HAMPTON TWP — Knoch was having trouble sustaining a ground game against Hampton Friday, so coach Mike King simply took what the Talbots gave him.

Quarterback Ky Kenyon consistently rolled out of the pocket, rushing and passing for more than 100 yards each for the second consecutive week and tossed a pair of touchdown passes.

However, it was Kory Wood's 33-yard field goal with 1:03 left in the third quarter that proved to be the difference in a 17-14 victory over the Talbots in Greater Allegheny Conference football action.

In the past two weeks, the Knights (5-0, 2-0) have received stiff tests from Fox Chapel and the Talbots. Hampton limited Andrew Rumburg-Goodlin to 25 yards on 11 carries.

"We became one-dimensional in the second half," said King. "We rolled Ky out because we wanted to get him on the corner. They had everything packed in.

"That's the best defense we've faced. We did whatever we had to do to win," he added.

"They were covering Dakota (Bruggeman). He was a big playmaker last week (three touchdowns)." said Kenyon. "By making me run, that opened things up."

Kenyon finished with 118 yards on 20 carries while no other ball carrier mustered more than 25 yards.

"They had a tough defensive line and a tough defensive team," said Kenyon, who also talied 101 yards on 8-of-16 passing.

"I think we really needed this game to learn where we really are," Kenyon added.

The Knights also boasted a strong defensive effort, limiting the Talbots to 194 total yards and had four interceptions, including three in the second half.

Hampton had tied the game for the second time when Talbots quarterback Phil Powell tossed a 47-yard scoring strike to freshman Eddie Edwards, who split a pair of defenders with 5:10 left in the third quarter for a 14-all score.

Knoch answered with a 11-play drive, capped by Wood's 33-yard boot.

Knoch had a first-and-10 at the Hampton 16, but holding penalties on consecutive plays pushed the Knights back to the Talbots 33.

Kenyon completed 2-of-3 passes for 24 yards and at one point had 39 yards on three consecutive keepers.

Mac Megahan intercepted a pair of passes in the fourth quarter to end the Talbots' chance of a comeback.

"Our defense came up huge, outside of that one play (Edwards' score)," said King. "That's a team that went to the WPIAL semifinals last year. Yeah, they lost some kids, but they know how to win."

The Knights opened the scoring on a 13-yard pass from Kenyon to Adam Tuzikow with 2:44 left in the first quarter.

Hampton (1-4, 1-2) tied the game when Ryan Gally pulled in a 15-yard pass play from Powell with 4:57 in the second.

Knoch went three-and-out before Hampton got the ball. The Talbots were at midfield with 2:30 to play before Alex Strezeski intercepted a pass and put Knoch at its own 38.

Kenyon engineered a seven-play drive in which he completed 4-of-5 passes for 44 yards.

The drive ended when Kenyon found Adam Seger in the middle of the end zone for a 6-yard score with 27.5 seconds before the half.

The wins have become tougher, but so have the Knights. According to King, there's still some work to be done.

"We have to evaluate things, but we're talking here like we lost the game, but we didn't" said King. "The kids won and we're 5-0."

"We have a line of conference games now, and we're 0-0 as far as we're concerned," said Kenyon "We've done the work Monday and every day of the week."