Conwell-Egan falters in state semifinal

CHESTER, PA. » Entering their PIAA Class 3A semifinal battle against District 3 champion Middletown, Conwell-Egan Catholic needed just nine points to set a new all-time scoring record.

Egan, which was playing its first football game in the month of December since 1969, scored 437 points this season but just seven on Saturday at Bayard Rustin High School, falling two short of setting an all-time record.

On this day, they’d need 50 points to get past the Blue Raiders, who scored three times in the first quarter and on four occasions before the intermission on their way to a convincing 49-7 triumph.

Defensively, the Raiders stopped standout Patrick Garwo, holding the speedy junior to just 48 yards on 10 carries.

Offensively, unbeaten Middletown (14-0) crushed the hopes of the Eagles faithful, with senior running back Brady Fox leading the way with 176 yards rushing and four touchdowns including a 56-yard TD burst — his longest scoring run on the day — that put the Raiders up 21-0 with 3:27 to play in the first quarter.

“It wasn’t the outcome that we wanted but we knew they were a good football team,” said Egan head coach Jack Techtmann. “But I’m really proud of this team; they’ve done something that no other team in the history of the school has ever done.”

When the Eagles (7-7) shut down the Raiders’ ground assault, Middletown gashed them through the air with junior quarterback Scott Ash throwing for 189 yards and two touchdowns.

“He threw some nice balls and the receivers made some nice catches,” Techtmann said. “They caught us flat-footed a couple of times and we were in man coverage and they beat us.”

The Eagles only offense in the game came on a third-and-six from the 24. CEC quarterback Alex Goldsby tossed a scoring strike to freshman Dajuan Harris, who caught the ball in stride at the 25 and beat all the defenders to the end zone for the score.

ConwellEgan (7-7) 0 Middletown (14-0)21 First Quarter M— M—

Fox 4 run (Brady kick) Ventura 13 pass from Ash (Brady kick)

Fox 56 run (Brady kick)

M— Second Quarter M—

Plummer 10 pass from Ash (Brady kick)

CEC —

Harris 74 pass from Goldsby (Barreras kick)

Third Quarter M— M— Fourth Quarter M— 7 7 0 14

Fox 13 run (Brady kick) Fox 3 run (Brady kick)

Joseph 46 run (Brady kick)

0 — 7 — 7 49