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SOL National
PENNRIDGE 30, NESHAMINY 0
Neshaminy entered week two of the season as the team to beat after its season-opening win over a talented and deep North Penn squad. Pennridge left Heartbreak Ridge after Friday night’s impressive win, the new owner of that distinction.
The Rams controlled play from the opening kickoff to the final whistle.
“A lot of credit to our kids,” Pennridge coach Cody Muller said. “They’re bought in, they’re really listening to everything we’re saying.
“Our kids have done a great job. They’re believing in what we’re saying, and they’re believing in each other. It’s a credit to our senior class for leading the way each day. We’ll go as far as these guys are willing to take us.”
For the second time in as many weeks, the Rams opened the game with a kickoff return for a touchdown. In last week’s 35-14 win over Central Bucks West, Joey Kacerik took the opening kickoff 81 yards to the house. On Friday, it was Fabian Pedin racing 84 yards for a touchdown.
“It’s weird and we said it last week – Pennridge is not really known for starting fast,” Muller said. “We’ve always been a team to play well in the second half and have slow starts. I could never really put my finger on why, but for some reason, the kids are bringing the juice this year, and they’re doing a really good job.”
On their opening possession, the Redskins marched 56 yards to the Rams’ 16-yard line but turned the ball over on downs.
“They went on a little bit of a drive, but then our kids really buckled down and did a good job of stopping them,” Muller said. “It kind of kept rolling from there.”
Dillon Powles, who had a pair of touchdown runs, took it in from 10 yards out, and Brandon Shire kicked a 37-yard f
ield goal to send the Rams into halftime with a 17-0 lead.
In the second half, a 26-yard Powles touchdown run was followed by a Bobby Croyle to Padin 12-yard TD pass to close out the scoring. Powles and Shane Hartzell led the Rams ground game with 80 and 79 yards respectively. Croyle threw for 106 yards.
While the offense had a big night, it was the defense that stole the spotlight, limiting the Redskins to 164 total yards. Chris James had just 36 yards on 13 carries.
“Our defensive line – Travis Washington played a heck of a game and Jake Tarburton also, our two senior D-ends,” Muller said. “Actually, we started a freshman at noseguard – Ryan Gallagher. Ryan is an undersized kid, but he’s a high motor kid, so the three of them did a great job.
“Our linebackers – Logan McGowan, Shane Hartzell, Phil Picciotti and Jack Ferguson – did an awesome job of filling the gaps. A lot of credit to our kids. Our defensive coaches do an awesome job every day, so we’re feeling good.”
Pennridge (2-0) will travel to Central Bucks East next Saturday for a 2 p.m. contest. Neshaminy (1-1) will host Abington on Friday.
Pennridge 13-3-7-7 30
Neshaminy 0-0-0-0 0
ABINGTON 28, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 20
The Ghosts – on the heels of last week’s no-doubt-about-it win over Central Bucks South – found themselves on the short end of a 13-0 score after one quarter. It was gut check time.
“We talked about it, and I think one of the biggest problem with the COVID things – we’re just not together as a team as much,” Abington coach Kevin Conlin said. “We stretch in different parts of the field, we never get together and shake hands, we never get together and high five each other. There’s no real camaraderie you build the team around.
“I was really, really nervous because of that. I talked to one of my assistant coaches about it on Thursday night and said, ‘This team is not as close as the team was last year.’ The team last year – no matter what, they wouldn’t let each other down because they were so close. I said, ‘We really need to have a tough game to see what kind of kids we have because if it’s a bad team it will fall apart. If it’s a good team, they’ll come together.’”
The Ghosts – who received a 21-yard touchdown run from Oreck Frazer – still trailed by six at halftime, 13-7.
“All credit, absolutely all the credit goes to CB West and their coaching staff. They did a phenomenal job scouting us even with just one game – it was a phenomenal job,” Conlin said.
The tide turned in the second half as the Ghosts reeled off 21 straight points. Quarterback Johnny Dzweila ignited the Ghosts with a 58-yard touchdown run that – after the extra point – gave Abington a 14-13 lead. A pair of Dzweila TD passes to Caleb Baker – the first for 16 yards and the second for 6 – put the Ghosts on top 28-13.
“We didn’t panic. We were like, ‘Hey, this is what we need to do. Let’s get back into our rhythm.’ I think our kids showed some resiliency, which I was really, really happy about. Coming out and scoring 21 unanswered was big for us. We knew we could do it because of the personnel we have, but it was just a matter of putting it together. It was good to see. It answered a lot of questions.
