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No. 11 Thomas More tops Wolverines

Box Score

GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College football team fell to visiting Thomas More, 66-14, in Presidents' Athletic Conference play Saturday afternoon at Robert E. Thorn Field.

Grove City scored twice in the latter portion of the second quarter as junior quarterback Caleb Jakiel (Moon Township, Pa./Moon) threw a pair of touchdown passes. Jakiel fired a 33-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Brett Pinson (Canton, Ohio/Jackson) with 4:40 left in the first half to open the Wolverine scoring.

Three minutes later, Jakiel tossed a four-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Tyler Patterson (McDonald, Pa./South Fayette), cutting Thomas More's lead to 35-14.

Jakiel completed 8 of 20 passes for 142 yards, including a season-long 61-yard completion to junior Zach Gazdacko (Uniontown, Ohio/Lake). Pinson caught three passes for 65 yards while senior Josh Peach (Hartville, Ohio/Lake) had three catches for 30 yards.

Jakiel led Grove City with 21 rushing yards.

Senior linebacker Brandon Berringer (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler) led the Wolverine defense with 16 tackles while sophomore safety Andrew Seifert (Kettering, Ohio/Archbishop Alter) added 15 stops and a forced fumble. Sophomore defensive end Jacob Armbrecht (Streetsboro, Ohio/Streetsboro) recorded a sack.

Hjavier Pitts paced Thomas More with 156 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Luke Zajac also ran for three scores. Quarterback Brenan Kuntz completed 14 of 20 passes for 339 yards and two touchdowns. Goose Cohorn caught four passes for 139 yards.

Thomas More outgained Grove City, 687-233. The Saints (8-0, 6-0 PAC) led 42-14 at halftime. Thomas More is ranked 11th in the D3Footbal.com and American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III polls.

Grove City will visit conference foe Bethany next Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Josh Peach

#3 Josh Peach

WR
6' 3"
Senior
Tyler Patterson

#6 Tyler Patterson

WR
6' 3"
Senior
Caleb Jakiel

#9 Caleb Jakiel

QB
6' 2"
Junior
Brett Pinson

#11 Brett Pinson

WR
6' 0"
Junior
Zach Gazdacko

#29 Zach Gazdacko

WR
5' 7"
Junior
Andrew Seifert

#42 Andrew Seifert

SS
6' 0"
Sophomore
Brandon Berringer

#55 Brandon Berringer

ILB
5' 11"
Senior
Jacob Armbrecht

#99 Jacob Armbrecht

DE
6' 2"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Josh Peach

#3 Josh Peach

6' 3"
Senior
WR
Tyler Patterson

#6 Tyler Patterson

6' 3"
Senior
WR
Caleb Jakiel

#9 Caleb Jakiel

6' 2"
Junior
QB
Brett Pinson

#11 Brett Pinson

6' 0"
Junior
WR
Zach Gazdacko

#29 Zach Gazdacko

5' 7"
Junior
WR
Andrew Seifert

#42 Andrew Seifert

6' 0"
Sophomore
SS
Brandon Berringer

#55 Brandon Berringer

5' 11"
Senior
ILB
Jacob Armbrecht

#99 Jacob Armbrecht

6' 2"
Sophomore
DE