New Castle’s last-second TD and conversion beats South Fayette, 36-35
MONACA – Kai Cox caught a tipped 10-yard touchdown pass with no time remaining, and New Castle scored on the ensuing two-point conversion for a stunning 36-35 victory over South Fayette in a Class 4A semifinal game played at Central Valley High School on Friday night.
Top-seeded South Fayette (10-2) led 35-28 when Aayden Wright scored on a 10-yard run with 5:13 remaining.
Cox’s TD grab brought New Castle (9-3) to within 35-34, and Jermaine Walker took a pitch and ran in the game-winning conversion.
Neither team led by more than eight points, that being a 21-13 advantage for the Lions early in the third quarter after Wright scored on a 57-yard run. Wright rushed for 171 yards and three scores on 19 carries. He had a five-yard TD run in the first quarter.
New Castle’s Marino Graham had TD runs of 13, 2 and 3 yards.
SF’s Braeden Plasko threw two TD passes, 24 yards to Jacob Bostian and 29 yards to Dylan Monz.