When it was over, all Penn Manor could do was tip its collective cap.

No use complaining, no use kicking and screaming.

What the Comets saw on film this past week when scouting Wilson was exactly what they got when the Bulldogs had finished their 42-0 steamroll job at Millersville University's Chryst Field on Friday night.

"They did everything we thought they would do," Penn Manor tight end/defensive end Cody Booth said of the undefeated Bulldogs. "They are just a better team."

With Warwick losing to Hempfield, the Bulldogs (6-0 Section One, 9-0 overall) sewed up their second Section One title in the last three years. That's 19 section titles (one in Section Two) since 1978.

Wilson, the No. 4-ranked Class AAAA team in the latest Patriot-News statewide poll, rolled up 427 yards of offense, 251 on the ground, while limiting the Comets to 126 yards and five first downs. Manor crossed midfield on only two possessions.

"Their players just execute so well," Penn Manor coach Todd Mealy said.

The Comets (4-2, 7-2) appeared to get a spark when they thwarted the Bulldogs' opening drive, making Wilson surrender the ball on downs at the Manor 6. Penn Manor's Mike Treier, Derek Sauder and Brandon Spangler teamed to blunt Dylan Stopper's rush from the 1 on third down.

After a Wilson penalty for illegal procedure, Bulldogs quarterback Steve Huber's pass to Alex Fegley was short in the end zone.

But Wilson returned to deep in Manor territory in short order. After a Comets' three-and-out, Fegley took Jared Shearer's punt on the run and returned it 27 yards to the PM 4. Stopper blasted in from there to put Wilson up, 7-0.

"I thought we had some momentum after that series but we couldn't get anything going offensively," said Booth, whose three receptions were all the Comets could muster for the game.

Wilson converted Fegley's acrobatic interception at midfield into a 14-0 lead on Stopper's second TD of the game.

Wilson made Manor pay again, turning the second of QB P.J. Rehm's four interceptions, this one by Patrick O'Brien, into a Huber-to-Fegley 63-yard TD pass.

"We're kind of cocky," Fegley said in a most uncocky way. "I think that helps us because we know we're better. We just have really high expectations."

Wilson's unblemished record indicates that it has met those expectations. But coach Doug Dahms sees room for improvement. In the Reading Eagle on Friday, he mentioned his disappointment in last week's 51-3 win over Manheim Township.

"The bottom line is somewhere down the road, we're going to face a team that's our equal, physically and everything else, and those mistakes (like not punching it in on their first possession) are going to kill us," Dahms said. "That's what you keep stressing. I want to see flawless football."

Dahms can't be singled out for that thought. That's the goal of every coach, right?

The Bulldogs increased their lead to 28-0 right before halftime when they completed a two-minute drill with Zacc Groff's (14 carries, 113 yards) 19-yard TD rumble off left tackle.

Wilson opened the second half with a 67-yard drive that ended with Groff's 12-yard sprint off the left edge, giving the Bulldogs a 35-0 lead and triggering the mercy rule for the sixth straight game.

Manor ran only 13 plays thereafter and couldn't get past the Wilson 29. Nick Greth scored a late TD for Wilson, completing the scoring.

Although the Comets have dropped their last two games, their seven wins will get them into the AAAA playoffs.

"We start a new season on Monday," Booth said. "We just have to concentrate on Cedar Crest and get ready for the playoffs."

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