Exeter runs past Boyertown

Exeter bounced back from a frustrating loss in its season opener with a 56-8 non-league win over Boyertown Friday night at Memorial Stadium.

The Eagles (1-1) scored on their first two possessions and exploded for 35 points in the second quarter with Colin Payne going 6-for-8 in the air for 224 yards and two touchdowns. Cabraun Woody came off the bench for 113 rushing yards and two TD’s and Messiah Robinson ran for 96 yards, including a 45-yard TD run on the game’s opening drive. Lucas Palange led the Exeter defense with three sacks.

Leo Egbe ran for 91 yards for the Bears, including a 52-yarder, and Anthony Panarello scored Boyertown’s lone touchdown.

“We took a tough loss, but just came back strong today,” said Robinson, referring to last Saturday’s 35-28 setback to last year’s PIAA Class 6A runner-up Central York. “Whoever was up next was going to get it.”

“That’s a good sign,” Exeter coach Matt Bauer said of his team’s rebound performance. “Obviously, last Saturday left a bad taste in our mouths. They were just hungry.”

Robinson’s 45-yard TD burst ended a 5-play, 65 yard drive. Then the Eagle defense forced a quick punt and took over at the Bear 42-yard line. Payne passed 24 yards to Joey Schlaffer to the four and Ty Yocum ran it into the end zone from there on the next play.

Yocum scored again on a 5-yard run early in the second quarter and Payne ran in from 16 yards and threw 65 yards to Jacob Wolfe and 88 yards to J.R. Strauss to make it 42-0. A 33-yard run by Woody with four seconds left boosted the lead to 49-0 at the half.

Boyertown fumbled the ball away twice in the first half and Palange shot through a depleted Bear line for his three sacks.

“He’s a real athlete,” Robinson said concerning junior linebacker Palange. “He plays lineman and linebacker. He’s a real athlete.”

The Bears scored on a 12-yard run midway through the fourth quarter by quarterback Panarello, who ran for a two-point conversion.

The Eagles were practically unstoppable on the ground early in the contest and wound up with 271 rushing yards on 38 carries.

Exeter wrapped up the scoring on a 35-yard run by Woody and finished with 495 total yards and touchdowns by five different players.

CONRAD WEISER 38, MUHLENBERG 7 » At Laureldale, Logan Klitsch rushed for two touchdowns and passed for another to lead Conrad Weiser to a non-league win.

Klitsch scored on a runs of 1 and 2 yards and threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Josh Pazdrick to lead the Scouts (1-1).

Aaron Shuker gave Muhlenberg (0-2) a 7-0 lead with a 39yard touchdown run in the first quarter. But it was all Weiser after that.

After Klitsch scored on a quarterback sneak on the first play of the second quarter to tie it, Cole Rothermel scored on a 17-yard run to put Conrad Weiser ahead to stay.

Cameron Jones scored on a 7-yard run and Adam Noll kicked a 30-yard field goal for the Scouts. HAMBURG 47, NORTHERN LEBANON 6 » At Hamburg, Tristan Baer and

Pierce Mason each scored two touchdowns to lead Hamburg over visiting Northern Lebanon Friday.

The Hawks (2-0) led 33-0 at halftime and 40-0 in the third quarter.

Baer scored twice in the first quarter on a 21-yard run and a 4-yard run to help Hamburg take control against Northern Lebanon (1-1)..

Mason scored the next two TDs on a 6-yard run and 49-yard run.

Diohnny Ruiz caught a 2-yard pass from Xander Menapace to cap the first-half scoring.

In the second half, Aiden Readinger scored on a 25-yard pass from Menapace and Tyler Shuey on a 1-yard run for Hamburg.

Baer finished with 84 yards on 13 carries and Mason had 73 yards on eight carries.

Menapace completed all six of his passes for 107 yards and the two TDs.

Hamburg outrushed Northern Lebanon 244-10 and had a 351-95 advantage in total yards. CENTRAL DAUPHIN 41, BERKS CATHOLIC 22 » At Harrisburg, Josiah Jordan scored three touchdowns but it wasn’t enough as Central Dauphin pulled away from Berks Catholic.

Jones hauled in touchdown passes of 11 and 7 yards and ran for an 18-yard TD in the second quarter that gave Berks Catholic (1-1) its last lead at 14-7.

Central Dauphin (1-1) tied it midway through the second quarter on a 55-yard touchdown run by quarterback Max Mosey.

Mosey put the Rams in front to stay in the final minute of the first half with a 5-yard TD run.

The score remained 21-14 through three quarters before the Rams scored three touchdowns in the fourth. In addition to rushing for two touchdowns, Mosey passed for two scores.

ELCO 21, SCHUYLKILL VALLEY 6 » At Leesport, Schuylkill Valley gave up two touchdowns in the fourth quarter in falling in a non-league game.

Drew Campbell’s 6-run yard in the first quarter got the Panthers (0-2) within 7-6 — Schuylkill Valley did not make the extra point — after the Raiders (1-0) went up 7-6 on quarterback Cole Thomas’ 5-yard run.

Elco, whose opener was postponed last week because of COVID-19 issues at Susquenita, made it 14-6 on a 3-yard run by Elliott Kreider, then 21-6 on a 4-yard run by Thomas.

Thomas finished with 122 yards on 16 carries, helping the Raiders compiled 236 rushing yards on 41 carries.