Berks Catholic struggles to move the ball in loss to Executive Education

(This story will be updated shortly with additional details and postgame reaction.)

By Chris Deantonio — MikeDragoSports.com correspondent

ALLENTOWN —

Berks Catholic failed to find a consistent rhythm on offense against Executive Education Charter, falling 20-13 to the Raptors in a non-league game Friday night in Allentown.

Both teams struggled to move the ball, as the first quarter ended without a score despite some big plays by both sides.

The Saints failed to score on a fumble recovery by Jackson Haas that gave them the ball in Raptors territory.

They eventually broke the tie with a 22-yard field goal by Andrew Kurtas. He also made a 27-yard field goal as the first half expired.

The Saints offense was jump-started by a kickoff return by Josiah Jordan that gave the Saints possession at Executive Education’s 19. Jordan ran it in for a 9-yard touchdown two plays later.

Jordan finished with a team-high 92 rushing yards and 22 receiving yards. He also scored the Saints’ lone touchdown.

The Raptors had a response for every Berks Catholic score. 

Quarterback Darmel Lopez led Executive Education on back-to-back scoring drives, both capped with big touchdown passes.

He connected with Emery Plummer for a 12-yard score and Damon Young for a 27-yard touchdown.
Lopez avoided pressure most of the night, completing 19-of-30 pass attempts for 269 yards and three touchdowns, including the game winner on a 34-yard pass to Anthony Roman in the third quarter. 
Zamier Perkins led the Raptors on the ground, finishing with 16 carries for 82 yards.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Berks Catholic	0	13	0	0	13
Executive Education	0	13	7	0	20

Scoring summary

2	Berks Catholic	Kurtas, 22 FG	8:34
2	Executive Education	Plummer, 12 pass from Lopez (Cruz kick)	2:17
2	Berks Catholic	Jordan, 9 run (Kurtas kick)	1:10
2	Executive Education	Young, 27 pass from Lopez (kick failed)	0:38
2	Berks Catholic	Kurtas, 27 FG	0:00
3	Executive Education	Roman, 34 pass from Lopez (Cruz kick)	3:40

Team statistics

	Berks Catholic	Executive Education
First downs	12	20
Rushes-yards	34-164	25-75
Passing yards	30	269
Total yards	194	344
Passes	5-7-1	19-30-1
Fumbles-lost	2-2	3-1
Punts-average	2-31.5	2-35.5
Penalties-yards	9-107	11-97

Individual statistics

RUSHING

Berks Catholic: Jordan 15-92, Garcia 7-43, Blythe 4-35, Armistead 6-4, Hess 2-(-10)

Executive Education: Perkins 16-82, Rodriguez 1-3, Ellington, 1-(-1), Team 3-(-3), Lopez 4-(-6)

PASSING

Berks Catholic: Hess 5-7-1-30

Executive Education: Lopez 19-30-1-269

RECEIVING

Berks Catholic: Armistead 2-5, Jordan 2-22, Garcia 1-3

Executive Education: Plummer 9-111, Rodriguez 5-58, Roman 2-53, Ellington 1-4, Perkins 1-16, Young 1-27

INTERCEPTIONS

Berks Catholic: Olivier

Executive Education: Styles

MISSED FIELD GOALS

Berks Catholic: Kurtas 35