SJ Prep . . . 2019 PIAA Class 6A State Champs!

  On Dec. 7, at Hersheypark Stadium, St. Joseph's Prep beat Central Dauphin, 35-13, to capture its second consecutive state championship, fifth over seven years and first under rookie coach Tim Roken. The Hawks were led by Kolbe Burrell, who rushed 25 times for 190 yards and two TDs; on the first he raced 55 yards untouched to the end zone. Also, Malik Cooper, in game No. 4 as the replacement for injured starter Kyle McCord, passed 9-for-14 for 95 yards and one TD apiece to Sahmir Hagans and Marvin Harrison. The latter became the fifth player in Catholic League history to reach 1,000 receiving yards in one season (1,033) and his 15 receiving TDs left him one short of the CL record (16 by Dougherty's Mickey King in 2000). A defensive TD was scored when Sean Walker blocked a punt and Maurice Clark sprinted 20 yards to the end zone. Liam Johnson (13) and Julian Talley (10) reached double digits in tackles and the former recorded four sacks.
   Rotation members and stats below. Selected shots at bottom of page.
  **Thanks to Ed "Huck" Palmer and Tim Roken for their contributions!**

The Hawks celebrate their championship.

THE SEASON, GAME BY GAME
  W-L We They
idle      
Marietta (GA) L 17 21
at St. John's (DC) W 34 30
IMG Academy (FL) L 25 31
La Salle W 44 13
Roman W 44 7
Wood W 42 21
Judge W 47 7
Ryan W 65 7
Judge   6A semi W 49 0
La Salle   6A final W 52 7
Northeast   6A City Title W 43 26
Nazareth   6A state qtr W 45 24
Pittsburgh Central Cath.   6A state semi *W 31 24
Central Dauphin   6A state final W 35 13
  *-overtime      
  5-0 league, 12-2 overall 12-2 573 231

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TITLE GAME BOXSCORE . . .

CLASS AAAAAA FINAL
SJ PREP 35, CENTRAL DAUPHIN 13
St. Joseph's Prep     14   7    7     7 -- 35
Central Dauphin        0   0    7     6 -- 13
  SJP: Hagans 7 pass from Cooper (Chadha kick)
  SJP: Clark 20 blocked punt return ((Chadha kick)
  SJP: Harrison 34 pass from Cooper (Chadha kick)
  CD: Smith 19 run (Stauffer kick)
  SJP: Burrell 55 run (Chadha kick)
  SJP: Burrell 9 run (Chadha kick)
  CD: Chimenti 5 pass from Mosey (no attempt)
 
SJP CD
First downs 16 11
Rushes-yards 39-243 36-111
Passing yards 95 105
Total offense 338 216
Passing 9-14-0 7-16-0
Return yards 31 219
Punts 3-41.0 6-21.8
Fumbles lost 2 0
Penalties-yards 10-77 5-55

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
  RUSHING -- SJP: Burrell 25-190, Barlow 3-24, Barr 4-19, Cooper 5-13,
Harrison 1-1, center snap 1-(-4). CD: Smith 15-89, Chimenti 2-32, Vargas
3-18, English 2-6, Holton 3-1, Mosey 11-(-35).
Plant 14-49, Everson 17-44, Purdy 6-12.
  PASSING -- SJP: Cooper 9-14-0 -- 95. CD: Mosey 6-14--0 -- 90,
Chimenti 1-2-0 -- 15.
  RECEIVING -- SJP: Hagans 3-24, Clark 3-21, Harrison 2-46, Barlow
1-4. CD: Chimenti 4-66, Smith 2-28, Bowman 1-11.
  INTERCEPTIONS -- SJP: None.
  (Other Defensive Stats, SJ Prep Only)
  FUMBLE RECOVERIES -- SJP: None.
  TACKLING LEADERS -- SJP: Johnson 13, Talley 10, Romano 7,
Bailey 5.
  SACKS -- SJP: Johnson 4, Romano 2 1/2.
  OTHER TFLs -- SJP: Romano, Nelson and Talley 1.

