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football football all over our area. we've got it covered. welcome to the high school blitz. we begin with one of the oldest rivalries in our area. this game dates back to 1915. in anticipation of friday's game earlier this week, alumni of the two schools shared lunch together for the first time at the union league in philadelphia. tpz a way to shake hands before the teams duked it out on the field. so here we go. fans from both teams making their presence felt, lighting up the stands. former eagle on the st. joe's prep side. illini heading to michigan next year. he finds him for the score he completed 15 of 19 passes for 224 yards. the defense stiffens up. his pass is picked up at the 20 yard line. the drive is shut down. and lasalle fans loving it right

here. kyle sent it to offensive coordinator. he gets the score but it's not enough. they rally late for a 35-31 win. >> let's keep it going. king with the pass. but picked off by louisiana's michael drake. how about three picks for drake? one back for a touchdown. next up, easy run to the end zone. he does it twice on the night. kan nan. three touchdowns. this one to jeremy ryan. and they win 55-26. >> upper darby with a great fake here. does the runningback have it?

nope, quarterback. he's going to outrun everybody for a 64-yard touchdown. two touchdowns in the first eight minutes but delaware county is unbeaten this season. and it's going to remain that way. he rolls out and fibds a wide open alex macino. winning 34-33 thriller. >> let's continue the action. students crowning him homecoming king and he's autistic. the team you love the most delivered. the defense has a breakdown on the plane. he's breaking free for a big game. don't worry, grizzly fans, we prevailed. my alma mater going down to ridley.

20-14. that hurt. we are the best! >> academy park with a quick pass to jeremy and he streaks down the sideline, but watch the captain do a great job of running him down. academy park getting a lucky bounce. allen on the keeper has the ball knocked away. but it bounces right back to him. he runs it in. academy park with a 15-0 shutdoubt. in punt formation, but it's a make. he's going to run with it, going for the first down. and he fights for it. that's a nice job on special teams. that sets up the scoring here. he gets it into the end zone. he rushes for 120 yards on 15 carries. >> archbishop ryan running on archbishop carol.

he is dangerously open field. no one can stop him as he heads right into the end zone. nice play there. and if it's working, why not go back to it? beats up on carol 24-7. >> let's tral to jersey. around the end and he's in the clear. 75-yard touchdownright there. he finishes the night 263 yards and three touchdowns. mainland has an answer. jackson keeping it by himself. watch this in the end zone. he's okay. a personal foul penalty with a set on the play. so mainland making a game of it. watch the big hit from shamir collins, right there. the mainland drive is shut down. st.augusta goes onto win it

27-1 27-14. >> central fighting for the end zone and they give the ball. but he keeps his legs moving and dives across the goal line. he fights back with strong running of his own. i've seen campbell keep the legs moving, too. not stopping until he hits the end zone. he takes this one 31-20. >> back over the bridge to jersey. bridgeton and pleasantville. taking it 54 yrds for the the fuchdown. pleasantville, they like to run the screen play. but they know it. monster hit, and the drive is stalled. who else? bridgeton's most dangerous weapon all night fielding the punt. down the sideline he goes. easy touchdown for miller. 55-6. >> it's a name you can't forget. >> it was a big showdown in the

eastern pennsylvania conference between a perfect eastern team and a strong parkland squad. parkland and he's going to put an end to that. blocks the punt. nate moser recovers it in the end zone. he was held in check for most of the game, except for this. they improve 7-0 with a 28-21 win. >> where is he? he's got the ball? right there he is. got all the right moves. we sea it every week. he runs for 143 yards and a touchdown there. big running day as well. sprinting to the left and down the sideline he goes. 167 yards for sanchez. 2 touchdowns.

>> trying to march down the field against valley ford's military academy. he has a good battle plan. he streaks up the sideline. did he make it? >> i'm thinking, yes! touchdown strawberry mansion. they're running again, deep in their own end of the field. watch him just take the ball away and score. >> let's jump over to south jersey once again. el atlantic city is running the ball. bouncing to the outside, 26 yards outs. that's a touchdown. then he finds a very quick strike and another touchdown. vineland is trying to get back in this game. but their pass right here, it's picked off by aaron jackson. ac wins it 32-12. >> williamtown and william penn. he delivers a strike.

they take control in the second half with their ground attack, led by star back reggie carol. he ran for 138 yards. he scores his second touchdown of the night here. slides into the end zone. they win 21-7. >> we have reached our first time-out. up next, it's a true story of strength. >> coming up on "high school blitz", a local football player suffers and unthinkable tragedy after losing both of his parents in the same day. >> my heart dropped. i was in shock. >> but through the sadness he not only found strength to carry himself, but to help carry his whole team. that story is coming up next. skippy!!

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nbc 10 high school blitz! >> also representing again, thank you very much, ladies, our game of the week stories here allow us to come by the best athletes in the tri-state area. and for some of the players tragedy brings out their true strength. before you see this story, a senior at holy cross high school wants me to pass along a message. help is always out there. all you have to do is seek it. >> inside the huddle is brought to you by patient first neighborhood medical centers. >> honestly never thought that anything like this would ever happen to me. >> june 18th, 2013 is a day that changed chris' life forever. >> my dad shot my mom and then

