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MARTORANA, HELENIAK LEAD JOHNS HOPKINS PAST GETTYSBURG, 54-13 |
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by Ernie Larossa, Sports Information Director, Johns Hopkins |
| BALTIMORE, Md. -- Senior running back Scott Martorana (Long Valley, NJ/W. Morris
Central) rushed for a game-high 147 yards and three touchdowns and junior quarterback Rob Heleniak (Philadelphia,
PA/Germantown Academy) threw for a career-high 286 yards and three touchdowns as Johns Hopkins rolled to a 54-13 victory over visiting Gettysburg at Homewood Field. The win is the third straight for the Blue Jays, who improve to 3-1, 2-0 in the Centennial Conference. Gettysburg falls to 0-5, 0-3. After Gettysburg and Hopkins exchanged touchdowns in the first seven minutes of the game, Martorana gave the Blue Jays the lead for good with back-to-back touchdowns in a span of less than six minutes midway through the first half. His seven-yard run capped a five-play, 18-yard drive that was set up by a fumble recovery Mike Little (Red Bank, NJ/Middletown South). He added a six-yard run with 11:31 left in the second quarter to cap a five-play, 29-yard drive that put Hopkins up 20-6. Gettysburg answered with a six-yard touchdown run by Bryan Pojonowski (Rockaway Township, NJ/Morris Knolls) to slice the lead to 20-13 with 1:32 left in the second quarter, but the Blue Jays marched down the field in the final minute of the half and capped a seven-play, 74-yard drive with a 12-yard scoring pass from Heleniak to junior Zach Baylin (Wilmington, DE/Tatnall) to make it 27-13 at the half. Martorana capped his scoring efforts for the night with a nine-yard run with 2:15 left in the third quarter and the game remained at 34-13 for most of the fourth quarter before the Blue Jays scored 20 points in the final 4:44. Senior Wes Moore (Bronx, NY/Valley Forge Military Academy) scored on a 39-yard pass from Heleniak to make it 41-13 with 4:44 left in the game. Moore's touchdown reception capped another quick drive for the Blue Jays as they went 85 yards in five plays. None of Hopkins' six offensive scoring drives lasted longer than 2:12. Hopkins closed the scoring with a pair of defensive touchdowns in the final seconds of the game. Junior linebacker Nick Quercetti (Glen Mills PA/Archmere Academy (DE)) returned an interception 42 yards for a touchdown with seven seconds remaining to make it 48-13. After Gettysburg downed the ensuing kickoff, the Bullets fumbled a handoff on first down and Hopkins' freshman Rob Bates (Upper St. Clair, PA/Upper St. Clair) returned the ball 32 yards for another score as time expired. Gettysburg opened the scoring with a 61-yard scoring pass from senior Denis Flaherty (Oreland, PA/Bishop McDevitt) to senior Pat Jordan (Bethesda, MD/Gonzaga College) less than 10 minutes into the game, but the Blue Jays answered back less than six minutes later with a nine-yard scoring pass from Heleniak to Baylin, setting the stage for Martorana's exploits. Martorana's three rushing touchdowns matched his career high, which he set last season in a 37-13 win over Gettysburg. He also moved into sixth place on the career rushing touchdowns list at Johns Hopkins with 17. Heleniak, who entered the game as the fifth-rated quarterback in the nation, has now thrown at least three touchdown passes in each of Hopkins' four games this season and has 12 TD passes against just two interceptions on the year. Flaherty threw for 223 yards and the one touchdown to Jordan, but was sacked seven times in the game and the Bullet ground attack generated just 100 yards on 44 attempts. Pojonowski led the way on the ground for Gettysburg with 82 yards on 20 carries with the one touchdown. Johns Hopkins is next in action next Saturday when the Blue Jays travel to play Ursinus. Gettsyburg has next weekend off before hosting Ursinus on October 14. |
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