{"id":44489,"date":"2024-10-02T16:39:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T20:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/?p=44489"},"modified":"2024-12-18T22:08:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T02:08:46","slug":"knights-ready-for-clash-with-the-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/sports\/2024\/10\/02\/knights-ready-for-clash-with-the-titans\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights ready for clash with the Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOWAMENCIN- The North Penn Knights will take on the Central Bucks South Titans in an away game this Friday, to see who will take the driver&#8217;s seat in the SOL National Conference. So far in this season, both teams are 6-0, but in a few days, that won\u2019t be the case anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winning 42-21 against CB East just last week, North Penn has dominated on the field all season long, and they\u2019re ready to turn their vicious stares toward CB South this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe haven\u2019t won a league title in a couple of years, so we\u2019re using that as motivation. It is obviously not just another game, and we\u2019re not going to practice like it\u2019s just another game. We\u2019re going to kick it up and keep up the intensity,\u201d North Penn Knights captain and wide receiver Aiden Eves said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the game approaches nearer, it can become pressuring to attain the win as this is such an important game. North Penn is aware that this outcome will determine if all their hard work these past few months will come to fruition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<aside>\n    <div class='pullquote sno-pullquote-6a60710d9eca5 sno-animate pullquote-shadow'>\n                <div class=\"quotebody\">\n                        <div class='largequote'>&ldquo;<\/div>\n                                    <p class='pullquotetext'>Coach Beck knows it\u2019s a big game, and we know it\u2019s a big game, so we\u2019ve been really focused and locked in this week<\/p>\n                            <p class='quotespeaker'>&mdash; Ryan Bocklet, North Penn Senior <\/p>\n                        <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<style>\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9eca5 {\n    display: flex;\n    float: left;\n    margin: 30px 30px 30px 0;\n    width: 50%;\n    border-color: #0b1447;\n    border-top-width: 5px;\n    border-right-width: 5px;\n    border-bottom-width: 5px;\n    border-left-width: 5px;\n    background-color: #c7d7ed;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9eca5 p.pullquotetext,\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9eca5 p.quotespeaker {\n    color: #000000 !important;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9eca5 .pullquotepic {\n    width: 33%;\n    margin-left: 25px;\n}\n.sno-story-body .sno-pullquote-6a60710d9eca5 p.pullquotetext {\n    font-size: 22px;\n    line-height: 1.4em;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9eca5 .quotebar {\n    background: #dddddd;\n    flex: 0 0 90px;\n    margin-top: -15px;\n    margin-left: -15px;\n    padding-left: 15px;\n    padding-top: 15px;\n    margin-right: 15px;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9eca5 .largequote {\n\tcolor: #888888;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9eca5 .quotebody {\n    width: unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCoach Beck knows it\u2019s a big game, and we know it\u2019s a big game, so we\u2019ve been really focused and locked in this week,\u201d North Penn captain and kicker Ryan Bocklet stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite North Penn\u2019s undefeated streak, CB South is also undefeated 6-0 and has played well in their season. North Penn, however, is not willing to let this psych them out or take their eyes off what really matters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe should welcome competition. If you shy away from competition, you can sit on the sideline. We want a challenge. That is what we work for and practice for every day. [The team] challenges each other, so we got to challenge ourselves against another great team,\u201d Eves commented.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<aside>\n    <div class='pullquote sno-pullquote-6a60710d9f5a3 sno-animate pullquote-shadow'>\n                <div class=\"quotebody\">\n                        <div class='largequote'>&ldquo;<\/div>\n                                    <p class='pullquotetext'>We should welcome competition. If you shy away from competition, you can sit on the sideline. We want a challenge. That is what we work for and practice for every day. [The team] challenges each other, so we got to challenge ourselves against another great team,<\/p>\n                            <p class='quotespeaker'>&mdash; Aiden Eves, North Penn senior <\/p>\n                        <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<style>\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9f5a3 {\n    display: flex;\n    float: right;\n    margin: 30px 0 30px 30px;\n    width: 50%;\n    border-color: #0b1447;\n    border-top-width: 5px;\n    border-right-width: 5px;\n    border-bottom-width: 5px;\n    border-left-width: 5px;\n    background-color: #c7d7ed;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9f5a3 p.pullquotetext,\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9f5a3 p.quotespeaker {\n    color: #000000 !important;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9f5a3 .pullquotepic {\n    width: 33%;\n    margin-left: 25px;\n}\n.sno-story-body .sno-pullquote-6a60710d9f5a3 p.pullquotetext {\n    font-size: 22px;\n    line-height: 1.4em;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9f5a3 .quotebar {\n    background: #dddddd;\n    