Indians have no answers for Adams
Seven times Friday night, the Souderton Area defense hemmed in Central Bucks South running back Josh Adams and tackled the elusive sophomore for negative yardage.
But the other 23 times Adams carried the football, the 6-foot-1, 180-pound speedster broke away for 195 yards and four touchdowns, including a 56-yard score Rn WKH vHry firsW SODy IrRP scrimmage.
Add to that a pair of TD passes by Titans quarterback John Pileggi and South’s offense was nearly unstoppable on a muggy night at Titans Field, as South earned a 44-28 win over the Big Red in a Suburban One Continental Conference contest.
“A lot of plays, we stopped (Adams), but on a lot of plays, they certainly got the better of us,” Big Red coach bd Gallagher said. “He still ran through a lot of tackles -- he’s a really good football player. We’ve been better in the secondary -- we struggled a little bit tonight with coverage, but a good quarterback and good receivers will do that to you.”
Jarrett Reinhard’s twoyard plunge brought Soud- erton (3-2, 1-1) within 35-28 with 53 seconds to play in the third quarter, but South got some breathing room when bvan Stahl’s 22-yard fiHOG JRDO sSOLW WKH uSrLJKWs to cap the Titans’ (5-0, 2-0) opening drive of the fourth, making it 38-28.
A false start by Souderton on fourth-and-1 led to an incompletion on fourth-
to end the Indians’ next drive, and a roughing-the-kicker call against the Big Red extended South’s ensuing possession, which sealed the contest with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Pileggi to Steve seal.
“We knew how talented Adams is and how talented their passing game is -- they have a great offense,” Gallagher said of South, which nRWFheG LWV firVW ever wLn Rver SRuGerWRn Ln five WrLeV. Souderton had an uncharacteristic fumble to start the third, one of three turnovers on the evening, and South doubled its lead to 14 with a 20-yard run by Adams, who finLVheG wLWh 167 yarGV Rn the ground on 30 carries.
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South scored on its third straight possession of the quarter when Pileggi hit Cale Mosher on a 12-yard pass to make it 28-14, but Anthony Williams took the ensuing back 92 yards for a score to make it 28-21 at the half. Williams had also reached the end zRne Ln Whe firVW TuarWer Rn a 15-yarG ruVh, WyLng LW 7-7, EuW the Big Red could not draw even after the break.