Sat. Pa. football roundup: First victory for Penn Wood

Quarterback Jamal McDonald, one of 14 seniors on the Penn Wood football squad, celebrated Senior Day on Saturday by scoring with less than two minutes to play to give the Patriots their first win of the season, 14-10, over visiting Chester in the Del-Val League.

Faced with a 10-8 deficit and a fourth-and-3 situation at the Chester 6-yard line, McDonald went straight up the middle on a sneak for a game-winning touchdown with 1 minute, 50 seconds remaining.

The winning drive was set up by a fumble recovery at the Chester 20-yard line.

The Patriots (1-8, 1-3) had scored just 20 points in their first eight games this season and been shut out five times, but rallied from a 10-0 halftime deficit with a safety and a TD run by sophomore fullback Joe Zahnee in the third period, setting the stage for McDonald's heroics. Chester is now 3-6 overall, 0-4 in league.

Imhotep Charter 21, Communications Tech 6 - Imhotep (7-2) earned a Public League Class AA title berth against Bok by beating Communications Tech at Simon Gratz.

Imhotep's DeAndre Scott ran for 106 yards and a touchdown on a dozen carries, and Eerin Young added 63 yards and a TD on 13 carries.

For the Phoenix (6-3), Christopher Miller picked up 71 yards on 13 carries.

Archbishop Wood 38, Cardinal O'Hara 0 - The cousin duo of Desmon and Brandon Peoples formed a powerful combination as Archbishop Wood (8-1, 3-0) rocked visiting Cardinal O'Hara (5-3, 1-2) to secure the top seed in the Catholic League AAA Division.

The cousins rushed for two touchdowns each as the Vikings defense played about as strong as the snow storm that blanketed the field. Along with the team's third shutout of the season, Wood picked up two safeties on the defensive side.

Desmon Peoples put the Vikings on the board in the first quarter with a 40-yard touchdown before Brandon added two touchdowns in the second quarter.

Roman Catholic 50, Conwell-Egan 0 - The Cahillites rushing game pounded visiting Conwell-Egan for an easy rout in a night matchup. Five players scored on the ground, highlighted by Marcus Kelly's 186 rushing yards. His brother, Demetrius added two touchdowns.

Haverford School 28, Penn Charter 7 - On a snow-covered field, Zach Rego plowed for 141 rushing yards to lead the host Fords (5-2, 2-1) over visiting Penn Charter (4-4, 1-2) in the Inter-Ac League.

Rego averaged more than 5 yards per carry and opened the scoring with a 5-yard touchdown in the first quarter.

Linebacker Matt Galambos led the way on defense for Haverford School with seven tackles, and his interception helped set up Rego's score.

Eric Neefe rushed for 85 yards and added a late touchdown for Penn Charter.

Chestnut Hill 33, Germantown Academy 7 - With a convincing ground attack, the host Blue Devils (5-2, 3-0) breezed past Germantown Academy (3-4, 0-3) in the Inter-Ac.

Cedric Madden rushed for five touchdowns in the first half, three of which came from 20 yards or more. The senior opened the scoring with a 40-yard sprint in the first quarter.

Hayes Nolte rushed for late touchdown for Germantown Academy.

Bishop Shanahan 26, Great Valley 7 - Ryan Egolf completed just two passes, but both went for TDs to lead host Bishop Shanahan (3-5) to a Ches-Mont League win over Great Valley (4-5).

The scores put the Eagles ahead early, 12-0. Josh Warren hauled in a 75-yard bomb and Mason Drieling caught a 6-yard touchdown. Drieling finished with 108 rushing yards on 23 carries.