SALISBURY, Md. - The No. 18 Salisbury
University football team steamrolled Atlantic Central Football
Conference foe Apprentice School 62-14 on Saturday afternoon at Sea
Gull Stadium in front of a Family Weekend crowd of 2,040.
The Sea Gulls (5-0, 2-0 ACFC) had their highest offensive output of
the season as the maroon and gold ran for 387 yards and threw for
182 yards for a season-high 565 yards of total offense en route to
the 48-point win.
SU scored 28 unanswered points to open the floodgates early on as
senior Jamar Garner scored the first two
touchdowns of the afternoon. Garner capped off a four play, 27-yard
drive with a five-yard score. He later ran in from 52 yards out on
the next possession to go up 14-0.
Junior quarterback Bobby Sheahin relieved starter
Ronnie Curley on the third drive of the game as he
connected with senior Chris Newton on a 54-yard
touchdown pass. The score capped a four play, 96-yard drive that
lasted just under two minutes.
Sheahin finished the afternoon 6-of-11 passing for 128 yards and
one score. Garner was the leading rusher in the game as he ran for
105 yards on 10 carries and two scores.
Senior David Leonard and sophomore Valdase
Morris got in the scoring act as the two slots scored the
final points of the first half, Leonard on a three-yard run and
Morris on a five-yard run, to give SU a 42-7 lead at the half.
Morris had a team-high four receptions for 93 yards with a long of
54 yards while the Shipbuilders (1-3, 1-1 ACFC) got their only
first half score from J'Michael Swain who rumbled in from four
yards out to begin the second quarter.
The SU defense stood strong all afternoon as it accounted for 14
total tackles for a loss for a combined 65 yards. Junior
Jarrell Chandler and freshman Chris
Ross each had a team-high two tackles for loss including a
sack each.
The Sea Gulls added 20 fourth quarter points to seal the deal as
Curley, sophomore Alesandro Valentino and
sophomore Nick Campanaro each scored rushing
TDs.
Apprentice quarterback Kyle Franklin finished 10-of-21 for 196
yards as he hooked up with his top target Travis Reid for seven
catches for 168 yards.
Junior Ronnie Shockley ran for 66 yards while
Valentino finished with 58 yards on only two carries. Curley
grinded out 41 yards on the ground and added 54 through the air to
give him 95 total yards of offense.
Senior Chris Loveland led SU in total tackles with
eight while junior Matt Barnes, sophomore
Eric Arndt and senior Joe
Galloway all finished with five tackles.
The Sea Gulls return to action on Saturday, October 6, as they face
Geneva College at 6 p.m in a non-conference game.