PL Playoff Recaps, 2011

Public League Playoff Recaps, 2011

AA DIVISION
SEMIFINALS
At Southern
Bok 32, Prep Charter 0: On Friday, Shaquil Sammons turned 16 carries into 208 yards and three TDs. Omar Bashir, Taj Cannady-Jewlett and Olutoby Lediju made interceptions and Mark Webb tallied on a 15-yard fumble return. PC's Anthony Wyche ran 10 times for 50 yards.
At Gratz
Imhotep 21, Comm Tech 6: On Saturday, in outrageous weather for late October (snow/sleet/rain; playing surface covered with maybe an inch), DeAndre Scott (12-106) and Eerin Young (13-63) ran for one TD apiece to offset the efforts of Chris Miller (13-71) and Rolando Ransom (21-61, TD).
FINAL
At Southern
Bok 22, Imhotep 19: Shaquil Sammons (28-71) ran for the final two TDs as the Wildcats overcame a 19-8 deficit to claim their fourth consecutive AA crown. For Imhotep, Eerin Young (18-103) and DeAndre Scott (12-94) ran for one score apiece and added six points on an 82-yard interception return.

AAA DIVISION
SEMIFINALS
Doubleheader at Gratz
Boys’ Latin 30, West Phila. 0: Erik Lark (8-for-17, 126) hit Tahir Perlote (4-59) for the first two TDs and the Warriors wound up stunning West, which entered 9-0 for the first time since 1928. Ben Coulibaly mixed 96 rushing yards with two interceptions. The Speedboys were limited to 13 yards.
Dobbins 28, Gratz 12: The Mustangs also avenged a regular season defeat as Jameel Davis turned 19 carries into 94 yards and two TDs and Daquan “Day-Day” Brown (11-85) returned a fumble 65 yards for a score. Gratz’ Curt Hunt made eight tackles and caught a TD pass.
FINAL
At Northeast
Dobbins 42, Boys’ Latin 12: Jameel Davis (16-200, two) and Daquan “Day-Day” Brown (15-110) combined for five rushing TDs and 176 of those yards came on two plays, a 90-yarder for Davis and an 86-yarder for Brown. Trayvon Faison, Kyle Napper-Green and Rafiq Williams added interceptions. For BL, Erik Lark ran for one score and passed to Tahir Perlote for another.

