Waynesburg gets 400th victory
WAYNESBURG – Teagen Crouse ran for three touchdowns and passed for another as Waynesburg defeated Derry 44-15 in a Class 3A Interstate Conference game Friday night.
The win was the 400th in Waynesburg football history. It also moves Waynesburg to 4-1 in the conference and 7-1 overall and sets up a key game next Friday at home against Belle Vernon (4-0, 7-1).
Crouse scored on a nine-yard run that put Waynesburg ahead for good at 14-7 with 8:55 left in the first half.
He added TD runs of 21 and 13 yards before halftime as the Raiders opened up a 28-7 lead. Crouse completed 13 of 21 passes for 208 yards and had 76 yards on the ground.
After Nate Riccuiti booted a 37-yard field goal in the third quarter, Kymani Sumpter tacked on TD runs of nine and 25 yards to give Waynesburg a 44-7 lead in the fourth quarter. Sumpter rushed for 127 yards on 22 carries.
The Raiders opened the scoring with a 13-yard pass from Crouse to Jack Riccuiti, but Derry (0-4, 2-6) responded with a 21-yard TD run by Max Doherty that tied the score on the first play of the second quarter. Jack Riccuiti caught