Everything you need to know from Week 5 WPIAL action
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Friday, September 28, 2018 | 11:24 PM
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 5 high school football action.
WEEK 5 TOP PERFORMERS
Top passers, rushers and receivers from Week 5
GAMES OF THE WEEK
■ BELLE VERNON 48, GREENSBURG SALEM 14
On the first play for the game, senior running back Mason Pascoe raced 47 yards for a touchdown. On his next carry, he raced 70 yards for a score.
■ DEER LAKES 34, BURRELL 21
Deer Lakes forced a pair of red-zone turnovers and a key turnover on downs, holding off a resilient Burrell in a 34-21 victory.
■ PINE-RICHALAND 42, CENTRAL CATHOLIC 21
Pine’s Luke Meckler ran wild on nine carries for 245 yards and four touchdowns in the first quarter.
ALLEGHENY
■ NORTH ALLEGHENY 10, SENECA VALLEY 6
Both teams struggled on offense most of the night, but the Tigers did just enough to hold off the Raiders by a final score of 10-6.
■ BALDWIN 21, CHARTIERS VALLEY 14
It was an up-and-down game for Baldwin quarterback Mason Stahl. He accrued 225 total yards (141 pass, 84 rush) and three total touchdowns. The downside, he threw four interceptions.
■ BETHEL PARK 38, MOON 14
Junior Sean McGowan carried 24 times for 202 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the Blackhawks scored 24 second half points.
■ WEST ALLEGHENY 14, WOODLAND HILLS 13
On Friday night in Imperial, it was a pair of special teams plays that made the difference as the Indians upended the visiting Woodland Hills Wolverines.
■ SOUTH FAYETTE 21, BLACKHAWK 0
The game was scoreless at halftime as South Fayette quarterback Jamie Diven was just 2-9 for 38 yards passing.
■ QUAKER VALLEY 50, KEYSTONE OAKS 43
The game featured 10 different lead changes and no team ever lead by more than a touchdown.
■ BETH-CENTER 28, CHARLEROI 27
The Cougars (4-1, 3-1) were provided a golden opportunity to potentially strike with a go ahead score as Hunter Perry blocked a Beth-Center punt to give Charleroi possession at the Bulldogs’ 20-yard line with 1:27 on the clock.
■ MARS @ SHALER (1 p.m. Saturday)
■ LAUREL @ OUR LADY of SACRED HEART (3 p.m. Saturday)
WESTMORELAND
■ MT. LEBANON 37, HEMPFIELD 6
No. 5 Mt. Lebanon played a near-perfect game Friday night, and Hempfield seemingly could do little right.
■ NORWIN 42, BUTLER 0
The Knights made quick work of the Golden Tornado, carving up Butler’s secondary with ease in a 42-0 victory in Class 6A Section 1.
■ McKEESPORT 45, LATROBE 13
McKeesport (4-1, 2-1 Class 5A Big East) rushed for 338 yards. Five ball carriers had 40 or more yards.
■ PENN-TRAFFORD 45, PLUM 3
Junior quarterback Gabe Dunlap threw three first-half touchdown passes, including two to senior Dimitri George, and junior tailback Caleb Lisbon rushed for 164 yards and two scores.
■ ELIZABETH FORWARD 25, DERRY 22
Senior Zach Benedek finished 11 of 17 for 142 yards and a score and ran for 131 yards on 18 carries and another score to help his team remain undefeated and sit alone atop the conference standings.
■ FREEPORT 20, YOUGH 0
The Yellowjackets held the WPIAL rushing leader Dustin Shoaf to 89 yards on 23 carries, and the longest run he had was 10 yards on two occasions.
■ GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC 47, SPRINGDALE 0
Senior running back Brandon Ciccarelli delivered 85 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 19 carries.
■ FRANKLIN REGIONAL 65, ALBERT GALLATIN 0
■ NORTH CATHOLIC 49, MT. PLEASANT 7
■ JEANNETTE 44, BROWNSVILLE 0
■ McGUFFEY 42, SOUTHMORELAND 21
■ LIGONIER VALLEY 67, PURCHASE LINE 20
AK VALLEY
■ HAMPTON 34, KISKI AREA 31
Late in the third quarter, Kiski Area kicked off and into the hands of Hampton senior wide receiver Brandon Stephaney, who raced straight through the heart of the coverage team, did a pirouette at midfield to avoid a tackler and raced for a 98-yard touchdown.
■ HIGHLANDS 56, AMBRIDGE 17
Highlands built a double-digit lead by the end of the first quarter and never looked back.
■ CLAIRTON 36, LEECHBURG 0
Leechburg created turnovers and had opportunities to score with having short fields, however, the Blue Devils couldn’t capitalize.
■ FREEDOM 44, VALLEY 13
The Bulldogs (5-1) exploded for four touchdowns in four consecutive drives and rolled to a 44-13 nonconference victory.
■ UPPER ST. CLAIR 33, FOX CHAPEL 7
■ RIVERVIEW @ IMANI CHRISTIAN (1:30 p.m. Saturday)
■ APOLLO-RIDGE @ SHADY SIDE ACADEMY (2:30 p.m. Saturday)
OTHER SCORES
Scores, summaries and schedules: Sept. 28, 2018
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