Spring-Ford 28, Ridley 26

By Darryl Grumling
dgrumling@pottsmerc.com

FOLSOM — Whether you’re talking about life or football, possession is nine-tenths of the law.

Spring-Ford’s football team gave a memorable first-hand display of that Friday night in what wound up to be an epic District 1-AAAA quarterfinal against Ridley.

The No. 7 seed Rams forced a mind-boggling six turnovers against the undefeated Green Raiders, five of them coming in a first half that ended with them up 28 points.

Spring-Ford then survived a furious Ridley rally in holding on for a 28-26 victory that continued their historic campaign.

Zameer McDowell and R.J. Sheldon combined to sack Collin Wright on a fourth-down play at the Rams’ 39 to seal a crazy contest in which the momentum swung like a seesaw.

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Spring-Ford's Jarred Jones searches for a hole in Friday's 28-26 win over Ridley. The Rams will face Pennridge on the road next weekend. (Photo by Julia Wilkinson/JRC)

Spring-Ford’s McDowell on a rampage

By Darryl Grumling
dgrumling@pottsmerc.com

FOLSOM — The twitter handle of Spring-Ford’s Zameer McDowell is @YouCant_Zme.

Friday night, though, nearly everyone in the large crowd at Ridley High School saw plenty of the Rams’ big No. 88.

McDowell, a 6-foot-5, 220-pound tight end/defensive end, had his fingerprints all over the Rams’ 28-26 District 1-Class AAAA quarterfinal victory over the Green Raiders.

“I couldn’t sleep (Thursday) night, I was thinking about this game so much,” said McDowell, who will probably sleep soundly after the effort he gave in helping the seventh-seed Rams win their sixth straight game and improve to 11-1 overall.

With second-seed Ridley driving for what appeared to be a game-tying touchdown late in the first quarter, McDowell delivered a game-changing Pick 6 — stepping in front of a screen pass attempt at his own 14 and rambling 86 yards the other way to put Spring-Ford up 14-0.

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Video from Spring-Ford vs. Ridley

Darryl Grumling & Frank Otto are in Ridley for tonight's District 1-AAAA quarterfinal matchup between No. 2 Ridley and No. 7 Spring-Ford. Video will be posted here, with the most recent clip at the top:

Interview with Zameer McDowell, who stuffed Ridley's potential game-tying 2-point attempt:

More celebration for the Rams:

Spring-Ford celebrates the win:

Romano's sack seals the victory for Spring-Ford: