Sep 24, 2016 By The 2 min read

Albert Gallatin ran into perennial power Thomas Jefferson on Friday in Big Nine Conference play and the defending WPIAL Champion Jaguars showed why they are still one of the top teams in the region with a 62-0 victory over the Colonials at Thomas Jefferson.

Thomas Jefferson (4-0, 4-0) opened the scoring in the first quarter when Quinton Hill scored on a 51-yard touchdown run and a 7-0 lead after the first of eight Tommy Campbell PATs.

Jaguars quarterback Bobby Kelley threw the first of three touchdown passes when Jonathan Muehlbauer pulled in a nine-yard reception for a 14-0 lead in the first.

Zane Zandier scored the next two touchdowns for coach Bill Cherpak’s squad when he pulled in receptions from 19 and 44 yards for a 27-0 lead after the first.

Hill’s 49-yard run increased TJ’s lead to 34-0 and Zandier’s eight-yard run for the score put the Mercy Rule into effect at 41-0 in the second.

The Jaguars’ Justin Vigna (55), Sean Bell (22) and Nick Territ (8) ran for touchdowns.

The Colonials fell to 0-4 in conference play and overall. AG hosts Highlands (1-3, 1-3) on Friday in a non-conference game.

Big Nine Conference

Albert Gallatin            0           0          0          0 —   0

Thomas Jefferson     27          28         0          7 — 62

First Quarter

TJ: Quinton Hill 51 run (Tommy Campbell kick)

TJ: Jonathan Muehlbauer 9 pass from Bobby Kelley (Campbell kick)

TJ: Zane Zandier 19 pass from Kelley (Campbell kick)

TJ: Zandier 44 pass from Kelley (kick failed)

Second Quarter

TJ: Quinton Hill 49 run (Campbell kick)

TJ: Zandier 8 run (Campbell kick)

TJ: Justin Vigna 55 run (Campbell kick)

TJ: Sean Bell 22 run (Campbell kick)

Fourth Quarter

TJ: Nick Territ 8 run (Campbell kick)

Records: Thomas Jefferson (4-0, 4-0), Albert Gallatin (0-4, 0-4)