Sep. 11—CRESSON — Garrett Harrold passed for 214 yards and two touchdowns as Penn Cambria routed Bishop McCort 42-14 in a Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference football game on Friday night at Penn Cambria High School.
“Their quarterback’s a special kid. (He) does a nice job,” Bishop McCort coach Tom Smith said.
“I think he’s one of the best quarterbacks in the state. We put a lot on his plate,” Penn Cambria coach Nick Felus said.
Zach Grove scored four touchdowns in the first half as the Panthers (3-0) rolled up 309 total yards in the first half.
“I thought we played hard early,” Smith said. “We had a couple of stops against a pretty good football team that I thought we had a lot of respect for what they’ve done with their team this year.”
The Panthers, less than one week removed from an emotional 27-14 victory against Bishop Guilfoyle on Sept. 4, used two 1-yard scoring runs by Zach Grove to assume a 14-0 lead after one period.
Grove added a third scoring run and a 38-yard touchdown reception in the second period.
Zach Eckenrode’s 3-yard touchdown run put Penn Cambria ahead 35-0 at the intermission. Grove led the Panthers with 57 rushing yards.
Harrold did his part on the ground, rushing for 46 yards.
He also relied on Cole Eberhart, who caught five passes for 56 yards.
“Tonight I thought he did a really good job of making decisions,” Felus said of Harrold.
Harrold threw for 193 yards in the first half.
Ibn Shaheed caught a 38-yard touchdown pass from Trystan Fornari in the fourth quarter to put Bishop McCort on the scoreboard.
Fornari completed 27 of 40 passes for 235 yards. Malik Tisinger caught 10 passes for 59 yards.
Johnny Golden tacked on a 4-yard touchdown run .