Boyertown scored the game’s first 22 points and kept its distance from Upper Merion in a 36-20 victory that gave the Bears a winning season finale.
Senior running back Cole Yesavage went out on a high note after his 30 carries for 279 yards and three touchdowns.
Also figuring into the Bears’ 443 rushing yards were Jason Oakes (12 carries, 93 yards) and Anthony Famularo (10 carries, 65 yards).
Upper Merion QB Jackson Solley was 13-for-23 for 219 yards.
Upper Merion avoided a first-half blanking when Hal Eaton caught a 3-yard TD pass from Solley.
Solley also connected with Erick Ramirez (3 catches, 118 yards) and Kylee Hill on long TD throws of 80- and 70 yards, respectively.
Boyertown 36, Upper Merion 20
Upper Merion 0 6 0 14 – 20
Boyertown 16 6 0 14 – 36
First quarter
B-Cole Yesavage 2 run (kick blocked), 9:00
B-Yesavage 5 run (Connor Houck pass from Ryder Gehris), 2:48
B-Safety, 1:11
Second quarter
B-Jason Oakes 9 run (kick failed), 1:00
UM-Hal Eaton 3 pass from Jackson Solley (kick failed), 0:00
Fourth quarter
B-Yesavage 4 run (Morgan kick), 9:54
UM-Erick Ramirez 80 pass from Solley (Kylee Hill pass from Solley), 9:40
B-Anthony Famularo 4 run (Morgan kick), 6:13
UM-Hill 70 pass from Isaiah Wright (pass failed), 5:56
Team Statistics
TEAM STATISTICS
UM BOY
First Downs 8 19
Rushing Yards 32 443
Passing Yards 289 56
Total Yards 257 499
Passes C-A-I 14-24-0 3-4-1
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 8-40 7-84
Punts-Avg. 5-36.8 2-38.5
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Upper Merion: Scavello 9-9, Solley 4-(-17), Palladino 1-(-24).
Boyertown: Yesavage 30-279, 3 TD; Oakes 12-93, TD; Famularo 10-65, TD; Gehris 5-6
Passing
Upper Merion: Solley 13-23-0-219, 2 TD; Isaiah Wright 1-1-0-79
Boyertown: Gehris 3-4-1-56
Receiving
UM: Ramirez 3-118, TD: Hill 3-93; Edwards 3-43, Scavello 2-23, Eaton 2-4, Simmons 1-8.
B: Famularo 2-24, Houck 1-32
Interceptions: UM-Hill
