SJP, L a Salle Unite for Puer to Rico Page 3
Vol. 43, I ssue V
New Prep Promo Video Page 6
Prep Football Wins Catholic L eague Page 8
M r. Har t in Always Editor ial: Schedule Sunny Still Needs Wor k Page 15 Page 17
The Student Newspaper of St. Joseph's Prep
November 2nd, 2017
I n Memoriam: Sal DiNubile '19
Speak his name, brothers, today and tomorrow, the next day and the next, when you are seniors and at your 50th Reunion: Sal DiNubile, you are loved, present-tense.
Prep Football Claims Yet Another PCL Title By Dan Avington ?18 and Ricky Weipz ?19 It?s the play the La Salle Explorers (7-2) are known for. Every season since the start of the John Steinmetz era, their go-to play has been the short pass to the middle. The pass to Nick Rinella in 2015 to end the Hawks? chances of a Philadelphia Catholic League title was the short middle pass. All of the converted third down passes in this game were short middle passes. Noting this pattern, free safety Dejuan Dandridge ?18 was able to change the course of the game. Early in the second quarter,
La Salle was driving, now in the St. Joe?s Prep (8-0) redzone. They had been dominating the offensive game with short passes and fullback dives. Now, they looked to convert another first down by looking over the middle. Quarterback Danny Solecki dropped back and was looking for a receiver in the end zone, but the pass never got there. Dandridge jumped the route, grabbed the ball as if he was the target, and started running. The former running back showed off his rushing talent, going 73 yards to bring the ball all the way to the 27 yard line. This play may have been the
game-deciding factor. To that point, the Explorers were winning 7-0 and the Hawks were stumbling on offense and looked downright confused on the defensive end. Then, the quick thinking by the senior defensive back turned the course of the game. Set up on the 27 yard line, QB Marquez McCray ?18 tossed one up to the end zone, and somehow, wide receiver Brandon Sanders ?18 came up with the Moss-like grab over DB Devon Smith. That was the only score of the first half for the Hawks, but the course of the game was changed by Dandridge.
Coming into the second half, SJP made some major adjustments. While the Explorers dominated with the run game in the first half, the Hawks stifled their attack as the halves turned over. While Joey Burnham and Manny Quiles dominated the typically-potent defensive line in half #1, seniors Ryan Bryce, Jake Feehery, Paul Hess, and Rayshad Wallace were finally able to counter the mammoth o-line of La Salle. That?s when the offense finally began to take control. The first score of the second half came on a pitch from McCray to running back Kolbe
Burrell ?20, who utilized a dive in order to find his way into the end zone, making the score 14-7 SJP led. After a solid defensive stand, Marques Mason ?19 went to work. Following a block on the outside from Sanders, Mason burst around the edge and stiff-armed an Explorer to the ground, then brought the ball to the house. With the score 21-7, it looked like the Hawks had everything locked up. Following a couple more strong defensive plays, including a bone-crushing sack from linebacker Jeremiah Trotter, Jr. ?21, the offense went back to work. On first down... (Continued on Page 8).