By Reed Hennessy
Sports Editor

Abington: Oct. 25
The Neshaminy varsity football squad kept their winning streak and undefeated record alive on Oct. 25, away at Abington, Neshaminy thwarted the galloping ghosts in a 31 to 14 win. With the win, Schmidt’s squad raises their record to 9 wins and no loses. Scoring the majority of the touchdowns, running back D’Andre Pollard was absolutely dominating the Abington defense ending the game with three touchdowns and 272 yards.
Also, on the defensive end, seniors Luke Carrezola and Dorian Arthur both sacked the Abington quarter back and tore apart Abington’s offensive line. However, the game was one of the toughest games all year for Neshaminy, incurring seven penalties the two touchdowns Abington score are a result of sloppy play. Neshaminy moves on to Pennsbury East next week on Nov. 1 looking to continue their undefeated record.
Pennsbury East: Nov. 1
On Nov. 1 the Pennsbury Falcons defeated the undefeated Neshaminy football squad 31 to 3. This devastating game brought Neshaminy its first and only loss of the regular season. Pennsbury did not waste time Friday night, intercepting a pass from senior Quarterback Tyler Wombough on Neshaminy’s first possession, which was consequently run in for a touchdown; the tone was set for the rest of the game.
“Pennsbury came out tonight and just beat us, they were the better team tonight,” senior and Captain Luke Carrezola said. Senior quarter back Tyler Wombough received Pennsbury pressure the whole game. Wombough turned over the ball, had incomplete passes, failed rush attempts, and on several occasions Wombough had to throw the ball away to avoid a major loss of yards.
“This was a great win for the boys, they really came out and played their hearts out tonight,” Pennsbury head coach Galen Snyder said. Not only was it a great win, but Pennsbury’s ninth consecutive win, the longest winning streak in the Suburban One League National division.
“We didn’t start off well, we didn’t finish well, the defense was put in a bad spot early on in the game and Pennsbury played a great game and our offense wasn’t able to recover,” Neshaminy head coach Mark Schmidt said. The game ended abruptly, the only loss of the season for Neshaminy hit Schmidt and the varsity squad hard. However, Neshaminy will move to the playoffs regardless of the loss, facing off against Unionville at home on Nov. 8.
Unionville: Nov. 8
The first round of the District One PIAA playoffs ended with a Neshaminy victory. Friday night’s game ended with a score of Neshaminy 41, Unionville 7, and while it may seem that Neshaminy completely dominated the whole game, this was not the case.
The first half would end Neshaminy 7, Unionville 7. At this point, it looked as if the game would come down to the last play, or possibly overtime. “At the half, we got with each of our coaches, got our individual assignments down and executed them,” Pollard said, and execute they did. Scoring six touchdowns in the second half of the game, the Neshaminy team emerged from the locker room at the end of the second quarter focused.
“Tonight was the tale of two half’s, they came out and executed better, D’Andre Pollard did what he does best and my hat’s off to him,” Unionville head coach Pat Clark said. Neshaminy’s second round opponent will be the Spring-Ford Rams; the second round game will be hosted by Neshaminy on Nov. 15.
Spring-Ford: Nov. 15
The District One Class AAAA quarterfinals ended Friday night in a Neshaminy victory, the score, Neshaminy 56, Spring-Ford 27. The Neshaminy defensive unit certainly showed up to play, forcing a total of six turnovers.
Working their way down field, junior running back D’Andre Pollard, and senior running back Denny Lord outdid the Spring-Ford defense. Neshaminy is now the highest seeded team remaining in the district playoffs. “Tonight I am really proud of everybody, Tyler did a great job tonight,” Schmidt said.
Neshaminy will be playing the Abington Galloping Ghosts on Nov. 22, Neshaminy beat the Ghosts during the regular season 31- 4.