  SJP OFFENSE        

                         SJP DEFENSE
C Max Fisher 51   T Anthony Leneghan 45
G Casey Stephenson 74   T Andrew Bailey 56
G Matt McGeary 65   E Blake Romano 11
T Brad Harris 70   E Nick Yagodich 57
T Matt Lombardi 79   OLB Liam Johnson 10
TE Dan Stevenson 86   MLB Josiah Trotter 40
WR Marvin Harrison 8   OLB Aidan Nash 14
WR Sahmir Hagans 2   CB Zavier Atkins 18
WR Maurice Clark 84   CB Keenan Nelson 29
QB Malik Cooper 16   SS Julian Talley 3
RB Kolbe Burrell 5   FS David Watson 19
FB Mike McCormick 33        
K Antonio Chadha 40        
P Zavier Atkins 18        
LS Joe McCabe 44      
H Zavier Atkins 18      
Ret Sahmir Hagans 2        
various formations/          
use of RBs/receivers          

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SEASON STATISTICAL LEADERS . . .

RUSHING

No. Name Mar SJ IMG LaS RC AW FJ AR FJ LaS NE Naz PCC CD Totals
5 Kolbe Burrell 22-99 20-79 11-26 14-124 11-105 11-94 7-31 7-72 2-97 9-64 27-217 15-109 13-40 25-190 194-1327
32 Joshua Barlow 2-6 3-2   8-112 7-30 4-45 3-29 5-88 3-59 4-21 1-(-4) 6-34 1-2 3-24 50-448

PASSING
(Number in red: TD passes)

No. Name Mar SJ IMG LaS RC AW FJ AR FJ LaS NE Naz PCC CD Totals
6 Kyle McCord 20-33 17-36 21-40 13-19 12-21 11-20 12-18 6-7 8-10 14-23 inj inj inj inj 134-227
    247 2 283 3 279 1 268 3 201 4 208 3 187 3 184 4 179 3 363 5         2399 31
16 Malik Cooper   0-1     2-3     2-2 1-1 1-2 3-8 8-11 22-25 9-14 48-67
      0     13     81 2 1 9 17 58 1 271 1 95 2 545 6

RECEIVING

No. Name Mar SJ IMG LaS RC AW FJ AR FJ LaS NE Naz PCC CD Totals
8 Marvin Harrison 7-105 6-95 4-57 4-91 3-61 2-80 2-45 1-11 1-65 6-222   1-21 8-134 2-46 47-1033
2 Sahmir Hagans 6-61 6-31 7-63 3-49 4-30 3-32 3-79   2-28 3-18 1-8 2-19 6-44 3-24 49-486
16 Malik Cooper 4-43 5-157 7-121 4-67 2-75 2-7 1-(-1) 1-43 1-7 2-54   1-10      

SCORING

No. Name Mar SJ IMG LaS RC AW FJ AR FJ LaS NE Naz PCC CD Totals
24 Kolbe Burrell     6 12   8 6 6 12 6 18 12   12 98
8 Marvin Harrison   6   6 12 6 6 6 6 24   6 6 6 90
40 Antonio Chadha 5 10 1 8 8 3 3 8 6 10 5 9 7 5 88
13 Sahmir Hagans 6   12 6 6   6   6   6 12 6 6 72
16 Malik Cooper 6 12     6     6   6 12   12   60

SCORING BREAKDOWN

No.

Name

 Rush Rec. KO Pt. Int F/Ret F/Rec 2-R 2-P K FG Totals
24 Kolbe Burrell 16             1       98
8 Marvin Harrison   15                   90
40 Antonio Chadha                   64 8 88
13 Sahmir Hagans 1 7 2 2               72
16 Malik Cooper 5 5                   60

INTERCEPTIONS

No. Name Mar SJ IMG LaS RC AW FJ AR FJ LaS NE Naz PCC CD Totals
      none none none           none       none  
29 Keenan Nelson             2           1   3
45 Anthony Leneghan 1         1                 2
18 Xavier Atkins             1 1             2
19 David Watson           1         1       2

SELECTED PICTURES . . .

The Hawks are ready for action.

Maurice Clark (84) scores a TD off a blocked punt and Liam Johnson
(10) jumps for joy.

 The Hawks move through the handshake line.