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Green and Gold Standard:Bonner-Prendie wins First State Championship in School’s History

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

| December 6, 2024

Bonner-Prendie’s Mick Johnson crosses into the endzone for one of his four touchdowns on the night

MECHANICSBURG: Last season Monsignor Bonner-Archbishop Prendergast’s (Bonner-Prendie) season ended prematurely with a heart breaking 28-27 loss to Dallas in the State Quarterfinal. The loss didn’t sit well for the Friars. It wasn’t wrong after that Bonner-Prendie started setting their eyes on the 2024 season. This offseason the Friars were moved up a division in the Philadelphia Catholic League from the Blue Division up to the Red Division where they would have to face the likes of the traditional 6A Powers St Joseph’s Prep, LaSalle and 5A power Roman Catholic. The Friars took that challenge head on getting through the regular season 6-2 with their two losses coming to St Joes and LaSalle.

But Friars Head Coach Jack Muldoon felt that the team’s game against Roman opened some people’s eyes in the Philadelphia area.

“Beating Roman gave us some creditability in the area and opened some eyes,” Muldoon said of the Friar’s 38-30 September 27 victory over the Cahillites. On Thursday night at Cumberland Valley’s Chapman Fiel,d the Friars did more than open some eyes with their 40-14 victory over Lampeter-Strasburg Bonner-Prendie made some history becoming the first team in school history, only the third team from Delaware County and the fifth team from the Philadelphia Catholic League to win a state championship.

“It feels unreal there’s a lot of people rooting for us, I know Coach Jack wanted this for a long time and I’m just happy to be the team that gave him it.” Friars RB Mick Johnson said when asked about what it meant for him to be part of the historic team.

Muldoon echoed those sentiments, saying, “I’m proud of our school, and I’m proud to represent the Catholic League.” He added, “This goes to all the guys that played at Bonner and never got to do this. It’s a thrill and honor to do this.”

To bring home the championship the Friars used a solid run game and a defensive effort that forced 4 LS turnovers.

With Julius Johson (RT), Kevin Hunter (RG)CJ Chisholm (C) Chaz Ingram (LG), and Caleb Tesma (LT) paving the way the Friars racked up 197 yards on the ground a total of 359 yards of total offense. The catalyst of the Bonner-Prendie attack was Johnson who rushed for 118 yards on 25 carries and 4 touchdowns.

Post game Johnson wanted to give love to guys up front saying “I just feel like I can’t get anything done on the field without them so I appreciate them, they come out and do their job every play they keep doing their job.”

Johnson got the scoring started on the Friar’s opening possession with his 1-yard touchdown. On the ensuing Lampeter Strasburg possession, Brett Johnson got his first of two interceptions on the night and three plays later Saalem Fink capped the Friar’s possession falling on a Johnson fumble in the endzone giving the Friars the 14-0 lead after one quarter.

On the first play of the second quarter, Lampeter Strasburg punter Peter Fiorello unleashed a boomer of a punt that went 74 yards and pinned the Friars at their own 1. The Pioneer’s defense fed off that and forced the Friars to a three-and-out and after a Cole Romano punt gave the Pioneers possession on the BP 30 they needed only two plays for Caileb Howse to find a wide-open Dominic Brown for a 28-yard touchdown cutting the BP lead down to 14-7. On the next Pioneer drive Brown used his legs to tie the game up at 14 with his 6-yard touchdown run with 6:05 left in the first half.

After the Friars punted on their ensuing drive, their defense took the momentum back with Jerimah Colemand intercepting Howse which led to Mick Johnson’s second touchdown of the night this one from 4 yards out.

On the final play before the half Brett Johnson again stepped in front of a Howse pass but this time he returned for a touchdown giving the Friars the 27-14 lead entering the locker room at half.

Mick Jackson added a 3-yard touchdown for his third of the game in the third quarter and then in the fourth quarter he added a 5-yard touchdown to seal the victory.

For Muldoon winning the state championship had little special personal meaning to him as one of the seniors on the team is his son Brady. “It’s the thrill of a lifetime what he has given me is everything. I’ll never be able to do anything like this and sharing this with him over the last four years has been remarkable.”

Fatherly Embrace: Bonner Prendie’s Head Coach Jack Muldoon embraces his son Brady after Friars defeated Lampeter Strasburg 40-14 to win the 4A State Championship Thursday Night

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