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Imhotep Comes Up Short In Title Game

Tagged under: District 12, District 7, Gameday Hub, News, Playoffs

| December 9, 2022


Cory Downing off to the races for 52 yard td reception

Last year the Panthers lost a tough one in overtime to Penn Trafford 17-14. This year many didn’t give Imhotep a chance to get back to the title game. They proved those people wrong by getting there, but they ran into a Pine-Richland team that began hitting on all cylinders mid season and they kept that engine running tonight as they defeated the Panthers handily 28-14. “A lot of people said we weren’t going to get here but our kids battled all year to get back” said Imhotep head coach Devon Johnson. “That makes this one a little tougher”.

The Panthers just didn’t have an answer for the Rams offensive line and quarterback Ryan Palmieri, who ran for 198 yards and scored 4 times three different ways. The Imhotep defense struggled from the start with the Rams line. Pine-Richland drove the length of the field but two bad snaps gave the Panther defense some breathing room and the made the stop on fourth down. That drive at up over 6 minutes of the first period. On the ensuing drive Mikal Davis Jr. hit Cory Downing on a crossing pattern and the speedster went the distance to put Imhotep up 7-0 late in the first. 


Pine-Richland responded with another long drive, eventually scoring on a short td run by Palmieri to tie the game at 7. Imhotep failed to move the ball on their next drive and the Rams responded driving to inside the Tep 5 but the defense held and the Rams missed a short field goal just before the first half ended. In the half there were only 5 offensive series’. Three for the Rams and the Panthers had two chances.

On their first series of the second half, Palmieri picked off Davis and ran it back for his second td. On the play Johann Hennigan ran into the referee, making for an easy interception for Palmieri. Imhotep responded with a nice drive deep into Rams territory and nearly scored on another connection between Davis and Downing but the ball was just a couple inches long for the receiver to catch in the endzone. Then on fourth down Hennigan dropped a pass that could have gone for six.

On their next series Palmieri dropped a perfect pass into the hands of Bradford Gelly who got to the 20 of the Panthers. A long run by Palmieri the an short td run put the Rams up 21-7. Then with 10:36 left Ryan delivered the clincher with a 30 yard td pass to Luke Rudolph.

Imhotep responded with a td drive of their own, capped by a short td run by Davis but it just wasn’t enough. “The Rams were the better team tonight” said Johnson. Hats off to them.

“Nobody expected us to get here after losing 22 seniors” said a dejected Davis after the game. “We will be back next year. I don’t like this feeling. This one was a tough one. This is how men are made. We will learn from this and come back.”

Imhotep finishes the season 10-3.

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TEAM 1 2 3 4 F
Imhotep Charter 7 0 0 7 14
Pine-Richland 0 7 14 7 28
PRHS ICHS
ICHS TD 02:34 Corey Wright-Downing 52 YD PASS from Mikal Davis (Kenny Woseley kick). 0 7
2nd Quarter PRHS ICHS
PRHS TD 07:18 Ryan Palmieri 4 YD RUN (Grant Argiro kick). 7 7
3rd Quarter PRHS ICHS
PRHS TD 10:58 Ryan Palmieri 40 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (Grant Argiro kick). 14 7
PRHS TD 04:18 Ryan Palmieri 1 YD RUN (Grant Argiro kick). 21 7
4th Quarter PRHS ICHS
PRHS TD 10:36 Luke Rudolph 30 YD PASS from Ryan Palmieri (Grant Argiro kick). 28 7
ICHS TD 07:02 Mikal Davis 1 YD RUN (Kenny Woseley kick). 28 14

Team Stat Comparison

Stat Pine-Richland Imhotep Charter
First Downs 21 13
Rush Atts-Yards 52-239 21-73
Rush Avg. Yards 4.6 3.5
Pass Yards 127 190
Pass Comp-Atts 9-10 9-22
Pass Pct. 0.900 0.409
Pass Avg. Yards 14.1 21.1
Total Plays-Offense 62-366 43-263
Penalties-Yards 2-7 6-41
Punts-Avg. Yards 1-27.0
Turnovers 0 2
Touchdowns 4 2
Extra Points 4-4 2-2
2-Point Conversions 0-0 0-0

