by David A. Willauer
Amontay Clanton’s 3 touchdown runs along with teammates 2 touchdown runs each by James Jenkins and Shawn Savage paced the Golden Knights of Sussex Central to a 48-42 overtime win over Northwestern High School of Maryland.
The St. Elizabeth Vikings marched down the field on their opening drive on the strength of QB Brendan McClosky’s right arm and scored on a 15 yard pass to Tristan Thompson. After that, the Bulldogs Defense stiffened as Brandywine went on to win 27-6. Stefon Johnson had TD runs of 6 and 24 yards. Sayvon Willis added a 3 yard scoring run and P.J. Groome scored on a 23 yard interception return for a touchdown.
Titus Nelson’s 157 yards rushing along with 5 touchdown runs of 23, 29, 3, 21 and 34 paced the Redskins of Conrad to a 49-32 win over the Vikings of Christiana.
The Quakers of Wilmington Friends behind the performances of Stephen Maguire’s 147 yards on 15 carries and scored on 2 touchdown runs of 10 and 3 yards, along with teammate Jake Erskine rushed for 38 yards on 6 carries and scored 2 touchdown runs of 6 and 15 yards plus Jimmy Carney’s ran for 57 yards on 5 carries and scored an 80 yard kick return defeated Friends School of Baltimore by a 34-8 score.
The Lake Forest Spartans on touchdown runs by John Flamer and teammate Noah Feague defeated the Green Knights of Mt. Pleasant by a 15-6 score. The Green Knights of Mt. Pleasant had their only score of the game as qb Jashawn Johnson threw a 42 yard pass to Jiare Brown.
The Colonials of William Penn behind Reggie Carroll’s 22 carries for 127 yard and 1 touchdown run of 12 yards, Shawn Wood 11 carries for 86 yards, Chi Chi Amachi 2 catches for 64 yards and 1 touchdown reception of 54 yards along with DJ Johnson’s 2 completions for 3 attempts for 64 yards and 1 touchdown pass of 54 yards defeated the Spartans of St. Marks by a 24-0 score.
