Upper Perkiomen rode the momentum of a big win last week to another one Friday night, 42-14 at Boyertown.
Logan Simmon rushed for 214 yards and three touchdowns and caught a pass for another TD for the Indians in the Pioneer Athletic Conference contest at Memorial Stadium.
Hunter Flack passed for 219 yards, ran for a pair of TDs and intercepted a pass for Upper Perk (2-3, 2-3). Jon Myers ran for 88 yards and intercepted two passes for the Bears (0-5, 0-5).
“Winning is contagious,” said Upper Perk coach Tom Hontz, whose team downed Owen J. Roberts 31-14 last week. “It was a total team effort. And that’s the cool thing about this team.”
“We were just rolling it over from last week,” said Simmon, who ran for over 200 yards and multiple scores for the second straight week.
Flack stopped Boyertown’s opening drive with an interception, but Myers did the same to the Indians and the Bears drove 51 yards, taking the lead on a 25-yard run by Leo Egbe six minutes into the contest.
Then the Indians recovered a fumble at the Bears' 30-yard line late in the quarter and Flack carried the ball into the end zone from the 3 to tie it. Boyertown regained the lead with a 66-yard drive, with Myers running in from the 21 just 13 seconds into the second quarter.
But the Upper Perk defense forced three punts and recovered a fumble during the remainder of the half and the Indians tied it on a 30-yard run by Simmon, took the lead on a 63-yard pass play from Flack to Simmon and made it 28-14 on a 1-yard run by Flack.
“We mixed it up,” said Flack. “We hit plays, just trying to confuse the defense. Everyone was involved. Turnovers were really key. They played a huge part, getting the ball on their side of the field.”
“Football is a game of ebbs and flows,” said Bears coach T.J. Miller. “You’ve got to react to that and we didn’t react well.”