SJ Prep . . . 2018 PIAA Class 6A State Champs!

  On Dec. 8, at Hersheypark Stadium, St. Joseph's Prep beat Harrisburg, 40-20, to capture its fourth state championship over six years and finish with a perfect record (13-0) for the sixth time in the school's CL history. The Hawks were led by Kyle McCord, who passed 26-for-37 for 283 yards and two TDs (and ran for one, as well). Anthony Rightley made one of those TD catches while adding three interceptions. Marques Mason contributed 162 yards of rushing (90)/receiving (72) and his two scores came on the ground. Kolbe Burrell (18-149) raced for a 59-yard score. Jeremiah Trotter (13) and Myles Talley (11) led in tackles.
   Rotation members and stats below. Selected shots at bottom of page.
  **Thanks to Ed "Huck" Palmer and Bill Morris for their contributions!**

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THE SEASON, GAME BY GAME
  W-L We They
idle      
at St. Frances (MD) @susp 7 13
at St. Peter's Prep (MJ) W 35 27
Our Lady of Good Counsel (MD) W 34 27
idle      
La Salle W 49 12
at Roman W 48 7
at Wood W 49 14
Judge W 69 14
Ryan W 48 17
Roman  6A semi W 38 0
La Salle 6A final W 23 13
Northeast  6A City Title W 49 14
Bethlehem Freedom 6A state qtr W 42 14
Pine-Richland 6A state semi W 37 0
Harrisburg  6A state final W 40 20
@-suspended by lightning in 3rd quarter;      
result not counted; points ARE counted      

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TITLE GAME BOXSCORE . . .

CLASS AAAAAA FINAL
SJ PREP 40, HARRISBURG 20
Harrisburg                7   7    6    0 -- 20
St. Joseph's Prep     20   7    0  13 -- 40
  H: Burney 25 interception return (McNeil kick)
  SJP: Freeman 13 pass from McCord (Chadha kick)
  SJP: Burrell 59 run (Chadha kick)
  SJP: Rightley 13 pass from McCord (kick blocked)
  H: Plant 1 run (McNeil kick)
  SJP: McCord 1 run (Chadha kick)
  H: Donte Kent 25 pass from Everson (pass failed)
  SJP: Mason 4 run (kick failed)
  SJP: Mason 3 run (Chadha kick)
 
Harr. SJP
First downs 15 27
Rushes-yards 37-105 38-231
Passing yards 212 283
Total offense 317 514
Passing 18-28=3 26-37-1
Return yards 132 84
Punts 4-33.8 1-24.0
Fumbles lost 1 3
Penalties-yards 10-65 8-75

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
  RUSHING -- SJP: Burrell 18-149, Mason 18-90, McCord 2-(-8). Hsrr:
Plant 14-49, Everson 17-44, Purdy 6-12.
  PASSING -- SJP: McCord 26-37-1 -- 283. Harr: Everson 18-28-3 -- 212.
  RECEIVING -- SJP: Harrison 8-76, Mason 6-72, Hagans 5-37, Freeman
4-60, Rightley 2-33, Burrell 1-5. Harr: Kent 6-111, Plant 4-33, Carey 3-27,
Hope 3-23, Gantt 2-18.
  INTERCEPTIONS -- SJP: Rightley 3. Harr: Burney.
  (Other Defensive Stats, SJ Prep Only)
  FUMBLE RECOVERIES -- SJP: Leneghan.
  TACKLING LEADERS -- SJP: Trotter 13, Talley 11, Kim and Johnson
8, Rios 7, Leneghan 6.
  SACKS -- SJP: Leneghan, Bikah and Bouggess 1/2.
  OTHER TFLs -- SJP: Leneghan and Trotter 3.

