Undefeated PT overpowers Trinity

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Mark Marietta/For the Observer-Reporter Peters Township's Lucas Rost sprints to the end zone after a Nolan Dilucia pass for a 40 yard scoring play in the first quarter of the September 13 game against visiting Trinity.

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Mark Marietta/For the Observer-Reporter Peters Township's Cole Neupaver (8) and Nolan Dilucia (17) celebrate the third quarter touchdown that put the Indians up 28-6 over the visiting Hillers on September 13.

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Mark Marietta/For the Observer-Reporter Peters Township's Nick McCullough (24) intercepts a pass from Trinity's Jonah Williamson at the start of the fourth quarter, sealing the fate of the visiting Hillers in the Indians' 35-6 victory on September 13.

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Mark Marietta/For the Observer-Reporter Peters Township's Nick Curie (27) scrambles three yards for the touchdown that put the Indians up 35-6 over visiting Trinity on September 13.

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Mark Marietta/For the Observer-Reporter Trinity defenders chase Peters Township's Cole Neupaver as he breaks 56 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter of the September 13 game at Peteres Township.

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By Joe Tuscano

For the Observer-Reporter

newsroom@observer-reporter.com

McMURRAY – There is a reason why Peters Township is undefeated.

Well, actually more than one.

The Indians have a strong passer in Nolan DiLucia, a stable of strong running backs and a defense to die for.

Trinity found that out Friday night in a non-conference game.

The Indians scored through the air and on the ground to hand the Hillers a 35-6 loss, Trinity’s second in a row to fall to 1-3.

Peters Township, which has scored no less than 28 points in a game this season, moves to 4-0.

“The little things before the half, getting out of bounds near the end of the half so we don’t need to use a timeout,” Peters Township head coach TJ Plack said about some of the kinks still to be worked out with this team. “We like what we got. We need to be aware of the small things because they add up.”

DiLucia threw two touchdown passes and scored one on the ground

“I like throwing for a touchdown because that gives my receivers a chance to score,” said Dilucia said. “We have to eliminate our weaknesses and build up on our strengths. We have to work on the little things. Great teams always make sure they work on the little stuff.”

Peters Township came close to turning the game into a Mercy Rule contest but Trinity twice made fourth-down stops.

Jeremy Poletti caught a 26-yard touchdown pass from DiLucia and Nick Courie scored on a short run for the only scoring in the second half.

Trinity head coach Dan Knause was not available for comment by deadline for this story.

The first half was punctuated with big plays for Peters Township, which managed a 21-6 lead before the two teams left for intermission.

Lucas Rost highlighted Peters Township’s second possession when he hooked up with DiLucia for a 40-yard touchdown pass. The play was set up on an 18-yard DiLucia-to-Nico Mauro pass play.

Peters Township made it 14-0 shortly before the first quarter ended. A Trinity punt was returned to the Hillers’ nine-yard line. One play later, DiLucia cut up the middle for the score. Anthony Maiello’s extra point made it a two-score lead for the Indians.

Peters Township made it 21-0 when Cole Neupaver broke free on a 56-yard run that made it 21-0.

Trinity finally got on the board when Williamson snuck it over from the 2-yard line. The Hillers went for the two-point conversion and were not successful.