By Bruce Darrow
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The Gloucester Lions suffered their first loss of the young season when Schalick\’s Kyle Cullen booted a 27 yard field goal with under four minutes remaining.
The Lion\’s coming off a 42 – 13 win over Pitman last week, took a 7 – 0 lead when Adam Dick plowed through from 2 yards out on the first play of the second quarter giving the Lions the lead. Gloucester threaten to take a two touchdown lead late in the second quarter when Gloucester\’s Steve Goad\’s 10 yard pass into the end zone was intercepted ending the Lions drive.
The Lion\’s offense sputtered in the second half, while the Lion\’s defense held Schalick offense scoreless throughout three quarter. In the fourth after another interception gave Schalick the ball at their own 45 yard line the defense again battled holding down the Cougar\’s attack. Faced with a third and seven from the Lion\’s own 35 yard line, Schalick\’s Cullen took a hand off around the left side and raced 35 yards to knot the game at 7 -7.
After the ensuing kickoff was mishandled the Lion\’s started a drive at their own 15 yard line with less than 6 minutes to play in the tied game. Schalick then used another interception to set-up its game winning drive and Cullen\’s field goal.
Following Cullen\’s go ahead field goal, the Lions Mike Becker returned the ensuing kick-off 40 yards down inside the Schalick 35 yard line. Only 35 yards and two minutes and fifty eight seconds separated the Lion\’s from an upset win.
The Lion\’s move the ball down to the Schalick 26 with 58 ticks remaining, but on third down a Steve Goad pass was intercepted in the end zone and Schalick took a knee to end the game.
The Lion\’s will open their home campaign on Saturday 22, at 11:00 against visiting Penns Grove. The Lion\’s 1 – 1 on the season will look to the memory of CPL Marc Ryan whose number will be retired prior to the start of the Penns Grove game to go above .500 again.
Courier Post Varsity Scores for Friday, September 14th
By Courier Post Staff
Cherokee 30, Willingboro 0: Demetrius Richardson threw one touchdown pass and ran for two more to lead the Chiefs, the top ranked team in the Courier-Post Large Schools Top 10.
The Chiefs scored four times in the first quarter, with Richardson hitting Lynell Payne with an 18-yard touchdown pass for the first score.
Cherokee went to the running game, getting a Richardson 15-yard run, Tyler Powell on a 5-yard run and Richardson again with a 1-yard sneak.
Paul VI 42, Burlington City 7: Jonathan Grimes accounted for 256 yards of total offense and four touchdowns.
He returned the opening kickoff 81 yards for his first score. He also rushed 17 times for 145 yards and touchdowns of 16, 4 and 2 yards.
Grimes also returned two punts for 50 yards.
The Eagles\’ Will Campbell also caught touchdown passes of 61 and 22 yards from Joe Owens.
West Deptford 15, Haddon Twp. 7: Teron Sawyer-Wilson\’s 52-yard touchdown run with three minutes left in the game capped a 15-point fourth quarter for the Eagles, No. 5 in the Small Schools Top 10.
Haddon Township held on a 7-0 lead on Joe Teagan\’s 7-yard second-quarter touchdown.
In the fourth quarter, West Deptford got a 23-yard Scott Renauro field goal and Johnny Hackney\’s 13-yard scoring pass to Brian Jackson setting Scott-Wilson\’s winning scamper.
Haddon Township drove the length of the field but a pass was intercepted at the Eagles 7-yard line with 7 seconds to secure the win.
Holy Spirit 45, Buena 12: William Washington rushed for 215 yards on 16 carries and scored six touchdowns to pace the Spartans, No. 2 in the Small SChools Top 10.
Washington scored on runs of 10, 16 and 25 yards in the first quarter and 27 and 9 yards in the second quarter as Holy Spirit took a 33-0 lead at halftime.
Washington\’s final score came on a 45-yard run in the third quarter.
Hammonton 25, Atlantic City 12: Chris Helm, who had 110 yards on 15 carries, scored on a 3-yard run and Herb Storey had a 2-yard scoring run as the Blue Devils, No. 2 in the Large Schools Top 10, overcame a 12-10 third-quarter deficit to defeat the Vikings.
Josh Baez rushed for 110 yards on 15 carries and a tocuhdown for Hammonton.
Glassboro 61, Clayton 7: Christopher Baxter returned the opening kickoff 81 yards for a touchdown and also scored on runs of 38 and 24 yards for the Bulldogs, No. 7 in the Small Schools Top 10.
The Bulldogs, who led 33-0 after the first quarter and 53-0 at halftime, also got two touchdowns from Stephen Davis on runs of 8 and 3 yards.
Bishop Eustace 37, Riverside 8: Brett Thomas caught a 45-yard touchdown pass from Chris Brannigan in the first quarter and on a 15-yard run in the third quarter to lead the Crusaders.
Woodstown 41, Pitman 19: Bryan Owens scored three touchdowns, Mike Caspellini ran for a pair of touchdowns and Justin Owens threw for one score and ran for another to pace the Wolverines.
Owens returned the opening kickoff 73 yards and caught a 59-yard pass from Lloyd to get Woodstown on the board in the first quarter.
Caspellini scored twice in the second quarter on runs of 4 and 36 yards.
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