Bonner is just Right against KIPP-DuBois

UPPER DARBY >> Bonner & Prendie right guard Gerald Smith had an inkling that Friday night’s game against visiting KIPP DuBois might start with a bang.

On the first play of the game, the Friars called for Bonner Right, which meant running back Charles Ingram was supposed to follow Smith. Smith got out and clobbered a defender, which left a big hole for Ingram to run through.

Sixty-eight yards later, Bonner had all the points it needed in what nevertheless became a 49-0 whitewashing of the Lions.

“I bodied somebody. I don’t even know who it was, but I put somebody on their butt,” Smith said with a big smile. “(Ingram) was gone, and there’s no way he was getting caught. He’s been working on his speed and he’s one of the fastest players on the team.”

“We ran Bonner Right, and the hole opened right up and I ran right through for the touchdown,” Ingram said. “I was pumped and kept it going throughout the game, telling my linemen to keep it up. We had the idea before the game that we should dominate and run it down their throat the whole game.”

Ingram only had seven carries all night, but he maximized them to the tune of 96 yards and three touchdowns. He also had a superb 23-yard touchdown reception where he caught a pass from new starting quarterback Michael Standen in the flat, put a vicious spin move on a flailing safety and cruised into the end zone.

Standen was effective under center, completing three of his six pass attempts for 42 yards and the touchdown to Ingram. All three incompletions were drops on a rainy night, and he was in control the whole time. Backup quarterback Kyle Lazer also tossed a 21-yard score to former starting quarterback Shon Nelson on a KIPP coverage bust.

Defensively, the Friars (1-1) made life miserable for the Lions all night long. KIPP DuBois rushed for minus-43 yards and only managed 16 total yards of offense. The Lions (0-2) used a trio of quarterbacks, who were under siege all night from an overpowering Bonner & Prendie defensive line.

“I watched their film and I wasn’t impressed,” said Smith, who doubles as a defensive tackle. “Their offensive line was not very good and they didn’t have any push. The only time they did have push was when they double-teamed, but that was about it.”

The game featured the rare double safety, as the Friars’ Ian Edwards came in as a free rusher and took down quarterback Cordell Patterson for a sack in the end zone. On the first play of the third quarter, the Lions fumbled the kickoff and the ball bounced back into the end zone, where a player tried to run it out before getting taken down.

The Friars will take the easy win, however, because all wins count the same.

“It feels good. I just want to keep this going,” Ingram said.