“This is a big boys’ league. You’ve got to really bring it every week. There are no cupcakes, there’s nothing like that whatsoever. If you don’t, you’re going to get embarrassed, and we got embarrassed in the first half. I think that was a really humbling experience, and again, all credit to the CB West coaches.”
West’s Donte Mancini scored from four yards out with just over two minutes remaining to pull the Bucks to within eight, but that’s as close as they would get.
“With two seconds left, we legitimately had to run the clock out,” Conlin said. “It was a fight to the last play of the game. CB West played hard, they played great, they had a great attack.
“It was humbling for our kids, to say the least, which I think is a good thing. Sometimes when you start off hot, everybody is pumped up about it. They don’t understand that you have to come out every week, and if you don’t, you’ll be in trouble.”
Conlin praised his team’s offense.
“The offensive line really got us going,” the Ghosts’ coach said. “Johnny Dzweila is the only junior on our starting offensive team. We have 10 returning senior starters and one junior, and there was always the question mark – is he going to be able to do it, is he tough enough?
“Tonight he really willed us to that win. Oreck Frazier got banged up, Rob Bell was running hard, but Johnny really took it to the next level. He was running physically and threw two really nice touchdown passes again to Caleb Baker, who’s just a dynamic player. He’s just really a good football player.”
Abington (2-0) will travel to Neshaminy Friday, and Central Bucks West (0-2) will be at North Penn.
Central Bucks West 13-0-0-7 20
Abington 0-7-14-7 28
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 41, CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 21
The Titans needed a bounce-back win after last week’s 42-28 loss to Abington. They got that and then some in their come-from-behind win over their sister school.
“That was a crazy, crazy game,” South coach Tom Hetrick said. “Coincidentally, the pregame talk was about – you 
have to be resilient. Bad things are going to happen in a football game and in life, and you have to be able to put the bad things behind you and look forward to the next opportunity.
“Just by coincidence or grace, they did that because it was looking weirdly ugly at the end of the first half. “
The Titans led 7-0 after a three-yard touchdown run by quarterback Carter Hallgren only to watch the Patriots answer with a drive that was capped by a two-yard run by quarterback Anthony Giordano. The two-point conversion from Giordano to Quinn Moody put the Patriots on top 8-7.
East recovered the ensuing kickoff on South’s four-yard line, and Giordano hooked up with Will Silverman for a TD pass that gave the Patriots a 14-7 lead.
“God bless my kickoff returner – he just kind of froze. In his mind he was thinking it was a punt, and he didn’t pick it up. I just feel bad for him because he froze,” Hetrick said. “At halftime, I’m thinking, ‘Put a blanket on the scoreboard. Let’s get our bearings and move forward to the next play.’
“The one thing we talked about was – ‘Everybody take a deep breath. Let’s be focused on what we need to do and be methodical and robotic,’ and they responded. The kids never really got frazzled. I’m real proud of them.”
In the third quarter, East went up 21-7 when Giordano hit Moody for a 50-yard touchdown pass, but the Titans 
responded. Jason Christiansen’s nine-yard touchdown was followed by a Hallgren to Zak Fischer 69-yard TD pass, knotting the score 21-21 late in the third quarter, and the Titans were just getting started.
Tommy Donnelly returned an interception 73 yards for a TD and a 28-21 South lead. Then it was Donnelly with a 14-yard touchdown pass from Hallgren.
“Tommy Donnelly, a sophomore, not only had the pick six but a big touchdown that put us up by a couple of scores,” Hetrick said. “This kid is about all of about 5-4, but he’s a dynamic athlete.”
Christiansen’s three-yard touchdown run gave the Titans their final margin of victory. They outscored the Patriots 34-7 in the second half –
Gioardano’s 296 yards in the air led the Patriots. Silverman had 11 receptions for 119 yards.
“East has some athletes,” Hetrick said. “Silverman is a pretty good football player, and their quarterback is experienced and he puts the ball on spot.
“We were able to get our run game going in the second half. We didn’t really have much of a run game the first week. Jason Christiansen ran the ball very hard. The offensive line was able to get some push, and they were able to play at the pace we want to play at, which is pretty fast. We made plays. The 20-point lead at the end sort of snuck up on us.”
Christiansen finished with 119 yards on the ground while Hallgren threw for 257 and two touchdowns. Fischer had three receptions for 115 yards.
