Champions

Cover Story
By Bill Flanagan ’87
Director of Athletics
It doesn’t happen often; in fact, in the history of
this part of District 10, it has been accomplished
only three times previously. Thus when you
have the opportunity to play in and even win a
PIAA state football championship, you relish it,
you cherish it, and you try to remember every
finite detail about it.
Prep’s incredible 15-0 state championship
season was punctuated with an emphatic 24-14
victory over Archbishop Wood on December
14 at Hershey Park Stadium. The game will be
remembered for the offense scoring 24 quick
points in the first half and the defense standing
firm in the fourth quarter when the game was
on the line. But to sum up this special season
in a 48-minute state title game would be doing
a great disservice to the coaches, the players and
the thousands of fans who had the pleasure of
‘riding shotgun’ along the way.
Senior quarterback Damion Terry did not
have a great year. He had a year unlike any
“There is no limit to what you can accomplish if you don’t care who gets the credit.”
—Ronald Reagan
seen by a quarterback in the history of Erie
football. Every major record charted by a QB
in the nearly 90 years we have been playing
football at our institution was smashed this past
season. Terry threw for 3,599 yards and 50
touchdowns, including six in one game. He
finished his career with 7,266 yards and 87 TD
passes, both District 10 records. He wasn’t the
only Rambler to make history.
Senior receiver Delton Williams broke the
mark for receptions in a season with 59 and for
a career with 92. He also tied the record for
touchdown catches with 11, a mark equaled
by classmate Brendan Klemensic. Kicker John
Chereson broke the record for extra points in a
season with 82 and for a career with 135.
Some of the other team numbers are
astounding. Prep outscored their opponents
701-152. They trailed in only four games this
past season, the first time coming seven weeks
into the year (though they did have to rally in
their final three playoff games). They threw
for nearly 2,600 more yards than their foes,
allowing only eight touchdown passes against
while tossing 51 of their own. The Ramblers
scored an even 100 touchdowns in 2012. Their
opponents could muster but 21.
“It’s just crazy to put into words,” said Damion
Terry, who will head to Michigan State next
season on full scholarship to play quarterback.
“When you are playing during the season and
start thinking about this, seeing what the team
in 2000 did (win the school’s first state title),
it’s incredible. The whole idea of being a state
champion is still surreal to me.”
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SPRING 2013
The Magazine of Cathedral Preparatory School