There's no place like home for Pender, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They breezed past the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Bears to the tune of 50-21 on Friday. The Pendragons pushed the score to 36-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bears had little chance of recovering from.
Zander Welsh had a dynamite game, throwing for 156 yards and a pair of touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also rushing for 44 yards and one score. Those 44 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Reece Heineman was another key player, gaining 75 total yards and two touchdowns.
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Drey Puppe, who threw for 114 yards and a pair of TDs, and Tanner Thompson, who picked up 100 receiving yards and one touchdown.
The win got Pender back to even at 1-1. As for Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, they are on a six-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-2.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Pender will head out to challenge Clarkson/Leigh at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, they will venture away from home to square off against Tri County Northeast at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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