Philadelphia High School Football

A Look at the La Salle-SJ Prep
Thanksgiving Series . . .

  La Salle and St. Joseph's Prep, the Catholic League's only fully private schools, met 29 times on
or close to Thanksgiving from 1976 to 2005. (One game was canceled, as was a scheduled meeting
in '06). La Salle won the series, 19-10.
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John "Tex" Flannery coached
La Salle to seven wins in nine
Thanksgiving games vs. SJ Prep.
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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS

Year Winner La S SJP
1976 La Salle 27 0
1977 La Salle 19 13
1978 SJ Prep 3 0
1979 La Salle 15 14
1980 La Salle 27 14
1981 La Salle 9 0
1982 La Salle 3 0
1983 La Salle 20 0
1984 SJ Prep 16 0
1985 La Salle 20 6
1986 SJ Prep 24 13
1987 La Salle 22 0
1988 La Salle 22 21
1989 La Salle 16 0
1990 La Salle 21 0
1991 La Salle 42 0
1992 La Salle 17 7
1993 SJ Prep 13 0
1994 La Salle 28 6
1995 La Salle 35 9
1996 La Salle 17 14
1997 SJ Prep 20 16
1998 La Salle 13 9
1999 SJ Prep 21 20
2000 SJ Prep 27 14
2001 SJ Prep 35 6
2002 SJ Prep 24 3
2003   canceled    
2004 SJ Prep 27 6
2005 La Salle 14 13
2006   canceled    
  Total Points 597 204
  Average 20,6 7.0
  Wins 29 10

 Working Overtime . . . And Loving It
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  This story was written in 2005 after the
Explorers, in OT, won what turned out to be
the schools' final Thanksgiving meeting . . .
 

By Ted Silary
  Every time Jack Forster turned around, he was making big plays and other guys were directly involved. Some were friends. Some were foes.
  In the first quarter, the 6-foot, 170-pound Forster, a junior wideout, defensive back and punter, posted an interception after the ball squirted off the hands of a receiver.
  In the third quarter, he was able to uncork a 30-yard return after teammate Rob Saracini delivered an extra hard hit that caused a fumble.
  Ah, and then there was overtime . . .
  The Thanksgiving combatants were the Catholic League's only two fully private schools, La Salle and St. Joseph's Prep, and the site was La Salle University.
  And Jack Forster was liking what he was hearing in the huddle as La Salle prepared for the first play in overtime.
  "They called for two fade patterns, one to the left and one to the right," Forster said. "I was on the left. I was pretty sure they'd come to me, because that was the short side of the field and that's an easier pass. "
  "Easier" being a relative term.
  The throw from sophomore John Harrison was a shade short.
  "I had to come back and get it," Forster said. "I cut in front of the defender [Andy Shalbrack] and made a dive. We both had our hands on it. I grabbed it away from him. "
  Touchdown! But not enough. Not yet. Ryan Cain kicked the PAT and La Salle led, 14-7. On the Prep's second play, Bill Edger caught a 6-yard scoring pass from Chris Whitney. The PAT was doomed by snap-hold problems.
  OK, if you're a La Salle loyalist, you may now go nuts. Explorers 14, SJ Prep 13.
  "It was amazing," Forster said. "I don't know how I feel. It hasn't hit me yet. "
  Except for losses in championship games, this is the first time the Hawks have fallen to a Catholic Red member since 1999. And it's their first holiday setback since 1998 (the '03 game was canceled).
  La Salle leads on Thanksgiving, 19-10. Prep leads overall, 36-30-1, and the teams split their meetings this season.
  Maybe, just maybe, you should not raise your eyebrows at this result. Because the Explorers had played well against the Prep in a 21-14 loss on Oct. 23. And it wasn't as if they were cowering coming into this one.
  "They didn't know what they were in for that first time. They thought they were going to kill us," Forster said. "I'm sure they had respect for us this time, but they weren't ready for what we gave them."
   "Gave" also being a relative term.

  continued right below . . . 

