Patriots Fall to Pembroke Hill 35-21

The Christ Prep Patriots scored two fourth quarter touchdowns but it was too little, too late, as CPA fell 35-21 to the visiting Pembroke Hill Raiders.

The Patriots sputtered early, losing two fumbles and being penalized in key situaitons. Pembroke Hill capitalized on the Patriots miscues and CPA found themselves down 22-0 by the end of the first quarter. CPA fought back in the second quarter. After a Raider field goal, the Patriots got on the board on a 57 yard halfback pass from Jared Nield to Jack Layman with just under a minute left in the first half.  Unfortunately the Raiders quickly countered as QB Jacob Gerson found David Kipke in the end zone on a 42 yard pass play as time expired. The half ended with Pembroke Hill up 32-7

The Patriots played much better in the second half, scoring two fourth quarter touchdowns and limiting the Raiders to just three points on a Kipke 27 yard field goal. CPA scored on a Darren Wallace 1 yard keeper and a Wallace to Zach Hershberger 11 yard scoring strike. The latter score was set up by an excellent Wallace onside kick.

Offensively, Jared Nield led CPA rushes with 118 yards on 14 carries. Wallace had 48 yards on 17 carries and Jesse Mann ran for 37 yards on 113 tries. Wallace was 3 for 21 passing for 41 yards and one interception. Wallace also added three PATs. The Patriots fumbled three times, losing all of them.

The defense was led by Michael Force and Jacob Bronars with 13 and 10 tackles, respectively. Jack Layman contributed another eight tackles while LB Ezra Boyd added seven. Bronars also added an interception while DL Josh Yankoviz had a QB sack.

After the loss the Patriots fall to 2-3 while the Raiders improve to 4-2. Christ Prep goes back on the road next week as the team travels to Uniontown for a 7:00 p.m. contest against Uniontown H.S. Meanwhile the Patriot JV will travel to Pembroke Hill for a Monday afternoon contest.