Football: Radnor makes adjustments to rally past Chichester

UPPER CHICHESTER — Radnor coach Tom Ryan had a talk with his team at halftime of the Raiders’ nonleague game at Anthony Apichella Memorial Field against host Chichester Friday night.

“We talked about how if you want to be a good football team, you have to be able to play when you are behind,” Ryan said. “We made some mistakes, but I was pleased with the way we stayed together.”

His players picked up on the halftime message as they rallied in the final two quarters to earn a 24-17 season-opening decision, spoiling the debut of Chi head coach Bob Brice.

Raiders quarterback Sam DiLella, who threw for 200 yards, had a pair of scoring passes in the fourth quarter — a 49-yarder to Jahmir Dixon and a 17-yarder to Cameron Williams.

“We changed some of our running-game calls in the second half,” DiLella said. “And that helped make things a little easier for our passing game. I have to give the credit for that to our offensive coordinator Larry DiSipio. He did a great job.

“(Chichester’s) defense was a little tricky the way they used two safeties. One that one touchdown, our slotback (Brendan Surbeck) took the safety out, and Jahmir got wide open.”

In addition to DiLella’s passing and Dixon’s 116 receiving yards, Scott Belveal picked up 75 yards on the ground and Taylor Margolis added 72 yards rushing for Radnor.

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