If the lesson of moving onto the next play is relevant for sports, Northampton’s football team would be wise to take that adage and shift their focus entirely to this week’s road contest at Pleasant Valley.

The Kids have to regroup after last week’s 50-0 defeat at the hands of Bethlehem Catholic, where they were outgained in total yardage 425-to-28.

Northampton (0-2) finished the night with -12 yards rushing and struggled against the Hawks defensive front, which is quickly gaining steam as being one of the best defensive lines in the East Penn Conference.

With Pleasant Valley (1-1) on the docket, the Kids need to forget about last week’s drubbing and focus on another tricky matchup this week.

“Anytime you lose a game by a large amount it is difficult to handle,” said head coach Mark Scisly. “Hopefully this is a wake up call to our guys about how much harder they need to work in order to compete on a week to week basis in the EPC.”

Pleasant Valley has shown that they may be the best team in the EPC North this season, defeating Nazareth in week one and then falling to Central Catholic 38-27 last week.

The Bears led the Vikings 20-17 at halftime last week and have proven to have a potent offense, as running back Mike Mitchell rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns last week, while quarterback Brandon Keyes was 14-of-27 for 217 yards and a score.

But before worrying about that, the Kids need to fix their woes up front from the Becahi contest where they had trouble maintaining the line of scrimmage.

Quarterback Colin Schucker was 2-of-4 on the night for 16 yards and was sacked six times.

The Kids had six, three-and-outs on the night, while Becahi scored touchdowns on their first seven possessions. Becahi defensive tackle, Niko Camacho, was a bully in the middle of Northampton’s offensive line all night.

“We knew going in they had a great defense, especially their nose guard,” said Scisly. “We schemed to double team him almost every play, but we still couldn’t block him. We need to play more aggressive on both sides of the ball.”

With the Kids back to the drawing board this week, Scisly hopes his team can bounce back and avoid an 0-3 start.

“We have several injuries, so we are going to look for some more underclassmen to step up and play varsity football,” he said.