The matchup between Pemberton and Maple Shade on Saturday hardly resembled the 8-6 effort from their previous meeting. Everything went the Pemberton Hornets' way against the Maple Shade Wildcats as the Pemberton Hornets made off with a 41-21 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hornets.
Shaun Lake went supernova for Pemberton, rushing for 188 yards while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. Lake also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making a tackle. Andrew Anderson did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 83 receiving yards.
Another reason for the win was Pemberton's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Leading the way was Thaisaan Alexander with two.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pemberton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 247 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Pemberton's win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-1. As for Maple Shade, they are on a seven-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-3.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Pemberton will head out to take on Lawrence at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Lawrence's defense has only allowed 12.8 points per game this season, so Pemberton's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Maple Shade, they will square off against Bordentown at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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