Imhotep Charter Passing

NAME COMP-ATT YDS AVG TD
Mikal Davis 9-22 190 21.1 1
TOTALS 9-22 190 21.1 1

Pine-Richland Passing

NAME COMP-ATT YDS AVG TD
Ryan Palmieri 9-10 127 14.1 1
TOTALS 9-10 127 14.1 1

Imhotep Charter Rushing

NAME ATT YDS AVG TD
Mikal Davis 13 50 3.8 1
Jabree Wallace-Coleman 8 23 2.9 0
TOTALS 21 73 3.5 1

Pine-Richland Rushing

NAME ATT YDS AVG TD
Ryan Palmieri 33 174 5.3 2
Ethan Pillar 17 63 3.7 0
Vasilios Balouris 1 2 2.0 0
Luke Rudolph 1 0 0.0 0
TOTALS 52 239 4.6 2

Imhotep Charter Receiving

NAME REC YDS AVG TD
Johann Hennigan 5 97 19.4 0
Corey Wright-Downing 1 52 52.0 1
Isaiah Prater 2 34 17.0 0
Jabree Wallace-Coleman 1 7 7.0 0
TOTALS 9 190 21.1 1

Pine-Richland Receiving

NAME REC YDS AVG TD
Bradford Gelly 4 60 15.0 0
Luke Rudolph 1 30 30.0 1
Andrew Mellis 2 19 9.5 0
Nikolas Andrews 2 18 9.0 0
TOTALS 9 127 14.1 1

Imhotep Charter Kick Returns

NAME ATT YDS AVG TD
Corey Wright-Downing 3 78 26.0 0
TOTALS 3 78 26.0 0

Pine-Richland Kick Returns

NAME ATT YDS AVG TD
Ryan Palmieri 1 20 20.0 0
Tanner Cunningham 1 12 12.0 0
Talan Hill-Ressler 1 -1 -1.0 0
TOTALS 3 31 10.3 0

Imhotep Charter Punt Returns

NAME ATT YDS AVG TD
TOTALS 0 0 0.0 0

Pine-Richland Punt Returns

NAME ATT YDS AVG TD
Tanner Cunningham 1 16 16.0 0
TOTALS 1 16 16.0 0

Imhotep Charter Punting

NAME ATT LNG SRT AVG
Mikal Davis 1 27 27 27.0
TOTALS 1 27 27 27.0

Pine-Richland Punting

NAME ATT LNG SRT AVG
TOTALS 0 0 0 0.0

Imhotep Charter Extra Points

NAME ATT CVT PCT PTS
Kenny Woseley 2 2 1.000 2
TOTALS 2 2 1.000 2

Pine-Richland Extra Points

NAME ATT CVT PCT PTS
Grant Argiro 4 4 1.000 4
TOTALS 4 4 1.000 4

Imhotep Charter Defense

NAME TKLS INT PB FUM SKS
Mysir Mayo 9 0 0 0-0 0
Lamar Muldrow 8 0 0 0-0 0
Jahsear Whittington 5 0 0 0-0 0
Zahir Mathis 3 0 0 0-0 0
David Johnson 3 0 0 0-0 0
Nahieme Wells-Fletcher 3 0 0 0-0 0
Raheem Reid 3 0 0 0-0 0
Amir Valentine 2 0 0 0-0 0
Isaiah Prater 2 0 0 0-0 0
Musa Grant 1 0 0 0-0 0
Naim Dantzler 1 0 0 0-0 0
Yusuf Muhammad 1 0 0 0-0 0
Nick Williams 1 0 0 0-0 0
Charles Belser 1 0 0 0-0 0
Christopher Leader 1 0 0 0-0 0
Kenny Woseley 1 0 0 0-0 0
TOTALS 45 0 0 0-0 0

Pine-Richland Defense

NAME TKLS INT PB FUM SKS
Sam Heckert 6 1 1 0-0 0
Ryan Palmieri 6 1 0 0-0 0
Evan Johnson 3 0 0 0-0 0
Max Heckert 3 0 2 0-0 0
Bryce O’Brien 2 0 1 0-0 0
Ryan Cory 2 0 0 0-0 0
Vasilios Balouris 2 0 0 0-0 0
Angelo Samuels 1 0 0 0-0 0
Aiden Hasley 1 0 0 0-0 0
Elijah Wentz 1 0 0 0-0 0
Joseph Perry 1 0 0 0-0 1
Ajay Rogers 1 0 0 0-0 0
Grant Argiro 1 0 0 0-0 0
Tanner Cunningham 1 0 1 0-0 0
Andrew Mellis 1 0 0 0-0 0
John Rottinghaus 0 0 1 0-0 0
TOTALS 32 2 6 0-0 1

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