WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep football team improved to 3-1 on the season following a 38-19 victory over Paramus Catholic on Friday night, Sept. 27, in Paramus.
The Pirates trailed 6-0 early in the second quarter when they drove 73 yards in 10 plays, capped by Zander Zebrowski’s 11-yard touchdown pass to Nicholas Gullace.
Austin Kuterka added the first of five extra points on the night to give Seton Hall Prep a 7-6 lead with 8:26 left in the quarter.
After the defense stopped the Paladins on downs, the Pirates drove 51 yards in seven plays, ending with Zebrowski’s 23-yard scoring pass to Giye Jenkins to extend the Pirates’ lead to 14-6 with 2:47 left in the quarter.
Kuterka hit a 29-yard field goal with 7:14 left in the third quarter to make it 17-6.
Paramus Catholic cut the Pirates’ lead to 17-13 on a touchdown with 3:00 left in the quarter.
Matt Colantuono returned the ensuing kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown to increase the Pirates’ lead to 24-13.
On the first play of Paramus Catholic’s ensuing drive, Jenkins intercepted a pass on the Seton Hall 38 and returned it to the Paramus eight-yard line. Three plays later, Zebrowski hit Gullace with a four-yard TD pass to increase the lead to 31-13 with :55 left in the third quarter.
The Paladins scored a TD in the beginning of the fourth quarter to cut the Pirates’ lead to 31-19 before Myles Thomason scored on a 55-yard run around the left end and down the left sideline to make the final 38-19.
SHP game stats
Passing
Zebrowski: 18 of 24 attempts, 193 yards, 3 TDs, 0 interceptions.
Rushing
Colantuono: 24 carries, 112 yards.
Receiving
Jenkins: 5 catches, 56 yards, 1 TD.
Gullace: 2 catches, 15 yards, 2-TDs.
Defense
Ryan Monteleone: 16 tackles; John Nicosia: 11 tackles. Tyler Cook: 9 tackles.
Next game: The Pirates will host the East Orange Campus High School Jaguars at Brendan P. Tevlin Memorial Field in West Orange on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m. East Orange Campus is 3-0.
Seton Hall Prep (3-1)
August 31,Won, Archbishop Carroll (Radnor, Pa.), 42-20, at Rutgers
Sept. 6, Loss, at DePaul, 52-21
Sept. 21, Won, Passaic County Tech, 24-10
Sept. 27, Won, at Paramus Catholic, 38-19
Oct. 5, East Orange Campus, 2 p.m.
Oct. 12, at Montclair, 1 p.m.
Oct. 19, Delbarton, 1 p.m.
Oct. 26, St. Joseph (Montvale), 2 p.m.
Nov. 2, at Pope John (Sparta), 1 p.m.
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