When Joe Bernard returned to his roots and was hired as Bethlehem Catholic’s head football coach last March, he promised the Golden Hawks would be a more disciplined team.

Saturday night’s season-opening 28-10 victory over visiting East Pennsboro at Bethlehem Area School District Stadium showed Bethlehem Catholic’s players are buying into what Bernard is selling.

8/23 - 7:00 PM Football Final East Pennsboro 10 Bethlehem Catholic 28

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“One of the things I’ve stressed since I got here was that we have to be a more disciplined football team and I think we were tonight,” said Bernard who began his coaching odyssey in the early 1980s as an assistant on Bob Stem’s staff at Bethlehem Catholic while still a student at Moravian University. “We’re a more disciplined foot

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