  The Prep won the yardage battle, 341-110, but was guilty of four turnovers (after five the first time around). Greg
Frantz and Dom Baker also recovered fumbles for La Salle while Frantz (14), George Hudson (12), Baker, Sean
Saverio, Jeff Liberatore (eight apiece) and Forster (seven) were the tackling leaders.
 And Scott Waters got the block, which might not have been needed anyway, because the kick was low, on Tim
Edger's 36-yard field-goal attempt with 6 seconds left in regulation.
  St. Joe's will play Cardinal O'Hara on Dec. 3, 7:30 at Northeast, for Red honors. The Explorers? Well, they were
O'Hara's victim, by 35-14, in a semifinal last Saturday.
  "We thought we played a nice game," Forster said. "It only got out of control in the last couple minutes. We were
down for a day or two.   But by Tuesday, let's say, we were excited about playing Prep."
  Said coach Joe Colistra: "Our defense kept us in it. We came in with a lot of confidence and played very
disciplined."
  And this is the word from Prep coach Gil Brooks, who is still able to look ahead . . .
  "This is a major disappointment for us," he said. "If we have what it takes, we will overcome."

  This story was written in 2000, when one of the Prep's heroes was a lineman
with MAJOR La Salle ties . . .

By Ted Silary
  In his little-guy days, which were long, long ago, John Connors just knew he would play his high school football
for La Salle.
  After all, his grandfather, John " Tex " Flannery, was the Explorers' head coach for 29 seasons ending in 1984.
  His uncle, Jack Flannery, was a first-team coaches' All-Catholic quarterback in '72.
  Many other relatives also bled/still bleed Blue and Gold.
  "When I was in second grade," Connors said, "I went around for Halloween as a La Salle football player. My
grandpop was helping with La Salle's freshman team then. He brought me home a jersey, a helmet, some shoulder
pads. That's what I was, a La Salle player. "
  This is what he is: a star guard for St. Joseph's Prep.
  The 6-3, 270-pound Connors, a junior considered the area's best lineman by his coach, Gil Brooks, yesterday
blocked like a madman before a full house at La Salle University to help the Hawklets roar from behind and trip
La Salle, 27-14, thus raising their perfect record to 12-0.
  La Salle leads on Thanksgiving, 18-7. The overall lead belongs to Prep, 29-27-5, on the strength of two wins
this season.
  Grandpop Flannery, unwilling to offend John or the school he loves dearly (it's also his alma mater), watched
the game from the steps in front of the building behind the north end zone.
  "That's where he always stands," Connors said. "I always know where I can find him.
  "When I was a freshman, we had a game against La Salle at Belmont Plateau. He was watching from behind
the end zone and the refs tried to move him. He wouldn't budge."
  Connors' decision to attend Prep was reached rather slowly.
  As a sixth-grader at SS. Colman/John Neumann School, in Bryn Mawr, Connors noticed that many of the
eighth-graders were headed for Prep.
  "Then, in eighth grade," he said, "a lot of my classmates said they were going. I took a visit to both schools. It
wasn't that I disliked La Salle, but. . .
  "Prep was coming off a championship [in the '97 season]. I saw they had some real good people in the program.
I was thinking, 'Maybe I'll go there and we'll win one.'
  "My grandpop understood. From where I live, it's a lot easier to get to Prep. Anyway, he hates the
Conshohocken Bridge."
  In Catholic Red semifinals last weekend, Prep topped Monsignor Bonner, 27-13, and La Salle fell to O'Hara,
23-21, on a field goal with 6 seconds left.
  In this one, La Salle jumped to a 14-0 lead as Gabe Marabella (11-for-31, 127 yards) fired touchdown passes
to Ryan Parfitt and Brian Madeira.
  "I don't know if we were flat, or what," Connors said. "I just know La Salle was very fired up, and really
wanted to knock us off.
  "I wasn't worried about it. We're pretty good at rolling with the punches. We had a couple of good drives
before halftime and carried it on from there."
  And how! The Prep's shortest TD covered 40 yards.
  Mike McGann and junior wideout Pete Chromiak hooked up for scores of 40, 51 and 80 yards. Kyle Ambrogi
contributed a 59-yard TD run en route to a 24-carry, 226-yard day that lifted his season yardage total to 2,059.
   The Prep finished with 422 yards of total offense. The line featured center Mike Minetti, guards Connors
and Pat Spadaro, tackles Matt Battipaglia and Mark Gress and tight end Pat McCauley.
  For Connors, the holiday brought a separation from his twin sister, Ro. Then again, they've been apart in one
sense for a long time. Ro is a senior at the Academy of Notre Dame.
  As their mom, former Daily News sports writer Mary Flannery, explained recently: "John repeated
kindergarten. He wanted to nap and color some more."
  Anyway, Ro is now in Florida competing in a field hockey tournament.
  "She called today to complain. 'It's only 70 degrees down here,' " John said, laughing. "I told her, 'Yeah, well
it's 20 here. I don't want to hear it.' "
  So far in his Prep career, Connors has avoided receiving unmerciful teasing from all of the La Salle loyalists
in his family.
  "We haven't lost to them yet [4-0 mark] in my two varsity seasons," he said. "Every time I go to a family
gathering, I make sure to wear my Prep Football shirt."
  Grandpop probably cringes. Just don't expect him to admit it.

