Today’s Roundup: Friday Night Lights Edition, Part II
Here are the results from our current ‘08 commitments who played in Saturday games this weekend (the results from Friday’s games are below):
- TE commit Kyle Rudolph had four catches for 57 yards and two touchdowns, including a game-tying grab with 8:42 to go in regulation, as his Elder team moved to 1-1 on the season by defeating football giant Charlotte Independence (North Carolina), who had been ranked #3 nationally by USA Today, 41-34 in overtime in the Herbstreit Challenge (photos here). The loss ended Independence’s 109-game winning streak.
- DL commit Omar Hunter forced a fumble (see the first picture here) on a sack of the quarterback as his Buford team defeated Grove City (Pennsylvania), 34-7, also in the Herbstreit Challenge.
- S commit Dan McCarthy, who quarterbacks his high school team, ran 20 times for 130 yards, completed two passes for 43 yards, and scored three touchdowns - two rushing, on a 43-yard pass - as his Cardinal Mooney team defeated Gateway (Pennsylvania), 27-6, once again in the Herbstreit Challenge. Before the game, Gateway had been ranked #10 nationally by USA Today, and Mooney was at #25.
- Finally, DL commit Sean Cwynar’s Marian Central team defeated Stillman Valley, 41-19.
I should also mention that all of the Herbstreit Challenge games will be shown today - that’s Sunday - on the NFL Network. I’ll be back tomorrow with team-related news and recaps of the, err, postmortem from yesterday’s game.
Tags: Friday Night Lights, Recruiting