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	1st Qtr	2nd Qtr	3rd Qtr	4th Qtr	Final
Pope John Paul II	38	14	0	0	52
Schuylkill Valley	0	0	0	7	7

Highlights: Kamal Gray threw three touchdown passes in the first half as Pope John Paul raced to a big halftime lead on its way to a 52-7 non-league victory over Schuylkill Valley Friday night at Leesport.



The Golden Panthers (3-1) scored five first-quarter touchdowns as senior tailback Andrew McDonald scored on an 8-yard run and a 19-yard reception. McDonald added another 40-yard touchdown reception and a 58-yard scoring run to finish with four touchdowns and 169 total yards.



Schuylkill Valley quarterback Nico Iaccarino entered the game as the Berks leader in passing yards, but was held in check by Pope John Paul's athletic secondary. He completed just 3-of-21 passes for 15 yards and was intercepted three times.



The first of those interceptions was returned 31 yards for a touchdown by junior Rocco DiRico to give the Golden Panthers a 14-0 lead less than three minutes into the game.



From there, Gray's accurate passing often set up his receivers for big runs after the catch.



Gray threw for 184 yards as Pope John Paul outgained Schuylkill Valley 425-134.



Iaccarino and Schuylkill Valley (1-3) broke into the scoring column late in the third quarter. The senior quarterback capped off a 12-play drive with a 5-yard touchdown pass to tight end Luke Ammarell.



Schuylkill Valley will travel to Minersville next week to close out the non-conference portion of their schedule.

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Scoring Summary 

Team	Play By	Yards	From	Extra Point By	Extra Point
Pope John Paul II	McDonald	8 run			kick failed
Pope John Paul II	Dirico	31 interception return			N/A
Pope John Paul II	Dylan Walker	21 pass from	Kamal Gray	Nguyen	N/A
Pope John Paul II	Steve Skarbek	6 pass from	Kamal Gray	Dylan Walker	pass from Kamal Gray
Pope John Paul II	McDonald	19 pass from	Kamal Gray	Steve Skarbek	pass from Kamal Gray
Pope John Paul II	McDonald	40 pass from	Dirico	Bruder	run
Pope John Paul II	McDonald	58 run		Nguyen	N/A
Pope John Paul II	Dylan Walker	21 pass from	Kamal Gray	Nguyen	N/A
Schuylkill Valley	Ammarell	5 pass from	Iaccarino	Heffner	kick

Team Statistics

Category	Pope John Paul II	Schuylkill Valley
First downs	10	9
Rushes-yards	21 - 201	32 - 112
Passing yards	228	22
Total yards	425	134
Passes	15 - 24 - 1	4 - 22 - 3
Fumbles-lost	0 - 0	1 - 0
Punts-avg.	2 - 31.00	5 - 29.00
Penalties-yards	12 - 123	2 - 20