Pine-Richland Cruises Past State College in PIAA Quarterfinals
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Saturday, November 25, 2017 | 10:43 PM
By Dave Mackall for TribLive.com
Phil Jurkovec passed for 252 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 119 yards and two more scores, and Jordan Crawford added 112 yards rushing and a touchdown to lead WPIAL champion Pine-Richland to a 49-21 victory over District 6 champion State College in a PIAA quarterfinal-round football game Saturday at Hempfield High School.
Jurkovec, a Notre Dame recruit, who moved to fourth on the WPIAL all-time passing list, connected with Dawson Goltz on a pair of scoring strikes covering 39 and 12 yards and threw a 23-yarder to Ben Jochem.
Jurkovec, who completed 19 of 24 attempts and passed former Pine-Richland and current Pitt quarterback Ben DiNucci on the WPIAL all-time passing list with 7,871 yards, also scored on runs of 58 and 7 yards.
Pine-Richland (13-0) took the lead for good by scoring twice in the first two minutes of the second half on a pair of Jurkovec touchdown passes to break a 14-14 tie.
Tommy Friberg threw three touchdown passes — two to Brandon Clark — to lead State College (10-3). Friberg finished 11 of 31 for 188 yards passing for the Little Lions.
Pine-Richland advances to the semifinals against the winner of a later game between Cumberland Valley and Manheim Township.
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