{"id":279964,"date":"2026-09-05T23:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T23:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/279964\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T23:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T23:56:09","slug":"h-s-football-ridley-runs-over-lower-merion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/279964\/","title":{"rendered":"H.S. Football: Ridley runs over Lower Merion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ridley quarterback Joey Carroll completed 7 of 9 passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns, while the Green Raiders produced 331 yards on the ground in a 63-0 Central League trouncing of Lower Merion on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Green Raiders (2-0, 1-0) have outscored their opponents, 91-7, through two games.<\/p>\n<p>Gene D\u2019Amico made a big impact at wide receiver and linebacker, catching three passes for 66 yards and two touchdowns. He also returned an interception for a touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Calamita was 9-for-9 on extra points and recorded four touchbacks.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the Central League:<\/p>\n<p>Springfield 21, Marple Newtown 3: John Hopkins connected with TJ Valletti for a 58-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter to put the Cougars (2-0, 1-0) ahead, 7-3. Hopkins and Valletti each added a rushing touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Jonah Abraham kicked a 34-yard field goal to give the Tigers (0-2, 0-1) a 3-0 lead midway through the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the Central League, Upper Darby beat Conestoga, 28-13. The Royals are 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>In nonleague results:<\/p>\n<p>Chester 40, George Washington 7: Freshman running back Sa\u2019Mhad Williams scored four touchdowns as the Clippers (2-0) dominated their Philadelphia Public League opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Chester\u2019s defense racked up five interceptions and seven sacks.<\/p>\n<p>In other nonleague results, Archbishop Carroll pummeled Bristol, 54-17. The Patriots are 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>Chichester earned its second straight win with a 13-0 decision over Audenried. Penn Wood fell on the road against Maret (D.C.), 14-8, while Episcopal Academy suffered a 30-17 setback to Lawrenceville (N.J.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ridley quarterback Joey Carroll completed 7 of 9 passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns, while the Green&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[212,305,183,185,184,186,725,28,726,210],"class_list":["post-279964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lower-merion","tag-delaware-county","tag-high-school-sports","tag-lower-merion","tag-lower-merion-headlines","tag-lower-merion-news","tag-lower-merion-township","tag-pa-prep-live","tag-pennsylvania","tag-sports","tag-top-stories-dtd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}