High school notebook: Mount St. Mary shocks Newkirk; Stroud's Cody Pritchard tops 5,000-yard mark

John Marshall winning at Heritage Hall wasn’t the only District 2A-1 shocker Friday. Mount St. Mary, without coach Dal Nichols, pulled out a 28-21 victory at Newkirk. The Rockets have won two games in a row.

Nichols didn’t make the trip because he is suffering from the swine flu but followed the game all night via text messages.

"That was definitely different,” Nichols said. "I’m just so proud of all the assistants and the kids. They did a great job.”

Leading the way was quarterback Dalton Newsome. He threw for 280 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for a score. Newsome had three main targets as Jake Peace, Andrew Aguilar and Aaron Smith all had at least six catches and 78 yards. Mikey Mollman had two rushing touchdowns for the Rockets.

Smith intercepted a pass late in the game to seal the win.

St. Mary (3-6 overall, 2-4 district) hosts Heritage (5-4, 5-1) on Friday.

Northeast’s football team isn’t the only group of athletes at the school wearing shoulder pads and football helmets.

Every practice, the Vikings boys basketball team spends time padded up to get them used to playing physical.

"We just want to get them used to contact,” Northeast coach Malcolm Roberts said.

The Vikings’ Jordan Leggins said the physicality helps the Vikings, especially late in games.

"It’s pretty intense,” Leggins said. "But we’re the smallest team in the city, so we’ve got to find other ways to win games.”

Northeast drops from Class 4A to 3A this season. The Vikings figure to be among the favorites in the class. Northeast returns two full-time starters and one part-time starter from last season’s 18-9 team.

Stroud is ranked fourth in Class A at 9-0, and one of the biggest reasons is running back Cody Pritchard.

Pritchard eclipsed the 5,000-yard career rushing mark in Stroud’s win against Minco. Pritchard had four rushing touchdowns and now has 5,066 career yards.

"He’s obviously physically gifted,” Stroud coach Chris Elerick said. "He has the speed and vision like all great backs, but his competitive drive sets him a part. He is such a competitor.”

The Tigers have already clinched the District A-5 title and play at Dibble on Friday.

Here are some other top performers from Week 9: McLoud receiver Von Kendrick had 10 catches for 171 yards and two touchdowns. Redskins quarterback Dillon Endecott threw for 283 yards in a 21-14 victory against Cleveland. …While Matt Luetjen gets most of the praise for Hennessey, running back Dillon Morgan is also a key contributor. Morgan ran for three touchdowns as the Eagles racked up 329 rushing yards in a 38-0 blanking of Chisholm.

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