  These stories about La Salle quarterback Brett Gordon were written after
the games in 1996 and '97 . . .

By Ted Silary
  Brett Gordon 's right foot is now as famous as his right arm, and his La Salle High football team owns the best
record in city-leagues history.
  With 46 seconds remaining in regulation yesterday in front of a packed house at La Salle University, and with
his team's long winning streak in jeopardy, Gordon hammered a 17-yard field goal to give the Explorers a 17-14
victory over the Catholic League's other private school, St. Joseph's Prep.
  La Salle leads on Thanksgiving, 17-4.
  "Whenever field goal chances come up, I just pretend it's practice,'' said Gordon, who has kicked five field
goals this season. "I kick 10 to 15 times in practice every day from various distances. I'm used to it.''
  La Salle, winner of 24 straight, is 13-0 this season. No Catholic, Public or Inter-Ac team had ever been better
than 12-0 or 12-0-1.
  Next Friday, 7 p.m., at Northeast, the Explorers will meet Father Judge for the CL title. Judge also won 13
games in 1975, but had a loss in the regular season.
  According to La Salle coach Joe Colistra, who said he viewed a tape of the game, his team was denied
touchdowns at least twice in the four plays preceding the field goal.
  Colistra said Mike Mattia caught a pass in the end zone and was pushed out on a play that set up first-and-goal
from a whisker. He also said the ballcarrier broke the plane on at least one of the three running plays that followed.
  During the timeout that preceded the field goal, there was no hesitation.
  "Score tied, so little time left, no question, field goal,'' Colistra said.
  Said Gordon: ``We felt it was the safest way to get the points.''
  Gordon completed 24 of 36 passes for 240 yards and one score each to Mike Durso (seven catches, 69
yards) and Tim McNichol (4-66). The Prep received strong efforts from quarterback David Hand (10-for-23,
124), rusher Aaron Brown (18-80) and receiver Brian Kraus, who caught six passes for 94 yards and whipped
a 43-yard scoring pass to Jermaine Slade.
  The Hawklets were coming off a loss to Judge in the semifinals.
  "They took it to us,'' Colistra said. "We weren't thinking of the winning streak, really. We just didn't want to
tarnish our record going into the championship game. In many ways, this one meant as much as that one. ''
  Said Gordon: ``We had to approach it as a playoff game. It wouldn't have felt right to go into the championship
game with a loss to our rival.''
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   1997 story here . . .
  The polls are closed and the numbers are in. What they show is overwhelming.
  Brett Gordon , a 5-10 1/2, 170-pound senior, completed one of the more storied football careers in Catholic
League history yesterday. His team, La Salle, lost to St. Joseph's Prep, 20-16, at La Salle University, but
Gordon put on an amazing show considering that strong winds were whipping all game long.
  Gordon completed 21 of 38 passes for a career-high 323 yards and two touchdowns, a 7-yarder to Mike
Lorusso and a 26-yarder to Eric Seiferth.
  He finished the season 175-for-301 (58 percent) for 2,647 yards and 33 touchdowns. The yardage total broke
the city leagues record (2,547) set in 1989 by St. Joe's Frank Costa and the TD total extended Gordon's own
city leagues record, broken earlier this season. He threw a record 28 in 1996.
  In three varsity seasons, Gordon passed 482-for-884 for 6,837 yards and 84 TDs. All four numbers represent
city leagues records and the 84 TDs are a state mark.
  Not to be overlooked are Gordon's kicking feats. He had a 32-yard field goal and a PAT yesterday, giving
him six field goals and 35 PAT for 53 points.
  Careerwise, he had 91 PAT and 15 field goals for 136 points. The PAT and points numbers are four and 13
short of the city leagues records, respectively.
  A month ago, the Explorers were riding high with a 32-game winning streak and expecting to win a third
consecutive championship. But they lost to Archbishop Ryan, 14-13, in their next-to-last division game and,
after rebounding with a 43-8 destruction of Conwell-Egan, were hammered by Father Judge, 47-14, in a
quarterfinal.
  "Honestly, at the time, I didn't think the end of the streak would affect us very much. But maybe it did,''
Gordon said. "We weren't ourselves against Judge. We came to play today, but . . . we didn't make enough
plays.
  "We could walk out with our heads high, though. We gave it our best shot.''
  For college, Gordon is looking at Villanova (alma mater of his father, Drew, also a quarterback), Penn,
William & Mary and Lehigh.
  "I'm hoping to visit all four,'' he said.

