Homecoming

IT was a great homecoming. Pope John remained unbeaten as the Lions routed Newton 61-19 for their seventh straight victory. Jeremy Tucker rushed for 396 yards while scoring five times on runs of one, 12, 66 and 44 yards in addition to returning a kicking 80 yards into the end zone. Quarterback Eugene McGuire added TD strikes of 30 and 44 yards to Theo Lusardi in the second quarter. Newton’s Steve Zander returned a kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown and flipped a 10-yard touchdown pass to Jared Zappa.