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Date in Blue Devil Football
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September 26th •
By BOB
MILLER
Daily Herald Sports Editor
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Bellwood-Antis (3-1) handed highly-touted Jersey Shore their first loss
of the season 18-6, on September 26, 1947, at Jersey Shore.
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Harold
“Pete” Gleichert recovered a Bulldog fumble on Shore’s
first series from scrimmage to set up a first-quarter score. Roy Pickens
tossed a 13-yard pass to Harry Campbell, who along with Harold “Bus”
Carr was a co--captain for Duke Burkholder for the touchdown.
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Jersey
Shore came back to tie the score, taking advantage of a pass interception
they returned to the BA-40.
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Late
in the second quarter, the Blue Devils halted a Jersey Shore threat that
carried to the BA-6 and promptly turned around and marched 94 yards to
paydirt themselves. On the opening play of the drive, Pickens ran wide
around the right end for a 20-yard scamper. Three plays later Pickens
connected with Bob Sitman for a 55-yard TD pass that gave the Blue Devils
a 12-6 halftime lead.
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In
the fourth quarter, Gleichert came up with another Shore miscue, an interception
this time at the BA-43. The Bulldogs held, but moved “out of the
frying pan into the fire,” when Campbell intercepted a Jersey Shore
pass attempt and loped 25 yards into the endzone for the final score of
the game.
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Pickens
carried 16 times for 100 yards and completed two of seven passes for another
73 yards and two scores.
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It
didn’t take long for the Williamsburg Blue Pirates to put a score
on the board against Bellwood-Antis on September 26, 1969. That
was the Pirates’ first points of the season after getting shut out
three straight times, and the B-A defense wouldn’t allow them any
more in a 36-8 Blue Devil win.
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In
a battle of two winless schools, Bellwood-Antis used a punishing overland
attack that amassed over 300 yards rushing to crack the victory column
for the first time in 1969 for head coach Chet Dillen.
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B-A
dug in and stopped another scoring attempt by Williamsburg on the BA-6,
shifted gears and drove 94 yards for the tying score. Chris Edmondson
sprinted 30 yards for the TD with just 2:24 left in the opening quarter
and quarterback Bo DelGrosso tacked on the two-point PAT rush.
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The
Blue Devil defense pilfered four Williamsburg passes and turned three
of them into points.
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Ray
Miller intercepted one in the second period to set the B-A up at the Pirate-30.
Two plays later, DelGrosso hit Jeff Wilson with a 24-yard TD pitch and
rushed for his second two-pointer.
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Minutes
later, it was Todd Guyer intercepting a Williamsburg pass at the W-Burg-45.
DelGrosso darted through the middle for the distance for the TD on the
first call from scrimmage.
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With
a 22-0 lead at halftime, Bellwood-Antis quickly rolled 51 yards to begin
the third quarter for another TD. Guyer slammed in from the one for the
six-pointer and a 28-0 lead.
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The
Blue Devils final tally came following an interception by Mike Hoffer.
Edmondson scored his second TD of the game blasting in from a yard away
and then grabbed a two-point conversion pass from DelGrosso.
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After being outscored 102-20 in their first three games of the season,
Bellwood-Antis traveled to Indiana County on September 26, 1981
to finally win a ballgame. B-A vanquished Marion Center 34-14 on a warm
Saturday afternoon 1:30 p.m. start, to get second-year coach John Hayes
his first win after absorbing losses to Penns Valley (18-0), Tyrone (37-0)
and Northern Cambria (47-20).
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The
Blue Devils used a devastating two-prong offense consisting of senior
Steve Walker and junior John Youngkin.
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Walker
carried the pigskin 25 times and responded with 189 yards, including touchdown
runs of three, 15 and 89 yards. Youngkin had his number called just seven
times, but scampered for TD runs of 88 and 37 yards o his way to 195 yards
rushing.
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Sophomore
placekicker Tim Kovac punctuated four of the five scores with successful
PAT kicks.
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The
previously nonexistent Blue devil defense turned in a credible job in
shackling Marion Center to just 100 yards total offense and denying the
Yellow Jackets the endzone until B-A had a comfortable 20-0 lead, which
they kept adding on to.
