The Times Herald (Norristown, PA)
Turnaround party continues as Friars dance past Patriots
RADNOR >> A year ago, Jack Muldoon had very little to celebrate.
After games, in which his Monsignor Bonner-Archbishop Prendergast team would most likely end up on the wrong end of a lopsided score, he would rather talk about officials not protecting players than the failings of his team.
Nowadays though, he’s dancing with his players on the field after the game.
“It’s a lot different feeling nowadays, I can tell you that,” Muldoon said Saturday following the Friars’ 12-7 victory over Archbishop Carroll in a critical Catholic League Blue Division tilt.
It wasn’t a pretty game by any means. Both teams struggled
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big play on the football field, he Up next for Archbishop Carroll: comes through at just the right The Patriots host Lansdale Catho- time.” lic on Friday. Lazer’s first completed pass was on a beautifully executed screen pass to Charles Ingram III. It netted Bonner-Prendie 37 yards and got the Friars into the red zone for the first time in the game. Five plays later Oscar Uduma powered into the end zone from a yard out to give them a 6-0 lead.
After the Patriots took the lead on a pass from Nick Lamey to Malachai Hansen just before halftime, Lazer’s third completion was for a touchdown, hitting Armon Mapp with an eightyard score to cap the game-winning drive on the final play of to move the ball in the first half. There were too many penalties. The teams combined for 37 plays that went for zero or negative yards.
But when Bonner-Prendie (61, 4-1) needed to make a play, it did. And that was the difference.
Quarterback Kyle Lazer only completed five of his 15 pass attempts, but four of them were crucial and put the Friars in position to win the game.
“We couldn’t seem to play fast today,” Muldoon said. “But that’s what Kyle does. No matter