Sports News: Fall 2010

Sunday, October 3, 2010

MORAVIAN’S HECK NAMED CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE CO-SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK;
JOHNSON & PAYNE NAMED TO WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

LANCASTER, PA --- Junior kicker Ian Heck (Easton, PA/Easton HS) of the Moravian College football team has been named to Centennial Conference Co-Special Teams Player of the Week while sophomore defensive back/quarterback Matt Johnson (Macungie, PA/Emmaus HS) and junior defensive lineman Seth Payne (Collingswood, NJ/Collingswood HS) were named to the Weekly Honor Roll for their performances in Moravian’s 24-16 win at Dickinson College on Saturday.

Heck, pictured at right, scored the game-winning field goal, a 39-yard boot in Moravian's win, and he scored six points including three extra-points.  Heck had a 43-yard attempt blocked, and he missed from 46 yards, both would have been career longs.  Heck kicked off five times for an average of 59.2 yards.

Johnson, Moravian's starting strong safety for the first four games of the year, flipped to the offensive side of the ball to start at quarterback at Dickinson.  Johnson, a high school quarterback who has been on defense since arriving at Moravian, completed ten of 23 passes for 174 yards with one interception, a ball that bounced out of the hands of a Moravian receiver.  Johnson, pictured at left, was also the leading rusher for the Greyhounds with 61 yards on 15 carries including a four-yard touchdown run.  The Greyhounds' 320 yards of offense was the highest of the season for Moravian.

Payne, pictured at right, registered eight tackles in the game with three and a half tackles for loss.  Payne also forced a fumble, one of two Moravian takeaways in the contest.

The Greyhounds will return to action on Saturday, October 9th in a Centennial Conference game at Gettysburg College kicking off at 1:00 p.m. in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.