Wash High keeps rolling, routs Monessen
MONESSEN – Jamarie Walker, Ameer Nelson and Blaise Naraskivitch each scored two touchdowns and Washington continued rolling in the Class A Black Hills Conference with a 49-8 win at Monessen on Friday night.
Washington (4-0, 7-1) remains alone at the top of the conference standings. Monessen fell to 1-3 in the conference and 5-3 overall.
Walker got the Prexies off to a strong first quarter when he scored on runs of 66 and eight yards. He finished the game with 129 yards on only 10 carries.
Nelson then sparked Wash High to a 27-point second quarter that gave the Prexies a 41-0 lead at halftime. Nelson had a 59-yard touchdown jaunt and a 43-yard scoring scamper. Sandwiched between the two Nelson scores was a three-yard TD run by Naraskivitch, who ended the first-half scoring with a 29-yard touchdown burst.
Izeyah Virden caught a 12-yard TD pass from Tristin Coney in the fourth quarter to make it 49-0 and Monessen scored on a 64-yard pass from Kaier Payne to Ke’zjere Butler.
Washington ran for 232 yards, including 113 on only four carries by Nelson. The Prexies held Monessen to minus-54 rushing yards and five first downs.