PENNSYLVANIA Harris rallies Kennedy to win

Quarterback Dan Harris led Kennedy Catholic from an 8-0 halftime deficit to a 20-15 win over Sharpsville.
By BOB ROTH
VINDICATOR CORRESPONDENT
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Ninth-season Kennedy Catholic High coach John Turco calls his senior quarterback, Danny Harris, "The best kept football secret in the state of Pennsylvania."
Saturday, in the Golden Eagles' 20-15 win over Sharpsville, Harris showed why.
The 6-foot-1, 185-pound signal-caller brought his team back from an 8-0 halftime deficit, running for one touchdown and passing for another in the final period.
Harris, who was 10-for-25 passing for 152 yards and ran for 67 more yards on 18 carries, had 219 of Kennedy's 240 offensive yards.
He set up the tying score with a trio of tosses for 42 yards, two to junior Mike Triplett and a 12-yard flip to senior Tim Esmond, giving Kennedy a first and goal at the one.
Tied the score
Brendan Rozier, a sophomore, went in for the score with 9 minutes, 18 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Harris' conversion pass to Jordy Farrell tied the score.
Harris' 25-yard completion to Triplett gave Kennedy Catholic (4-5, 1-1 Mercer County Athletic Conference) a first and goal at the 3. On the next play, with 10:05 remaining in the final quarter, Harris scored on a keeper to give his the Golden Eagles a 14-8 lead.
Then Harris, from his defensive back position, stopped running back Jeff Watson on a fourth-and-1 at the Kennedy Catholic 45 for no gain.
After that, the Golden Eagles, with the help of 27 yards in penalties and 18 yards in the air, including Harris' 6-yard scoring strike to Esmond, took a 20-8 lead with 3:40 remaining.
At that point, the appeared to be in hand.
But, on the first play from scrimmage from his 26, Sharpsville (3-6, 0-2) quarterback Mark Anglin found freshman tailback Rick Golub all by himself as he took it the distance to make it 20-15 with 3:37 remaining.
There was still another threat from Sharpsville following an interception by safety Shawn Valenly. One play later, though, Anglin was picked off by Harris.
Triplett, Burney help
"When you have a guy like Danny Harris you are always in a game and today he had a pair of kids, in Mike Triplett and Nate Burney, who had big catches to keep drives going," said Turco.
Sharpsville dominated the game with yardage and time of possession, using a nine-play, 89-yard drive for the game's first touchdown, a 14-yard pass from Anglin to Matt Penman.
Later, the Blue Devils had another 12-play drive, which came up short at the Kennedy Catholic 27.
Sharpsville had more first downs (17-15), and with three people running for 60 or more yards the Blue Devils had 259 yards rushing. Sharpsville out-gained the Golden Eagles, 363-240.
"This is a great rivalry, and today we had a great game that was exciting and in doubt to the end," said Sharpsville coach Paul Piccirilli, "but that Harris kid is a winner and he was the difference."