  SJP OFFENSE        

                         SJP DEFENSE
C Anthony Cerruti 63   L Anthony Leneghan 45
G Casey Stephenson 74   L Andrew Bailey 56
G Matt McGeary 65   L Nick Yagodich 57
T Brad Harris 70   L *Nick Bikah 33
T Matt Lolmabrdi 79   ILB Liam Johnson 2
TE Jack McGeever 88   ILB Jeremiah Trotter 54
WR Johnny Freeman 11   OLB Myles Talley 19
WR Marvin Harrison 8   OLB Cooper Kim 10
QB Kyle McCord 6   CB Zach Bouggess 5
RB Kolbe Burrell 24   CB Micheal Alexander 9
RB Marques Mason 3   S Anthony Rightley 1
SB Anthony Rightley 1   S Nicolas Rios 22
SB Sahmir Hagans 13        
SB Jack Sutton 4        
K Antonio Chadha 40        
P Jack Sutton 4        
LS Joe McCabe 44   *-significant playing time   
H Jack Sutton 4      
KR Zach Bouggess 5        
KR Marques Mason 3    

 

  
PR Zach Bouggess 5        
PR Marques Mason 3        
various formations/          
use of RBs/receivers          

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SEASON STATISTICAL LEADERS . . .

RUSHING

No. Name SF SPP OLGC LS RC AW FJ AR RC LS NE BF PR Harr Totals
24 Kolbe Burrell 9-41 19-111 16-79 7-40 4-92 5-38 5-51 10-31 2-2 21-63 12-83 11-55 19-88 18-149 158-923
3 Marques Mason 6-8 8-41 6-31 2-13 5-30 3-67 2-62 12-64 4-12 2-14 7-49 7-29 12-43 18-90 94-553

PASSING
(Number in red: TD passes)

No. Name SF SPP OLGC LS RC AW FJ AR RC LS NE BF PR Harr Totals
6 Kyle McCord 12-21 12-21 26-38 11-15 6-9 17-20 6-10 16-22 11-19 13-26 15-20 9-14 21-30 26-37 201-302
    105  1 146  2 369  3 232  2 86  2 249  3 115  1 255  3 149  3 252  3 182  4 159  3 301  3 283  2 2883  35

RECEIVING

No. Name SF SPP OLGC LS RC AW FJ AR RC LS NE BF PR Harr Totals
11 Johnny Freeman 6-52 5-69 4-103 3-84 1-10 5-108 1-20 3-34 4-55 4-69 3-43 3-44 5-96 4-60 51-847
8 Marvin Harrison   2-30 11-111 5-123 1-10 3-64 4-84 1-10 3-43 3-70 3-20 2-4 4-79 8-76 50-724
3 Marques Mason 4-53 1-8 8-114 1-15   3-40   6-120 1-13 2-31 4-46   5-64 6-72 41-576
4 Jack Sutton   3-33 2-29 1-6 2-39 3-19 1-11 4-79 2-24 1-24 2-46 3-49 1-15   25-374
13 Sahmir Hagans           2-17       1-19 2-31 1-62 3-20 5-37 14-186
1 Anthony Rightley         1-7     1-14 1-14 2-39 1-12   2-18 2-33 10-137

SCORING

No. Name SF SPP OLGC LS RC AW FJ AR RC LS NE BF PR Harr Totals
3 Marques Mason   8 6 6 6 18 6 18 18   6   6 12 110
24 Kolbe Burrell   12 6 12   6 6       6 6 12 6 72
11 Johnny Freeman 6 6 8     6     12 6 6 12   6 68
8 Marvin Harrison     12 12   6 6     6 6 2     50
40 Antonio Chadha               5 8 5 7 4 7 4 40
13 Sahmir Hagans         6 6 6       6 12     36
1 Anthony Rightley         6     6   6     6 6 30

SCORING BREAKDOWN

No.

Name

 Rush Rec. KO Pt. Int F/Ret F/Rec 2-R 2-P K FG Totals
3 Marques Mason 11 4 2 1         1     110
24 Kolbe Burrell 12                     72
11 Johnny Freeman   11             1     68
8 Marvin Harrison   8             1     50
40 Antonio Chadha                   31 3 40
13 Sahmir Hagans 2 3   1               36
1 Anthony Rightley   5                   30

INTERCEPTIONS

No. Name SF SPP OLGC LS RC AW FJ AR RC LS NE BF PR Harr Totals
    none     none   none         none none      
5 Zach Bouggess             1   1 1     1   4
1 Anthony Rightley               1           3 4
22 Nicholas Rios   1 1                   1   3

SELECTED PICTURES . . .

Twitter photo. In preparation for the final, the Prep was able to practice at the Eagles' facility.

Twitter photo. QB Kyle McCord is
in the middle toward the bottom.
Number 6.

 

Twitter photo. Anthony Rightley scores on a pass.