Hetrick acknowledged several players whose name don’t show up in the box score.
“Owen Morlin is my starting left tackle, and he ended up playing a lot of defensive end tonight,” Hetrick said. “This kid is very good football player, and he had a really good night on both sides of the ball, especially defensive end.
“I give a lot of credit to Adam Collachi – he’s a starting guard and a starting D-tackle. He rarely comes off the field. We were leaning and running the ball right up his back the whole second half, and he was making some plays on defense. I think he had a great game, and he was a warrior tonight.”
It all added up to a bounce-back win for the Titans.
“Larry Greene used to always say – the most progress you need to make and the growth you need to make is between week one and week two of the season,” Hetrick said of the late legendary Central Bucks East coach. “In week one, you get to see what you actually have and what you need to work on. I challenged the kids this week that we needed to make major strides. We needed to obsessively work for three days of practice to get as good as we could get and make major improvements, and we did.
“It was good we started the season last week with Abington because they’re a good team, and I think they’ll have a good season. When you play a good team, the things you need to work on get exposed. There were things we needed to work on, so we did, and they bounced back.”
Central Bucks South (1-1) will host Pennsbury on Friday, and Central Bucks East (1-1) will host Pennridge next Saturday at 2 p.m.
Central Bucks East 0-14-7-0 21
Central Bucks South 7-0-14-20 41
NORTH PENN 44, PENNSBURY 20
The Knights controlled play from start to finish in Friday’s home opener, going on top 35-7 lead on their way to the convincing win.
Junior running back Khalani Eaton and quarterback Ryan Zeltt were difference makers as both players had big nights.
“Offensively, we really ran the ball with a lot of consistency,” NP coach Dick Beck said. “I thought Khalani had a pretty good night running, and the O-line blocked pretty well, but our quarterback – he makes you play (us) square. He really throws a nice ball. He and Khalani can really complement each other. We don’t have to give it to Khalani all the time when the quarterback can make some plays.”
Eaton ran for three touchdowns and also caught a touchdown pass from Zeltt. Ethan Spann also had a rushing TD, and Levi Carroll returned a punt for a touchdown in the second quarter.
The Knights’ defense collected a safety to close out the scoring.
“I thought DJ Fisher did some nice things at middle linebacker,” Beck said. “We’re making too many mistakes on defense. We’re really struggling a little bit on defense, so hopefully if we continue to play a couple more games, we’ll get a little more solid.”
North Penn (1-1) will host Central Bucks West on Friday, and Pennsbury (0-2) will be on the road at Central Bucks South Friday.
SOL Continental Conference
SOUDERTON 31, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 8
Brayden Porter was a catalyst in Souderton’s come-from-behind win over Quakertown in last week’s season opener, stepping into a starring role when Jalen White was forced to leave the game with an injury. He proved that was no fluke, turning in another big night with 136 rushing yards and three touchdowns.
The win was number 100 of Ed Gallagher’s career as head coach at Souderton, and as milestone wins go, this was a good one for the visiting Indians, who picked up their second win in as many games.
“It was a good one,” Gallagher said. “We were solid on both sides of the ball. I was happy with the kids’ effort. Everything went well.
“I’ve been very fortunate to have good kids to coach, good coaches to work with that always get our kids ready.”
Jacob Horton put the Indians on the scoreboard with a six-yard TD run, and the Indians led 10-0 after Nick Haynes split the uprights on a 36-yard field goal. With time winding down in the half, Porter came up big, racing 29 yards on fourth down for a touchdown that sent the Indians into halftime with a 17-0 lead.
“That was huge,” Gallagher said of Porter’s TD run. “We had shot ourselves in the foot twice in the red zone in the first half. It was nice to punch the ball in there right before the half.
“We timed it pretty well. We didn’t have a lot of time, and we’d already used our timeouts, but we were still able to find a way to punch that one in. Brayden played really well.”
Even more impressive than Souderton’s late scoring drive was the glittering performance of its defense that limited Rock North to just 17 yards of offense in the opening half.
A pair of short touchdown runs by Porter in the second half put the Indians on top 31-0 before Rock North’s Anthony Esposito scored a late touchdown from three yards out. The host Indians finished with just 104 yards of total offense.
“They had some against our backups on that last drive when they scored their touchdown, but other than that, I thought we stopped them pretty well all night,” Gallagher said.
