Highland Tech held to 60 yards in shutout loss

Bishop McGuinness 49, Gastonia Highland Tech 0

Jared Pluciniczak had three touchdowns, and Bishop McGuinness shut down Gastonia Highland Tech’s offense Friday in Kernersville.

Pluciniczak rushed 10 times for a game-high 77 yards and had touchdown runs of 18 and 7 yards. He also returned an interception 35 yards for another touchdown. The Villains’ Peter Fields added another interception return for a touchdown (30 yards), Kyle Ridenhour caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from Nick Sgroi, and Marty DeFrancesco had a 24-yard touchdown run.

Sgroi completed 4 of 5 passes for 65 yards and went 7 for 7 on extra-point kicks.

Bishop McGuinness was dominant on defense. It held Highland Tech to just three first downs and intercepted four passes. Highland Tech completed just 1 of 13 passes (for 14 yards) and gained 47 yards on 28 carries (1.7 ypc).

Highland Tech            0     0     0     0   —      0
McGuinness             21   21     0     7   —    49

McG: Kyle Ridenhour 7 pass from Nick Sgroi (Sgroi kick)

McG: Peter Fields 30 interception return (Sgroi kick)

McG: Marty DeFrancesco 24 run (Sgroi kick)

McG: Jared Pluciniczak 18 run (Sgroi kick)

McG: Pluciniczak 35 interception return (Sgroi kick)

McG: Pluciniczak 7 run (Sgroi kick)

McG: Dillon Quinn r run (Sgroi kick)

Records: Highland Tech 0-3, McGuinness 2-0