SALISBURY, MD. - The Apprentice School football team started
their Atlantic Central Football Conference season on Saturday up
Route 13 against perennial conference powerhouse Salisbury
University. Unfortunately for the Builders, the Sea Gulls
found an offensive stride on Saturday.
Bryan Woolson and Brandon Norwood ran for a pair of scores
apiece and quarterback Sean Kelly threw for 146 yards and three
touchdowns as the Sea Gulls defeated Apprentice School 77-7.
The opening portion of the first quarter showed a Sea Gull team
that was turning the ball over. Salisbury fumbled on the
opening kickoff giving the Builders possession on the Sea Gull
21. Salisbury's defense stiffened and a 45-yard field goal
attempt was blocked on the Builders first drive.
On the ensuing possession Kelly's pass was picked off by Louis
Norwood on the Apprentice 20. That drive saw the Builders go
down to the Salisbury 35 before being forced to punt.
Salisbury found its scoring stride following that possession as
they scored on four straight possessions in a total of eight plays
to take a 28-0 lead on a Jonathan Briscoe 24-yard touchdown run
with 11:34 left in the first half. The Sea Gulls pushed the
lead to 49-0 at the 11:40 mark of the third quarter as Kelly threw
the last of his three touchdowns hitting Briscoe on a 15 yard
scoring pass.
Apprentice School cracked the scoreboard on the ensuing
possession as junior Reggie George broke through the left side of
the Sea Gull line and rambled for a 67-yard touchdown run.
That run is the fourth-longest in the last 24 years and pushed
George to a career-high 116 yards on 13 carries. He becomes the
first Builder rusher to break 100-yards on Salisbury in this
decade.
The Builders amassed 287 yards of total offense in the game as
quarterback Phil Caralla was 11-of-21 for 153 yards throwing.
Freshman James Abbs and junior Bryan Cain each caught five passes
for 88 and 50 yards respectively.
Apprentice School returns to the home field on October 10 as
they take on NCAA Division II Lake Erie College for Trades Day
starting at 1 pm.
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