It was a record breaking night for Bishop McCort football as the Crushers set four new marks and tied another while posting a 69-35 victory over previously unbeaten Richland. Josh Seidel broke the single game rushing record with 327 yards on 29 carries and tied his father Dave Seidel's total of six touchdown in one game.Dane Domonkos kicked nine extra points on the night to set a new mark of 147 for his career.The Crushers also registered 487 rushing yards which broke the previous record of 429 set against Somerset in 1996. The two teams combined for 104 total points shattering the old record of 76, set in a 1976, 55-21 win over Conemaugh Valley. McCort came close to topping the record book in two other areas.Their 69 points are second to the 72 scored against Johnstown Vo-Tech in 2000, while the Crushers' total offense of 511 yards fell short of the 528 put up against Indiana in 1963.

Seidel started the scoring early for McCort.With the opening drive starting at the Crushers' 35 Josh carried the ball all five times and scored from five yards out. Richland tied the score at 7 just two minutes later when senior quarterback Gino Ramires connected with Ryan Sylvia for a 63 yard TD. Ramires was 13-36 on the evening for 271 yards and a total of four touchdown passes.

Seidel scored his second TD from the seven capping a 32 yard drive in five plays. The short drive was set up by a 61 yard kickoff return by Domonkos following the Rams' first TD.Seidel also scored on runs of 13, 3, 65 and 8 yards. John Pinkerton scored his second touchdown of the season on a 6 yard quarterback draw and also hooked up with Domonkos on a 24 yard scoring pass late in the second quarter.It was the only pass attempt by the Crushers for the game.

Senior Chaz Merriman also had a successful night carrying the ball picking up 101 yards on just 12 carries. He had a 33 yard touchdown run in the third period. Junior Joe Hrbal earned the final TD for the Crushers with a 32 yard run with 2:38 left in the game.
 

TEAM STATISTICS	Bishop McCort	Richland
1st Downs	20	21
Rushing Attempts-Yards	47-487	33-159
Pass Completions-attempts-int-yards	1-1-0-24	13-36-1-271
Penalties-Penalty Yards	9-66	4-30
Total Offense	511	430
All Purpose Yards	694	574
Individual Rushing: Seidel 29-327, Merriman 12-101, Hrbal 1-32, James 2-18, Pinkerton
1-6, Varga 1-3, Cooper 1-0
Individual Passing: Pinkerton 1-1-0-24,
Individual Receiving: Domonkos 1-24