Archbishop Wood . . . 2017 PIAA Class 5A State Champs!

  On Dec. 8, at Hersheypark Stadium, Archbishop Wood beat Gateway, 49-14, to win its fourth state title in five  years and fifth in seven. The Vikings were led by Nasir Peoples, who carried 25 times for 267 yards and four TDs. Adrian Lambert (10-98, two TDs) also rushed well, Kyle Pitts caught a TD pass from Jack Colyar and Bob Hennessey went 7-for-7 on PAT. Pitts added two interceptions/TFL and Kevin Otto had a pick. Matt Palmer made five tackles while Bill Shaeffer recorded two sacks. Coach Steve Devlin's Vikings scored the first 49 points and reached the end zone on their first six possessions.
  Rotation members and stats below.
  **Thanks to Ed "Huck" Palmer for his contributions!**

The Vikings celebrate the win . . .

THE SEASON, GAME BY GAME
  W-L We They
at Oxbridge Acad. (FL) W 14 13
Paramus Catholic (NJ) L 14 34
at Bergen Catholic (NJ) W 27 21
at SJ Prep L 7 27
at Roman W 38 6
at Ryan W 42 6
Judge W 49 19
at Carroll W 49 7
idle      
La Salle W 31 17
Ryan   5A final W 48 0
Gratz   5A City Title W 36 6
Wyoming Valley West  5A quarter W 41 14
Unionville  5A semi W 49 28
Gateway  5A final W 49 14

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TITLE GAME BOXSCORE . . .

CLASS AAAAA FINAL
WOOD 49, GATEWAY 14
Archbishop Wood      21   21    7   0  -- 49
Gateway                     0     0    7   7  -- 14
  AW: Lambert 19 run (Hennessey kick)
  AW: Peoples 68 run (Hennessey kick)
  AW: Peoples 2 run (Hennessey kick)
  AW: Peoples 14 run (Hennessey kick)
  AW: Pitts 6 pass from Colyar (Hennessey kick)
  AW: Lambert 5 run (Hennessey kick)
  AW: Peoples 13 run (Hennessey kick)
  G: Thompson 69 passed from Walker (Jenkins kick)
  G: Thompson 80 pass from Walker (Jenkins kick)
 
AW Gate
First downs 22 10
Rushes-yards 55-452 14-31
Passing yards 17 257
Total offense 469 288
Passing 3-3-0 12-27-3
Return yards 90 14
Punts 0 4-23.5
Fumbles lost 2 0
Penalties-yards 9-83 4-27

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
  RUSHING -- AW: Peoples 25-267, Lambert 10-98, Murt 5-25,
Blackstone 6-25, Barksdale 1-20, Bauer 3-19, DiVergilis 2-3,
Cattolico 2-0, Colyar 1-(-5). G: Davis 9-39, Walker 5-(-8).      
  PASSING -- AW: Colyar 3-3-0 -- 17. G: Walker 12-27-3 -- 257.
  RECEIVING -- AW: Lambert 2-11, Pitts 1-6. G: Thompson
5-172, Jackson 2-21, Josephs 2-14, Davis 2-13, Majocha 1-37.
  INTERCEPTIONS -- AW: Pitts 2, K. Otto.
  (Other Defensive Stats; Wood Only)
  FUMBLE RECOVERIES -- None.
  TACKLING LEADERS -- AW: Palmer 5, Pitts 4.
  SACKS -- AW: Shaeffer 2, Palmer.
  OTHER TFLs -- AW: Pitts 2, Palmer.

