In his post-game speach to his team, head coach Jim Morgans seemed satisfied with the 47-6 road win over Nazareth, and he had one statement he made towards the Lehigh Valley Conference.

"At least now, teams around the league will know that we can throw the football too," Morgans said to his team.

Parkland (5-1 overall, 4-1 LVC) predominantly moves the football via the run. With athletic running backs in seniors Eli Redmond and Kareem Williams, no one blames the Trojans for using them to try and get points on the scoreboard.

But against some of the other top teams, defenses stack the line of scrimmage in anticipation of stopping the run. With a new starting quarterback, Parkland shied away from passing the football.

Last Friday night against the Blue Eagles, sophomore quarterback Devante Cross had a breakout game, throwing for 233 yards and three touchdowns. The three scoring passes of 84 yards, 21 yards and 75 yards went to Redmond. Cross also had a potential fourth touchdown pass to Naze Haddad called back because of a holding penalty.

"It gives us another element to our offense," said Redmond. "Teams now may be afraid of us passing the ball, too. So that could open up some runs."

After an all-important rivalry win against Whitehall the week before, it looked as if the Trojans came out a little slow. On their first possession, Jake Bissel had a 31-yard field goal attempt blocked because of a bobbled snap. But on the next series, Cross dumped off a short pass to Redmond and the senior used his speed to turn it into an 84-yard score.

The Parkland defense remained a strong point to the team. Legend Boyesen intercepted a pass from Justin Albert and returned it 45 yards to the house as the first quarter ended.

The Trojans scored the first three touchdowns of the game, the third coming midway through the second quarter on a Williams 31-yard scurry.

But the Blue Eagles took some momentum into the locker room as Albert found Max Wasilewski for 22 yards. Nazareth only trailed 19-6 at halftime and looked to be finding a rhythm.

"It started off in the locker room," said Redmond. "Coach [Morgans] told us our mentality wasn't right so we had to switch it up and turned it on in the second half."

Redmond returned the opening kickoff 97 yards. After David Barber recovered a Blue Eagles fumble, Cross connected with Redmond again, this time from 21 yards. The Trojans scored twice in 48 seconds to take control of the game.

The third time Cross and Redmond found the end zone was a 75-yarder that put the mercy rule into effect, and a 41-6 lead with 4:07 left in the third quarter.

Nolan Ridgway found himself on the stat sheet with a 34-yard touchdown run with 8:28 to go.

Parkland has now won four straight in the Lehigh Valley Conference after a loss to Easton in their first conference game.

"We're one big family so we're really happy about it," said Redmond. "We just need to stay level headed and not listen to what the outsiders say. We just need to keep it in the locker room."