Prep football roundup: Concord rolls past Charter

Concord’s Kyle Batch, shown here against William Penn on Oct. 22, scored three touchdowns in the Raiders’ 42-6 win over Charter of Wilmington on Saturday

WILMINGTON – Kyle Batch and Lennox Nembhard Jr. combined for five touchdowns as Concord rolled past Charter of Wilmington 42-6 in a Blue Hen Flight A football game on Saturday.

The Raiders (6-2, 5-1), ranked fifth statewide in Division I, got off to a slow start before building a 28-0 halftime lead against the Force (1-7, 1-6).

Batch (nine carries, 88 yards) opened the scoring with a 3-yard run. Then Byron Simpson scored from the 9, Nembhard found paydirt from the 5 and Batch ran for a 38-yard TD.

In the second half, Batch returned a kickoff 93 yards and Nembhard (11 carries, 97 yards) got his second 5-yard touchdown. Peter Gosser caught a 20-yard pass from Stephan Habash for Charter’s only score.

St. Georges 51, Brandywine 22: Brian Benson scored four straight touchdowns as the Hawks (7-1, 5-0 Blue Hen Flight B) pulled away in the second half to down the Bulldogs (2-6, 2-3).

St. Georges, ranked fourth statewide in Division II, only led 16-14 at the half. But Benson ran for touchdowns of 15, 13 and 13 yards in the third quarter, then caught a 23-yard scoring pass from Robert Shorts in the fourth quarter to extend the lead to 44-14.

Newark 49, Delcastle 30: Sophomore Nevan Lambert passed for 290 yards and four touchdowns as the Yellowjackets (3-5, 3-3 Blue Hen Flight A) outdueled the Cougars (0-8, 0-6).

Archmere 35, Academy of The New Church 12: Pat Udovich rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns as the Auks (4-4) erased an early deficit and pulled away for an easy win in Bryn Athyn, Pa.

Cole Bauer added 52 rushing yards and a touchdown, and Tighe Watson scored on a 47-yard interception return for Archmere.

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