GAME THREE
GAME THREE
GAME THREE


CR South shuts out Pennridge on road

By: DOM COSENTINO
The Intelligencer

NEWTOWN TWP. - This is how bad it was for the Pennridge football team Monday night.

"I think anything that could have gone wrong tonight did go wrong at some point," said Randy Cuthbert, the Rams' coach. "It seemed like every time we did something good or got a stop, we'd turn around and shoot ourselves in the foot."

The previously unbeaten Rams were beaten 31-0 by Council Rock South at Walt Snyder Stadium in a nonleague game that began Thursday but was suspended until Monday because of lightning.

And while Pennridge (2-1) was shut out by a CR South (3-0) team that has now shut out its last two opponents and whose defense has given up just seven points this season, there were few positives to take away.

The Rams did change some things up defensively to account for the Golden Hawks' multi-faceted option attack, and they even limited CR South to just 135 rushing yards on 39 attempts (3.46 yards per carry). But, by doing so, they were forced to play more single coverage in the secondary than usual.

And CR South quarterback Bill Fleming exploited that for a handful of big plays, completing 6 of 8 passes for 119 yards and a TD.

Fleming connected with Dennis Chichkin for passes covering 51 and 35 yards, and on the first play to resume the game - CR South led 7-0 with 5:26 left in the first half and was looking at fourth-and-six from the Rams' 24 when the lightning flashed Thursday - he rolled to his left and found P.J. Gallo for a quick slant that netted 14 yards and a fresh set of downs.

Three plays later, Fleming tossed a 4-yard TD pass to Brian Donnelly to make it 13-0.

"We thought they were going to run that rollout pass - and they did," said Cuthbert of the play that resumed the game. "We were sitting there telling them, 'Watch the slant' before the play happened, and they run a slant, and the kid caught it."
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The Rams managed just 167 total yards, and their lone trip inside the red zone resulted in an Anthony Alimenti interception in the end zone.
GAME SUMMARY
Council Rock South 31          Pennridge 0

Pennridge    0 0 0 0   - 0

CR South     7 6 11 7 - 31


SCORING SUMMARY

CRS - Damirgian 4 run (Solis kick)

CRS - Donnelly 4 pass from Fleming (kick failed)

CRS - Fleming 1 run (Donnelly run)

CRS - FG Solis 27

CRS - Damirgian 4 run (Solis kick)



TEAM STATISTICS

P CRS

First Downs 9    9

Yards Rushing           115        135

Yards Passing                           52          119

Total Offense                             167        254

Comp. Passes, Int                   4-11-1   6-8-0

Fumbles-lost                              3-1         1-0

Penalties-yards                         1-5       5-55

Punts-Avg.                                4-35.3    3-39

Sacked-Yds. Lost                     3-19       0-0


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Pennridge

Rushing: Knepp 15-41; C. Peters 4-40; Cope 5-17; K. Peters 12-16; McCabe 1-2; Ferrier 2-(-1).

Passing: K. Peters 4-11-1, 52 yards.

Receiving: Ferrier 2-24; Cope 1-16; Moore 1-12. Interceptions: None.


Council Rock South

Rushing: Damirgian 9-41, 2 TDs; Donnelly 8-39; Fleming 14-29, 1 TD; Whitely 7-25; Hickey 1-1.

Passing: Fleming 6-8-0, 119 yards, 1 TD.