WPIAL Week Zero Regional High School Football Roundup
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Saturday, August 25, 2018 | 4:37 AM
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week Zero high school football action.
GAMES OF THE WEEK
■ HEMPFIELD 27, GREENSBURG SALEM 24
Junior Nathan Roby took his second interception of the game 22 yards for his first career pick-6 touchdown late in the first half
■ VALLEY 26, BURRELL 21
Burrell’s last-gasp drive ended with a turnover on downs just inside Valley territory in the final minute Friday night.
■ CENTRAL CATHOLIC 24, CATHEDRAL PREP 21 @ the Wolvarena
“Mean, nasty football,” is how junior linebacker Gus Sunseri described the second half, “right under the jaw.”
ALLEGHENY
■ PETERS TOWNSHIP 43, WEST TORONTO PREP (Canada) 7 @ the Wolvarena
■ IMG ACADEMY (Fla.) 42, PINE-RICHLAND 0
■ NORTH ALLEGEHENY 45, COF ACADEMY (Ohio) 20
■ UPPER ST. CLAIR 34, SOUTH FAYETTE 33
■ IMANI CHRISTIAN 80, RICHARD WRIGHT CHARTER (Washington D.C.) 6 @ the Wolvarena (SAT 11 a.m.)
■ McKEESPORT 45, ERIE 26 @ the Wolvarena (SAT 2 p.m.)
■ McKINLEY TECH (Washington, D.C.) vs. ALIQUIPPA @ the Wolvarena (SAT 5 p.m.)
■ WOODROW WILSON (Washington, D.C.) vs. WOODLAND HILLS @ the Wolvarena (SAT 8 p.m.)
WESTMORELAND
■ SOUTHMORELAND 18, MT. PLEASANT 14
■ JEANNETTE 32, EAST ALLEGHENY 12
■ LIGONIER VALLEY 56, HOMER CENTER 0
■ CHARLEROI @ MONESSEN *canceled*
■ SERRA CATHOLIC 44, YOUGH 25
■ GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC 41, TUSCARAWAS CENTRAL CATHOLIC (Ohio), 7
AK VALLEY
■ LEECHBURG 28, APOLLO-RIDGE 13
OTHER SCORES
Scores, summaries and schedules: Aug. 25, 2018
WEEK ZERO TOP PERFORMERS
Top passers, rushers and receivers of the week
More High School Football
• Aliquippa sues PIAA to prevent football team’s promotion to Class 5A• Vinnie Heller earns Thomas Jefferson’s prestigious Breisinger Award
• Springdale hires Chad Walsh as football coach hoping he can change team’s fortunes
• PIAA reveals brackets for 2024-25 football playoffs, likely altering WPIAL schedule at Acrisure Stadium
• WPIAL releases football schedules for 2024, ’25 seasons