Panthers give a beat down !!

Way to go boys!! You are an   amazing team that works hard together !! Keep it going !! Next Friday  the Panthers are at Buckland against  Mohawk Trail Regional High School. 

WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU ALL!!!!

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NORTHAMPTON — The only thing that kept Pioneer Valley Regional School running back Bryce Dobosz from rushing for 200 yards for the third straight week was the Smith Vocational & Agricultural High School defense. Or rather, the lack thereof.
The junior running back rushed for 188 yards and and two touchdowns but was lifted after three quarters due to the lopsided score as the Panthers dumped the Vikings, 48-0, in a Tri-County League football game Friday night.
Pioneer has a look at qualifying for the WMass Division IV-A postseason but is playing a must-win game Friday night in Buckland against a Mohawk Trail Regional High School team that may also be playing for its postseason lives. That game will begin at 7.
Dobosz rushed for 213 yards two weeks ago against Palmer High School, and went for 201 yards in last week’s win over Pathfinder Regional Technical High School, giving him 685 yards in just four games this season, after he missed the first game of the year. He was well on his way to the 200-yard mark again on Friday, as he rushed 19 times for 141 yards in the first half, and then carried the ball for 47 yards on five hauls after halftime. He took Pioneer’s first handoff of the fourth quarter for seven yards to end his night. Another thing that hurt his chances at 200 yards was the fact that the other Pioneer playmakers were also getting in on the scoring party with a number of long touchdowns, but none of that mattered to the back, who said it was all about getting the victory that he cared about.
“It’s all about the team and I’m glad we got the win,” he said. “Our offense is playing well right now. We’ve got a great group of offensive linemen, a great group of backs and receivers, and our quarterback Alex Tyson is playing great.”

While Dobosz gets much of the attention as he moved just 127 yards away from his first 1,000-yard rushing season, the rest of the Pioneer playmakers showed that if a team keys on Dobosz, they can make them pay. Pioneer recovered an onside kick to open the game and the first four plays went to Dobosz, who moved the ball to the Smith Voke 29. When the Vikings sold out on the next play to stop Dobosz, Pioneer surprised them by handing the ball to Terrell Hicks, who scampered 29 yards to paydirt. That set the tone for the game, as Tyson scored on a 7-yard run on the next possession (which immediately followed a 36-yard run by Dobosz to set that up), and Dobosz scored the third touchdown of the game from 1 yard out. Pioneer ended the first-half scoring when Tyson found Jake Wallace for a 13-yard touchdown reception that had the Panthers up 27-0 at the break.
In the second half, Tyson hit Wallace on a 28-yard touchdown pass just 1 minute in, Dobosz scored from 6 yards out, and Tristan Dresser scored on a 38-yard run in the third quarter to put Pioneer up 48-0.

The Panthers’ defense also pitched its second consecutive shutout in dominating fashion. Smith Voke finished with just eight positive yards in the first half, and that number actually shrunk to only one positive yard after two Smith Voke possessions in the second half. The Vikings were able to move the ball a bit late in the third quarter and early in the fourth, but finished the night with only 40 positive yards.
“I think the defense has really spoken for itself all year, even when we played Ware and Palmer,” Pioneer coach Paul Worth said. “We gave up two big plays in each of those games (both losses), but we held two really high-powered offenses to just 14 points in both games. I feel that we should be able to score more than 14 points as an offense, and if you can’t then you don’t deserve to win.”
Hicks finished with 11 carries for 87 yards in the win, while Dresser carried the ball twice for 54 yards. Tyson added 12 yards on three carries and also finished 3-for-9 passing for 62 yards and two touchdowns.
Cam VanBuren led Smith Voke with 20 yards on six carries, while Dakota Blakesley had 15 yards on eight carries. Quarterback Jake Erali rushed 10 times for 5 yards, and was 1-for-9 passing for no yards and one interception.