Berks Catholic came into 2017 with high expectations. A 4A state semifinalist in 2016, the Saints met Berks Section 1 rival Conrad Weiser in Robesonia Friday night. Berks Catholic jumped out early and never looked back. The Saints slammed the Scouts 47-0.
Senior standout running back Cooper Lutz had TD runs of 34 and 80 yards. Tre Dabney also had a TD run and a sparkling end zone pick to lead Berks Catholic.
Saints QB Junior Terry Derr said, “I thought our offense ran very well tonight. The line blocked well and gave me a ton of time.” Senior RB Cooper Lutz said, “Tonight we tried to be more physical. we knew they held their hats on being more physical, so we tried to be more physical.”
The game started a bit slow but Berks Catholic scored first on a Tre Dabney 19-yard score. With 6:06 left in quarter one it was 7-0 Saints. The Saints D forced a three and out. Waiting for the punt was Jacob Arquisola. He took it to the house from 51 yards, making it 14-0 Saints.
The next BC drive ended with a Cooper Lutz TD. Its 21-0 as we entered Qtr 2. An awesome end zone interception by Tre Dabney ended the best Conrad Weiser drive of the game. On the next play Cooper Lutz went 80 yards to the house, making the score 28-0 Saints. A 40-yard bomb from QB Derr to Tyrese Dargen set up a Brandon George 5 TD It was 35-0 BC going into halftime.
Backups played most of the second half. Quinn Foley and Colby Newton each had nice TD runs in the second half for BC. The final score was Berks Catholic 47 Conrad Weiser 0.
BC faces off with York Catholic. Conrad Weiser is in another Berks 1 -2 tussle with Twin Valley.
