The

Colonials scored with 5:29 left in the first quarter when Penn’s Senior

fullback Dave Hewes punched it in on a four yard run, the PAT was good,

giving Penn a 7-0 lead. The first quarter concluded when Colonials’ Sophomore Javier

Berrios recovered a Yellow jacket fumble at the Penn 16. Berrios came up

with another big play this time sacking Stephan Williams on 4^th

& 10 from the 10-yard line.

Penn’s junior quarterback Steve Alexander threw a 21-yard pass

on 3^rd and 13 after a five yard Delay of Game Penalty.

Later that drive with 5:01 left in the second quarter senior running back

Gary Anderson ran it 22 yards to give the Colonials a 14-0 lead.

mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">William Penn went for it on 4^th down from

the Newark 9-yard line but failed to score. On the next play Newark threw an

interception on the 7 yard line, the ball was picked off by Junior Defensive

back Darin Henry.

mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Penn took a 14-0 lead into the half.

The state’s biggest high school football rivalry was looking to be a

Penn blowout. Newark had managed to

get the ball past midfield once and that was due to a Colonial punt, then they

threw a pick on the next play. The

Yellow jackets failed to pick up a 3^rd down conversion in the first

half.

mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">The weather like this game changed in the second

half, changing from rain in the first half to sun in the second half.

Newark’s only mistake of the second half was another Williams’

interception. The two Penn strong points struggled in the second half with the

run game being stifled and the defense collapsing.

mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Newark’s Williams changed from his first half woes

as he started the scoring for the Jackets with a 1 yard TD run with 9:12 left in

the 4^th, the PAT was no good after the bad handle as the holder was

tackled. Then Williams scored again on a 10-yard TD run with Williams throwing a

pass Senior Naif Abdullah knotting the game up at 14-14.

mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Steve Alexander threw an INT on the following Penn

drive. The next Yellow jacket drive

was filled with controversial calls. The

first was a pass interference call when a Newark wideout fell down and a Penn

defensive back stopped short of the fallen receiver.

yes"> The next play was when a flag was thrown for holding, then

was ruled as no penalty on the play.

mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">On the same drive Stephan Williams once again ran it

for a TD a 9 yard run with :43 seconds left in the game.

The Jackets took a page from Penn’s book last week when the Colonials

scored three times in the fourth quarter to win.

mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Penn started their next drive with :37 seconds left

in the game. The #2 Yellow jackets

picked off Alexander again to clinch the win, and add another chapter to this

storied rivalry.