High school football roundup
Senior quarterback Trenton Carter passed for four touchdowns, ran for two more scores and intercepted a pass to set up a touchdown as Carmichaels used a big second half to defeat visiting Waynesburg 54-33 in a season-opening nonconference game Friday night.
Wide receiver Michael Stewart and running back Peyton Schooley also had big games for the Mikes, who overcame a nine-point first-half deficit.
Stewart caught three of Carter’s scoring passes and Schooley ran for more than 100 yards, which included a pair of third-quarter touchdowns.
Carter threw TD passes of 16, 31 and nine yards to Stewart, and 25 yards to Tyler Richmond. Carter also ran for scores of three and two yards.
Waynesburg had a 27-26 halftime lead, but the second half was dominated by Carmichaels. Schooley gave the Mikes the lead for good with a six-yard TD run midway through the third quarter. Carter then intercepted a Waynesburg pass and returned it to the Waynesburg nine-yard line. On the next play, he connected on a screen pass with Stewart for a touchdown that put the Mikes up, 41-27.
Schooley added a 21-yard scoring jaunt to stretch the Mikes’ lead to 47-27 late in the third quarter.
Waynesburg freshman quarterback Jacob Stephenson passed 18 yards to Tyler Zupper to give the Raiders a 27-20 lead with 5:40 left in the first half. Stephenson also had a five-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.
Daniel Huffman had a one-yard scoring plunge for Waynesburg in the opening quarter, and Breydon Woods ripped off an 89-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.
The loss spoiled the debut of new Waynesburg head coach Aaron Giorgi.
South Fayette 35, Montour 7
Nate Deanes and Landon Lutz each scored twice and South Fayette opened the season with a 35-7 victory.
Deanes rushed for 97 yards on 16 carries and scored on runs of three and 53 yards.
Lutz completed 13 of 17 passes for 135 yards and hit Connor Harcarik with a scoring pass and rushed for an eight-yard score for the Lions, who led 28-7.
Christian Brandi also scored for South Fayette.
Mapletown 42, Avella 8
A.J. Vanata and Landan Stevenson each ran for two touchdowns, and Brody Evans caught two scoring passes from Max Vanata, as Mapletown won its opener, 42-8 over Avella, in a nonconference game Friday night.
The teams will meet again later in the season at Avella, with that game counting in the Tri-County South Conference standings.
A.J. Vanata gave Mapletown a 15-0 lead in the first quarter with scoring runs of 17 and six yards. Stevenson had an eight-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, and Evans hauled in a 12-yard TD pass midway through the second quarter, giving the Maples a 28-0 edge at halftime.
Stevenson tacked on a 13-yard touchdown in the third quarter before Max Vanata and Evans hooked up again, this time for a 25-yard TD.
Avella’s lone touchdown came in the fourth quarter when Brandon Samol caught a 38-yard touchdown pass from Cole Jaworowski.
Stevenson led all rushers with 159 yards on 16 carries. Max Vanata completed three of six passes for 55 yards.
In other games
Washington won its season opener 42-7 over Monessen in a game moved to Canon-McMillan because of a lighting issue at Wash High Stadium. Peters Township was a 37-0 winner over visiting Fox Chapel. Leechburg routed host Jefferson-Morgan 69-16 at refurbished Parker Field. Cameron (W.Va.) held off West Greene 26-20. No game details were made available for the Observer-Reporter by press time.