On Friday night in Altoona, Bishop McDevitt will play Pine-Richland in the 5A state playoffs.
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
Reporters Evan Wheaton and Eric Epler from PennLive are covering the game; you can follow along for real-time updates here:
FIRST QUARTER
8:43 -Mac Miller takes a short pass from Aaron Strader, and he gets Pine-Richland across midfield. 7-0 behind at the McDevitt 48.
9:05 – Bishop McDevitt leads 7-0 in the first quarter, and Grella’s XP is strong.
Q1, 9:05 Whoa.After sprinting 63 yards, Nazir Jones-Davis punches in a 4-yard score.The end zone is two snaps away.McDevitt, Bishop 7, Pine-Richland IzmP6 0pic.twitter.com/NTQr7
9:05 – McDevitt has it at the three, and Nazir Jones-Davis goes up the middle 64 yards. From there, he absorbs it on the first play. McDevitt leads 6-0, but PA is still pending.
9:57 Pine-Richland will punt it way and goes three and out as well. At its own 33, McDevitt assumes control. scored in a 0-0 stalemate.-
11:01I’m going to switch to quarter time for all of you. P-R will start back at its own 28 after gaining control of the punt return. The game was knotted at zero. McDevitt had a break there.
Nazir Jones-Davis runs two yards at 7:06 p.m., but Stone Saunders is unable to get to him in the flat on second down. P-R unleashes the blitz on third-and-eight, and it reaches Saunders, who manages to toss it aside. From its own 15, McDevitt will punt.
McDevitt will start at its own 13. This is the approximate starting field position at 7:05 p.m. First quarter, 11:56.
Bishop McDevitt will receive at 7:03 p.m.
7 p.m. -McDevitt is going to hit the sideline and sprint through the flag to start things.
6:51 p.m. -Updates will be provided often, and kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. This is a really intriguing battle with McDevitt that includes an always formidable Pine-Richland team and quarterback Stone Saunders, a Kentucky recruit who has the opportunity to establish another state record.
In relation to quarterbacks, Aaron Strader, a sophomore at Pine-Richland, has completed 80 of 147 throws for 1,561 yards and 18 touchdowns.In addition, he has four touchdowns and 328 yards on the run.Not too bad.tweet.com/9EuwkcUDD5
Stone Saunders, quarterback for Bishop McDevitt, is letting go.The Kentucky commit is just 263 passing yards shy from breaking Alex Erby’s record of 13,562 yards for Pennsylvania in his career.Additionally, Saunders is just one touchdown throw away from reaching the highest total in state history—200.Twitter: pic.twitter.com/3chQ1JjUbT
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