shot himself. >> an unthinkable tragedy that shook the entire south jersey community. >> my heart dropped. i was just shocked. >> i didn't know what to say to him for a couple of days. i was trying to gather my thoughts together and make sure i didn't say anything to offend him. >> less than 24 hours after it happened, chris turned to his other family, his team. >> i went to practice the very next day. >> when he said he was coming back i was blown away. >> these are my brothers. i'm close to them. they didn't treat me differently. they didn't look at my parents differently, my dad. if i didn't have foonl, i don't know what i would be doing. >> reporter: the strength chris displays at just 17 years old empowers everyone around him. >> he is definitely the strongest person i know by far. >> i don't know if i told him this, but chris is one of my biggest inspirations. >> they still are. chris doesn't realize the strength he has, how much it's

helping other people. >> reporter: chris chooses to be a rock when he could have easily fallen apart. >> i've definitely come to terms with the situation about what happened. i know what i have to deal with and how to approach it every day. >> does it get easier? >> you know, i don't know. it hasn't been the same since it's happened. i've just been chugging along, day by day. it's definitely easier at practice. >> are you mad? >> in a way, yes. but there's nothing i can do to change it. being mad doesn't really help. >> through football and his brothers on the team, chris only allows himself to be positive, even when talking about his parents. >> some people are going to judge him on the one mistake that he made. i look at many i parents and all the happy things we have been through and the great experiences that we've had together. though it was short, 17 years. we had a lot of great times together. >> as he looks to the future, he doesn't know where he wants to

go to college, but one thing is certain, chris wants to follow in his mother's footsteps. >> anywhere with a premed program is fine by me. i want to be a doctor. >> the high school blitz game of the week is brought to you by holiday -- stores. home of america's favorite brand. brandon simmons rolls out. he's going to win the jump ball and the race to the end zone. through a holy cross touchdown. that's a name. he's got the pooufs. he's breaking the cover of arm tackles and gets into the end zone. again making it look easy. a slip by the defender on the wet field and he's gone there.

here we go. simmons to the air again. this time the tight end gets briefed. he's going to fight his way right into the end zone. he runs for two touchdowns as they beat them up 62-29. >> they control the tempo early, but to our credit, we fought back and cut it to 12. then the momentum was in our favor, but we couldn't shut it down. you can't play catch-up with holy cross because you're going to be in trouble. >> we thought if we played our a-game and limited our mistakes we would have success out here tonight. they're an outstanding team. >> we try not to get too high or too low. we're going to enjoy it tonight and then back to work on monday. >> i like that attitude. and you can vote for our next game of the week. here's your choices or cher key

on the road. to vote go to nbc10.com or our facebook page. call or text your once a day vote to 610-624-4211. check out high school blitz page on nbc10.com. we have great stories. if you have a big football story at your school, this is the place to send us an e-mail. we can get the story on the air. we have reached halftime on the blitz. up next we're going to go to the air. take you to the skies. take a look at how we got so wide open. >> plus we've showed you great plays so far. we haven't seen the best yet. our play of the game is next as the high school blitz rolls on. revealed through the work

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great play. this pass is kicked off by garner valley david miller. if he's going to score he's going to need faith. got to keep the faith. takes it final nine yards for the touchdown. >> that was a great play. and sky force 10 captured more dramatic moments. time for some more skylights. sky force 10 is high above postville running on tennis. evans find the end zone from four yards out. they improve with a 42-7 win. >> unionville throwing on deep to brandon. boo! 65-yard touchdown. 135 total yards. three touchdowns as unionville wins big. >> ocean city going deep. looking for the end zone. but watch him make a pretty over the shoulder interception there.

ocean city to the air again. he hangs on for the touchdown, and ocean city is on the board. ocean city is handing the ball to jared jones. he's going to stretch across the goal line for a touchdown on this play right here. but it's not nufr. and millville senior running wild. he sets a school record with 337 rushing yards and five touchdowns. huge night for the temple reroute. here's one of the five scores. millville running away. 48-13. >> how about oak crest and lower cape may? this is oak crest freshman tumbling in for the touch jen down. 7-0 lead. then kendall eliot flings it to isaiah. okay crest throws a 35-0

shutdown. the senior is going to sprint in for six. he features a number of weapons at the running back position. how about albright? he's going to lead the way for a touch jen down. beautiful. they are 5-0. they win 41-14. >> unbeaten. this is a third quarter kickoff. and he is gone. but we're going to take you right now to the play of the game. jonathan to dillon. it's a great one. hit the ground for the touchdown. he remanes unbeaten. >> let's keep it going. we have matt williams dropping back. going to feel the pressure. and we have a touchdown. that's pretty cool.

elijah robinson running for 330 yards and five touchdowns. trying to get back in it. deep for the 46-yard touchdown. but not enough. we have reached the final time now. up next, we're going to pick up the beat and get it going. >> we're a lot closer this year than we usually are. >> meet the musicians who are banding together to create a powerful sound. that is next as high school blitz marches on.

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go to nbc10.com or our facebook page. or call or text your once a day vote. >> and check out our high school blitz page on nbc10.com. send us an e-mail about what is happening at your school on the air. and wednesday at 4:00 in the afternoon on comcast sports net. >> or watch us any time with xfinity on demand. it can be accessed for the next two weeks. scroll the get local folder and go to the sports folder. now every successful team needs to build chemistry like jillian and i. takes a while. >> but our chemistry is so great. and for the team that performs at halftime. the marching band. we close our show with a performance from a group finding

its rhythm and creating a big sound. this is our band of the week. >> and we will see you next saturday night as well. take care. >> i think what makes our band so special is how close we are. we're a lot closer than usual. >> i think we made a pact amongst each other to make it work this year. tonight you can see the marks. we do a big brother/big sister program. all the seniors take a freshman and mentor them. and it brings everybody together. >> it really makes for a good show. the you get along, you're going to do great. and i'm sure it will carry on afterwards.

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