Instant Replay: Tom Arnold scores twice as Sun Valley nips Chichester

A look at high school football in Delaware County on this weekend in years past

40 Years Ago

Tom Arnold scores two touchdowns as Sun Valley defeats Chichester, 13-12, for coach Bob Fithian’s 100th victory … Shelby Walters has a 60-yard scoring run in Penn Wood’s 23-16 win over Interboro … Carl Robinson throws three TD passes and Jim Spangenberg adds a pair of scoring runs to help Academy Park remain undefeated by beating Chichester, 49-6 … Quarterback Ken Trusty throws a 15-yard pass to Chris Close, who pitches to David Lockwood, who completes a 72-yard scoring play with one second to play in Penncrest’s 20-16 win over Springfield … Pat Randolph gains 265 yards on 18 carries and scores four touchdowns, including 77- and 90-yarders, as Ridley rolls by Marple Newtown, 42-10 … Rick Petrone’s second TD pass to Tom Spadano gives Upper Darby its first victory, 14-13 over Conestoga … Kevin Mullen catches a 47-yard touchdown pass from Mike Oliveri and runs for the conversion that lifts Archbishop Carroll over St. John Neumann, 8-6 … Tom Conner has three TDs in Radnor’s 28-0 win over Haverford … Rich Gannon throws a pair of scoring passes as St. Joseph’s Prep beats St. James, 21-7 … Tony Holmes runs for a pair of touchdowns in Nether Providence’s 21-14 win over Garnet Valley … Bob DeMarco throws a TD pass to Bob Crasley on a fake field-goal play as Monsignor Bonner downs West Catholic, 24-20 … Art Condodina picks up 179 yards on 25 carries and scores a pair of touchdowns and Andy Cincotta adds a pair of interceptions in Cardinal O’Hara’s 33-0 win over Roman Catholic.

50 Years Ago

Ken Bradford scores three touchdowns and Mike Campbell adds a pair of scoring runs as Marple Newtown snaps Nether Providence’s 25-game undefeated streak, 40-6 … Mike Hanlon’s scoring pass to Mike Moore gives Darby-Colwyn an 8-2 win over Collingdale … Gary Grimaldi runs for a TD and scores on a 58-yard interception return as Upper Darby defeats Penncrest, 14-0 … Joe Phillips throws three TD passes and Spencer Payne scores on a 90-yard kickoff return in Chester’s 33-6 win over St. Thomas More … Pete Bartlett and Jeff Morgan get scoring runs as Radnor downs Haverford, 14-0 … Frank McLaughlin scores three touchdowns, one on a 72-yard run with an interception, in Springfield’s 34-13 win over Lower Merion … Mike Lombardi runs 49 and 60 yards for TDs in the first quarter of Monsignor Bonner’s 27-6 victory over Archbishop Carroll … Dave Lansberry, Tony Serge and Tim Reardon score two touchdowns as undefeated St. James rips Roman Catholic, 55-8.

30 Years Ago

Jim Jacominic runs 51 yards with a fumble to set up Brian Fili’s scoring run as Upper Darby defeats Springfield (freshman Marty Brown 63-yard touchdown run), 14-9 … Marvin Brison runs for two touchdowns in Chichester’s 18-12 win at Unionville … Jamie Uhler throws scoring passes to Jay Ralston and Aaron Byrd-Leitner to help Penncrest defeat Haverford, 20-14 … Kedrick Whitehead has two TD passes and freshman Jamar Kinder scores on a 50-yard run in Chester’s 25-14 win over Academy Park … Khari Mott runs for a pair of touchdowns and Kendrick Sealy scores on a 65-yard punt return and a pass from Mike Brendler as Strath Haven clobbers Marple Newtown, 48-7 … Brian Kinsgborough runs for three touchdowns in the first quarter, Scott Carroll tosses three TD passes (two to Jason Vosheski), and Mike Barber has a pair of interceptions in Ridley’s 42-0 rout of Radnor … Bob Cassidy gains 170 yards on 19 carries and scores three touchdowns as Garnet Valley rolls over Oxford, 38-14 … Ed Behrle’s 25-yard field goal in the final seconds gives Penn Wood a 17-14 win over Sun Valley … Keno Showell and Dave McClendon both score two TDs as Glen Mills beats Interboro, 37-7.

20 Years Ago

Dan Connor runs for three touchdowns and catches a scoring pass from Rodney Turner as Strath Haven defeats Marple Newtown, 43-0, for its 60th consecutive regular-season victory … Andrew Spahr has TD runs of 93 and 50 yards in Penncrest’s 28-7 win over Haverford … Rick Dunlap scores a pair of touchdowns as Garnet Valley beats Bishop Shanhan, 27-14 … Brandon Bush runs for two TDs in Sun Valley’s 38-6 win over Harriton … Marquise Hall grabs a scoring pass from Dennis Dunn and runs for a touchdown as Upper Darby defeats Springfield, 28-14 … Andrew Case tosses three TD passes, including an 81-yarder to Paul McNichol that gives Monsignor Bonner a 27-21 decision over St. Joseph’s Prep.

10 Years Ago

Davon Seldon runs for a pair of touchdowns in the first half and Deval Jones scores on an interception return to help Glen Mills to a 50-6 Del Val League victory over Penn Wood … Other information about games played this weekend was unavailable.