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By LISA SOKOLOWSKI [email protected]
Saturday, September 10, 2005     Page: 4B

In eight drives, Bishop O’Reilly had amassed a mere 5 yards.
   
So, on their final drive of the night, with the Queensmen starting 12 yards
from the end zone, there was hope for something positive.
    Senior Greg Stewart ran 6 yards. Then he got the ball in his hands again,
ran right, and crossed the goal line, and the bleachers erupted into cheers.
   
The Queensmen were on the board, and Stewart – one of only two seniors who
starts on either side of the ball – kept them from getting shut out.
   
Bishop O’Reilly fell to host Bishop O’Hara 46-7 on Friday in a contest at
St. Anthony’s Playground in Dunmore.
   
“It’s always good to get a touchdown,” said Bishop O’Reilly coach Lenny
Selenski. “It’s always good to not get blanked.”
   
It’s the second touchdown that Bishop O’Reilly (0-2) has scored this
season. It’s a feat, considering the problems the team has had with numbers
this season. This week, it dressed 25 players as opposed to last week’s 16.
The 16 was one more than the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
requires.
   
It didn’t help that three players went down Friday – quarterback Keith
Hizny limped off the field to tend to his left leg early in the second
quarter, guard/tackle Mike James was icing his left foot on the bench, and
fullback/linebacker Matt Shumbris went down and held his knee on the first
play of the second half.
   
“We had a couple of bad breaks,” Selenski said. “So we had kids play out of
positions.”
   
Bishop O’Hara got on the board early. Less than three minutes in, Jon
Petrilak, who finished with two touchdowns, recovered a fumble in the end zone
en route to a 8-0 Bruins’ lead.
   
The Bruins got two more touchdowns that quarter – a 3-yard run by Sean
Madden and a 67-yard pass to Petrilak from Josh Watters, giving them a 21-0
lead after the first quarter.
   
The team didn’t slow down much in the second quarter. Madden had a 27-yard
run on the second play of that quarter to put the Bruins ahead four
touchdowns. On Bishop O’Reilly’s next play, a Queensmen fumble was recovered
by Bishop O’Hara’s Dom Marino at his 4-yard line. Mike Masko needed just one
carry to score. A 34-yard pass from Jeff Addley to Alex Williams with time
expired capped the half at 40-0.
   
“The kids play their hearts out,” Selenski said. “They always try their
hardest.”