Westmoreland County roundup: Hoyle leads Greensburg Salem to Big Nine conference win

By: HSSN Staff
Friday, September 1, 2017 | 11:00 PM

Greensburg Salem got off to a strong start in the Class 4A Big Nine Conference with a 48-7 victory at Ringgold on Friday night.

Senior quarterback Jacob Hoyle threw three touchdown passes and ran for another to stake the Golden Lions to a 28-7 lead at halftime. Hoyle finished with 157 rushing yards and 147 through the air.

The Greensburg Salem defense held Ringgold to 101 total yards and forced two turnovers.

Joey Williams, Aaron Putt and Trent Patrick all had rushing touchdowns.

Canon-McMillan 33, Hempfield 28 — Trey Lewis' 10-yard touchdown pass to Greyden Piechnick with 54 seconds left in the game gave Canon-McMillan (2-0, 1-0) the Southeastern Conference win against Hempfield (1-1, 0-1). Lewis threw for 225 yards and three touchdowns and Drew Engel caught five passes for 141 yards and a score. Blake Remaley paced Hempfield with 192 passing yards and two TDs.

Hempfield quarterback Justin Sliwoski left the game in the first quarter with a shoulder injury.

Gateway 41, Latrobe 8 — Brady Walker threw for 243 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 82 yards and another score to lead Gateway (2-0, 1-0) to the Class 5A Big East Conference win over Latrobe (0-2, 0-1). Iasiah Cameron added 113 rushing yards and a 69-yard touchdown on six carries and caught five passes for 72 yards and a TD. Latrobe converted two field goals and a safety for its scores.

Penn-Trafford 48, Connellsville 7 — Cam Laffoon completed 9 of 13 passes for 158 yards and two scores as Penn-Trafford (2-0, 1-0) won a Class 5A Big East Conference game. John Gay added touchdown runs of 1 and 56 yards, and Caleb Lisbon scored on an 86-yard kickoff return and 16-yard run. Jon Peduzzi added two scores.

Belle Vernon 29, Albert Gallatin 6 — Jared Hartman threw for 181 yards and three scores, and Mason Pascoe ran for 105 yards to give Belle Vernon (1-0, 1-0) a Big Nine Conference win.

Mt. Pleasant 55, Waynesburg 13— Cody Reese rushed for 118 yards on just four carries, including scoring runs of 84 and 7 yards, as Mt. Pleasant (1-1, 1-0) defeated Waynesburg (0-1, 0-1) in the Class 3A Interstate Conference. Reese added two receiving touchdowns from quarterback Luke Pieszak, who threw for 208 yards and three TDs.

South Park 42, Southmoreland 7 — Damon Smith scored on touchdowns of 90 and 46 yards — his only carries of the game — as South Park (1-0, 1-0) downed Southmoreland (0-1, 0-1) in the Class 3A Interstate Conference. Isaiah Mack added two rushing touchdowns for South Park, which led 35-0 at the half. Colt Harper rushed for 109 yards in the loss.

Carmichaels 33, Monessen 15 — Monessen opened Class A Tri-County South Conference play with a loss and fell to 0-2 overall.

Beth-Center 21, Yough 6 — Yough fell to 0-2 with a nonconference loss at Beth-Center (2-0).

Ligonier Valley 56, Saltsburg 0 — In a District 6 Heritage Conference game, Ligonier Valley rolled to a 2-0 record with a blowout victory.