Wednesday, December 11, 2002
FOUR GREYHOUNDS NAMED TO DON HANSEN’S FOOTBALL GAZETTE ALL-SOUTH REGION
SQUADS
BETHLEHEM, PA --- Four members of the Moravian College football team have been named
to the Don Hansen’s Football Gazette All-South Region Teams with seniors Jarrod
Pence (Livingston, NJ/Livingston HS) and Tom Blackledge (Sellersville,
PA/Pennridge HS) and junior John McLain (Belvidere, NJ/Belvidere HS) earning
spots on the Second Team and senior Josh Zagorski (Morris Plains, NJ/Parsippany
Hills HS) garnering a spot on the Third Team.
The quartet helped the Greyhounds to their best season since 1997 this past fall as Moravian
posted a 7-4 overall record, recorded a 7-2 mark in the Middle Atlantic Conference, which
placed the team third, and made the 2002 Eastern College Athletic Conference Southeast
Championship game, Moravian’s first-ever appearance in the ECAC Championships.
Pence, a defensive back that was on the Don Hansen’s Football
Gazette All South Region Third Team a year ago, made 55 tackles for the Greyhounds this
season. He added 18 pass break-ups, three interceptions with 88 return yards, four tackles
for loss, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery he returned 53 yards for a touchdown. Pence,
who was a 2002 All-Middle Atlantic Conference honoree, also returned one
of his interceptions 57 yards for a score. Pence will be participating in the 2002 Aztec
Bowl this Saturday, December 14th as one of 42 NCAA Division III players from the United
States that will be playing the Mexican All-Star Team in Torreon, Mexico.
Blackledge, a defensive end who was named to the All-Middle Atlantic
Conference Second Team this fall, led the Greyhounds with 28 tackles for loss and five
and a half sacks. Blackledge had a total of 65 tackles this season and
he added three pass break-ups. Blackledge and Pence both
played in the 2nd Annual East Coast Bowl back on November 30th in an All-Star game that
featured mainly NCAA Division II players.
McLain, a punter, returned to the Moravian line-up this season after
missing the entire 2001 campaign with an illness. McLain was named to
the All-Middle Atlantic Conference Second Team after averaging 38.8 yards per punt this
season. McLain was called on 56 times to punt and he had just two kicks
blocked while placing 13 inside the 20-yard line. He had 12 punts of over 50 yards and
two over 60 yards with a season long of 64 yards.
Zagorski, Moravian’s center and anchor of the offensive line,
was also named to the Don Hansen’s Football Gazette All South Region Third Team last
year. Zagorski, an All-Middle Atlantic Conference First Team honoree this
season, helped the Moravian offense average 288.8 yards per game this
season including 150.6 yards per contest on the ground. The Moravian offensive line only
allowed 22 sacks in 11 games this fall and paved the way for over 200 yards of rushing
offense in four games.
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