  This brief breakdown was part of a notes column in 2004, five days after SJ
Prep QB Jim McCormick experienced an amazing moment . . .

  The end zone welcomes those who help themselves.
  St. Joe's Prep senior Jim McCormick discovered that on Thanksgiving after his pass from the 5-yard line,
on a quick out to flanker Steve Quinn, was batted high into the air by La Salle defensive end Scott Waters.
  McCormick caught the ball, surged across the goal line and, by rule, received credit for a touchdown pass
and TD catch.
  "It sunk in later, especially when we were watching films and the guys were teasing me," said McCormick,
who last season as a JV player made conversion snags via trick plays. "It was neat. The ball got batted back
[close to the 10]. It wasn't hard to catch it."
  McCormick credited several teammates with key blocks.
  "He got no good blocks. Not one," coach Gil Brooks said, laughing. "There was a pack of people, mostly
La Salle guys. Jim got through them while they were mostly bouncing off each other."

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Boxscores . . .

1976
LA SALLE 27, SJ PREP 0
SJP  0  0 0 0 --   0
LaS 7 13 7 0 -- 27

  LaS: Chris Santoro 1 run (Del Markward kick)
  LaS: John Gannon 32 pass from Dave Asman (Markward kick)
  LaS: Mike Vesey 8 pass from Asman (kick failed)
  LaS: Gannon 70 pass from Asman (Markward kick)

1977
LA SALLE 19, SJ PREP 13
SJP 0 6 0   7 -- 13
LaS 0 0 6 13 -- 19

  SJP: Joe Rabuck 3 run (kick failed)
  LaS: Bill Esposito 2 run (kick failed)
  LaS: Eddie Meehan recovered blocked punt in end zone (kick failed)
  SJP: Mike Hennessey 23 pass from Rabuck (Aidan Diviny kick)
  LaS: Neil O'Brien 11 pass from John Dean (Byrne kick)

1978
SJ PREP 3, LA SALLE 0
SJP  0 3 0 0 -- 3
La S 0 0 0 0 -- 0

  SJP: FG Jim Wallace 40

1979
LA SALLE 15, SJ PREP 14
SJP  0 14 0 0 -- 14
La S 0   7 0 8 -- 15

  SJP: Darryl Brown 62 pass from Sean Rooney (Jim Wallace kick)
  SJP: Rooney 1 run (Wallace kick)
  LaS: Marc Mims 13 pass from Larry Daniel (Dave Byrne kick)
  LaS: Steve Rosati 23 pass from Bob Harrison (Eddie Meehan pass from Mims)

1980
LA SALLE 27, SJ PREP 14
SJP 0 0 0 14 -- 14
LaS 7 7 7   6 -- 27

  LaS: Rick Frost 42 run (George Winslow kick)
  LaS: John Avallone 4 run (Winslow kick)
  LaS: Dan Sabia 1 run (Winslow kick)
  SJP: Leo Carlin 4 run (John Spahr pass from Rich Gannon)
  LaS: Winslow 42 pass from Rob Harrison (kick failed)
  SJP: Paul Shoup 1 run (run failed)

1981
LA SALLE 9, SJ PREP 0
SJP 0 0 0 0 -- 0
LaS 0 0 0 9 -- 9

  LaS: Safety, Max Mellet and John Brady tackled Rich Gannon in end zone
  LaS: John Morrison 1 run (George Winslow kick)

