Two of the EPC South Division's top eight rushers won't see the football field again this season.

Freedom suffered a crushing blow this week when it learned that sophomore quarterback Joe Young would miss the rest of the season with a fractured hip socket. Emmaus also took a huge hit when junior running back Kyle Boney was diagnosed with a fractured tibia.

Young suffered his injury last week in a 29-28 overtime win against Whitehall. He finished the game without knowing the severity of his injury and scored a touchdown in overtime that set up the game-winning two-point conversion.

"I feel terrible for Joe," Freedom coach Jason Roeder said Thursday night. "Hes hurting, but hes already switched roles. Hes working on being an outstanding teammate and still doing everything in his power to help us win the next game. He even said the prayer at our team dinner tonight."

Young passed for 899 yards and eight touchdowns, and ran for 404 yards and seven touchdowns to help Freedom start the season 7-0. The Patriots will turn to junior Jonah Gundrum at quarterback this week when they host Parkland.

Gundrum started several games at QB last season before Young took over. Gundrum was playing wide receiver this season and was also a special-teams ace.

Boney's season-ending injury comes one week after Emmaus dismissed senior running back Wyl Miller from the team for disciplinary reasons. Miller was the team's leading rusher at the time of his dismissal with 712 yards.

Boney ran 17 times for 117 yards last week in a 31-28 win over Central Catholic but ended the game on crutches. He rushed for 436 yards and five touchdowns while averaging 9.3 yards per carry this season.

With Boney and Miller both gone, Emmaus will need someone to emerge to complement Andy Davidson. Davidson is coming off a 315-yard game against Central Catholic but also is the Green Hornets' best defender. Davidson ranks third in the South Division with 893 rushing yards.

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Freedom High QB Joe Young, Emmaus RB Kyle Boney out for season