The final score appears more frightening than the game indicated, but Garnet Valley’s defense did have to navigate a few tricky moments in the third quarter to survive its District 1 Class 5A first round encounter Saturday night.

Four rushing touchdowns from Paxton Hunt and an unstoppable rushing attack led the seventh-seeded Jaguars to a 49-35 win over No. 10 Upper Perkiomen.

It sends the Jaguars (8-3) to unbeaten No. 2 seed Chester in next week’s quarterfinals. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Garnet Valley led 21-7 by the end of the first quarter and had five first-half touchdowns on just 13 offensive plays, doing whatever it wanted against the Upper Perk defense. But a successful two-minute drill to end the first half and an onside kick in the third quarter got the Indians (7-4) wi

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