Gallagher credited the efforts of several players.
“I thought Ben Murawski had a lot of really good blocks on one of their good defensive linemen,” the Indians’ coach said. “Sean Barrera, another one of our linemen, did pretty well.
“Overall, it was just a solid effort. We came off the ball pretty well, we were very physical, and I thought our defense really stood out. Jacob Horton is always solid on defense – he played well.”
Souderton (2-0) will host Upper Dublin on Friday, and Council Rock North (1-1) will host Conwell-Egan in a non-league game Friday.
Souderton 10-7-7-7 31
Council Rock North 0-0-0-8 8
QUAKERTOWN 42, COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 7
The Panthers were none too happy after last week’s season-opening 28-23 loss to Souderton in a game they led at the half. Listening to coach George Banas tell it, his team had a point to prove when it took the field for Friday’s Senior Night game.
To say they proved it would be an understatement.
“We were kicking ourselves from last week and how many mistakes we made,” Banas said. “We really thought we should have won that game last week if we don’t make one or two mistakes, so I think we had something to prove.
“It’s nice to be at home, and it’s Senior Night. A lot of things were in our favor. We were playing hard to get those seniors a win. It’s an emotional night usually.”
If emotions were high before the game started, they went even higher when Tyler Merwerth returned the opening kickoff 83 yards for a touchdown and an early 7-0 lead. It was his first of three TDs on the night. His 30-yard touchdown run put the Panthers on top 14-0. In the second half, he turned a screen pass from quarterback Will Steich into a 30-yard TD.
“Tyler is our emotional leader and our physical leader on the field, so I think for him to start the game off that way on Senior Night really set the tone,” Banas said. “I think the rest of the crew stepped up.”
Steich found Zach Fondl with a 31-yard touchdown pass to close out the scoring in the third quarter. He also had two QB sneaks for touchdowns.
Brady Williams didn’t find the end zone, but he led the Panthers with 106 yards on 10 carries.
“Brady Williams ran the ball extremely hard tonight,” Banas said. “He found the end zone once, but there was a block in the back. He really ran tough tonight.”
The Panthers had 306 total yards of offense while the visiting Golden Hawks had less than a hundred.
“Our offensive line and defensive line did a really good job up front tonight,” Banas said. “We have some things we’ve got to correct, but I thought they played extremely well.
“Senior James Lacy played D-tackle and offensive tackle, Julian Renner played well at outside linebacker. Bryan Sherry played well at D-end. It was good to get all those seniors on the field playing really well.”
Rock South’s only touchdown came on a one-yard quarterback sneak by Matt Striffolino in the opening quarter.
Quakertown (1-1) will host Hatboro-Horsham on Friday, and Council Rock South (1-1) will travel to Bensalem Friday.
Council Rock South 7-0-0-0 7
Quakertown 21-7-14-0 42
UPPER DUBLIN 42, BENSALEM 8
The tone was set early in this one.
The Flying Cardinals recovered a fumble and scored an early touchdown to take a lead they would not lose.
“My defense scored another touchdown right off the bat,” UD coach Bret Stover said. “We had a really nice punt,
pinned Bensalem on the one-yard line, and on the first play, we were able to corral the running back, strip the ball. It was 7-0, and we settled in from there.”
John Kohlbrenner scored a short touchdown to give the Cards a 14-0 lead, and after a Michael Wright interception, Colin O’Sullivan found Micah Bootman with a touchdown pass and a 21-0 lead in the first quarter.
“O’Sullivan had a real nice touchdown pass to Bootman,” Stover said of his sophomore quarterback, who transferred from Hatboro-Horsham. “He’s still learning how we run things. They ran a different style offense, so there’s still a learning curve.
“We didn’t have any camp, we didn’t have any 7v7, we didn’t have our team camp, so he’s behind, but he’s got a lot of upside, along with Nick Rodriguez, who’s our other quarterback. Nick had a real nice pass to our tight end, (Dan) Nardo that got us down to the one, and we were able to get it in from there.”
Jake Rossman had a short TD run, and by halftime, the Cards led 35-0 on their way to their second win in as many games.
In the fourth quarter, Alex Higginbotham came off the bench scored a touchdown that drew the biggest cheers of the night.
“We had a young kid in who had probably the highlight run of the year, he broke probably five tackles and went 45 yards to the house,” Stover said. “The best part about it was my entire team went nuts. They’re allowed to go down to the 10, and they met him there.
