Williams Valley and Mahanoy Area tangle Friday night in Mahanoy City (Photo by Josh Zelinsky).

MAHANOY CITY — Williams Valley’s running game continued to dominate Friday night against Mahanoy Area.

Sophomore running back Fletcher Thompson rushed for 163 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the Vikings coasted past the Golden Bears 42-0 in a Schuylkill-Colonial Blue Division game at Coach Faz Field at Alumni Stadium.

The Vikes finished with 341 yards rushing, racking up 17 first downs. In two games, Williams Valley is 2-0 and has outscored its opponents 96-0.

Thompson scored the game’s first points 50 seconds into the game on a 50-yard run.

After a three-and-out by the Golden Bears (0-2, 0-1 Blue), the Vikings struck again on a 17-yard run by Trevon Bair to make it 14-0 in the first quarter.

To end the first quarter, Thompson ran in a 8-yard touchdown to put the Vikings up 20-0 after 12 minutes.

The Vikings did not slow down on the ground. In the second quarter, quarterback Brady Shomper scored on a 5-yard run. A successful two-point conversion put the Vikings up 28-0, which they carried into the half.

After a three-and-out by the Golden Bears to start the third quarter, Thompson took a short pass by Shomper 49 yards for another Vikings touchdown to make it 35-0.

Thompson took a big hit to the head by a Golden Bears defender that was heard throughout the whole stadium but was not fazed by it and continued for the touchdown.

“I got a little angry after the hit and I was thinking I can not let that happen to me so I had to go all the way,” Thompson said.

Added Williams Valley head coach Stephen Sedesse: “That hit he took and being able to come back from that to make the play was awesome.”

Evan Achenbach capped Williams Valley’s dominant performance with a 2-yard TD reception from Shomper that made it 42-0.

Thompson credited the hard work it took to get to where he is to his dad and a few teammates he grew up with.

 “My dad was a running back too, and every night growing up we would go outside out back and practice everything,” Thompson said.

Game Summary

Williams Valley 42, Mahanoy Area 0

WV (2-0, 1-0)     20       8          7          7  —    42

MA (0-2, 0-1)      0        0          0          0  —    0

WV — Thompson 50 run (Smeltz kick)

WV — Bair 17 run (Smeltz kick)

WV — Thompson 8 run (kick failed)

WV — Shomper 5 run (run good)

WV — Thompson 27 pass from Shomper (Smeltz kick)

WV — Achenbach 2 pass from Shomper (Smeltz kick)

Team Statistics

WV-MA

First Downs —-   17    3

Rushes-Yards — 29-341     22-52

Passes —- 9-16-1      2-6-1

Passing Yards —- 116     17

Total Yards —- 457    69

Fumbles/Lost —- 0-0     3-1

Penalties — 2-20      3-30

Individual Statistics

RUSHING: Williams Valley — Thompson 10-163, Shomper 9-108, Bair 3-26, Green 3-23, Hubler 3-19, Lords 1-2. Mahanoy Area — Quick 10-17, Contreras 6-26, Santos 2-5, Stoyer 3-3, Kowalchick 1-1

PASSING: Williams Valley —- Shomper 9-15-1, 126; Green 0-1-0. Mahanoy Area —- Contreras 2-4-0, 17; Kowalchick 0-2-1

RECEIVING: Williams Valley — Thompson 2-51, Lords 2-34, Achenbach 3-18, Crisswell 2-13. Mahanoy Area — Redgate 1-16, Arevalo 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS: Williams Valley — Achenbach. Mahanoy Area — Quick.