1982
LA SALLE 3, SJ PREP 0
SJP 0 0 0 0 -- 0
LaS 3 0 0 0 -- 3

  LaS: FG Chris White 23

1983
LA SALLE 20, SJ PREP 0
SJP 0   0 0 0 --   0
LaS 0 12 0 8 -- 20

  LaS: Steve Crone 5 run (kick failed)
  LaS: Crone 1 run (pass failed)
  LaS: Mark Basilii 43 pass from Scott Harrison (Max Mellet pass from Basilii)

1984
SJ PREP 16, LA SALLE 0
SJP 6 0 7 3 -- 16
LaS 0 0 0 0 --   0

  SJP: Ralph Schwartz 15 run (kick failed)
  SJP: Schwartz 2 run (Andy Lynch kick)
  SJP: FG Lynch 30

1985
LA SALLE 20, SJ PREP 6
(Not Played Until Dec. 7)
SJ Prep   0 0 0 6 --   6
La Salle 14 0 0 6 -- 20

  LaS: Brendan McGowan 16 pass from Emmett Harkins (Ed Koebert kick)
  LaS: Doug Ward 22 run (Koebert kick)
  SJP: Tony Spadaccini 21 pass from George Cooper (run failed)
  LaS: John McGowan 2 run (pass failed)

1986
SJ PREP 24, LA SALLE 13
SJP 6 0 6 12 -- 24
LaS 7 0 6   0 -- 13

  SJP: Dave Sheronas 2 run (kick failed)
  LaS: Jim Logan 45 run (Chad Hellmann kick)
  SJP: Tim Irvine 2 run (pass failed)
  LaS: Doug Ward 19 run (pass failed)
  SJP: Tim Kueny 60 pass from Irvine (pass failed)
  SJP: Tony Spadaccini 2 run (kick failed)

1987
LA SALLE 22, SJ PREP 0
SJP 0 0 0 0 --   0
LaS 7 7 0 8 -- 22
  LaS: Brian Vesey 25 blocked punt return (Chad Hellmann kick)
  LaS: Jack Stanczak 21 run (Hellmann kick)
  LaS: Colin Stowe 1 run (Carl Mattia pass from Greg Rietzke)

1988
LA SALLE 22, SJ PREP 21
SJP 0 6 0 15 -- 21
LaS 7 7 0   8 -- 22

  LaS: Carl Mattia 3 run (Tony Cossetti kick)
  LaS: Carl Mattia 6 run (Cossetti kick)
  SJP: Andy Cobaugh 10 pass from Frank Costa (run failed)
  SJP: Cobaugh 14 pass from Costa (Cobaugh pass from Costa)
  SJP: Costa 3 run (Laurence Carlin kick)
  LaS: Mattia 15 run (Dave DeMara pass from Jack Stanczak)

1989
LA SALLE 16, SJ PREP 0
SJP 0 0 0 0 --   0
LaS 7 3 0 6 -- 16

  LaS: John Slowick 1 run (Jerry Rock kick)
  LaS: FG Vince Linus 31
  LaS: Martin Feeny 10 run (kick failed)

1990
LA SALLE 21, SJ PREP 0
SJP   0 0 0 0 --   0
LaS 14 0 0 7 -- 21
  LaS: Steve Strohecker 61 pass from Joe McNichol (Jamie Barton kick)
  LaS: Chris Hasson 29 pass from McNichol (Barton kick)
  LaS: Steve Cook 3 run (Barton kick)

1991
LA SALLE 42, SJ PREP 0
SJP 0 0   0   0 --   0
LaS 7 0 15 20 -- 42

  LaS: Colin Gallagher 2 run (Mike Van Stone kick)
  LaS: Bill Tatar 2 run (Van Stone kick)
  LaS: Tatar 2 run (Andrew Gilligan pass from John Fenningham)
  LaS: Gilligan 41 pass from Geoff Crawford (Van Stone kick)
  LaS: Gallagher 4 run (kick failed)
  LaS: Frank Osborne 7 run (Van Stone kick)



 

