CL Playoff Recaps, 2005

Red Division
First Round
At Widener
Judge 27, Roman 19
   Justin DeCristofaro, disappointed over not receiving coaches' All-Catholic honors above honorable mention, passed 12-for-20 for 270 yards -- the No. 2 total in CL playoff history -- and three TDs as the Crusaders sentenced Roman to a second consecutive loss in the 3-6 game. The strikes went to Andrew McHale (3-78), Tom Hayes (3-66) and Mark Ryan and Joe Thompson made it 27-13 with a rushing TD. Will Taggert added an interception. Dan Jordan (pass), Rockeed McCarter and Sean Woods (runs) scored Roman's TDs.
At Truman
La Salle 28, Ryan 3
   Frosh Will McFillin kicked a 22-yard field goal to stake Ryan to a 3-0 lead, but La Salle wound up rolling mostly behind the passing of soph John Harrison (13-for-24, 200, one TD apiece to Chris Ashley and Drew Wilkins). Ashley (11-60, TD) and Chris Agnew (16-78) led the rushing attack and George Hudson made an interception. Ryan's Rob "Cookie" Kilchrist ran 16 times for 57 yards.
Semifinals
Back-to-Back Nights At Northeast
SJ Prep 53, Judge 9
   The Hawks exploded for a 41-point first half behind rusher Jamir Livingston (11-132, three TDs) and QB Chris Whitney (65-yard TD run and scoring passes of 57 yards to Bill Edger and 59 to Tom Elliott). Sub Bradley Wright went for 121 yards and two TDs on five carries. Wideout Tom Hayes, forced to move to QB after an early injury to Justin DeCristofaro, went 1 yard for a TD and Matt O'Shaughnessy, Judge's fourth kicker of the season, hit a 27-yard field goal.
O'Hara 35, La Salle 14
   Linebacker Scott Taylor sparked a 28-0 second half by returning two interceptions for TDs (17 and 40 yards) while the other scores came on a pass from frosh Tom Savage to Chris Myers and a run by John Dempsey (22-132). Savage was filling in for Anthony Walters, who snuck 1 yard for a first half score and then injured his lower left leg early in the third quarter. For La Salle, soph John Harrison also posted a 1-yard TD and passed 12-for-23 for 174 yards and a score to Jack Forster (7-107).
Final
At Northeast
SJ Prep 41, O'Hara 7
   The Hawks were guilty of two early missteps in the form of a fumble that led to O'Hara's lone score, on Joe Juisti's 6-yard run, and a missed, chip-shot field goal. They were dominant thereafter, though, while claiming their fourth title in five years and raising coach Gil Brooks' total to five overall (also '97). That tied him with the late Dick Bedesem (Egan, five from '63 to '70) for the most championships in CL history. Soph Jamir Livingston ran 32 times for 187 yards and four TDs, tying the city's postseason record, and classmate Tim Edger broke the mark for kicking points with 11 on two field goals and five PAT. O'Hara was held to one first down.

Blue Division
First Round
At Plymouth-Whitemarsh
Carroll 41, Neumann-Goretti 27
   Josh Halladay ran 21 times for 139 yards and the game's first and last TDs and had one in between on a 47-yard pass from Matt Cantafio (9-for-16, 161). Cantafio posted three TD passes, with the others going to Wiley Flowers (4-57) and fullback Jake Szulinski (another TD on a rush). For N-G, Mark Hatty passed 8-for-17 for 115 yards and three TDs -- two to Chuck French (3-55) and one to Hiram "H" Bowman. It was the first time in city postseason history that each QB threw for as many as three TDs. Mark McPherson added a 47-yard run for a score. Flowers and Ellis Rogers had interceptions for Carroll.
At Wissahickon
Conwell-Egan 27, McDevitt 21 (OT)
   The Eagles rallied from a two-touchdown deficit in the final 17 minutes and lived something of a charmed life in OT. Kevin Schafer scored on a 1-yard keeper, but the Eagles were vulnerable after the PAT was missed. McDevitt star Manny Harrison (32-163, all three TDs) then fumbled close to the goal line and Tom McCue recovered in the end zone to end it. Schafer generated 151 yards of rushing and passing, five of his eight tackles were solos and he also made an interception. Plus, he completed a conversion pass to Steve Herrmann to necessitate OT. Rasuel Thomas ran 10 times for 63 yards and two tallies.
Semifinals
At Widener
West Catholic 12, Carroll 0
   Down lineman Kirk Hinton made an early interception to set up a 19-yard scoring run by Dennis Shaw (28-215) and Anthony Rhoades "gained" 45 yards on four sacks and another TFL. Carroll had just 44 yards total offense. Chris Farmer added two sacks while other interceptions went to Matt Ambrosine and Christopher Palmer. Carroll's Ryan Downs and Geof Prather also had picks.
At Wissahickon
Wood 43, Conwell-Egan 0
   Bryan McCartney (24-131) rushed for the first two TDs and Matt Little scored once apiece on a rush and catch while also notching an interception. The other TD pass thrown by Joe Kosich (11-for-19, 98) went to Chris Lorditch (also a field goal and four PATs). C-E's Rasuel Thomas ran 12 times for 56 yards.
Final
Wood 30, West Catholic 12
At Northeast
   This one turned in the blink of an eye. The game's first score came with 40.5 seconds left in the first half as Joe Kosich (7-for-16, 86 yards) whipped a 14-yard pass to Chris Lorditch. Pat Devlin followed immediately with an interception and a 44-yard return to the West 15, then on the ensuing play eased into the end zone and snagged a 15-yard pass at 16.5. Bryan McCartney (24-115; 3,671 for career) and sub Patrick Avallon ran for second-half TDs and Lorditch kicked a 24-yard field goal. For West, which suffered a fourth consecutive title-game defeat, the headliners were Wayne Donahue (11 tackles, TD run) and John Maddox (interception, TD catch).