Rams shut out Mapletown, 35-0
Rochester led 29-0 at halftime and the Rams didn’t look back for a 35-0 victory over visiting Mapletown Friday night in the first round of the WPIAL Class A playoffs.
J.D. Azulay scored on runs of 1 and 56 yards in the first half for the Rams (8-2). He completed the two passes he attempted, to Jerome Mullins, for 53 yards.
Sal Laure opened the scoring for Rochester on a 57-yard run just 2:44 into the game. Laure added a 33-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter. Laure ran for 156 yards on 12 carries.
Mapletown’s Landan Stevenson carried the ball 20 times for 146 yards.
WPIAL Class A Playoffs
First Round
Mapletown 0-0-0-0 — 0
Rochester 15-14-6-0 — 35
First Quarter
Roc: Sal Laure 57 run (Dom Guido pass from Sal Laure), 9:16
Roc: J.D. Azulay 56 run (Sal Laure kick), 4:51
Second Quarter
Roc: J.D. Azulay 1 run (pass failed), 6:47
Roc: Denny Robson 3 run (J.D. Azulay run) :29
Third Quarter
Roc: Sal Laure 33 run (kick failed), 7:50
Records: Mapletown (6-5), Rochester (8-2).