Exeter Township Dominates Dover Area 42-12 in District 3 5A Playoffs

Written by: Bruce Badgley on Sunday, November 13th, 2022. Follow Bruce Badgley on Twitter.

REIFFTON – After a week off, the defending District Three 5A champs, 10-0, Exeter Twp. took the field against an upstart Dover Area squad. For Dover Area, 2022 has been a storybook year. The Eagles rebounded from a 1-9 2021 campaign. Dover had three signature regular season wins and a home playoff win last week. Unfortunately, this feel-good story finally came to an end Saturday night. Exeter Twp. showed a bruising and balanced attack at the outset of this one and defeated Dover Area (9-3) 42-12 in the quarterfinal matchup. Exeter Twp. (11-0) moves on to host Northern York in a District 3 5A Semifinal next Friday night.

Exeter Twp. Quarterback Mason Rotelli was money in this one. Mason tossed five TD passes, four on consecutive throws. Ritchie Karstein led the ground attack and got the tough yards for the Eagles all night long. Ritchie also added a TD in the first quarter.

Exeter jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead in quarter one.

Opening drive of the game @ExeterAthletics QB Mason Rotelli hits Joey Schaffer in stride perfectly for a 71 yard TD. 7-0 over @DoverAreaSports 10:28 quarter one @piaadistrict3 5A quarterfinal @HSFBamerica @PennStateFball @PremiunSports @YAscores pic.twitter.com/w3AoTFFX9b

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Touchdown @ExeterAthletics Richie Karstein bulls his way in for the score! 14-0 now over @DoverAreaSports 7:58 quarter one @piaadistrict3 5A quarterfinal @HSFBamerica @PremiunSports @YAscores pic.twitter.com/QD8oKbWpIS

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The Exeter D was tough all night long and the Dover offense was never able to get on track. On the Eagles’ offensive side, the running game moved the ball down the field, then Mason Rotelli tossed it to paydirt. At the break it was all Exeter 35-0.

BIG end zone interception by @DoverAreaSports Zach Townsend as we start quarter 2 of the @piaadistrict3 5A quarterfinal @ExeterAthletics still up 14-0 @HSFBamerica @PremiunSports @CaryMoyer @YAscores pic.twitter.com/HoJsXMOZpU

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Touchdown @ExeterAthletics ! Mason Rotelli hits Isaiah Choy for the score! 21-0 now over @DoverAreaSports 4:21 until halftime @piaadistrict3 5A quarterfinal @HSFBamerica @PremiunSports @CaryMoyer pic.twitter.com/yzmnuP5vAA

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@ExeterAthletics QB Mason Rotelli’s 3rd TD pass of the 1st half goes to Zach Zandier 28-0 now over @DoverAreaSports 1:19 until halftime @piaadistrict3 5A quarterfinal @HSFBamerica @PremiunSports @CaryMoyer @YAscores pic.twitter.com/2Nw9ILqLHg

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This fine @ExeterAthletics interception return by Alex Pineiro sets up Mason Rotelli’s 4Th TD pass of the first half this one to Jovan Hollis. It’s now 35-0 over @DoverAreaSports at the half @piaadistrict3 5A quarterfinal Oh my! @PremiunSports @HSFBamerica @YAscores @CaryMoyer pic.twitter.com/hcy3LvLCZs

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Exeter Twp. got its final points on a short TD pass by Rotelli. Dover added two fourth-quarter TDs to make the final score 42-12.

Carter Redding gets in the TD act for @ExeterAthletics 42-0 now over @DoverAreaSports @piaadistrict3 5A quarterfinal 7:16 quarter 3 @HSFBamerica @PremiunSports pic.twitter.com/Ne7P2Hv3zV

— EasternPAFootball (@EPAFootball) November 13, 2022

Touchdown @DoverAreaSports ! 10 yard TD pass from Aric Campbell to Gavin Mullins @ExeterAthletics on top 42-6 5:51 left @piaadistrict3 5A quarterfinal @HSFBamerica @PremiunSports @CaryMoyer pic.twitter.com/3i768lQlXc

— EasternPAFootball (@EPAFootball) November 13, 2022