WOOD'S OFFENSE/DEFENSE ROTATION MEMBERS
(Various Alignments)
C Tom Walsh 73   T Connor Bishop 58
G Brett Gross 50   T Sean McHugh 40
G Albert Glasgow 55   T Dylan Urbanowski 57
T Connor Bishop 58   T George Mazzacano 9
T Luke Stengel 64   T Tom Walsh 73
TE Kyle Pitts 3   E Bill Shaeffer 15
TE Bill Shaeffer 15   E Kyle Pitts 3
WR Ryan Loughlin 7   LB Tyler Smith 44
WR Jake Ross 14   LB Matt Palmer 19
WR Tahmir Barksdale 4   CB Kevin Otto 17
WR Nasir Bowen 20   CB Brad Otto 21
RB Nasir Peoples 5   FS Ryan Loughlin 7
FB Adrian Lambert 1   SS Nasir Peoples 5
WB George Mazzacano 9   NB Joe Wade 27
QB Jack Colyar 12        
P Bill Cook 69        
LS Bill Shaeffer 15      
H Jake Ross 14        
KR Ryan DiVergilis 28      
KR Brad Otto 21        
PR Tahmir Barksdale          

SEASON STATISTICAL LEADERS . . .

RUSHING

No. Name Ox PC BC SJP RC AR FJ AC LaS Ryan Gtz WVW Uni Gate Totals
5 Nasir Peoples 17-81 17-88 24-125 23-130 4-39 12-177 9-98 7-50 22-168 10-122 23-176 16-173 23-144 25-267 232-1838
10 Chris Blackstone     6-41 1-5 3-16 6-33 7-50 8-100   6-44 5-21 3-52 7-34 6-25 58-421
1 Adrian Lambert 7-39 2-10 3-12 3-6 1-(-1) 6-31 4-14 1-4 6-19 4-25 8-52 4-54 5-45 10-98 64-408

PASSING
(Number in red: TD passes)

No. Name Ox PC BC SJP RC AR FJ AC LaS AR Gtz WVW Uni Gate Totals
12 Jack Colyar 6-11 7-16 8-12 9-21 6-14 8-11 6-16 7-9 6-12 3-5 3-4 1-3 2-4 3-3 75-141
    74  1 69  1 154  1 80 138  1 79 51  1 131  2 175  1 93  1 22 37  1 49 17  1 1169  11

RECEIVING

No. Name Ox PC BC SJP RC AR FJ AC LaS AR Gtz WVW Uni Gate Totals
7 Ryan Loughlin   1-44 4-134 2-38 2-31 3-42 2-21 3-75 4-121 2-66         23-572
3 Kyle Pitts 2-32 1-14   1-22 2-61 3-21 2-19 3-41 1-36 1-27 1-12 1-37 2-49 1-6 21-377
1 Adrian Lambert 1-16 1-4 1-4 2-15 2-46           2-10     2-11 11-106

SCORING

No. Name Ox PC BC SJP RC AR FJ AC LaS AR Gtz WVW Uni Gate Totals
5 Nasir Peoples   6 6 6 6 18 18 12 12 18 24 12 18 24 180
43 Bob Hennessey 2 2   1 8 6   7 7 5 6 5 6 7 62
1 Adrian Lambert 6       6 6 6         12 6 12 54
10 Chris Blackstone     6   6   6 6   6 6   6   42
3 Kyle Pitts     2   6   6   12     6   6 38
7 Ryan Loughlin   6 6         12   6         30
12 Jack Colyar 6   6         6         6   24

SCORING BREAKDOWN
(Number next to name indicates TD passes)

No.

Name

 Rush Rec. KO Pt. Int F/Ret F/Rec 2-R 2-P K FG Totals
5 Nasir Peoples 29     1               180
43 Bob Hennessey                   53 3 62
1 Adrian Lambert 7 1                   *54
10 Chris Blackstone 7                     42
3 Kyle Pitts   5     1       1     38
7 Ryan Loughlin   5                   30
12 Jack Colyar (11) 4                     24
*-includes return of blocked punt vs. Roman              

INTERCEPTIONS

No. Name Ox PC BC SJP RC AR FJ AC LaS AR Gtz WVW Uni Gate Totals
      none   none               none none    
17 Kevin Otto 1   1     1               1 4
7 Ryan Loughlin 1   1           1   1       4
21 Brad Otto         1       1 1         3
3 Kyle Pitts                 1         2 3

SELECTED PICTURES . . .

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette photo. Nasir Peoples fights off defender.

Twitter photo. Kyle Pitts (3) hoists the trophy.

Twitter photo. Another celebration pic . . .