South rises again to beat North in Tri-County All-Star football

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Jonathan Hulyo loves a man-to-man defense.

The McCaskey quarterback says that type of defense allows him to showcase his arm and lets his skill-position teammates show off their speed. And with a man defense mandated in the Tri-County All-Star game, Hulyo was the brightest of all of the stars.

Hulyo threw for a game-high 328 yards and three touchdowns to lead the South to a 30-23 win over the North Saturday in the 11th Tri-County All-Star Football Game in Manheim.

"It's the kind of offense that we ran at McCaskey, and it's great against a man defense," said Hulyo, who fired touchdown passes of 68, 15 and 36 yards. "We have a lot of skill guys that have a lot speed and we took advantage of the defense."

The South, which held a 16-13 halftime lead, found itself trailing after the North began the second half with a two-yard plunge from Lancaster Catholic's Brandon Hollister (9-48). Manheim Central's Bryant Myer added a 27-yard field goal that started the fourth quarter.

"We weren't concerned about trailing in the second half," South coach John Manion said. "These players have been in games before where they were trailing. It wasn't out of reach because our defense kept us in it."

And Hulyo took advantage of his defense's stops.

Hulyo hit fellow McCaskey teammate Quashaun Davis in stride for a 36-yard touchdown pass that evened the game at 23-23 with 5:15 left to play. The South defense forced the North to a three-and-out on the next series to set up the game-winning drive.

Facing third and 10 at the North 44, Hulyo made the biggest play of the game with his legs when he scampered for 10 yards. He was injured on the play and watched from the sidelines as Lampeter-Strasburg's Jordan Groff took a quarterback trap 29 yards to put the South ahead 30-23 with 2:38 left.

"I wasn't disappointed at all that I wasn't on the field," said Hulyo. "That's why you have great teammates in an all-star game. Groff made a helluva run."

The North had one last shot to tie the game with a fourth-and-eight at the South 45. Lancaster Catholic's Andrew Dzurik (6 of 19, 143) fired a pass to the end zone that was picked off by Solanco's Tyler Stitz to seal the win for the South.

"It was an exciting game," Manion said. "To coach that many good kids, from that many good programs, was an honor."

Manheim Central's Caleb Walton put the North on the board first with an eight-yard run in the first quarter to make it 6-0. The South answered when Hulyo hooked up with Wilson's Jake Morgan (3-131) on a 68-yard bomb. Blaise Glover's extra point gave the South a 7-6 lead with 5:38 left in the first quarter.

Glover made it 10-6 when he booted a 43-yard field goal to begin the third quarter. The North regained the lead when Lancaster Catholic's Andrew Dzurik found Lebanon's Alex Kuhn for a two-yard scoring pass.

Glover (4-88) and Hulyo struck again for the South with 10 seconds left in the opening half. Hulyo floated a fade in the right corner of the end zone where Glover out-jumped a defender and tapped one toe in bounds to put the South ahead 16-13 at halftime.

mblymier@lnpnews.com

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