They just came up a little bit short. We came out in the second half and were able to move the ball by tweaking things a bit, but we just couldn’t finish. I thought they were just a little bit more physical than we were along the line of scrimmage,” Gallagher said of the contest. “It was two really good teams slugging it out. Souderton wants to continue its drive for the postseason as well. Griffin Pensabene had 90 yards receiving for Upper Dublin against Souderton during their game on Saturday, Oct. I think this game can kind of regain that edge you wanna have going into the playoffs.” And we kind of staggered back and lost our confidence. “We weren’t able to get over the hump against North Penn and then we got it handed to us at Quakertown. “It’s just a really good win for this team,” Stover said. That enabled Owen Carl to boot a 30-yard field goal just before time expired for a 10-7 lead at the break, which wound up being the final margin.Ĭarl was tremendous on kicks and punts all day. Pensabene (8 rec, 90 yds) came up with the play of the drive, catching a deflected pass – which had bounced off another receiver – right along the sideline to move the Cardinals down to the Souderton 13.
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Upper Dublin went into a hurry-up on its final series of the half, and O’Sullivan completed six straight passes, including an 18-yarder to Griffin Pensabene, to keep the Cardinals moving. Upper Dublin broke the scoreless tie on the third play of the second quarter, when quarterback Colin O’Sullivan hit Noah Lee over the middle for a 19-yard score and 7-0 lead.īig Red tied it with 1 minute, 38 seconds left in the half, with the 5-foot-11, 190-pound Porter (99 yds, TD) bursting through a hole on the left side and taking it in from seven yards out to draw things even at seven apiece. We knew we were gonna have our hands full.”īrayden Porter scores on a run for Souderton against Upper Dublin during their game on Saturday, Oct. They’re always well-prepared and well-coached. And (Luke Pollock), the linebacker – they were everywhere. “(Coach Ed Gallagher has) some really good players. It was two heavyweights going toe to toe,” Cardinals coach Bret Stover said. “That was a really good high school football game. The Cardinals came through with their most emotional win of the season, on a blustery afternoon on the turf at Upper Dublin. Upper Dublin led 10-7 at the break and then its defense protected the lead for the final 24 minutes. The crowd came out here at 11 o’clock and gave us some real, loud noise,” he said of the effort by the defense.
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“That was just our energy and our adrenaline. Three times in the second half, Upper Dublin turned Souderton over on downs, including a tackle for a loss by Bartlett on a fourth down in the third quarter. That interception by Cairnes came in the final seconds around midfield, locking up the victory for the Cardinals. Everyone just stepped up and had a good game.” “Tristan Cairnes, senior captain, got an interception.
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That just shows the heart,” said Bartlett, a major contributor at linebacker. “(Lineman) Kyree Butler, battling (through shoulder pain), kept playing. Souderton captured the District 1-6A title a year ago while Upper Dublin ruled in 5A, and on Saturday the two teams pushed each to their brink and beyond. Upper Dublin’s Noah Lee races into the end zone on his second-quarter touchdown reception against Souderton during their game on Saturday, Oct.
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Big Red is now 4-4 overall and 3-2 in the conference. The win raised Upper Dublin’s record to 6-2 overall and 4-1 in the Suburban One League Continental Conference. We’re looking to get to our goal from the beginning of the season, which is a state championship.” We got the energy back up and we wanna keep going into the playoffs. The Upper Dublin defense was there all the way to the end, coming through with two more stops in the fourth quarter to help produce a hard-earned, 10-7 victory over Big Red in a battle of defending District One Champions Saturday. Our boys read our keys, did what we had to do: shut down a very good team with a great running back.” “He’s a big boy, a big load,” said the Cardinals’ Tawfiq Bartlett, speaking of Souderton’s Brayden Porter.