For Northampton’s football team in their 39-17 loss to Bethlehem Catholic last week, it just was one of those games.

“We just didn’t come out ready to play,” deadpanned Konkrete Kids’ head coach John Toman. “That’s on me. For whatever reason we came out flat.”

The sixth-seeded Kids (5-5) will travel to third-seeded Parkland (8-2) in an opening-round district Class 6A quarterfinal game.

Against Bethlehem Catholic, Kids’ senior running back Chase Kessler ran for 101 yards against the Golden Hawks, Robert Wambold ran for 37 yards with a score, and Dominique Mosley ran for 22 yards with a touchdown.

The Kids employed quarterbacks senior Zion McKinney and sophomore Luke Stopay. McKinney ran for 20 yards, and completed two of three passes for 17 yards. Stopay completed five of 15 attempts for 41 yards.

Stopay also believed his club didn’t have a good performance, and also needs to improve his own showing.

“I think we came out very flat and that can’t happen ever but especially against a very good team,” said Stopay. “From where I’m at, I need to do a better job at getting the guys fired up and getting the offense going.”

Beca raced out to a 25-3 halftime lead, and Northampton tallied two scores in the fourth quarter.

Overall, it was a bad night.

“We had some unfortunate things happen like their punt hitting our guy that led to their first touchdown,” added Toman. “It’s never easy to dig out of a hole.”

Stopay is confident his team can clean up their mistakes against Parkland.

“We need to be better all-around and move on to Parkland,” said Stopay. “We need to fly around all game and limit the mistakes.”

KIDS’ KUDOS: Parkland won the regular-season meeting, 35-0, on Sept. 25, and the Trojans have won 18 straight ... The Trojans are coming off a 38-10 rout of Emmaus ... Northampton lost to Nazareth, 37-36, in last year’s opening-round district game, while Parkland advanced to the title game, losing 42-17 to Easton ... Northampton advanced past the first round in 2023 when they defeated Stroudsburg, 31-14, and then lost to Nazareth, 21-7, in the next round ... Parkland won the district title in 2024 ... The last Northampton win was in 2004 by a 17-7 score ... For the season, Kessler has rushed for 1,487 yards to a 6.5 per carry average and has scored 12 touchdowns. In his career, Kessler has rushed for 2,998 yards ... McKinney has rushed for 421 yards with five touchdowns, and Wambold has rushed for 135 yards with a touchdown, and Joell Small has 143 yards with two touchdowns ... Stopay has completed 39 of 73 attempts for 401 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions, and McKinney has completed 16 of 34 passes for 177 yards with three interceptions ... Colby Brearman has 13 catches for 156 yards with two scores ... Defensively, Wambold has 63 tackles, Evan Kleppinger has 43, Chase Czarnecki has 40, and Logan Rusnock has 37 ... Brearman has four interceptions and 29 stops ... Parkland quarterback Finn Coen has completed 83 of 134 attempts for 1,233 yards with 11 touchdowns and two interceptions. The Trojans lost playmaker T.J. Lawrence, but Tycen Norman has rushed for 784 with 16 scores. Blake Nassry has 25 catches for 310 yards with five touchdowns. On defense, Jaren Sanchez has 50 tackles, and Jackson Geruolo has three interceptions.

PREDICTION: (My season record 7-3): This is a tough challenge for the Kids, as Parkland got back on track with their big win over Emmaus after their seven-game winning streak was snapped by Whitehall two weeks ago ... Northampton will need to be buttoned up tight after a flat performance. Kessler was held to 46 yards in their last meeting, and Northampton had 51 rushing yards and 74 overall yards. Northampton needs a strong ball control game here, and their defense has to keep Parkland between the 20s the best they can ... Unfortunately, Northampton is catching Parkland at a bad time ... Coach Ronalds, the tomato pie is on me ... PARKLAND, 35-14.