This past Friday the Nazareth Football Team started the Eastern Conference playoffs

By: Andy Weaver

This past Friday the Nazareth Football Team started the Eastern Conference playoffs by getting on the school bus and head on a 30 minute trip up to the Mountains to Pocono Mountain East High School to play the Cardnals. Heading into the game both teams were 5-5 missing the District Tournament but the Eastern Conference is big too, In the 1st Quarter for the Cardinals at 6:36 Corey Castillon got a 1 yard run to lead 6-0 Cardnals after the 1st Quarter, In the 2nd Quarter, at 10:11 Marcus Plaus of PM East got a 24 yard kick to lead 9-0 Cardnals. At 8:17 for Nazareth Jordan Gray got a 2 yard run to make it 9-7 Cardnals, at 3:45 Dan Murgia of PM East got a 12 yard pass from Luke Hohenstein to make it 17-7 Cardinals at halftime. Whatever the halftime speech was for Nazareth in the Locker Room it worked because in the 3rd Quarter, at 10:20 Jordan Gray a 19 yard run to close the gap to 17-14 Cardinals, at 7:39 Jordan Gray got a 4 yard run to make the score and the 1st lead of the game for Nazareth 21-17 Nazareth, at 5:03 Jordan Gray another 4 yard run to make it 28-17 Nazareth, at 2:31 left in the 3rd, Max Wasilewski a 9 yard run to make the score 35-17 Nazareth, at 0:42 Austin Cordero got a 35 yard pass from Justin Albert to make it 42-17 Nazareth at the end of the 3rd quarter, In the 4th Quarter at 9:56 Austin Cordero got a 28 yard pass from Justin Albert to make it 49-17, at 5:23 Cardinals RJ Sarajian got a 7 yard pass from Luke Hohenstein to make it 49-25 and then at 3:02 Nazareth's Chris Kulp got a 59 yard pass from Spencer King to make the Final Score 56-25. Pocono Mountain East ends the season 5-6 while Nazareth improves to 6-5 and will adavance to the Eastern Conference Final This Friday October 15th at 7pm at Andy Leh Stadium when they host Delaware Valley!! Reminder, this Thursday at 6pm is the Nazareth Middle School Powderpuff Football Game at 6pm at Andy Leh Stadium! For up to the minute Nazareth News, visit www.nazarethsports.net.