CL Playoff Recaps, 2008

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AA DIVISION
SEMIFINALS
At Southern
  W. Catholic 63, Kennedy-Kenrick 21: Rob Hollomon turned his first four carries into TDs of 36, 35, 59 and 12 yards and finished with six scores and 212 yards on just nine opportunities. Hollomon smashed the city postseason records for rushing TDs (four) and total points (32). He also had an interception. Curtis Drake accounted for two TDs, rushing 16 yards for one and passing 57 yards to Eric Young for another. West rang up 56 points in the first 16 minutes, 33 seconds, and its 35 plays generated 458 yards (13.1 average). 
Tim Carroll went 9-for-9 on PATs, breaking the postseason mark of seven. With the score at 63-14 in the THIRD quarter, backup QB Kyle Heggs was instructed to take a knee on four straight plays at K-K's 15. For the Wolverines, Ryan Sejda ran for one score and passed for another.
At Ply.-Whitemarsh
  Carroll 17, McDevitt 7: Chris Kennedy's seven tackles behind the line included three sacks while Luke Wischnowski accounted for 133 yards of rushing/passing and hit xxxx Seeds with a 22-yard scoring pass. McDevitt did little offensively, but did post a score on the first series of the third quarter as Luke Sawick hit Steve Harris with a 4-yard, left-corner fade.
FINAL
At Ply.-Whitemarsh
  W. Catholic 56, Carroll 7: Rob Hollomon roared to four scores and 156 yards on just five carries and scored a fifth TD, his first of the night, on a 65-yard punt return. That gave him 11 TDs in the Burrs' two playoff appearances. Curtis Drake added 240 yards, passing 3-for-4 for 98 yards and a TD to Haleem "P-Nut" Hayward and rushing four times for 142 yards and one score. Carroll scored last on Luke Wischnowski's 61-yard pass to Chris Kennedy.

AAA DIVISION
SEMIFINALS
At Wissahickon
  Wood 27, Lansdale Catholic 0: Sean Cunningham churned for 201 yards and two TDs, among them a 76-yarder, on 24 carries and helped the defense achieve a school record with a fifth consecutive shutout. Sean McCartney added an interception and a QB sneak for a score. For LC, a first-year CL member, QB John Howell ran nine times for 52 yards.
At Ply.-Whitemarsh
  Conwell-Egan 17, N. Catholic 14: Matt Della-Croce rebounded quite handsomely after a disastrous first two series -- intentional grounding in the end zone (safety) and an interception. He finished 16-for-31 for 248 yards, raising his career total to 3,001, and one TD, a game-winner to Ryan Golin (10-136). For North, Dennis Logue passed 10-for-17 for 157 yards and two TDs to Mike Scott (6-125).
FINAL
At Northeast
  Wood 44, Conwell-Egan 14: The Vikings, which had posted a school-record five consecutive shutouts, received an immediate jolt as Kerry McAnany returned the opening kickoff 82 yards for a TD. Then they rolled to 44 consecutive points behind the rushing of Sean Cunningham (30-210, TD) and Nick Devine (7-58, three) and running/passing of Sean McCartney (203 combined yards). Steve Devlin became the third Wood to coach to win a title in a six-year period, joining Art Barrett in '03 and Joe Powel in '04-'05. Scott Adkins and Shane Miller posted interceptions and Adkins recovered an onside kick right before halftime; James McFadden followed with a 37-yard field goal. For C-E, Matt Della-Croce hit Ryan Golin with a 12-yard TD pass.

AAAA DIVISION
SEMIFINALS
At Northeast
  Judge 30, O'Hara 14: Curt Wortham rushed 26 times for a school record of 294 yards and four TDs. The eclipsed effort -- 272 by Jerry Magallanes in '82 -- had also come in a playoff game. Kevin Toner claimed an interception. For O'Hara, Tom Savage passed 17-for-32 for 201 yards and a TD to Anthony McCloskey.
At Plymouth-Whitemarsh
  La Salle 31, SJ Prep 28: In the CL opener, the Explorers had halted Prep's regular season winning streak at 55 games. They proved that win was no fluke in this one as Drew Loughery obliterated the city record for passing yards in postseason action. He went 21-for-34 for 378 yards and four TDs; Dobbins' Andre Davis had 306 in '97. It was also the No. 3 total overall behind 409 by Central's Mike Roche in '86 and 379 by Dougherty's Sean McGovern in 2000. Jamal Abdur-Rahman made four catches for 112 yards and two TDs. Sam Feleccia (5-119) and Mike Donohoe (4-61) caught one TD toss apiece. Ultimately, the difference was Mike Bennett's 37-yard field goal 6.5 seconds prior to halftime. For Prep, Mark Giubilato passed 6-for-15 for 187 yards and a score to Anthony Johnson (4-137) while Garrett Compton (24-116), Mike Yeager (15-87) and Giubilato posted rushing TDs.
At Northeast
  La Salle 28, Judge 20: Mayfair resident Mike Donohoe, a first cousin of one Judge starter, best friend of another and buddies with roughly half of the prominent Crusaders, caught a pair of 12-yard TDs passes from Drew Loughery (12-for-19, 114, three TDs) and hit the latter with a trick-play conversion pass as the Explorers avenged a regular season defeat. Sam Feleccia made four catches for 63 yards and a score, Mike Bennett kicked two field goals and Kevin Forster posted a pick. Loughery's conversion catch made it 21-14 and that became huge when Judge missed the PAT after a 28-yard TD pass from soph Tony Smith (8-for-17, 119) to Tom Ryan (5-72) with 6:45 left. Donohoe notched his second TD at 1:42. Smith suffered an injury on Judge's last drive, forcing star receiver Adam Nowak to assume command of the offense. His last pass was knocked down by . . . you guessed it, Donohoe (also a linebacker/punter). Judge's Curt Wortham ran 29 times for 104 yards. This was coach Drew Gordon's eighth year with the program, over two stints, and his fourth title (first two as offensive coordinator).