WPIAL Week 5 Regional High School Football Roundup
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Saturday, September 30, 2017 | 12:38 AM
TribLive’s sports writers have you covered from Friday’s Week 5 regional high school football action.
GAMES OF THE WEEK
■ PENN-TRAFFORD 28, GATEWAY 0
Warriors coach John Ruane will empty the playbook to beat you, and he did that Friday in the WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference showdown for first-place at Warrior Stadium.
■ PINE-RICHLAND 47, CENTRAL CATHOLIC 17
No. 1-ranked Pine-Richland scored seven first-half touchdowns — all by senior running back Jordan Crawford — in Friday night’s 47-17 victory over No. 2 Central Catholic, a Northern Seven rivalry that quickly turned into mismatch this time.
■ SETON LaSALLE 35, APOLLO-RIDGE 21
Behind a virtuoso performance by running back Lionel Deanes — 285 yards and three long touchdown runs — Class 3A No. 2 Seton LaSalle pulled away for a 35-21 victory over host Apollo-Ridge in an Allegheny Conference game.
■ FREEPORT 44, BURRELL 0
Freeport junior running back Conor Selinger rushed for a game-high 154 and two touchdowns to lead the Yellowjackets to a 44-0 win that kept Freeport (4-1, 3-0) perfect in the Allegheny Conference.
■ SPRINGDALE 42, RIVERVIEW 13
The Dynamos didn’t have any passing yards, but they rushed for 278 yards and six touchdowns in a 42-13 victory.
■ WEST MIFFLIN 14, GREENSBURG SALEM 7
Poor tackling, penalties and missed opportunities hindered Greensburg Salem early, and the offense sputtered in a 14-7 Class 4A Big Nine loss to West Mifflin before an umbrella-wielding crowd on homecoming night.
WESTMORELAND
■ PETERS TOWNSHIP 13, NORWIN 7
■ GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC 36, LEECHBURG 13
■ WAYNESBURG 36, SOUTHMORELAND 14
■ LATROBE at McKEESPORT, (SAT 1:00 p.m.)
AK VALLEY
■ HIGHLANDS 30, ALBERT GALLATIN 20
■ WEST ALLEGHENY 31, KISKI AREA 7
OTHER SCORES
Scores, summaries and schedules: Sept. 30, 2017
WEEK 5 TOP PERFORMERS
Top passers, rushers and receivers of the week
More High School Football
• Westmoreland County high school football notebook: Colleges taking note of Penn-Trafford running back Tasso Whipple• Coaches from variety of backgrounds come together to lead Jeannette on playoff run
• Trib 10: 3 pairs of power-ranked teams to clash this weekend
• PIAA football postseason set to commence
• The Birdie gives props to Jeannette’s last men standing, makes semifinal pick
