Football Recap: Notre Dame-Green Pond Beats Palmerton for Their Ninth Straight Victory

By Team Reports Oct 19, 2025, 11:11am

Football Recap: Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders vs. Palmerton Blue Bombers

Crusaders

Previous Games

10/17/25 @ Palmerton56-0
10/10/25 vs Palisades34-22
10/04/25 vs Pen Argyl59-7
09/26/25 @ Northern Lehigh40-21
09/20/25 @ Catasauqua58-0
+ 4 more games

Notre Dame-Green Pond put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. Their defense stepped up to hand the Palmerton Blue Bombers a 56-0 shutout. The Crusaders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 42 points or more this season.

It was another big night for Matt Bodnar, who threw for 254 yards and four touchdowns while completing 82.4% of his passes. What's more, he racked up 162.4 passer rating, the most he's had since back in August. Jonathan Striba was in the mix too, providing Notre Dame-Green Pond with two scores.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Notre Dame-Green Pond proved: they limited Palmerton to a paltry 1.5 yards per carry. The team can thank John Hull for the heroic effort on defense: he. Notre Dame-Green Pond didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 16.

Notre Dame-Green Pond's win bumped their record up to 9-0. As for Palmerton, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Notre Dame-Green Pond is set to challenge their familiar foe Wilson Area at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Palmerton will square off against rival Catasauqua at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

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