Fri. S.J. football roundup: Glassboro clinches Diamond title

Glassboro's venture into the inaugural West Jersey Football League has turned out to be like so many previous Bulldogs campaigns in the Tri-County Conference.

With senior Paul James leading a dominant rushing attack, Glassboro (5-0 overall, 4-0 division) completed its run to the Diamond Division title on Friday night with a 35-12 triumph at Woodstown.

James opened the scoring with an 86-yard touchdown run, and added another TD in finishing with 168 yards on just nine carries. Senior fullback Christian James broke free for a 61-yard scoring jaunt, while sophomores Corey Clement and Zahmir Green each contributed a rushing TD.

Rashar Gray dashed 74 and 23 yards for fourth-quarter TDs for Woodstown (0-5, 0-4).

Pennsville 23, Wildwood 0 - Pennsville (5-0, 4-0) clinched the Classic Division championship with the shutout of visiting Wildwood (0-5, 0-4).

The Eagles erupted for 25 first-quarter points, including three touchdowns by Tim Haslett.

Haslett ran for 68 yards, and Dylan Cummings hit Mitch Weiser with TD passes of 50 and 74 yards. Weiser had 124 receiving yards.

Ewing 7, Florence 6 - In the battle for the Liberty Division championship, Florence (2-2, 2-1) got a late touchdown by Jake Flehr on a 3-yard run, but fell short when the game-tying conversion kick missed the mark.

Ewing (5-0, 3-0), which won the division title in the league's inaugural year, got a decisive conversion kick by Evan Johnson after Darryl Griffin's third-period TD.

Camden Catholic 14, Seneca 7 - Sophomore running back Jared Alwan found the end zone at the end of two short first-half runs, boosting Camden Catholic (4-0, 2-0) past the visiting Golden Eagles (1-4, 1-3) in the Constitution Division.

Alwan, a transfer from St. Joseph's Prep scoerd on runs of 5 and 8 yards.

Moorestown 48, Eastern 34 - The host Quakers (3-2) scored the first 27 points of the interdivision game en route to winning the shootout with Eastern (0-5).

Anthony Bonett returned a kickoff 70 yards for a touchdown, and caught a 58-yard TD pass from running back Zac Frantz for two of the Quakers' biggest plays.

Andrew Lisa threw for 92 yards and three touchdowns, completing 13 of 22 passes.

Shawnee 31, Cherry Hill East 0 - Vince Corbi threw three touchdown passes, Ed Royds rushed for 172 yards and one score, and Dillon Lucas became the all-time leading tackler for the host Renegades (4-1, 3-1) in a National Division victory over East (1-4, 0-4).

Kingsway 22, Cumberland 3 - Rondell Gilmore's two second-half touchdown passes rallied host Kingsway (3-2, 3-2) past the Colts (2-3, 2-3) in the Royal Division.

Gilmore, who threw for all three Dragons TDs, hit Shannon Johnson, Frank Rinaldi and Kyle Heggs with scoring tosses after Cumberland had taken an early 3-0 advantage.

Burlington Township 35, Cinnaminson 14 - Vinnie Pini returned a kickoff 90 yards for one score and followed that with an 85-yard punt return for a TD - both in the first quarter - igniting the Falcons (3-2, 2-2) past visiting Cinnaminson (2-3, 0-3) in the Patriot Division.

Pini later scored on a 65-yard run.

Robbinsville 20, Bordentown 0 - The visiting Scotties (0-4, 0-3) suffered their second shutout in three weeks, coming up empty in a Liberty Division game at previously winless Robbinsville (1-4, 1-2).

Deptford 17, Bishop Eustace 14 - Zach Kummer's 30-yard field goal with six minutes left in the fourth quarter snapped the tie and made Deptford (1-3, 1-3) an Independence Division winner over visiting Bishop Eustace (1-4, 1-3).

Lawrence Dillard gave the Spartans 108 rushing yards on 15 carries.

Jason Hutzler rallied Lindenwold to a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns, and Moses Ambriz recovered an onside kick with 1:30 remaining to preserve a 14-13 Patriot Division victory over visiting Haddon Township.

Township (0-4, 0-3) led by 7-0 after three periods, but the Lions (2-2, 2-1) came back on Hutzler's TD passes to Bruce Hicks and Cruze Rainey. Hutzler threw for 68 yards in the game.

After the Hawks closed the gap on Blake Vermandel's TD with two minutes left, an attempted onside kick was foiled by Ambriz, who finished with a dozen tackles.

Haddon Heights 35, Sterling 3 - Jamir Taylor rolled to 181 yards and three touchdowns on 18 carries, as the Garnets (2-2, 1-2) seized momentum in the second quarter and went on to rout host Sterling (0-4, 0-3) in a Liberty Division game.

Brian Carney's conversion kick following Joe Sprigg's 2-yard TD run in the second quarter proved to be the winning margin for Oakcrest (3-2) in a 7-6 interdivision thriller at Vineland (3-2).

Sprigg ran for 70 yards, while Quaashiecq Jetter directed the Falcons' attack, throwing for 69 yards and running for 25 more.

Vineland scored a fourth-quarter TD, but the attempted conversion kick was blocked.

Atlantic City 12, Buena 0 - Atlantic City improved to 4-0 with its first shutout of the season, blanking the visiting Chiefs (1-4) in an interdivision matchup.

Jamal Anderson launched a 50-yard touchdown pass to Benjamin Allen, and Radi Tolbert added a 1-yard plunge for an insurance score.

Lower Cape May 21, Bridgeton 0 - The Tigers defense chalked up seven quarterback sacks for 34 yards in losses, slowing the visiting Bridgeton (2-3, 2-1) attack in a Division III game.

The defense also contributed two touchdowns as Jimmy Hall and Vance Matthews each returned interceptions for scores.

On offense, Cape May (4-0, 1-0) was led by Mike Mulligan's 14-yard touchdown pass to Chris Alicea.

Holy Cross 35, Burlington City 0 - Mark Zagunis threw touchdown passes of 54, 27 and 52 yards, and Dai'Shon Munger ran for a pair of scores to spark a dynamic start by the host Lancers (5-0).

Burlington City slipped to 2-2.