Everything you need to know from Week 7 WPIAL action

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TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 7 high school football action.

WEEK 7 TOP PERFORMERS

Top passers, rushers and receivers from Week 7

WPIAL Week 7 Roundup

GAMES OF THE WEEK

■ LIGONIER VALLEY 49, NORTHERN CAMBRIA 6
Two touchdowns each from Aaron Tutino, Kyrie Miller and Sam Sheeder, blended with a stout defense, led Ligonier Valley to a 49-6 victory and the team’s third consecutive conference title.

■ FREEPORT 48, BURRELL 3
The senior tandem of Austin Romanchak and Conor Selinger powered a rushing attack that piled up 350 yards, and a stingy defense held Burrell under 100 total yards.

■ BELLE VERNON 28, WEST MIFFLIN 12
Belle Vernon tailback Mason Pascoe rushed 31 times for 204 yards and two touchdowns.

ALLEGHENY

■ PINE-RICHLAND 42, MT. LEBANON 24
Pine-Richland’s Luke Meckler put on a show that few of his peers can say they have ever matched by scoring three touchdowns in three different ways – rushing, receiving and on an interception return.

■ BETHEL PARK 28, BALDWIN 7
Bethel Park jumped out to a 14-point lead less than six minutes into the game.

■ UPPER ST. CLAIR 24, MOON 16
Upper St. Clair quarterback Jason Sweeney completed 16 of 23 passes for 130 yards and ran for a 20-yard touchdown in the second quarter.

■ CHARLEROI 46, McGUFFEY 33
The two conference heavyweights went toe-to-toe throughout the game, but it was Charleroi pulling away in the fourth quarter for the win.

■ BEAVER 47, QUAKER VALLEY 14
The Bobcats scored on its first six possessions of the game.

■ AVONWORTH 28, EAST ALLEGHENY 14
Avonworth put six points on the board before their offense even touched the field when Senior Turner Grau took the opening kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown.

■ SERRA 23, SOUTH ALLEGHENY 6
The first half of play, neither team had much going offensively as the score was just 7-6 at the half.

■ MOHAWK @ BURGETTSTOWN (1:30 p.m. Saturday)

■ STO-ROX @ BISHOP CANEVIN (7 p.m. Saturday)

WESTMORELAND

■ CANON-McMILLAN 34, NORWIN 12
Receiver-turned-tailback Drew Engel ran for a career-best 282 yards and three touchdowns on 33 carries, and the Big Macs piled up 362 yards on the ground.

■ NORTH ALLEGHENY 49, HEMPFIELD 27
By the time there were three minutes remaining in the second quarter, the starters for the Tigers were done for the night.

■ DERRY 63, YOUGH 20
Derry’s Justin Flack scored eight touchdowns — six rushing, one on special teams and one on defense.

■ LATROBE 28, PLUM 6
A mishandled handoff by Plum was scooped up by Latrobe linebacker Tucker Knupp and returned 23 yards for a touchdown to give the Wildcats a 14-6 halftime lead.

■ GREENSBURG SALEM 35, RINGGOLD 0
After punting on their first drive, Greensburg Salem scored on five straight possessions.

■ JEANNETTE 40, GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC 14
Seth Howard passed for 272 yards and a touchdown and rushed for three more scores to lead top-ranked Jeannette.

■ FRANKLIN REGIONAL 42, CONNELLSVILLE 9

■ ELIZABETH FORWARD 55, MT. PLEASANT 13

■ MONESSEN 42, MAPLETOWN 0

■ PENN-TRAFFORD 42, TRINITY 6

■ SOUTHMORELAND 72, SHENANGO 28

AK VALLEY

■ SOUTH FAYETTE 54, HIGHLANDS 21
Quarterback Jamie Diven completed 9 of 10 passes for 219 yards and four touchdowns in the first half.

■ STEEL VALLEY 64, APOLLO-RIDGE 21
Steel Valley (6-1, 5-1), the Class 2A runner-up last year, scored 40 or more points for the fourth consecutive week and for the fifth time this season.

■ VALLEY 22, SUMMIT ACADEMY 20
The final touchdown tied the score at 20-20. Valley (2-3, 3-5) sealed the win when Green connected with Evan Anderson for the 2-point conversion.

■ IMANI CHRISTIAN 46, LEECHBURG 10
A touchdown by Saints quarterback Israel Reed with 35 seconds left in the second quarter gave Imani a 13-point advantage at the intermission, setting up a big second half.

■ RIVERVIEW 18, SPRINGDALE 0
Riverview senior running back Devon Binz plowed his way to 127 yards on 26 carries.

■ KEYSTONE OAKS 50, DEER LAKES 0

■ McKEESPORT 66, KISKI AREA 6
McKeesport used splash plays from running backs Devin Sims and Devari Robinson and a handful of fourth-down stops early to overcome a litany of penalties and turnovers to beat visiting Kiski Area.

■ FOX CHAPEL 49, MARS 14

■ KNOCH 24, NEW CASTLE 21

OTHER SCORES

Scores, summaries and schedules: Oct. 12, 2018