“That, to me, was probably the highlight of my night. It shows you team, guys caring about each other. Those kids playing in the second half are the reason we win on Friday night. They put the scout picture together, they run the other team’s offense, the other team’s defense, and without them, we’re not as successful as we’ve been through the years.”
Upper Dublin (2-0) will travel to Souderton on Friday, and Bensalem (0-2) will host Council Rock South on Friday.
Bensalem 0-0-0-8 8
Upper Dublin 21-14-0-7 42
SOL American Conference
NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY 45, SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 35
Entertaining, wild, exciting.
Take your pick – any of those adjectives would describe Friday’s conference showdown that saw the Lions rally from 14 down to earn the exhilarating win.
“I’m really proud of the kids,” NHS coach Jim Ditulio said. “It was an unbelievable game. I don’t know what it is – whenever we play at Springfield’s field, they’re usually wild and entertaining and thrilling games. It certainly did not disappoint tonight.”
If there was a play that turned the tide for the Lions, it came in the closing seconds of the first half when quarterback Phil Weinseimer hooked up with Ben Garritano for a touchdown that made it a one-possession game.
“It was 21-7, and it was either six or four seconds left in the half, and I thought about just running the ball and regrouping at halftime,” Ditulio said. “I pulled my quarterback over and we ran a post pattern to my X receiver, and he caught it on the run – it was a 70-yard pass to Ben Garritano. He kind of stumbled at the five, regained his balance and got in the end zone.
“That was huge for us because we got the ball back to start the second half. We could have been down two scores, and we went down one score. I told them, ‘I’m not worried.’ We made some adjustments. I said, ‘We’ve got to stay within our game, don’t press, come out relaxed.’ We put up points, and before you knew it, it was 42-21.”
Included in the Lions’ 28-0 tear was a Joey Capriotti run that knotted the score and a 37-end around TD by Dylan Hildebrandt. A 75-yard screen pass from Weinseimer to Capriotti set up a two-yard quarterback sneak that gave the Lions a 35-21 lead after three quarters. A 33-yard run by Hildebrandt made it a 42-21 game, but the Spartans came roaring back to make it a one score game.
“They have a quarterback – he’s a heck of a quarterback,” Ditulio said of Gabe Franczyk. “They have a second team all-state receiver (Cam Dennis), so they’ve got some weapons.
“We got down in the red zone at the 10 or 12, and it was fourth-and-three. We were on the right hash, Chris Kolen kicked a (23-yard) field goal, and that gave us a 10-point cushion. They drove, and they threw a fade route in the end zone, and my DB picked it off. It was just an unbelievable comeback. I’m proud of their effort.
“It was a good win for us. Especially after last week, we were down and couldn’t get much going against Upper Moreland, and we definitely regrouped. Upper Moreland is a very good football team.”
It was Hildebrandt who came up with the late interception to preserve the win.
“I was talking after the game and telling them how proud I was of them for their total effort, but I said if I had to give a game ball out – it’s probably for the single best performance that I’ve coached ever on both sides of the ball,” Ditulio said. “Dylan Hildebrandt, number 21, had two interceptions, he scored on two long touchdown runs, he caught three or four balls, and he just had a whale of a game. His effort on both sides of the ball was fantastic.”
Hildebrandt had two carries for 78 yards and two touchdowns, two receptions for 23 yards and a pair of interceptions. Weinseimer finished the night 8-for-17 for 194 yards, one touchdown, one interception as well as 11 carries for 101 yards and a TD. Capriotti had 13 carries for 164 yards and a touchdown and three receptions for 85 yards. All told, the Lions had 350 yards rushing and 544 yards of total offense.
Friday’s win avenged last year’s 34-13 loss at the hands of the Spartans.
New Hope-Solebury (1-1) will host Wissahickon on Friday, and Springfield Township (1-1) will host Upper Moreland Friday.
New Hope-Solebury 0-14-21-10 45
Springfield Township 7-14-0-14 35
UPPER MORELAND 14, WILLIAM TENNENT 9
The Golden Bears found themselves staring at an early 9-0 deficit but rebounded to earn the hard fought win.
“We didn’t play our best first half, and honestly, they played very well,” said UM coach CJ Szydlik, whose team still led 9-7 at halftime. “They kept the ball away from us and kept getting first downs, and we couldn’t get out there on offense.
“It took us a while to get in a groove and get going. We went into the half and decided to go back to playing old school football and got a win.”
