Steelton Drops Upper Saint Clair, 29-17

Trailing 14-13 at the half, Steelton coach Joe Shevock told his Rollers that they needed a gut check. That they would have to play a lot harder to beat Coach Jim Render's Panther squad. "We looked it as a blue collar vs white collar game," Shevock told the press in a post-game interview. "There was no way we wanted to let them put our noses into the ground."

Jim Render spoke glowingly of the Steelton tailback Gibby Reich. "I'm not sure ho to stop that kid. He was amazing. And I have to praise Coach Shevock. He had been running a single wing, and the wide-open rules of these playoffs dictated a more modern formation."

Enter Steelton newly-adopted quarterback Vic Donato, who showed his athletic prowess as did his athletic receivers as they consistently turned short passes into larger gains. Donato distributed the ball well amongst five receivers.

The Rollers allowed a harmless field goal in the 4th quarter.

1 2 3 4 F            
Upper St. Clair 89 7 7 0 3 17            
Steelton  48 3 10 2 14 29            
                     
Scoring:                      
1st Qtr:                      
Steelton: FG Malinak 47 Yds                    
Upper St. Clair:  Lund 2 Yd pass from Gentile (Gentile kick)               
2nd Qtr:                      
Steelton: Holmes 9 Yd pass from Donato   (Mailinak kick)                
Steelton: FG Malinak 44 Yds                    
Upper St. Clair:  Habib 15 Yd pass from Gentile (Gentile kick)              
3rd Qtr:                      
Steelton:  Safety (Don McCauley tackled  Mark gentile in his own end zone)            
4th Qtr:                      
Steelton: Reich 1 Yd run (Mailinak kick)                  
Upper St. Clair: FG Gentile 44 yds                    
Steelton: Reich 4 Yd run (Mailinak kick)                  
                       
Indiv. Stats                      
Rushing Att Yds Avg Long Fum/Lost TD        
Upper St. Clair                      
  Whaley 24 100 4.2 22 1/0 0        
Habib 10 44 4.4 7 '0/0 0        
Steelton                      
Reich, Gibby 25 124 5 18 0/0 2        
Donatao 2 -1 -0.5 0 0/0 0        
Barbush 9 56 6.2 14 0/0 0        
                     
Passing Att Comp Yds Pct Avg Int Long TD Rating  
Upper St. Clair: Gentile 24 15 258 62.5 10.8 1 76 2 109.4  
                     
Steelton: Donato 27 16 210 59.3 7.8 0 28 1 96.2  
                     
Receiving No Yds Avg Long TD          
Upper St. Clair:                      
Whaley 2 88 44 76 0