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answered with two personal fouls anda pass interference call to allow theHilltoppers to gobble substantial timeoff the clock and march in to scoreafter 13 plays when Dougherty bashedtwo yards for his third touchdown.

Oblachinski, who finished with 43rushing yards, completed 10 passesfor 128 yards, including an intercep-tion. Donavin Walker, who had threereceptions for 23 yards, had 32 rush-ing yards and threw a 24-yard striketo McCaffrey. Luke Christiano hadfive receptions for 61 yards, andMcCaffrey had three receptions for68 yards.

Defensively, Christiano finishedwith 15 tackles, linebacker RobDelsandro made 11 tackles and de-fensive back Kevin Trotter made 10tackles. Linebacker Colin Scanlonmade eight tackles, while linebackerNiko Cappello and lineman RobO’Shaughnessy each made six.McCaffrey, Sean Leonard and JakeMatthews each added five tackles.

Dougherty finished with 124 yardson 26 carries, while Terry carried 16times for 85 yards and completedseven passes for 105 yards.

“We had opportunities. I didn’t doa good enough job calling the of-fense. Our kids played hard the wholeday. We were just a couple of playsshort. Defensively, we were fairlysolid the whole day. If you were herein September, that was a debacle.Today, we fought all the way through,”Coach Rosenmeier said.Cranford 14 0 0 0 14Summit 14 6 8 7 35

kickoff of the game when CougarTroy Kettler booted an onsides kickand the Hilltoppers recovered the ballon their 46. Seven plays later, Terryscooted five yards for the touchdownwith 10:08 on the clock. The Cougarsanswered with a 10-play, 69-yardscoring drive concluded byOblachinski’s five-yard touchdownrun with 6:31 on the clock.

After a conventional kickoff, theHilltoppers returned the ball from thefive to the 35 then mixed four runningplays with four passing plays to hitpay dirt when Terry bashed in fromthe two with 4:12 on the clock. Backcame the Cougars with a six-play, 73-yard scoring drive that was concludedwith Oblachinski’s 36-yard touch-down pass to Jack McCaffrey overthe middle to knot the score, 14-14,with 2:02 left in the first quarter.

The Cougars’ second gamble, an-other onsides kick recovered by theHilltoppers, however, worked whenthey held Summit to three-and-outand took possession at their own 25.Unfortunately, a pair of holding pen-alties stifled their offensive answer.

Late in the second quarter, theHilltoppers ended an 11-play, 65-yardmarch with Dougherty’s two-yardtouchdown run. A bad snap on theconversion attempt left Summit witha 20-14 lead at the half.

After the failure of the third gambleput Summit in the driver’s seat, des-peration resulted in a series of penal-ties that went in favor of theHilltoppers. Despite a chop block callagainst Summit, the Cougars’ defense

Devils’ only TD drive with a 37-yardsprint, and quarterback JanCocozziello ended it with a two-yardrun. Blue Devil Dan Clark had twofumble recoveries.Plainfield 0 0 7 2 9Westfield 7 0 0 0 7

2004 — Turkey was much tastierfor running back Aaron Hale, whohad three TDs, and his Cardinal team-mates when they ripped Westfield,40-0, in Plainfield on the 100th show-down between the two foes.Westfield 0 0 0 0 0Plainfield 6 8 12 14 40

2005 — The 101st meeting be-tween the two rivals was highlightedby one huge TD run and a hit justinches from the goal line that pre-vented a TD, eventually leading to a9-0 Cardinal victory at Kehler Sta-dium. The Cardinals’ hero was ReggieDixon, who found a seam in the de-fensive middle and raced 67 yards forthe TD in the third quarter. Plainfield’sother score came on a 27-yard fieldgoal by Oscar Valez with 5:54 re-maining in the game.

