Mount St. Joe football upsets McDonogh
Junior quarterback Luke Casey threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as Mount St. Joseph celebrated its Homecoming Saturday with a 21-14 upset of No. 4 McDonogh in a Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference game.
In a game that was tied at 14 late in the fourth quarter, Casey hit Marcus Alston with a three-yard game-winning touchdown pass on a drive in which Drexel Mosby had a couple of nice runs. Sophomore defensive back Jacob Forrest-Jones all but sealed the victory with an interception in the Gael’s end zone on the Eagles' next drive.
“It was a huge win for us,” second-year Gaels coach Blake Henry said. “We want to make the playoffs and while we didn’t feel this was a must-win game for us because we have other games, it was pretty close to it.”
With the win, the Gaels (3-3) improve to 2-1 in the A Conference while the McDonogh (4-2) is also 2-1. Both trail No. 1 Gilman (6-1), which is 4-0 in the seven-team conference.
Casey also threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Angelo DeShields in the third quarter to tie the game at 7 and scrambled 15 yards for a 14-7 lead early in the fourth. McDonogh ran the ensuing kickoff back to tie the game at 14.
“Our defense gave up only touchdown to one of the best offensive teams in the state,” Henry said. “We had a fumble recovery and an interception and we stopped them on downs a bunch of times. And our offensive line -- we were able to run the ball in the second half and they did a good job of blocking their D-line which is a very good D-line.”
