pass to Bob Butler in the fourth quarter lifts Springfield past Chichester, 7-0 … Rob Paraschos runs 19yards for a touchdown and catches a 25-yard TD from Bert Pandak in Swarthmore’s 24-8 win over

Collingdale … Gerard Phelan gains 214 yards on 29 carries with two TDs to lead Archbishop Carroll past Neshaminy, 14-0.

50 Years Ago

Jeff Schadler’s two second-half scoring runs help Radnor hand Harriton its

31st consecutive loss, 22-14 … Ron Abbonizio runs 60 yards for a touchdown in Haverford’s 25-6 win over Springfield … Mike Donato makes six catches for 148 yards, including a 59-yard TD, as Ridley gets past Penncrest, 7-0 … Tony Bagonis catches two Tony Kozak passes for touchdowns in St. James’s 27-0 win over Roman Catholic … John Rufo runs for the winning TD after quarterback Joe Muldoon’s 35-yard completion to Mike Lombardi as Monsignor Bonner nips St. Thomas More, 12-6 … Alphonse Irvin throws two TD passes in Chester’s 22-6 win over Sun Valley … Joe Sterrett throws four touchdown passes (two to Don Randolph) to lead Nether Providence past Interboro,

39-6 … John Mackrey catches two TDs from Arnold Coleman and returns a punt

91 yards for a TD as Darby-Colwyn downs Swarthmore, 53-6… Rick O’Donnell runs

17and 54yards for touchdowns in Collingdale’s 18-0decision over Yeadon.