Longest Scores . . .
  Run: 99, Mike Brown, La Salle, 1994
  Catch: 80, Pete Chromiak, SJ Prep, 2000
  Pass: 80, Mike McGann, SJ Prep, 2000
  Kickoff: None.
  Punt: None.
  Interception: 69, Mike Zeccardi, La Salle, 1995
  Blocked punt: 25, Brian Vesey, La Salle, 1987
  Field goal: 41, Mike Savage, La Salle, 1998
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1992
LA SALLE 17, SJ PREP 7
SJP 7 0 0 0 --   7
LaS 0 7 7 3 -- 17

  SJP: Matt Dwyer 9 pass from Jess Sodaski (Bryan Sullivan kick)
  LaS: Bill Tatar 1 run (Joel Klock kick)
  LaS: Tatar 4 run (Klock kick)
  LaS: FG Klock 21

1993
SJ PREP 13, LA SALLE 0
SJP 7 6 0 0 -- 13
LaS 0 0 0 0 --   0

  SJP: Jess Sodaski 73 run (Scott Palanjian kick)
  SJP: Sodaski 1 run (kick blocked)

1994
LA SALLE 28, SJ PREP 6
SJP 0 6 0 0 --   6
LaS 7 6 8 7 -- 28

  LaS: Tim Foster 1 run (Tom Truitt kick)
  SJP: Matt Strader 3 run (kick failed)
  LaS: Truitt 13 pass from Dan McNichol (pass failed)
  LaS: Mike Brown 99 run (McNichol run)
  LaS: Brian Curci 13 run (Truitt kick)

1995
LA SALLE 35, SJ PREP 9
SJP   0   0 7 2 --   9
LaS 14 14 0 7 -- 35

  LaS: Keith Lachawiec 1 run (Brett Gordon kick)
  LaS: Kyle Mallach 3 pass from Gordon (Gordon kick)
  LaS: Mallach 50 run (Gordon kick)
  LaS: Brian Curci 47 pass from Gordon (Gordon kick)
  SJP: Brian Kraus 50 pass from Dave Hand (Scott Palanjian kick)
  SJP: Safety, Drew Middlemass receovered blocked punt in end zone
  LaS: Mike Zeccardi 69 interception return (Jeff Pietrak kick)

1996
LA SALLE 17, SJ PREP 14
SJP 6 0 8   0 -- 14
LaS 0 7 0 10 -- 17

  SJP: Jermaine Slade 43 pass from Brian Kraus (kick failed)
  LaS: Mike Durso 3 pass from Brett Gordon (Gordon kick)
  SJP: David Hand 1 run (Aaron Brown run)
  LaS: Tim McNichol 35 pass from Gordon (Gordon kick)
  LaS: FG Gordon 17

1997
SJ PREP 20, LA SALLE 16
SJP 0 14   6 0 -- 20
LaS 3   0 13 0 -- 16

  LaS: FG Brett Gordon 32
  SJP: Aaron Brown 2 run (Mike Musial kick)
  SJP: Victor Hobson 9 pass from Comly (Musial kick)
  LaS: Mike Lorusso 7 pass from Gordon (Gordon kick)
  SJP: Brown 6 run (kick failed)
  LaS: Eric Seiferth 26 pass from Gordon (kick failed)

1998
LA SALLE 13, SJ PREP 9
SJP 3 0 0   6 --   9
LaS 3 0 0 10 -- 13
  SJP: FG Jim DiGiulio 32
  LaS: FG Mike Savage 41
  LaS: Rich Krauss 1 run (Savage kick)
  LaS: FG Savage 26
  SJP: Keith Olkowski 25 pass from Steve Comly (pass failed)

1999
SJ PREP 21, LA SALLE 20
SJP 6 15   0 0 -- 21
LaS 7   0 13 0 -- 20

  SJP: Matt Ries 46 pass from Mike McGann (kick blocked)
  LaS: Chris Dougherty 1 run (Tom Calahan kick)
  SJP: Ries 29 pass from McGann (Mantey run)
  SJP: Ries 2 pass from McGann (Pat Kaiser kick)
  LaS: Joe Vassallo 41 pass from Gabe Marabella (Calahan kick)
  LaS: Paul Colistra 14 pass from Marabella (kick failed)