The Panthers opened up an early 3-0 lead on a 28-yard Mike Liddy field goal and upped that to 9-0 when Zach Stanfield scored from a yard out. A 10-yard touchdown run by quarterback Byron Hopkins pulled the Golden Bears within two.
Cam Jackson’s 35-yard touchdown run in the third quarter turned out to be the game-winner.
Jackson ran for 129 yards to lead the Bears. Byron Hopkins threw for 104.
“Cam Jackson, our running back, came up real big for us,” Szydlik said. “Our other running back, Chance Byrd, who’s a first-year player, also really ran the ball well.
“He transferred from Abington last year and didn’t play football for us, and then he came out this year. He’s a big strong kid, and he got some really good carries for us and started setting the pace. Then Cam came in and was the little shiftier back and probably ran for 70 yards in the second half.”
The Golden Bears’ coach also credited the efforts of several defenders.
“Jahaire Johnson played great for us at safety, and defensive line-wise, Nasir Thomas played really well,” Szydlik said.
Upper Moreland (2-0) will travel to Springfield Township Friday, and William Tennent (0-2) will be on the road at Plymouth Whitemarsh Friday.
William Tennent 3-6-0-0 9
Upper Moreland 0-7-7-0 14
Non-league
WISSAHICKON 14, HATBORO-HORSHAM 12
Things didn’t look promising for the Trojans when the Hatters took a 12-7 lead with less than two minutes remaining in regulation, but on the first play of the Trojans ensuing possession, Aidan Defeo found Maurice Johnson, who took it to the house for a touchdown that was the game-winner.
“What really saved us tonight was Maurice Johnson – he had a 61-yard pass in the fourth quarter with about a minute left to give us the victory,” Wissahickon coach Bruce Fleming said. “The pass was maybe about 20 yards, and Maurice ran the rest of the way.
“This (win) was a real big mental boost for us to know we were so close last week to coming back against Upper Dublin. We knew if we played our game and not let small things get in the way we’d be able to pull it out.”
The Trojans took an early 7-0 lead on a 34-yard Kyle Lehman touchdown run.
“Lehman had another great night,” Fleming said.
The Hatters trimmed that lead to 7-6 by halftime, and it was still a one-point game heading into the final quarter. Omar Ali’s 25-yard touchdown run gave the Hatters a 12-7 lead with just under two minutes to play, setting the stage for the Trojans’ game-winning drive.
“Hatboro had a minute left and two timeouts, and our defense stepped up to get the stop and hold onto the victory,” Fleming said. “The number one key for us tonight was reducing the number of penalties we had.
“We had a good number of penalties last week that really derailed us in our game against Upper Dublin, so it was a big focus for us to make sure we cut down on the penalties as much as possible and then to execute on our game plan of attacking the things we saw on film and executing our jobs.”
The Trojans’ coach credited the strong efforts of several players – Michael Fath on the offensive and defensive line, Shamir Wilson on the defensive line and Chase Bethea at outside linebacker.”
Wissahickon (1-1) will travel to New Hope-Solebury on Friday, and Hatboro-Horsham (0-2) will be on the road at Quakertown Friday.
Wissahickon 7-0-0-7 14
Hatboro-Horsham 0-6-6-0 12
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 47, MUHLENBERG 7
The Colonials rebounded from their season-opening loss and routed the visiting Mules. A change in the lineup paid immediate dividends for PW.
“We actually made a move and put Chris McLaughlin at quarterback this week,” coach Dan Chang said. “I thought he did a really good job of leading our offense and making some good decisions. He ran the ball well, and he had to be over 150 yards at least. He also threw a 70-yard touchdown to Dylan Duran.”
McLaughlin, who played running back, follows in the footsteps of his brother Larry, who was PW’s quarterback the last three years.
“Nate Kern also ran the ball well,” Chang said. “We had maybe five different guys score touchdowns. Our offensive line was blocking well, and things started clicking for us offensively.”
The win came on the heels of PW’s 44-0 loss to Wyomissing.
“It was a tough situation we were in last week with how good Wyomissing is – it was their third game, and it was our first real contest of any kind without any scrimmages,” Chang said. “Not that we expected to be shell-shocked last week, but it was a very difficult spot to start.
“These guys bounced back this week at practice really well. We had a great week of practice and came out tonight and basically executed the way we wanted to.”
Plymouth Whitemarsh (1-1) will host William Tennent on Friday.
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