LA PLUME, PA- Isaiah Coleman (Fairfax, VA/Oakton) scored a pair of second-half touchdowns, and Samir Williams (Williamsport, PA/Williamsport Area) hauled in an 80-yard touchdown pass as the Keystone College football team hosted Monroe University on Saturday afternoon at the Keystone Turf Field and Track Complex.
The Giants put together two sustained scoring drives after halftime, while Nicholas DeFrancesco (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) led the defense with 10 tackles in the 54–20 decision. Keystone moves to 1–6 on the season, while Monroe improves to 2–5.
Monroe University 54, Keystone College 20
Keystone produced its biggest play of the afternoon in the opening quarter. Dymear Hill (Camden, NJ/East Side) connected with Williams for an 80-yard touchdown with 9:37 remaining, getting the Giants on the scoreboard just 21 seconds after Monroe's previous touchdown. The one-play scoring drive brought Keystone within 13–6.
Monroe added another touchdown before the end of the quarter and carried a 37–6 lead into halftime.
The Giants found an offensive rhythm in the second half behind Malakai Dickens (Baltimore, Md./Owings Mills) and Coleman. Keystone's third-quarter touchdown drive covered 75 yards over 16 plays and consumed 9:07, featuring several key conversions.
Dickens picked up a third down with a 14-yard run and later found Carly Merise (Seaford, DE/Sussex Academy) for an 18-yard gain on third-and-nine. An eight-yard completion to Johann Hennigan (Philadelphia, PA/Imhotep Charter) moved the chains again before Dickens connected with Merise for eight yards on fourth-and-six, setting up Coleman's one-yard touchdown run with 2:26 left in the quarter. Jaedyn Sanchez (Wilkes-Barre, PA/Wilkes-Barre) added the extra point.
Keystone reached the end zone again in the fourth quarter, marching 51 yards in eight plays. Dickens supplied the drive's longest gain, breaking loose for 39 yards on fourth-and-three to reach Monroe's five-yard line. Coleman finished the possession by catching a two-yard touchdown pass from Dickens on fourth down with 10:16 remaining. Sanchez converted his second extra point of the afternoon.
Dickens completed nine of 12 passes for 64 yards and a touchdown while leading Keystone's rushing attack with 53 yards on seven carries. Coleman finished with 26 rushing yards and a touchdown on 11 attempts, adding his touchdown reception.
Williams led the Giants with 80 receiving yards, while Hennigan recorded a team-high five catches for 20 yards. Merise added two receptions for 26 yards, and Zamir Poteat (Philadelphia, PA/West Philadelphia) rushed for 27 yards on five carries. Hill also contributed a 15-yard reception in addition to his touchdown pass.
Defensively, DeFrancesco recorded six solo tackles and four assists, including 1.5 tackles for loss. Akir Dixon (Allentown, PA/William Allen) followed with seven tackles, while Anthony Rosser (Philadelphia, PA/Imhotep Charter) and Jermaine McCray (Middletown, NY/Middletown) each registered six. Rosser also blocked an extra-point attempt.
Dorien Garvin (Philadelphia, PA/Abraham Lincoln) and Aidan Edwards (Waldorf, MD/Westlake) each recorded a tackle for loss, while Aaron Biart (Orange, NJ/Orange) added a pass breakup. Emmett Smith (Toledo, OH/Toledo Rogers) led Keystone's return game with 53 yards on three kickoff returns.
The Giants finished with 276 yards of total offense, converted all three fourth-down attempts and scored touchdowns on both trips into the red zone.
Keystone stays home to take on Gallaudet University on November 7, before rounding out the 2026 campaign against Monroe University on November 14.
