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Williams took that train of thought and literally ran with it. Three plays into the third quarter, the Indians’ senior halfback found a seam after cutting back to the left and raced to the end zone from 60 yDrGV RuW.
“When I got the ball, I just saw a cutback lane,” Williams said. “My line was doing a great job of blockinJ. AnG , IRunG JrHHn DnG I went for the touchdown.”
The score was one of the four Souderton had on the ground Friday night as it opened Suburban One LHDJuH CRnWinHnWDO CRnIHrHnFH SODy ZiWK 28-17 viFWRry over the visiting Bucks.
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“We didn’t quite get ourselves into sync. We didn’t quite get to where we needed to get to to get ourselves into sync,” Hensel said. “There’s some things that we’re going to address that we’re going have to have answers for.
“I’ve got to give Souderton credit for a great game plan.”
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