Cougars victorious in ‘Battle of the Burg’, McDevitt finds positive things in loss
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Billy Splain | August 30, 2025
You wouldn’t have known it talking to McDevitt Head Coach Jeff Weachter after the game, but the Crusaders lost a tough battle with Harrisburg. “We’re back. That’s a good football team, we played a good team last week but I feel like we made big strides”.
The Cougars and Crusaders battled back and forth all game. Harrisburg scored on a Messiah Mickens 7 run, McDevitt countered with a 2 yard Maurice Barnes run, then PJ Dent, who had to step up for an injured Mickens, ran in from 14 yards out putting the Cougars up 16-7. He made a fantastic catch in the corner for the two pointer.
McDevitt got another td from Barnes and Jaiyon Lewis hauled in a perfect pass from Mikal Shank Jr to give the Cougars the lead at the break.
McDevitt scored on a 1 yard run by Sebastion Williams and Dent slammed the door shut with an 8 yard run late in the fourth.
McDevitt had one last shot but fumbled the ball away.
Box score and pictures below
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Pics by Ron Wise
First quarter
H-Messiah Mickens 7 run (Mikal Shank Jr. pass to Titus Brown), 7:54
McD-Maurice Barnes 2 run (Aidan Grella kick), 2:24
Second quarter
H-PJ Dent 14 run (Shank Jr. pass to Dent), 11:54
McD-Barnes 2 run (Grella kick), 6:55
H-Jaiyon Lewis 12 pass from Shank Jr. (pass failed), :09
Third quarter
McD-Sebastian Williams 1 run (Grella kick), 5:02
Fourth quarter
H-Dent 8 run (Amir Everett kick), 4:18
Team statistics McD H
First downs: 14 18
Rush-yards: 31-135 24-165
Passing: 125 167
Comp-Att-Int: 11-14-1 13-19-0
Fumbles-lost: 1-1 0-0
Punts-Avg.: 2-37 4-30.3
Penalties-yards: 11-91 7-49
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Bishop McDevitt, Nazir Jones-Davis 14-68, Maurice Barnes 7-26, Jerome Larue 6-21, Sebastian Williams 3-16, Zach Brown 1-4; Harrisburg, PJ Dent 14-90, Messiah Mickens 7-64, Mikal Shank Jr. 1-8, Jaiyon Lewis 1-3, Ja’auan Johnson 1-0.
PASSING: Bishop McDevitt, Williams 11-14-1—125; Harrisburg, Shank Jr. 13-19-0—167.
RECEIVING: Bishop McDevitt, Gage Ruth 4-56, Jontai Quick 3-40, Howard Holton Jr. 2-19, Larue 1-6, Ish Palmer 1-4; Harrisburg, Elias Coke 4-65, Lewis 3-37, Trays Walker 1-18, Dent 2-18, Lewis Dillard 2-16, Keijuan Sinkler 1-13.
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