Morris scored in the 60th minute to break a tie and send Father Judge to the state quarterfinals with a 2-1 victory over defending state champion Downingtown West Tuesday night at Northeast High School.

In the process, Judge made history.

Judge entered the game as the top seed from District 12 and become the first boys' soccer team from the city leagues to win a state playoff game in the second year since the merger.

"I'm kind of at a loss of words," Judge coach John Dunlop said. "But this is only one game. Our kids did not know what to expect. You can give them all the motivation speeches you want. Until you actually play in this tournament, you get a sense of what it's all about."

Father Judge advanced to Saturday's quarterfinals against Central Bucks East at a time and site to be determined.

The Crusaders blew through the Catholic League playoffs. But the District 12 championship game, a 1-0 win over George Washington, was a close affair.

This one was tight, too, after an entertaining first 40 minutes which yielded quality scoring chances for both teams. In the second half, the defenses tightened until James Brueing found some space and delivered a spectacular entry pass to Morris.

One-on-one with Downingtown West goalie, Bobby Rosasto, Morris made a move inside the box take the keeper off balance and chipped it by him in the 60th minute.

"I saw James look for the through ball on the cross," Morris said. "I saw my run wide open, the guy wasn't watching, and I made my run back post."

He scored the game-winner in the 74th minute of the Washington game. He also scored twice in the PCL title game against Archbishop Ryan, a 3-0 victory.

When Downingtown West scored the game's first goal in the eighth minute - a header by Bobby Sutcliffe off a scrambled play in front of the cage after a corner kick - Father Judge did not go into a shell.

In the 29th minute, after a flurry of chances, junior Christian Pembroke put a header where Rosato could not touch it.

Rosato kept Downingtown West in the game at halftime by making seven first-half saves.

That wasn't enough.

"We put all our time and energy into winning a Catholic League championship," Dunlop said. "It's one of the toughest leagues in the state and so we know coming out of there, we'll be well prepared."

Downingtown West    1 0 - 1

Father Judge    1 1 - 2

Goals: FJ-Pembroke, Morris. DW-Sutcliffe

Saves: DW - Rosato 11, FJ - Swartz 6.

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