Pender rolls Homer

The Pender Pendragons picked up a 60-8 win at Homer Friday night.

Pender led 22-0 at the end of one and outscored the Knights 14-0 in the second quarter to lead 36-0 at halftime.

The Pendragons won the third quarter 12-0 to go up 48-0 at the end of three.

Pender put up 12 fourth quarter points compared to 8 for Homer.

Dylan Roth was 5-11 passing for 153 yards with 4 touchdowns and an interception.

Brady Oliver hauled in 2 touchdown passes for a total of 70 yards while James Bensen brought in a 56-yard TD pass.

Bensen had 120 yards rushing on 9 carries, including a score. Braden Peters rushed the ball 3 times for 52 yards, and scored once.

The Pendragons totaled 381 yards of offense, 228 coming on the ground.

The defense allowed just 138 yards of offense, including 136 rushing.

Pender played a great game against the Knights, in my opinion. This was a really nice win for the Pendragons.

Pender (2-2) hosts Winnebago (1-3) Friday night.

The Indians won 92-66 at Omaha Christian Academy last time out.

That was a nice win for Winnebago, but the Pendragons should still be able to knock off the Indians.

Wakefield beat Winnebago 91-42 while Pender defeated the Trojans 46-22 if that tells you anything.

I really like the way this Pendragons' team is playing right now.

The bye week appears to have come at the right time for Pender because the Pendragons have played better football the last two weeks than they did the first two weeks of the regular season.

There's still plenty of football left to be played, but this team appears to be headed in the right direction.

I look for Pender to put up a lot of points against Winnebago and keep the Indians' offense at bay.

I think Roth and Bensen will have good games for the Pendragons, and lead this team to victory.

Pender has their sights set on a district championship I'm sure, so win this game, and it's another positive step in the right direction.

I just don't see any way the Pendragons lose this game unless a lot of their players get hurt and the Indians play out of their minds.

Pender has to be focused and determined, and must respect Winnebago though. The Indians aren't just going to roll over and give the Pendragons the game.

Pender has to come out and play their physical brand of football.

The Pendragons must excel in the run and pass game, and be clicking on all cylinders.

Pender also has to do everything they can to win the field position battle.