2000
SJ PREP 27, LA SALLE 14
SJP 0 13 6 8 -- 27
LaS 7   7 0 0 --  0
  LaS: Ryan Parfitt 35 pass from Gabe Marabella (Tom McCaffery kick)
  LaS: Brian Madeira 24 pass from Marabella (McCaffery kick)
  SJP: Pete Chromiak 40 pass from Mike McGann (Pat Kaiser kick)
  SJP: Chromiak 51 pass from McGann (kick blocked)
  SJP: Kyle Ambrogi 59 run (pass failed)
  SJP: Chromiak 80 pass from McGann (Pat McCauley pass from McGann)

2001
SJ PREP 35, LA SALLE 6
SJP 21 14 0 0 -- 35
LaS   0   0 6 0 --  6
  SJP: Pete Chromiak 40 pass from Vince Gallagher (Pat Kaiser kick)
  SJP: Jim Lachman 44 pass from Gallagher (Kaiser kick)
  SJP: Gallagher 2 run (Kaiser kick)
  SJP: Gallagher 1 run (Kaiser kick)
  SJP: Kaiser 1 run (Kaiser kick)
  LaS: Ed Sabia 15 pass from Brian Donohoe (kick failed)

2002
SJ PREP 24, LA SALLE 3
SJP 7 3 7 7 -- 24
LaS 0 0 3 0 --   3

  SJP: Pat Kaiser 27 pass from Matt Stefanski (Kaiser kick)
  SJP: FG Kaiser 35
  LaS: Max Mullineaux 22
  SJP: Kaiser 58 run (Kaiser kick)
  SJP: Stefanski 3 run (Kaiser kick)

2003
Canceled

2004
SJ PREP 27, LA SALLE 6
SJP 7 6 7 7 -- 27
LaS 0 6 0 0 --   6
  SJP: Chris Whitney 16 run (Michael Cavanaugh kick)
  SJP: Jim McCormick 5 pass from McCormick; caught own deflected pass (kick failed)
  LaS: Greg Frantz 45 interception return (kick failed)
  SJP: Whitney 4 run (Cavanaugh kick)
  SJP: Mark Giuliani 1 run (Cavanaugh kick)

2005
LA SALLE 14, SJ PREP 13 (OT)
SJP 0 7 0 0 6 -- 13
LaS 0 0 7 0 7 -- 14

  SJP: Jamir Livingston 6 run (Tim Edger kick)
  LaS: Drew Wilkins 14 pass from John Harrison (Ryan Cain kick)
  LaS: Jack Forster 10 pass from Harrison (Cain kick)
  SJP: Bill Edger 6 pass from Chris Whitney (kick failed)

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TOP PERFORMANCES, 1980-2005
RUSHING TEAM YEAR YARDS
Kyle Ambrogi SJP 2000 226
Jess Sodaski SJP 1993 160
Aaron Brown SJP 1997 150
Pat Kaiser SJP 2002 122
John Shaw SJP 2004 120
Mike Brown La S 1994 117
Kyle Ambrogi SJP 2001 114
Doug Ward La S 1986 105
Jack Stanczak La S 1987 100
Bill Tatar La S 1992 100
PASSING TEAM YEAR YARDS
Brett Gordon La S 1997 323
Frank Costa SJP 1988 271
Steve Comly SJP 1998 241
Brett Gordon La S 1996 240
Dave Hand SJP 1995 220
Mike McGann SJP 2000 195
Jess Sodaski SJP 1992 182
Gabe Marabella La S 1999 172
Brett Gordon La S 1995 149
Rob Harrison La S 1980 145
Tim Irvine SJP 1986 145
RECEIVING TEAM YEAR YARDS
Pete Chromiak SJP 2000 171
Tim Kueny SJP 1986 145
Jim Jankiewicz SJP 1998 130
Chikwere Amachi La S 1997 121
Brian Kraus SJP 1995 116
Andy Cobaugh SJP 1988 109
George Winslow La S 1980 102
Dorian Henry SJP 1992 95
Brian Kraus SJP 1996 94
Matt Ries SJP 1999 89

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Breakdown for Coaches' Records
La Salle Record Years
John "Tex" Flannery 7-2 1976-84
Joe Colistra 12-8 1985-05
  Total 19-10  
SJ Prep Record Years
Gaspare "Gamp" Pellegrini 0-2 1976-77
Bill Brannau 1-1 1978-79
Jack Branka 2-8 1980-89
Clayton Carlin 0-2 1990-91
Gil Brooks 7-6 2016
  Total 10-19  

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