St. Mary's back runs for 219 yards

0 Comments | Oakland Tribune, Nov 12, 2009 | by Don August

St. Mary's High running back Isaac Richard ran for a game-high 219 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead the Panthers to a 48- 18 Bay Shore Athletic League rout of host Albany on Nov. 6.

St. Mary's (7-2, 5-1 BSAL) opened a 26-6 lead at the half and led 40-12 after three quarters.

Both Richard and Najee Lovett had two touchdowns each in the first half. Richard scored on runs of 8 and 1 yard and Lovett on a 42-yard run and a 16-yard pass from Francisco Torres.

Albany's lone first half score came on a 20-yard interception return for a score by Ellis Stephany.

In the second half, the teams traded scores with Albany (2-7, 1- 5) getting a solid second half performance by quarterback Andrew Spivey.

Spivey completed just 3-of-13 passes for 16 yards in the first half but had numerous passes dropped. In the second half, he went 8- for-13 for 150 yards and two scores.

Lovett ended the scoring, when he caught a pass from Torres and scampered 75 yards for a touchdown. Lovett finished with 133 yards receiving to go along with 75 yards on the ground on six carries.

Jelani Moore and Alex Jones each caught touchdown passes for Albany.

El Cerrito 28, Alameda 21: Byron Thomas and Andre Williams hooked up for their fourth touchdown pass of the night, a 14-yarder with nine seconds left, that lifted the visiting Gauchos (6-3, 4-1) over the Hornets (4-4-1, 4-2) in an Alameda Contra Costa Athletic League game Nov. 6.

Thomas threw for 333 yards and also connected with Williams on scoring throws of 17, 30 and 39 yards.

"Those two have been playing together for a long time, ever since youth football in Richmond," El Cerrito coach Kenny Kahn said. "It's good to see the connection is still strong."

Williams, the team's leading rusher, had 10 catches for 163 yards.

"He's so multi-faceted," Kahn said. "We're not afraid to split him out wide or move him all over the field."

Qais Shaghasi led Alameda (4-4-1,4-2) with 113 receiving yards, including a 62-yard touchdown.

-- Matt Smith, correspondentThis week's games-- Today: Pinole Valley at Berkeley, 5:30 p.m.; Hercules at El Cerrito, Albany at John Swett, 7 p.m.