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Trib HSSN’s Week 2 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 2 high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 267 - Cole Spencer, Pine-Richland (22 of 35) 242 - Nathan Harper, Avonworth (20 of 39) 240 - Carsen Engleka, Gateway (19 of 25) 239 - Jake Pugh, Thomas Jefferson (12 of 28) 238 - Ryan Hubner, Plum...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 18, 2020
Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan 24, Mt. Lebanon 17 Central Catholic 38, Norwin 28 Seneca Valley 38, Hempfield 0 Baldwin at North Allegheny, ppd. Class 4A Big 8 Belle Vernon 45, West Mifflin 0 Laurel Highlands 16, Ringgold 12 Thomas Jefferson 51, Trinity 14 Greater Allegheny Greensburg Salem...
WPIAL Class A roundup: Laure rushes for 5 TDs to lead Rochester past Union
Sal Laure ran for 226 yards and five touchdowns to lead Rochester to a 54-24 victory against Union (0-2, 0-2) in the Class A Big Seven Conference on Friday night. Denny Robinson added 113 rushing yards and two touchdowns for Rochester (2-0, 2-0). Tyler Staub paced Union’s offense with 168...
WPIAL Class 2A roundup: No. 1 Beaver Falls runs past Laurel
Josh Hough ran for 202 yards and two touchdowns and Shileak Livingstone added 103 rushing yards and two TDs as top-ranked Beaver Falls stayed unbeaten with a 29-14 victory over Laurel (1-1, 1-1) in the Class 2A Midwestern Conference on Friday night. Michael Pasquarello and Luke McCoy scored touchdowns for...
WPIAL Class 3A roundup: Southmoreland edges South Allegheny in Interstate Conference
Zach Cernuto threw for 129 yards and a touchdown as Southmoreland scored a 28-21 victory over South Allegheny (0-2, 0-2) in Class 3A Interstate Conference play Friday night. Isaac Trout ran for a score and caught a TD pass for the Scotties, who improved to 1-1 overall and in conference...
WPIAL Class 5A roundup: Derrick Davis scores 4 times as Gateway tops Bethel Park
Carsen Engleka threw for 240 yards and four touchdowns to lead Class 5A No. 2 Gateway to a 55-14 victory over Bethel Park (0-2) in Class 5A nonconference play Friday. Derrick Davis ran for 157 yards and four touchdowns for Gateway (2-0), which scored all of its points in the...
Top-ranked Pine-Richland wastes no time in victory over No. 4 Upper St. ClairVideo
Pine-Richland quarterback Cole Spencer had the football in his hands so often Friday night that he felt like he’d left a half-dozen touchdowns on the field. The five they scored were plenty. Top-ranked Pine-Richland runs an up-tempo attack yet still dominated time of possession in a 34-13 win over No....
WPIAL Class 6A roundup: Canon-McMillan storms back to beat Mt. Lebanon
After falling behind early, Chris Davis’ 90-yard kickoff return sparked Canon-McMillan to a 24-17 comeback win over Mt. Lebanon in Class 6A play Friday night. Davis added a 64-yard scoring reception from Laymont Lyons, who threw for 104 yards. David Mowod capped the comeback with a 6-yard touchdown run in...
WPIAL Class 4A roundup: Rodney Gallagher lifts Laurel Highlands past Ringgold
Joe Chambers threw for 187 yards and a touchdown as Laurel Highlands captured a 16-12 victory over Ringgold (0-2, 0-2) in the Class 4A Big Eight Conference on Friday night. Rodney Gallagher caught six passes for 104 yards and ran for a touchdown for Laurel Highlands (1-1, 1-0). Landon Oslowski...
‘Sloppy’ Thomas Jefferson beats Trinity, sets up matchup against Belle Vernon
For the second consecutive week, Thomas Jefferson coach Bill Cherpak watched as his team once again was on the positive side of a lopsided outcome. The Jaguars followed last week’s 52-0 win over West Mifflin by overcoming an early deficit and making big plays when they needed in a 51-14...
No letdown for McGuffey after big win; Highlanders rout Charleroi
McGuffey coach Ed Dalton had to wonder how his team would respond after defeating Washington — one of their biggest wins in recent history — 7-6 last week. Early in a Century Conference game against Charleroi, Dalton probably was worried. However, the Highlanders defense stifled the hosts, and two special...
Belle Vernon shuts out West Mifflin for Big 8 victory
After a big win, Belle Vernoncoach Matt Humbert usually tells his team to enjoy it for a day or two before returning to practice the following week. Not this week. Minutes after his team blasted West Mifflin, 45-0, in a Class 4A Big 8 Conference matchup, Humbert told his team...
