NEWTOWN SQUARE — Entering Friday night’s Inter-Ac showdown between undefeated Episcopal Academy and one-loss Malvern Prep, tensions were high. The rivals have spent this season battering their opponents. But this meeting seemed…personal.

That might have had something to do with the 41-point margin of victory the Friars put on the three-win Churchmen last season, a tough pill for EA to swallow.

Malvern Prep wasn’t ready for that to change much, though, scoring a convincing 24-0 victory behind a stellar offense and a dominant defense.

“I felt like Coach (Joe) Carr, our defensive coordinator, had a really good game plan,” Friars coach Dave Gueriera said. “(EA wideout) Jackson Orcutt is one of the best players that the Inter-Ac has seen in a very long time, but we had a good plan and the bo

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