MAHANOY CITY - Two weeks ago, Panther Valley head coach Matt Davis couldn't stop talking about the gritty effort his team put out on the field. Last night, after the Panthers were soundly beaten, 42-12 by Mahanoy Area, he had little to say.

"We didn't come to play and that's on me and my staff too," he said. "There's not much else to say. The results speak for themselves."Although the Bears totaled over 200 yards on the ground, their passing game was literally perfect. Quarterback, Mason Ryan was six for six on the night with five of his completions gaining over 20 yards."We tried to keep our pass "D" simple," said Davis. "We had man to man coverage on every throw and we got beat on every throw."Mahanoy scored on its first two drives with what appeared to be exactly the same pass play getting the Bears into the red zone. First, Ryan hit Mike Wronski down the right sideline for a 23 yard pick up. One play later, Matt Yedsena took a pitch around right end for a six yard touchdown.The Bears got the ball back on a Panther fumble and on a third down play, Ryan found Yedsena again down the right side for 26 yards. Ryan capped off the six play drive with a seven yard scamper to give his team a two touchdown advantage with 5:17 to go in the quarter."We executed very well tonight off our triple option," said Bears' head coach Dave Holman. "We showed them multiple formations and our pass game came off the run perfectly."Just when it looked like Mahanoy (2-1) would totally dominate the game, Panther Valley put together a 14 play, 74 yard drive. They consumed nearly eight minutes of the second quarter clock and tallied four first downs before sophomore quarterback, Hunter Kennedy threw a 19 yard pass into the back of the end zone to Ali Capobianco who tipped the ball to himself for the Panthers' first score.Davis was puzzled by the drive because his team's execution was nearly flawless."Down 20-0, we had a great drive to get back in it, but we couldn't do it again," said Davis.The Panthers would recover a fumble late in the third quarter before Capobianco sliced through the Bears' defense for a 15 yard TD run, but the outcome was already decided at that point.After the game, Holman told his team, "We do what we have to do to win," while Davis scratched his head."We haven't learned how to finish drives," he said. "We need to keep working towards having some consistency."The Panthers were held to just 52 yards rushing in the game and finished with an average of one and a half yards per carry. Several runs went for losses, including three quarterback sacks."All we can do is show up for practice next week and work harder to get better," said Davis.FOURTH AND FORWARD ... On their 14 play TD drive In the second quarter, twice the Panthers moved the chains on fourth down, first on a 16 yard pass from Kennedy to Nathan Miller, and the second was a hard count fourth and four offsides penalty against the Bears which gave PV a first down at the MA 27.LOCKED IN THE BOX ... On each of the six MA pass completions, the Panther defense played up in the box to defend the option run, allowing receivers to beat their single coverage.PUNT POWER ... A bright spot for Panther Valley was the punting of Brendan Morgans who boomed three kicks for over forty yards, making the Bears' offense have to start drives well inside their own territory.SWITCHING SIGNALS ... Davis rotated his signal callers, using Kennedy throughout the first half and starting Danny Gilberry at the beginning of the third quarter. With eight minutes to go in the game, Kennedy returned at QB. Davis explained that he was looking to "spark" his offense to try to move the ball more effectively.