Catasauqua realizes the third week of the football season is still relatively early, but the Roughies aren’t taking anything likely.

They return home to Alumni Field Friday night to face a potentially dangerous Pen Argyl team that basically faces the same predicament as the home team. Pen Argyl (1-1) opened the season with an impressive 28-7 win over Wilson, but they were thumped by Saucon Valley, 42-7, last weekend.

Both teams want to use a victory as a key momentum swing.

“We had a really big win last week,” said Catty head coach Phil Dorn of his team’s 39-33 shootout victory over Northern Lehigh. “We protected the football better and we had a key stop at the end of the game. We cut back on our turnovers and we did a great job on both sides of the ball.

“Pen Argyl will be a great test for us. They are a big powerful team that will use two tight ends and try to run the ball down your throat. They have some very talented people and some playmakers. We need to stop their running game.”

Dorn specifically cited quarterback Logan Ruppert and running back Logan Sterner, who both provide the bulk of the Green Knights’ offense.

Ruppert hit six of eight passes for 144 yards and three touchdowns and ran for a team-high 61 yards, while Sterner caught two touchdown passes and ran for another with his 41 yards in the team’s opening-game win over Wilson.

Saucon Valley put the clamps on Ruppert and Sterner last week. Ruppert completed five of 12 passes with an interception and had 34 yards rushing, while Sterner ran for a team-high 53 yards.

“Ruppert and Sterner are both very talented players,” added Dorn. “We’ll have to shut them down, but they both run the ball well. It will be a challenge for us.”

Dorn’s quarterback, Andrew Brett, also has been a major threat in his own way, as he had thrown five touchdown passes among his 599 total passing yards in the first two games.

“Andrew (Brett) is a hardworking kid who had played well,” stated Dorn. “He had a couple of bad reads in the first game, but he had a very good game last week. He has the potential to have a great year.”

After Pen Argyl, the Roughies get into the meat of their schedule with Saucon Valley, Palisades, Wilson, and Notre Dame over the next month. Though his team’s confidence level is at a meteoric pace, Dorn wants to keep everything in its proper perspective.

Four more wins likely will have them back in the newly-formed district playoffs.

“We can’t expect to have a quarterback throw for three-hundred yards every week,” he said. “But our receivers do a great job gaining yardage after the catch, and our offensive line had been very solid.

“We do have a number of kids who are now three-year veterans after being thrown into the fire as freshmen and they really feel good about themselves. They have believed in each other since the summer and know they can get the job done.”