Exeter drubs Daniel Boone, 42-0

that was 2-3 and foundering in early October.

If it indeed has qualified, Exeter will likely face topseeded Harrisburg in the first round of the D-3 5A tournament. The unbeaten Cougars face Cumberland Valley Saturday, are one the strongest teams in the entire Commonwealth, and made the PIAA title game last season.

Exeter quarterback Brandon Unterkoefler became the first player in Berks League history to rush and pass for 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons.

Unterkoefler finished his night 8 of 14 for 184 yards passing with three touchdowns. He added 91 yards on eight totes the ground, displaying that recordbreaking versatility in his high school career regular season finale. That distinction was earned with a first-half pass to running back Gage Moran.

Moran, the starting running back after Nick Sarangoulis’s season-ending injury, ran for three touchdowns Friday night on the back of his 91 rushing yards. He scored on runs of 13, 37 and 14 yards – the first one opened the scoring, the second set the mercy clock in motion for the second half and third closed the scoring.

For the Blazers (2-8, 2-4), a difficult 2017 campaign on and off the field reached its conclusion in Reiffton. Boone was held to net minus-3 yards rushing on 25 attempts, never having replaced senior running back Spencer McIntosh in the lineup after he suffered a broken wrist early in the season. Blazers quarterback Josh Ehst was 9 of 15 passing for 72 yards, but the lack of any forward push with the run game made him a sitting target in the pocket. He was sacked five times.

Boone interim head coach Ryan Contento replaced former head coach Bill Parks in late September. It’s been a tough spell, but Contento is optimistic about the future, adding the permanent job has been posted and he’s applied for it.

“I’ve learned a lot on the fly,” Contento. “The kids … there’s probably never been a team that’s gone though the number of injuries on top of losing its head coach at that point in the season. They battled. There’s no quit at all. Zero.

“If there’s anything to be proud of for me this year, it’s that they did not give up. They battled in every game they played. And they could have packed it in.”