Roc brothers run wild for Condors

ANSONIA — Simply put, the Emmett O’Brien Tech football team Roc’d the house on Saturday.

And, because of that, the Condors rolled to their third win of the season.

The onetwo punch of twin brother tandem Jommar and Jonte Roc combined for 402 yards of rushing and eight touchdowns to lift the host Condors to a 56-27 win over Henry Wilcox Tech at the O’Brien Athletic Complex.

The 56 points was a school record, according to coach Nick Aprea.

“I don’t want to say it’s a big deal but when you put up 56 points, you’ve played really well,” Aprea said.

O’Brien Tech scored early and often to put the game away against a pesky group of Indians.

Jommar Roc scored all five of his touchdowns in the first quarter as O’Brien Tech took a 35-6 lead.

“It’s just like something clicked today,” Jommar Roc said. “The o-line was making the blocks we needed and I owe it all to them. Without them, I don’t score any of those touchdowns.”

It took the Condors two plays to score their first touchdown and then just two plays to score their next two to make it a 21-0 game.

Jommar Roc went for 55, 51 and 34 yards on those scoring runs.

“We came out and those first four plays were boom, boom, boom and their body language changed,” Aprea said.

Wilcox Tech did get one score back when Devario Reid returned a kickoff 80 yards for a score.

But the Condors responded with back-to-back scoring drives as Jommar Roc scored on a 9-yard run and a 37-yard run.

By the time the first quarter ended, it was 35-6, O’Brien Tech, and Jommar Roc had 244 yards rushing.

“I wishi I could take the credit, but it goes to my offensive coordinator,” Aprea said. “We didn’t even practice most of those plays all week. It was all about how they lined up when we had the ball. Our offensive line just played well.”

As the Indians offense started focusing on Jommar Roc, that opened the game for Jonte Roc, who finished the day with 141 yards and three touchdowns on 17 carries. He was also 5-for-8 throwing the ball for 87 yards.

“They were about as good as I’ve seen them,” Aprea said of the Rocs.

Wilcox Tech coach Trevor Jones said the Condors were bigger, stronger and simply better than he expected.

“Nick’s done a great job here with this program,” Jones said. “They’re just huge up front. They’re bigger and stronger up front than I thought and they’re got the best skill players they’ve had since, well, I’ve been here forever.”

All told, O’Brien piled up 494 total yards on the day.