Marcus Foster Stadium, North Philadelphia, PA - Digitex-U Sports took a short break from high school coverage to check out the stars of the Junior College Athletic Association. The Berean Bears, based in North Philadelphia, and the Lackawanna Falcons, based in Scranton, PA, went head to head on a pleasant Saturday afternoon in the Berean Bears' homecoming game. Unfortunately, the game results were only pleasant to one team, that being the Falcons, as they controlled the game and from beginning to end and spoiled the homecoming by picking up a 49-6 victory.The Falcons got things started in the first quarter with a 5 yard touchdown run through the middle to the right side by RB Bloi-Dei Dorzon. The early onlsaught continued in a later drive in the first quarter as QB AJ McKenna rolled to the left and flung a beautiful pass to WR Keith Carlos that resulted in a 64 yard touchdown pass along the left sideline. Dorzon would make his presence felt yet again in that quarter with a 15 yard touchdown run to the right side on a pitch, making the game 21-0 and dampening the spirits of the Bears fans in attendance (there were, however, a few very vocal Falcons fans accounted for). Carlos struck again with a 12 yard touchdown catch in the corner of the end zone in the second quarter, making it 28-0. RB William Johnson joined the scoring parade for the Falcons by turning a screen pass that look destined to fail into a 23 yard touchdown (where he went from the left side all the way back to the right side to get room to run and score). A 10 yard toucdown run later in the third quarter by LeAnthony Flemming to the right side made it a 35-0 game.
The Bears showed some life in the third quarter when DB Arvon Clark returned the ensuing kickoff 54 yards to give his team their best starting field position of the entire game. They went on to score thanks to a nice 22 yard TD pass from a rolling Kevin King to WR Chris Ruiz on the right side of the end zone. The TD was their first TD in several quarters and seemed to inject a sense of hope into the team.
However, the Falcons held strong and mostly ran the ball for the rest of the game, milking the clock and adding 2 more touchdowns. They were able to secure the 49-6 victory.
The Bears have had their troubles this year, but there was no doubt that they played as hard as they could; Lackawanna is a very talented team and were primed for competition on this day. The Bears will try to rebound when they play Nassau Community College next week at home, and as was evident by the good-sized crowd that attended the homecoming game, the city of Philadelphia will continue to stand by and support them.
Digitex-U SportsWR Keith Carlos scores one of his two touchdowns, helping the Falcons efforts in the 49-6 victory.
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