Kirk’s Long Runs Keep St. Bonaventure on the Move

Junior running back Jesse Kirk rushed for 234 yards in 21 carries and scored on runs of 94 and 54 yards to lead St. Bonaventure High over Nordhoff, 27-9, in a nonleague football game Friday night at Nordhoff.

Kirk’s 94-yard run was on the Seraphs’ first play from scrimmage.

The game was a rematch of last season’s Southern Section Division X final, also won by St. Bonaventure, 18-14, on the same field.

Sophomore running back Bebop Lopez’s two-yard run following a Chris Lombardo field goal in the second quarter put the Seraphs (2-1) up, 15-0, at the half.

Lombardo, who completed 10 of 15 passes for 109 yards and a touchdown, connected with tight end Chris Elliott early in the third quarter to increase St. Bonaventure’s lead to 21-0.

Nordhoff (2-1) scored midway through the third quarter on a 19-yard pass play from Brandon Titus to running back Joey Briglio.

Briglio carried 21 times for 97 yards to pace Nordhoff.