Football Recap: Saucon Valley Skates Past Pen Argyl with Ease

By Team Reports Oct 20, 2024, 8:31am

Football Recap: Saucon Valley Panthers vs. Pen Argyl Green Knights

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Saucon Valley came tearing into Friday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 40.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Pen Argyl Green Knights 49-13 at home. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-7.

Saucon Valley had a senior duo take command as Jared Rohn rushed for 185 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry and Jack Robertson picked up 150 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Rohn a new career-high in rushing yards.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Saucon Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 239 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 206 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.

Although Pen Argyl took the loss, they still got scores from Mason Soos and Caiden Faust.

Saucon Valley pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Pen Argyl, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-5 record this season.

Saucon Valley didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 51-25 loss against Southern Lehigh on the 18th. Pen Argyl has also already played their next contest, a 14-7 win against Catasauqua on the 18th.

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