Friday Night Highlights: Playoff Edition! Scores, stats, recaps from the first round

The playoffs are here and we sure had a wild opening weekend!

See how your favorite teams fared right here — and be sure to check back for updates as Saturday's games go final and all weekend for final scores, stats, game recaps, photos and highlight videos.

Beginning Monday at 5 p.m., cast your vote for Football Player of the Week.

Who was named Week 10's 'Football Player of the Week?'

Council Rock North junior Jack Paessler was voted Courier Times/Intell's Football Player of the Week. Paessler had a huge game on defense in the annual Rock Unity Cup game against CR South.

In addition to eight tackles & two pass deflections, Paessler blocked an extra point attempt late in the fourth quarter. The Indians won the game 21-20, with the blocked PAT being the difference. He received 41 percent of the vote.

District One

No. 14 North Penn 22, No. 3 Pennsbury 21 (Class 6A, first round)

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He hadn’t caught a ball all game, but with the season on the line at Pennsbury Friday night, North Penn tight end Bobby Hill got the play call.

With 1:01 to play, the Knights had just pulled within 21-20 thanks to a 9-yard touchdown run by Amir Major. Coach Dick Beck then went for two, and on a play-action, Ryan Zeltt found a wide-open Hill in the back on the end zone for the lead. That proved to be the game winner as the Knights (6-5) advanced to the District One Class 6A quarterfinals with a 22-21 win.

North Penn built a 14-0 halftime edge before not recovering the second-half kickoff, sparking Pennsbury (9-2) to score the next 21 points. All of those came on touchdown runs by top back Galamama Mulbah.

-Vince Paravecchia

No. 1 Bristol 44, No. 4 New Hope-Solebury 22 (Class 2A, championship)

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Kendell Cottrell rushed for four touchdowns on Friday night to lead Bristol to a 44-22 victory over New Hope-Solebury for the District One Class AA title.

Jaden Bobbs and Brandon Anthony also ran for scores for the Warriors (8-1), who will host West Catholic next Friday night at 7 in a District 1/12/3 regional.

For New Hope (2-9), Aidan Ferraez and Jack Tangradi caught touchdown passes and Nick Messick ran for a score.

-Tom Waring

No. 7 Souderton 10, No. 10 CB South 0 (Class 6A, first round)

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No. 7 seed Souderton got a touchdown on a keeper from quarterback Jared Zimmerman in the first quarter and a 35-yard field goal from Ty Quintois in the third period and beat visiting No. 10 seed Central Bucks South, 10-0, in a District One Class 6A opening-round playoff game.

Zimmerman passed for 102 yards and rushed for another 64 to lead the Big Red. Despite not finding the end zone, the Titans outgained Souderton in total yards, 318-236. The Big Red advance to the district quarterfinals against the winner of No. 2 seed Perkiomen Valley and No. 15 seed Owen J. Roberts next Friday.

-Joe Fite

No. 11 Central Bucks West 42, No. 5 Central Bucks East 26 (Class 6A, first round)

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Eli Boehm rushed for a game-high 130 yards and three touchdowns to help visiting Central Bucks West upend archrival Central Bucks East 42-26 in the opening round of the PIAA District One Class 6A playoffs. The win moved the Bucks, who also beat the Patriots a week ago, into next week's quarterfinals at home against North Penn. The loss ended the season for East.

-Drew Markol

No. 2 Jenkintown 48, No. 3 Morrisville 14 (Class 1A, championship)

No. 1 Garnet Valley 63, No. 16 Quakertown 14 (Class 6A, first round)

The Panthers had the unenviable task of taking on No. 1 seed Garnet Valley in their first-round matchup. The game was a rematch of last year’s district semifinal, which Garnet Valley won 58-39. This time around, the Panthers were a different team, rebuilding after losing many seniors from last year’s 13-1 team. The Panthers finished the season 5-6 after struggling in the first half of the season. The Panthers will return quarterbacks Brady Martin and Vince Micucci, receiver Adam Streahle, linebacker Gavin Carroll, and cornerback Reagan Payne, among others, next year. The Panthers will play Pennridge in the annual Thanksgiving Day game.

No. 8 Great Valley 24, No. 9 Upper Moreland 21 (Class 5A, first round)

The Golden Bears were edged by Great Valley in a back-and-forth battle in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs. Quarterback Shawn Herbert ran the ball in from one yard out to give the Golden Bears the first lead of the game. The play was set up when Stephen Broderick intercepted a Great Valley pass and returned it to the 15-yard line. After Great Valley scored, Broderick raced 80 yards to give the Golden Bears a 14-7 lead. Great Valley scored again, and the Golden Bears answered again. Aiden Casey scored on an eight yard run, which followed a 60-yard pass from Herbert to Zion Akimbo. All that happened before halftime, and Great Valley would score the final points of the game to take the win in the close contest. Upper Moreland finished the season with an 8-3 record.

Philadelphia Catholic League

La Salle 28, Father Judge 7 (Class 6A, Semifinal)

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La Salle junior quarterback John McSorley threw three touchdown passes and junior running back Stevie Davis broke loose for an 80-yard touchdown on the first play of the second half to give the Explorers a 28-7 victory over Father Judge. After Friday night’s District 12 Class 6A semifinal win at Wissahickon, 5-5 La Salle will face mighty Saint Joseph’s Prep for the district title next Saturday night.

McSorley's touchdown passes covered 27 yards to sophomore receiver James Dolan, 26 yards to senior receiver Ryan Sorge and 25 yards to senior receiver Nole Henry, who also caught a 2-point conversion pass from McSorley. The Explorers had defeated Judge 27-6 in their Philadelphia Catholic League Red Division regular-season finale one week earlier.

-Tom Moore

Neumann-Goretti 20, Conwell-Egan 10 (Class 3A championship)

Saturday:

Roman 28, Archbishop Wood 0 (Class 5A Championship)

A challenging season for the Vikings came to an end against Roman. Tyseer Denmark scored two touchdowns while freshman quarterback Semaj Beals threw two touchdown passes for the Cahillites.

Ryan Wilson led the Vikings with 61 rushing yards and 24 passing yards, completing 6-of-8 passing attempts. The Vikings, who lost many players due to graduation and transfers, finished 1-7 in a rebuilding year under new head coach David Armstrong. Regardless, the Vikings’ players gave it their best effort every time they were on the field.

District 12

No. 4 Catasaqua 17, No. 1 Palisades 14

Kai Stianseon and Steven Lilly each scored rushing touchdowns to give Palisades a 14-0 lead, but it was all Catasauqua in the second half. Senior Christian Fye threw the game-tying touchdown reception and then kicked the game-winning field goal as time expired to clinch the upset win. The Pirates concluded a successful 8-3 season under first-year head coach Bobby Smith, after a 2-8 campaign last year.

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