PLAYER & COACH OF WEEK

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Jarrad Pinelli ... OJR quarterback tied the PAC-10 single-game record and Wildcats' school record with five touchdown passes in the win over Upper Perkiomen. Four of his scoring passes went to Matt Raymond, which also tied a PAC-10 single-game record.

COACH OF THE WEEK

Bill Parks ... The Daniel Boone head coach guided the Blazers to their first win - and his first - with a 26-0 shutout at Twin Valley.

By Don Seeley

Rare air for Owen J. Roberts thanks to QB Pinelli

Historically a running team, Owen J. Roberts has found uncharacteristic success through the air this season thanks to quarterback Jarrad Pinelli, left. (Kevin Hoffman/The Mercury)

By Don Seeley
dseeley@pottsmerc.com

Page through the Owen J. Roberts history book and you’ll get a week’s worth of reading about the program’s storied running game.
From Dennis Laws in 1970 all the way up to Ryan Brumfield in 2010, not to mention a few handfuls of other greats in between, have been the backs who carried the football to record lengths and Wildcat teams to eight Ches-Mont League and four Pioneer Athletic Conference championships.
Passing hasn’t been, as they say, OJR’s forté.
Which makes current quarterback Jarrad Pinelli an anomaly.

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No Huddle: Owen J. Roberts' Jarrad Pinelli

"No Huddle" video Q and A with Owen J. Roberts senior quarterback Jarrad Pinelli.

-- DARRYL GRUMLING