Pa. Boys: Holy Ghost edges Delco Christian in soccer, 3-2

Delco Christian gave Holy Ghost Prep all it could handle in a Bicentennial League soccer game yesterday. But Dan Affeldt proved to be the difference for the Firebirds.

Affeldt found the back of the net twice, including three minutes into overtime, and Holy Ghost edged the host Knights, 3-2.

Joe Taormino also scored for the Firebirds while Mike Schmidt tallied twice for Delco.

In other league games:

Jeff Young stopped 18 shots for Devon Prep, but the Tide fell to visiting New Hope-Solebury, 6-0.

Brothers Colin and Adam Moyer each scored goals and led Christopher Dock past visiting Lower Moreland, 2-0.

Central.

Koudzo Komlan scored off an assist from Carlos Barriga with 81/2 minutes left in the game and lifted Upper Darby to a 1-0 win over visiting Conestoga.

Anthony Santomieri turned aside three shots for the Royals while Pioneers goalie Matt Roe stopped 12 shots.

In other league games:

Pat Lawson converted a 25-yard direct kick into a goal and Dan Kursman scored on a header as Harriton eased past visiting Springfield (Delaware County), 2-1.

Kursman's goal was the game-winner and came with 20 minutes left in the contest off an assist from Alec Weiss.

Peter Janelli scored for the Cougars.

Chris Horton turned in a goal and an assist to give Marple Newtown a 2-1 win over visiting Penncrest.

Suburban One Continental.

Goals by Chris Eisold, Alex Abdalla, Alex Shubert, Steve Adams and Alex Franco gave Central Bucks East a 5-0 win over visiting Hatboro-Horsham.

Jake Pickering faced just one shot to pick up the shutout for the Patriots.

Ches-Mont.

Erik Flood scored a goal in each half and led Great Valley past host Sun Valley, 3-0.

Marc Daubert also scored for the Patriots who got six saves from Nick Curry. Tom Walsh also stopped six shots for the Vanguards.

In other league games:

Alejandro Vavala did all of the scoring for Kennett in a 2-1 win over host Oxford.

Jamie Froehlich earned the win in goal after saving six shots. Marco Bedolla scored for the Hornets who got 11 saves from Kevin Navarro.

Chris Harmon and Joe Sales each scored twice to lift Downingtown West past host Coatesville, 5-0.

Nate Doyle also scored for the Whippets who got an eight-save performance from Bob Rosado in goal.

Andrew Baggaley collected a pair of goals including a penalty kick to tie the game for West Chester East in a 2-2 triple-overtime deadlock with host Bishop Shanahan.

Greg Patrick notched a hat trick and led Octorara past visiting Unionville, 4-1.

Two of Patrick's goals came in the second half, when Claudio Pillitteri also scored for the Braves.

Kyle Matsinger picked up a pair of goals and led Downingtown East past visiting Avon Grove, 5-0.

Ross Trudnack scored 7:39 into a second overtime period and handed Bayard Rustin a 1-0 win over visiting West Chester Henderson.

Pioneer Athletic.

Andrew Cooper and Eric Ginagnoli each scored to boost Spring-Ford past visiting Boyertown, 2-0.

Brothers Bob and Jon Price scored goals along with Jordan Klinger, and Pottsgrove handled visiting Upper Perkiomen, 3-0.

Brandon Novitski preserved the shutout with two saves and Indians goalie Matt Kirkpatrick stopped 11 shots.

Austin Moran-Santangelo scored twice in the second half for Owen J. Roberts in a 2-2 tie with host Methacton.

Jason Kushner and Rick Griffith provided second-half goals for the Warriors.

Effrain Govea and Tanner Johnson each scored twice to boost Phoenixville to an 8-1 win over visiting St. Pius X.

Tri-County.

Alex Moshal and Dan Gavrilov each scored twice to give Barrack Hebrew a 7-1 win over host Woodlynde.

Nonleague.

Colin Skelly and Tyler Regan each collected a goal and an assist as Germantown Academy topped visiting Germantown Friends, 5-0.

Mike Stewart scored twice and Nick Irvine posted his second straight shutout to give Shipley a 3-0 win over host Episcopal Academy.

John McCann also scored and Irvine turned aside 10 shots for the Churchmen.

Dillon Steen scored twice for Mercy Vocational in a 4-1 win over visiting Boys Latin.

Marquis White used overtime to score his second touchdown and handed Ben Franklin a 12-6 win over visiting Roxborough in a nonleague game.

The Electrons had the ball first in overtime, and White hauled in an option pass from Steve Garrett on fourth down. Donnell Jones ended the Indians chances with an interception.

White scored in the third quarter when he picked up a fumbled lateral and rumbled 41 yards into the end zone.

Southern 35, High School of the Future 0 -

Chris Pennington rushed for 130 yards and four touchdowns to lift the Rams (1-1) past the visiting Firebirds (0-3).

Pennington scored on runs of 4, 1, 6 and 2 yards to account for four of his 20 carries. He also ran for a two-point conversion.

Defensively, Richard Wright recorded nine tackles including two for losses and the Rams (1-1) held the Firebirds (0-3) to 40 yards rushing.

Communications Tech 32, William Penn 0 -

Kyle Tubbs scored all of the points the Phoenix (2-0) would need when he scored on a 45-yard run in the first quarter against the Lions (0-1) at Gratz.

Stacey Hill paced the offense with two touchdowns on runs of 4 and 6 yards. On defense, Akeem Robinson recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown and Terrick Carson turned in six tackles for losses.

Bok 44, University City 20 -

Ray Tucker rushed for 167 yards and two touchdowns to spark the Wildcats (3-0) past the visiting Jaguars (0-3).

Tucker staked Bok to a 16-0 lead in the first quarter with touchdown runs of 5 and 20 yards.

Michael Adens completed 11 of 25 passes for 173 yards and three touchdowns including scoring strikes of 1 and 23 yards to Andre Frazier for University City.