Blue Devil safety Marcus AllenGraham recorded his ninth intercep-

tion of the season to break the all-time WHS season record.Plainfield 0 0 6 3 9Westfield 0 0 0 0 0

2006 — The Jim DeSarno era be-gan with a 17-7 Westfield TurkeyDay victory in Plainfield. Senior run-ning back George Cornell rushed for121 yards, including a one-yard TDto seal the victory. Quarterback TomBonard booted a 22-yard field goaland completed a 10-yard TD strike toreceiver Sean Ferro.Westfield 0 3 7 7 17Plainfield 0 7 0 0 7

2007 — Senior running backMalcolm Allen cashed in on TD runsof one yard, five yards and threeyards, and junior wide receiver ChrisSheehan turned a pass from quarter-back Tony DiIorio into a 27-yard TDto give the Blue Devils just enoughpoints to hold off Plainfield, 28-27, atKehler Stadium. Linebacker JohnDugan (13 tackles) was the Alphadog with three major sacks and sev-eral throws for losses.Plainfield 0 14 7 6 27Westfield 14 0 7 7 28

2008 — Numerous key defensiveplays, a five-yard TD run and a pair ofbreakaway TD runs of 45 yards and74 yards from senior halfback RicardoJohnson was just enough for the BlueDevils to absorb two fourth-quarterTDs by Plainfield in a 21-19 victoryin Plainfield. Nick Matthews and EricMoran each recovered a fumble, andJihaad Billups had an interception.Westfield 7 0 7 7 21Plainfield 0 7 0 12 19

2009 — The Blue Devils feastedon the Cardinals, 26-6, in Westfield.Quarterback Danny Kerr completed13 of 19 pass attempts for 137 yards,including an 11-yard TD to Pat Grayand an eight-yard TD to AidenScanlon. Running backs AJ Murrayand Joe Ondi each ran for a TD.Plainfield 0 0 0 6 6Westfield 6 14 6 0 26

2010 — The 7-3 Blue Devils liter-ally grounded the 4-6 Cardinals withtheir swarming defense, while tram-pling the Cardinals’ defense with aground game that chewed up 224yards and blanketing them with anaerial attack that totaled 204 yards ina 35-6 triumph.

A.J. Murray galloped for 148 yardsto break the 1,000-yard plateau for theseason. Murray, who had an intercep-tion, had TD runs of 29 yards and 14yards, and added another TD on ashort screen pass that he turned into a60-yard scoring play. He also had anine-yard reception to bring his directoffensive total on the day to 217 yards.Westfield 7 22 0 6 35Plainfield 0 0 0 6 6

2011 — Despite several WHS

records being set, the shocker camewhen Cardinal Chad Jno-Lewis’ two-point conversion in the first quartercame back to haunt the Blue Devils ina 22-21 Plainfield victory.

Blue Devil running back JamesO’Rourke set the WHS career carriesin a season with 259 and broke JanCocozziello’s career interceptionrecord with his 13th, while tyingMarcus Allen Graham’s 2005 seasonrecord with nine. Quarterback NateMitchell surpassed Tony DiIorio toestablish a new season passing recordof 1,255 yards.

Westfield led 21-8, but the Cardinals

stunned the Blue Devils’ defense whenquarterback Dii’Jon Allen-Jordan foundRicky Barnett, who scored the first TD,unattended in the center of the field.From there, Barnett flew downfield intothe end zone to complete a 67-yard TDwith 2:37 on the clock.

The killer came when the Cardi-nals’ defense stopped Westfield onthe one-yard line then their offenseanswered with a 14-play, 99-yardscoring drive that ended with Allen-Jordan’s one-yard plunge to makethe score, 22-21.Plainfield 8 7 0 7 22Westfield 14 7 0 0 21

2012 — The Blue Devils silencedthe Cardinals, 30-16, in Plainfield.Tight end David Kane played amajor role in the offensive punchby turning three of quarterbackChristian Menares-Brown’s passesinto TD receptions of 50 yards,two yards and three yards, respec-tively. Kane finished with six re-ceptions for 66 yards. The “TripleS” defensemen, Chris Sweeney, JoeScaglione and Jackson Simcoxsacked Cardinal quarterback JonRoldan four times.Westfield 17 7 6 0 30Plainfield 0 8 0 8 16

David B. Corbin (2011 files) for The Westfield Leader and The TimesSURROUNDED BY CARDINALS…Blue Devil Peter Ondi, No. 27, tries to work his way around several Cardinal defendersin the Annual Thanksgiving Day Classic in 2011. The Cardinals won, 22-21. See more Thanksgiving Day game photos atwww.goleader.com Ballyhoo Sports.

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times

MAKING THE TACKLE...Cougar linebacker Rob Delsandro, No. 52, bringsdown Hilltopper running back Chris Zanelli in the sectional semis in Summit onNovember 23. See more photos at www.goleader.com Ballyhoo Sports.