Following Pleasant Valley’s 63-7 loss to Northampton Friday night, Bears’ coach Blaec Seager’s postgame speech to his troops was direct and unhesitating.

“To get where we want to go, we have to stick together,” he said. “That is the only way we can continue to improve.”

Despite showing flashes from their triple option attack, the Bears had no answer to stop the Koncrete Kids’ multifaceted offense that rolled up 448 yards and eight touchdowns.

Following the opening kick off, Pleasant Valley drove 35 yards to its own 44. On a fourth and 4, an option pitch was fumbled, one of 10 balls put on the ground by the Bears in the game.

Northampton (2-1) took over, and four plays later, Tyrese Brandon bulled over the goal line from one yard out, and just like that, the Kids were ahead 7-0.

The Bears’ next possession ended with a punt that was returned 62 yards down the left sideline by Spencer Cole for a 14-0 lead with just under three minutes to go in the first quarter.

After falling behind by three touchdowns, the Bears scored on three plays that ended the quarter. Starting at their own 24-yardline, quarterback Jack Stephens hit Robert Papaleo for 29 yards on a post pattern. Garrett Salazar then broke free to the Northampton 10, and on the next play, Papaleo took a toss and got to the edge for a 10-yard TD run.

Northampton coach Kyle Haas worried about how his team would be able to defend Pleasant Valley’s triple option.

“We tried to focus on their option at practice, but it’s difficult to simulate what the quarterback, dive back, and pitch back do on every play,” said Haas. “It’s teaching assignment defense, and they were able to break some plays against us.”

The Konkrete Kids scored with six different players, with Brandon hitting pay dirt three times.

“We have a lot of balance on offense,” said Haas, “but if we want to win the EPC (Eastern Penn Conference) championship, we’ll have to get better on defense.”

The Bears (0-3) attempted two fourth and short conversions in Northampton territory and failed both times.

“With the triple option, we should be able to get three or four yards every time,” said Saeger.

“We are further ahead than I thought we’d be,” said the first-year coach. “We seemed to have a good play, then a bad play. We have to be more consistent.”

The schedule doesn’t get easier for Pleasant Valley Next week, the Bears are on the road against Emmaus.

“NO EXCUSES’’

... “We’’ll definitely have to address that at practice next week,” Saeger said of the team’s 10 fumbles.

GROUND WARRIOR

... Pleasant Valley’s Jared Salazar carried the ball 18 times, with many of his 91 yards coming on hard runs between the tackles.