The Pleasant Valley offense needed a spark.

After scoring just 38 points in three losses to open the season, the Bears were looking for something - or someone - to ignite the offense heading into last Friday's game against William Allen.Enter Nasai Moon.Moon seized the opportunity, lighting up the Canaries defense for 250 rushing yards and three touchdowns. The end result was a dominant 31-6 victory for the Bears - their first of the season - and Times News Player of the Week honors for Moon."Nas had a tremendous game," said Pleasant Valley head coach Mark Versuk. "He did a nice job of being patient and reading his running lanes. He showed some good speed. Allen's a fairly fast team and athletic, and he was able to cut the corner on some runs. I thought our line up front did a nice job of getting some holes."We went with some different sets that Allen probably wasn't used to; some double-tight (end) sets."The game plan was designed to give Moon the chance to shine."This was his game," Versuk said. "I texted him the night before and said this game plan is for you. This is your night to get you going. We want to establish the run, and if I was in your spot, I couldn't sleep tonight. And it worked out."As a coach, when you do that, it builds confidence in him, because he looks at me and says, coach must know something."It didn't take long for Moon to find his comfort zone. The junior's first carry of the game was a 70-yard touchdown that set the tone for his big night."When I first carried, and I got a good amount of yards, that's when I knew that, if we keep blocking the way we do, this is going to be good," said Moon, who finished the first half with 99 yards on seven carries. Versuk wanted to see Moon do even more in the second half."I challenged Nas in the second half," Versuk said. "I don't know where he was with running yards and stuff. But he's coming off a little limpy and stuff, and I said to him, right before we broke the half, I said listen, we'll feed you the ball in the second half. The running lanes are there. You just gotta show me that you're healthy and can go. Are you healthy? And he said yes. And then I said everybody break it in to Nas, and then we came out for the second half and we continued to feed him the ball."Moon responded with a 64-yard run on his first rush of the third quarter before tacking on touchdowns of 10 and 33 yards. Moon carried the ball nine times for 151 yards over the final two quarters."There were a lot of moments," Moon said when asked if any play from last week's game stood out. "But after the first two touchdowns, and then the third one, I felt like we were doing pretty good, and everything was going well."A first-year starter, Moon has seen more playing time with injuries taking a toll on the Bears this season.But it's a role he's accepted, and one he's shown he can thrive in."I think I feel confident," he said. "Even though that we lost players, even running backs, I have to sub in or sub out, and I stay in to keep the job going."Knowing that we know how to do that, I think we can do a lot better."So does Versuk."One thing it does, if he runs for those yards, they're gonna have to, other teams are gonna have to focus on," the coach said. "They're gonna say, No. 20, we're gonna have to stop him, from getting downhill and getting going. Which then opens up some lanes for (quarterback) Brandon (Keyes) and the passing game."As far as it goes, we have some guys that can make plays. And all Nas does is open up our offense more. And if they (defenses) don't want to take it away, we'll continue to give him the ball as many times as we can."