Upper Moreland Advances, High School Playoff Update

Upper Moreland advanced to its' first District title game in history with a 33-14 win over Owen J. Roberts Friday night. The Golden Bears (10-1) were lead by running back Chris Smallwood who had 189 rushing yards and 3 TDs. Upper Moreland scored 14 points in the last minutes in the game to put the game away. They now move on to face second-seeded Bayard Rustin (11-1) for a spot in the State Playoffs in AAA. Rustin defeated Pottsgrove, 21-13. The game will take place Friday night at Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School at 7:30.

Catholic League Champion Archbishop Wood dismantled Public League Champion Dobbins Tech, 56-6, to win the District 12 championship and will play the winner of Upper Moreland-Bayard Rustin in two weeks.

Read about the AAAA bracket below.

In AAAA action, The top-seeded North Penn Knights (12-0) beat ninth-seeded Abington (9-3) with a 42-14 win. Friday, the Knights will host Ches-Mont Champion Downingtown West (11-1) who defeated Conestoga (9-3), 28-21.

In the other half of the District One bracket, The Neshaminy Redskins (11-1) rolled to a 31-3 victory over Ridley (9-3). The Redskins will travel on Friday to Garnet Valley (12-0), who advanced with a narrow 14-12 victory over Pennsbury.

La Salle (9-2) defeated Father Judge to win the AAAA Catholic League Championship, 28-20. The Explorers face the 9-1 AAAA Public League Champion Washington Eagles who defeated Northeast High School, 41-34. La Salle and Washington square off at Northeast for the District 12 Title.

We will see some high octane matchups in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!

Click to see the AAA Bracket
Click to see the AAAA Bracket

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Holy Spirit triumphs

My alma matre absolutely destroyed St. Joe's today as the Spartans improved to 8-0 over the St. Joe's Wildcats with a 48-7 victory. Spirit ended the Wildcats 37 game winning streak. Spirit will be seeded #1 in the Non-Public 3 playoffs starting next Friday.

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Big High School Match Up in South Jersey Saturday

I may be writing this out of favoritism but on Saturday November 3 at 2PM, and epic battle on the high school gridiron will take place. In Hammonton, NJ, the Holy Spirit Spartans, my alma matre (Roose), will take on the home team St. Joe's Wildcats.

St. Joe's has won 7 of 8 meetings in the young rivalry including the last 2 meetings. Holy Spirit last won in 2004 by a score of 13-9 in Absecon.

For the third straight year, this mathup is the most anticipated matchup of the year. St. Joe's won last year 21-14 in a game that should have been Spirit's.

St. Joe's has always been the the heavy favorite but not this year as Holy Spirit is now South Jersey's powerhouse. They are featuring record breaking running back William Washington, who rushed for a Cape Atlantic League record 1800+ yards last year. His defensive co-captain is Marcus Witherspoon, the Spartans 4-yeare starting defensive end who has verbally commited to Michigan. St. Joe's is led by running back/linebacker Keith Corcoran, younger brother of Rutgers back up fullback, Jack.

Spirit is ranked #1 in South Jersey and is ranked #4 in the state of New Jersey. They are heavy favorites to win the Non-Public Group 3 championship this year.

It is not Philly related even though it's only an hour from Philly.I just wanted to let you guys know how big this game is going to be.

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