Wed. S.J. football roundup: Adeyemo, NBC finish with flourish

Tosin Adeyemo ran for more than 200 yards in his final high school football game, leading Northern Burlington to the West Jersey League Colonial Division championship with a 28-14 win over visiting Allentown on Wednesday night.

The Greyhounds (9-2 overall, 3-1 division) sealed the verdict with two long fourth-quarter scores as Melvin Moore ran 69 yards and Adeyemo completed the scoring with a 48-yarder.

Adeyemo, a 5-foot-11, 190-pound senior, also had scoring runs of 66 and 58 yards.

Northern and Allentown (6-4, 2-2) each entered the game with 2-1 division records.

Cherry Hill East 27, Cherry Hill West 0 - Brian Regan broke East's single-season rushing record during the win at rival West (2-8).

Regan gained 149 yards, including touchdown runs of 1 and 60 yards, to boost his season total to 1,535 yards, eclipsing the mark of 1,440 set by Mike Drake in 2006.

Jesse Gold also ran for a touchdown and threw a 44-yard TD strike to Robert Taylor.

Pennsauken 20, Bishop Eustace 6 - Pennsauken (10-1) tuned up for its South Jersey Group 4 championship showdown with Millville on Dec. 2 by getting past rival Bishop Eustace (4-6).

Manny Cortez completed 15 of 28 passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns for the visiting Indians, including six catches by Amar Williams for 90 yards.

Glassboro 34, Deptford 13 - Corey Clement boosted his rushing total to 2,272 yards by gaining 254 in the Bulldogs' interdivision win at Deptford (4-6).

After spotting the Spartans a 7-0 lead, Glassboro (9-2) came back with four straight touchdowns by Clement for a 27-7 halftime lead.

Clement, a junior, carried the ball 17 times and scored on runs of 43, 26, 5 and 15 yards.

Holy Cross 14, Willingboro 12 - Willingboro's bid for a share of the West Jersey League Patriot Division title fell short with the loss to the visiting Lancers (7-4, 2-2).

Zach Beeman's second touchdown of the contest was the game-winner in the fourth quarter, and Chris Mirabelli added a pair of key conversion kicks.

Willingboro (4-6, 2-2) took a 6-0 lead into the second quarter with Jarrid Satterfield's 60-yard TD dash with a fumble.

Penns Grove 27, Pennsville 14 - Penns Grove (7-4), playing under reinstated coach Kemp Carr, avenged a 21-14 loss suffered against the Eagles (10-1) five days earlier with the win over the unbeaten hosts.

The Red Devils had three interceptions, including two for touchdowns by Greg Thompson and Antwan Pierce. Rich Gray also picked off a pass.

Pennsville rallied froma 20-0 deficit as Dylan Cummings threw two third-quarter TD passes, but Nick Elmer's second touchdown run of the game, a 60-yarder on a dive play with 1:30 left, iced the outcome.

Cummings threw for 239 yards, and Pennsville's Ryan Hawthorne had 82 receiving yards and a TD.

Kingsway 35, Clearview 14 - Fourth-quarter touchdowns by Ray Lawry, Chris Healey and Tim Durnallo allowed the host Dragons (5-5) to pull away from Clearview (2-8).

Lawry scored three touchdowns after Clearview had taken a 7-0 lead, and Healey's score was a 16-yard pass from Tyler Barnholt. Lawry finished with 130 rushing yards.

Sterling 14, Collingswood 6 - Sterling (6-4, 2-3) junior Khalil Howard gained 90 yards on 20 carries and scored both of his team's touchdowns to beat the visiting Panthers (4-6, 0-5).

Howard broke a 6-6 tie with a 1-yard TD plunge before halftime, and the Silver Knights' Andre Lopez clinched the win by intercepting a Collingswood pass at the Sterling 20-yard line with 1:30 left in the Colonial Conference Liberty Division game.

Burlington Township 14, Bridgeton 12 - Brandon Roche hit Terrell Rouse with a two-point conversion in overtime that gave Burlington Township (7-3) the winning margin against the visiting Bulldogs (6-4).

The Falcons, who tied the game with 40 seconds left in regulation, scored on the first play in the extra period on Roche's 25-yard pass to Brian Verbitski. The two-point conversion pass was scored off a fake kick.

Bridgeton's Tamar Jackson also threw a TD pass on the Bulldogs' first play in OT but the attempted conversion pass to tie the score failed.

St. Augustine 35, Buena 7 - Calvin Cass ran for 158 yards and three touchdowns to ignite the Hermits' (4-6) win at Buena (2-8).