Football: Bruce runs for school-record 322 yards in Royal trashing of Lower Merion

LOWER MERION >> Upper Darby’s Isaiah Bruce was happy to become the first running back in program history to rush for more than 300 yards in a game. And the speedy 5-9, 185-pound senior was delighted that his record-setting effort enabled Bruce to move into second place on the school’s single-season rushing list, behind only Simoni Lawrence. However, he was most thrilled that his 322-yard, three-touchdown performance powered the Royals to a much-tougher-than-it-looked 49-0 decision over Lower Merion at Arnold Field Saturday.

Individual numbers are nice, but Bruce is all about the Ws these days and the latest victory kept the Royals very much alive in the Central League championship race, which could be decided Thanksgiving Day, when Upper Darby visits Haverford. Of course, that’s provided Upper Darby (8-1 overall, 6-0 Central League) knocks off Garnet Valley (7-2, 5-1) next and the Fords (8-1, 6-0) hold up their end of the bargain and get past Lower Merion. Then the annual Thanksgiving Day bash will be a winner-take-all-showdown for the title.

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