AAAA DIVISION
FIRST ROUND
Central 28, Northeast 20: The host Lancers snapped a 20-20 tie with 3:09 left when linebacker Joseph Shepherd Jr., a 15-year-old junior who'd blocked a field goal right before halftime, stole the ball and raced 20 yards for a TD. Ryan Dydak hit Richard "Tre" Drayton, son of coach Rich Drayton, for the conversion and then mishit an intended squib kick. It barely traveled 10 yards and Central's Hakeem Ellis recovered. Dydak passed for Central's first three TDs, two to Drayton followed by one to Walt Pegues. Northeast, which played without numerous starters in the first half (team issue), received two TDs on passes from Harold Alexander to Devon Dillard.
Germantown 32, Lincoln 27: The host Bears rallied to victory on Cedric Wright's 15-yard TD pass to Myles Brooker with 2:56 remaining. Wright finished 7-for-11 for 151 yards and one score apiece to Will Parks (5-121) and Brooker (2-30) while Ackeno Robertson scored twice (rush, 80-yard kickoff return). Aaron "Snook" Boyd added 156 yards and one score on 18 rushes. Devon Smith posted a pick. Marquise "Marty" McFarland (15-106) ran for two Lincoln scores while Miguel Sanchez passed for one TD and ran for another.
SEMIFINALS
Doubleheader at Northeast
Frankford 37, Central 12: Tim DiGiorgio passed 13-for-18 for 226 yards and one score apiece to Renz “Rodeo” Compton, Marquan Scott (3-112) and Aaron Allison while Kelly Johnson (13-116, TD; also an interception) fared well on the ground. For Central, Ryan Dydak passed for 138 yards, mostly to Richard “Tre” Drayton (5-97), son of coach Rich Drayton, and scored twice on keepers.
Washington 36, Germantown 20: Hakeem Sillman’s 22-carry, 161-yard, three-TD performance enabled the Eagles to storm back from a 20-7 deficit. As the second half opened, Ken Everage recovered Jake Wright's onside kick to create instantaneous momentum and he scored the clinching TD while totaling 101 yards on 13 carries. Germantown received rushing TDs from Ackeno Robertson (16-110) and Aaron “Snook” Boyd (11-97) and an air score from Myles Brooker.
FINAL
At Northeast
Washington 20, Frankford 13: The winning TD, which snapped a 13-13 tie and gave coach Ron Cohen his fourth crown in five years (one overall, three in AAAA) and 12th total, came with 8:37 left on Hakeem Sillman’s 3-yard run. It capped a 3-yard drive given life by a gigantic blunder. Believing a trick play had been called on fourth-and-10, the long-snapper fired the ball at shocked up-man Aaron Allison, whose pass to no one fell incomplete. Sillman ran 24 times for 141 yards and two scores while Rene Villafane recovered his own fumble in the end zone to cap a 30-yard pass play from David Gavrilov. Kendale Truitt had an interception. For Frankford, junior lefty Tim DiGiorgio passed 13-for-28 for 182 yards and a TD to Kelly Johnson, thus raising his season total to 2,053 and breaking the Pub record set just one year earlier by Fels’ Tyree “Bam” Rucker (1,994). Johnson carried 15 times for 91 yards and made three snags for 65. Geoffrey Phillippe mixed 11 tackles (seven solos) with a tumbling-backward interception.

CITY TITLES
CLASS AA
At Southern
West Catholic 30, Bok 23: The Burrs needed a late TD to survive despite 412-108 dominance in scrimmage yardage. A 50-yard pass from Jaleel Reed to Shaquille James provided major life for the final drive and Reed scored from the 1 with 1:31 left, erasing a 23-22 deficit. Reed suffered a second-quarter injury and during his absence Kevin Malone threw a 9-yard scoring pass to Bruce Mapp. David Williams carried 42 times for 228 yards and two TDs. For Bok, Shaquil Sammons rushed 27 times for 77 yards and one score and added another on a 92-yard kickoff return.
CLASS AAA
At Northeast
Wood 49, Dobbins 0: Star rushers Desmon and Brandon Peoples combined for just one carry as the Vikings went to the air again and again while scoring 42 points in the first 19 minutes. Joey Monaghan finished 12-for-14 for 199 yards and four TDs, two to Kyle Adkins and one apiece to Nate Smith (also a punt-return score) and Colin Thompson (3-67). After TD No. 4, junior Nick Visco claimed the city record with his 171st career PAT. As the game wound down, Thompson poured ice cubes on John Shulby, a best buddy with Down syndrome and a three-year honorary captain. Dobbins’ best moment was Kareem Jefferson’s fumble recovery, at the 1, right before halftime.
CLASS AAAA
At Northeast
La Salle 41, Washington 7: Five days before Thanksgiving, the Explorers must have thought it was Christmas en route to capturing their third consecutive AAAA City Title. After taking an early lead on the first of three successive rushing TDs by Tim Wade (12-79), Ryan Winslow lofted a kickoff about 35 yards downfield and Washington’s nearest return man merely watched. The ball bounced, Dad Poquie pounced and Wade made it 14-0 five plays later. Matt Magarity ran for one TD (65 yards) and hit Sean Coleman for another while frosh Jordan Meachum, Wade’s backup, sped for 101 yards and one score on 12 carries. Washington tallied on David Gavrilov’s 58-yard pass to Donald Smith. Hakeem Sillman, the city’s leading rusher, was held to 18 yards on eight carries.