flex: 0 0 90px;\n    margin-top: -15px;\n    margin-left: -15px;\n    padding-left: 15px;\n    padding-top: 15px;\n    margin-right: 15px;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9f5a3 .largequote {\n\tcolor: #888888;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9f5a3 .quotebody {\n    width: unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the throwdown against CB South is a highly anticipated matchup, it is more than that to the North Penn team. To them, it is also a revenge game from their 50-28 loss against CB South last season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe had two kids last year who got hurt, and their season was done for by CB South. Jackson Schurmann broke his ankle and Cole D&#8217;Ambrosio had a dislocation. We lost pretty badly. We definitely have a bad taste in our mouth, and we want to win this week more than any other week,\u201d Eves stated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, North Penn ended their season with a 6-5 record. They have improved tremendously since last year, and they\u2019re planning to stay on that upward grind until they reach the top.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think a lot of kids stepped up this year. Last year, we had a lot of inexperience especially late in the season, but we had so many returning starters this year in contrast from last year. Our quarterback, Matt Bucksar<\/span><b>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has really stepped it up. I know how good Matt is, and Matt knows how good the rest of the team is. We really lean on that,\u201d Eves said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While leaning on their trust of each other, the Knights have been preparing for Friday\u2019s game for many weeks now. One of their greatest strengths is their secure mentality and positive attitude.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<aside>\n    <div class='pullquote sno-pullquote-6a60710d9fc8f sno-animate pullquote-shadow'>\n                <div class=\"quotebody\">\n                        <div class='largequote'>&ldquo;<\/div>\n                                    <p class='pullquotetext'>We\u2019re just going to go in and do the same thing we\u2019ve done all year. We\u2019ve done a great job in the weight room during these past weeks, and we stay healthy. We\u2019re confident in ourselves and our starters and even our backups. If everyone does their job, we\u2019ll be successful<\/p>\n                            <p class='quotespeaker'>&mdash; Ryan Bocklet <\/p>\n                        <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<style>\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9fc8f {\n    display: flex;\n    float: left;\n    margin: 30px 30px 30px 0;\n    width: 50%;\n    border-color: #0b1447;\n    border-top-width: 5px;\n    border-right-width: 5px;\n    border-bottom-width: 5px;\n    border-left-width: 5px;\n    background-color: #c7d7ed;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9fc8f p.pullquotetext,\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9fc8f p.quotespeaker {\n    color: #000000 !important;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9fc8f .pullquotepic {\n    width: 33%;\n    margin-left: 25px;\n}\n.sno-story-body .sno-pullquote-6a60710d9fc8f p.pullquotetext {\n    font-size: 22px;\n    line-height: 1.4em;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9fc8f .quotebar {\n    background: #dddddd;\n    flex: 0 0 90px;\n    margin-top: -15px;\n    margin-left: -15px;\n    padding-left: 15px;\n    padding-top: 15px;\n    margin-right: 15px;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9fc8f .largequote {\n\tcolor: #888888;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60710d9fc8f .quotebody {\n    width: unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re just going to go in and do the same thing we\u2019ve done all year. We\u2019ve done a great job in the weight room during these past weeks, and we stay healthy. We\u2019re confident in ourselves and our starters and even our backups. If everyone does their job, we\u2019ll be successful,\u201d Bocklet noted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because anyone with eyes can see how skillful both teams are, at the end of the day, it\u2019s going to take more than just ability to win. What makes North Penn special is their overflowing passion to win and the forward attitude to do so.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[Winning] would mean everything. We\u2019ve been here since January. We\u2019ve been putting in the hours. [It\u2019s been] an unbelievable amount of time and effort spent by the whole team,\u201d Bocklet declared.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The long awaited kickoff will take place at 7:30pm at the Central Bucks South Stadium.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re just going to keep leaning on each other,\u201d Eves concluded. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOWAMENCIN- The North Penn Knights will take on the Central Bucks South Titans in an away game this Friday, to see who will take the driver&#8217;s seat in the SOL National Conference. So far in this season, both teams are 6-0, but in a few days, that won\u2019t be the case anymore. Winning 42-21 against&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1475,6,11],"tags":[],"staff_name":[1429],"class_list":["post-44489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-sports","category-top-stories","staff_name-alyssa-valdivia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44490,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44489\/revisions\/44490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44489"},{"taxonomy":"staff_name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/staff_name?post=44489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}