Seneca Valley makes waves in debut, routs Hempfield
The wait was a bit longer than expected, but when Seneca Valley finally was able to take the field for its football opener Friday night, the Raiders did not disappoint. Dustin Horn, making his first varsity start, threw four touchdown passes and rushed for another for Seneca Valley in a...
Knause’s faith in players helps Chartiers Valley knock off South Fayette
Even if things hadn’t always gone to plan Friday, Chartiers Valley coach Dan Knause had faith in his players. In the end, his trust paid off. Senior kicker Jacob Salsberry connected on a 22-yard field goal with 17 seconds remaining, and Chartiers Valley completed a second-half comeback to top visiting...
WPIAL high school football Week 2 scores for Sept. 18, 2020
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 2 high school football action. GAMES OF THE WEEK • PINE-RICHLAND 34, UPPER ST. CLAIR 13 Rams quarterback Cole Spencer threw three touchdowns — two to wide receiver Alex Gochis — and Caden Schweiger also scored twice in the win. •...
Woodland Hills rolls over Penn Hills in renewal of rivalry
Rivals who took a five-year hiatus, Penn Hills and Woodland Hills met once again at the Wolverena on Friday night. After giving up the opening score, the Wolverines scored 26 unanswered points to defeat the Indians, 26-7, in WPIAL Class 5A nonconference play. “It’s a great rivalry. I am glad...
Latrobe defeats Mt. Pleasant in teams’ 1st meeting since 1995
Most coaches believe the most improvement a team makes during a season is between the first and second games. That might be the case Friday as Latrobe ran over Mt. Pleasant, 35-7, in a nonconference matchup between a Class 5A program and a Class 3A program. Latrobe (1-1) converted two...
Apollo-Ridge stifles Freeport in nonconference victoryVideo
On its first play from scrimmage in Friday’s nonconference matchup with Apollo-Ridge, the Freeport offense went to the air. Vinnie Clark found Brady Stivenson wide open in the secondary, and the 56-yard touchdown completion stunned the Vikings. But the Apollo-Ridge defense clamped down from there, and the Vikings pulled away...
Peters Township forces 7 turnovers, takes down Penn-Trafford
Peters Township had no preseason scrimmage or Week 1 game, but an early defensive score set the tone as the Indians forced seven turnovers and overcame a late Penn-Trafford (1-1, 1-0 Big East) rally to defeat the Warriors, 24-21, in a Class 5A nonconference game. Senior defensive back Breylen Carrington...
No. 2 Mars converts late fourth down, stuns Highlands
The Highlands Golden Rams were one play from turning in one of the best defensive performances that coach Dom Girardi has ever seen. But that one play — a 39-yard pass from Mars quarterback Quinn Fuller to wide receiver Anthony Vargo on fourth-and-17 with just over a minute remaining —...
Greensburg Salem records win No. 700 by edging Knoch
At last, 700. Greensburg Salem crept to the doorstep of a milestone victory late last season but could not get it done in the playoffs. The team waited about 10 months to take another crack at it but fell short last week in the season opener. The Golden Lions were...
Top-ranked Clairton delivers early knockout at Leechburg
After scoring 55 points in the season opener last week, Leechburg was hoping to win five straight games for the first time since 1988 as the Blue Devils won their final three games of 2019. But top-ranked Clairton quickly stopped that notion. The defending WPIAL champion Bears scored three touchdowns...
Indiana’s Beckwith, Kiski Area’s Miller claim titles at unique Kiski Cavalier Invitational
Cool and breezy morning weather gave way to comfortable afternoon temperatures as some of the WPIAL’s top runners kicked off their fall seasons Friday at the Gingerbread Man Kiski Cavalier Invitational at Northmoreland Park in Allegheny Township. Because of covid protocols in place limiting the overall number of people permitted...
Wolf administration asks schools to voluntarily enforce gathering limits
The updated guidance for high school sports and spectators promised by Gov. Tom Wolf was a no-show Friday. Instead, the state Department of Education released an afternoon statement encouraging schools “to voluntarily enforce the 25-person indoor and 250-person outdoor gathering limitations while all of us wait for the court to...
5 things to watch in Week 2: Seneca Valley among 7 teams ready for delayed openers
Tired of making each other black and blue, Seneca Valley’s football players want to hit somebody not wearing blue and black. After enduring a summer longer than expected, the Raiders and six other WPIAL teams can make their season debuts this week. Covid-19 cancellations kept them idle in Week 1,...
