By Jeff Moeller
MaxPreps.com
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Bosco, St. Peter's on a Collision Course
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With a few weeks left in the regular season, many are anticipating the inevitable showdown between Don Bosco Prep and St. Peter's Prep, the top-ranked teams, respectively, in the MaxPreps New Jersey rankings.
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Bosco, ranked No. 1 overall, has relied on a pro-style offense with a typical drop-back passer, while St. Peter's has benefited from its abundance of speed.
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Neither team has shown signs of slowing down, consistently defeating opponents by a 25-plus point margin.
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Bosco (6-0) continued to roll over Bergen County opponents with a 41-0 win of Ridgewood. Junior Guy Germinario, receiving strong interest from Boston College, ran for two touchdowns. Kicker Brian Hanly booted two field goals, and quarterback Matt Simms tossed a 32-yard touchdown pass to Alexander DiSanzo.
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Bosco should have its strongest test in the past month when it hosts local rival St. Joseph's of Montvale. However, St. Joe's suffered an upset at the hands of Paramus Catholic, 27-24, its first victory over St. Joe's since 1994. Mitchell Bennett's fumble
recovery in the end zone gave Paramus Catholic the lead for good.
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St.Peter's keptÿ pace with a 52-0 trouncing of Dickinson - its 58th-consecutive victory over Hudson County opponents. With quarterback Will Hill sidelined, running back Sharif Harris picked up the slack as he rushed for 103 yards on just four carries and scored a touchdown.
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Quarterback Sean Boysen threw a pair of touchdown passes, a 36-yarder to Michael Clarke and a 10-yarder to Harris that gave the Prep a 31-0 second quarter lead. Harris has rushed for over 800 yards this season.
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Linebacker/fullback Will Thompson, bound for Boston College, scored on a five-yard touchdown run and recorded five tackles and two sacks. Linebacker Steve Pankiewicz also had a busy day with seven tackles, a forced fumble and a recovered fumble.
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Paramus Catholic on the Move
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Paramus Catholic continued to make its claim as one of the better teams in the northeast section of the state with victories over Teaneck, Bergen Catholic, and St. Joseph. In fact, Paramus Catholic (5-1) has moved to No. 6 overall in the MaxPreps New Jersey rankings.
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Connor Smith scored on touchdown runs of 1 and 53 yards for Paramus Catholic.
St. Joe's quarterback Rob Cervini tossed a 19-yard touchdown pass to Patrick Kivlehan, and Ryan Dinnebiel and Chris Brown scored touchdown runs.
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Teaneck Pulls out Dramatic Overtime Victory
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Teaneck, No. 4 in the state by MaxPreps, pulled out a dramatic, 28-27, overtime victory over Eastside.
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Running back Rasheed White, who rushed for 118 yards on 22 carries and scored three touchdowns, gave Teaneck (5-1) a 28-21 lead in the overtime. Eastside answered when quarterback Tahree McQueen scored on a 15-yad touchdown run, but the extra point was no good. McQueen completed 7 of 14 passes for 127 yards and two touchdowns and he also rushed for 80 yards on 12 carries.
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White, who has 18 touchdowns this season, also scored on runs of 4 and 35 yards.
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Tucker, Pope John Headed Toward Playoffs
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Pope John (7-0), considered to be the favorite in Parochial Group III, relied on the legs of running back Jeremy Tucker, who rushed for 369 yards and scored five touchdowns in the Lions' 61-19 victory over Newton.
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Tucker scored on touchdown runs of 1, 12, 66, 44 and 80 yards as he finished his day early in the third quarter. The diminutive 5-7 scatback has 1,823 yards and 24 touchdowns for the season, and he has accumulated 5,747 with 79 touchdowns for his career, placing him as the state's fourth all-time leading rusher.
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Tucker continues to receive strong interest from Temple and Boston College.
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Phillipsburg Top Gun in the West
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Phillipsburg (7-0), the firth-ranked MaxPreps team in the state by MaxPreps, rolled to a 50-6 victory over Warren Hills behind the running of tailback Art Wright and the passing of quarterback Justin Viscomi.
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Wright rushed for 170 yards on just 14 carries scored four touchdowns on runs of 11, 52, and 9 yards, and adding a 12-yard reception for good measure. He has scored 14 touchdowns in the last four games.
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Viscomi, who completed 9 of 11 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns, has completed 172 of 249 passes for 3,126 and 26 touchdowns for his career.
