Avella scores late to rally past Mapletown
High School Football
Chas Rush threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Caleb Amaismeier with 42 seconds remaining, giving Avella an 18-14 come-from-behind win over Mapletown in a Class A Tri-County South game Friday night.
It was the second time this season that Avella (4-1, 5-3) and Mapletown played, and this time it was much closer than the Eagles’ 48-0 victory in the season opener.
Mapletown (0-5, 0-8) led 8-0 at halftime.
Carson Vanata ran eight yards for a touchdown to give the Maples an 8-0 lead. Tyler Dusenberry ran in the two-point conversion. Vanata finished with 136 rushing yards on 23 carries.
Avella pulled to within two points when Gage Samol broke free for a 46-yard touchdown run with 1:14 left in the third quarter.
Dusenberry put the Maples ahead 14-6 with a 20-yard scamper midway through the fourth quarter.
Avella, however, scored a little more than a minute later when Samol broke free again, racing 51 yards to the end zone. The two-point conversion run failed, leaving the score at 14-12 and setting up the Eagles’ last-minute heroics.
Canon-McMillan 34, Norwin 23
Bryce Collins had 201 yards rushing on 24 carries and Canon-McMillan (3-1, 4-4) picked up an important Class 6A win, 34-23 over Norwin (1-3, 4-4).
Ty Jansma finished with 9 completions in 16 attempts for 136 yards and a score.
Collins scored on runs of 50 and four years. Roman Cimarolli extended the Canon-McMillan lead to 24-3 with a 95-yard kickoff return in the second quarter.
Washington 49, Monessen 8
Jamarie Walker, Ameer Nelson and Blake Naraskivitch each scored two touchdowns and Washington continued rolling in the Class A Black Hills Conference with a 49-8 win at Monessen (1-3, 5-3).
Washington (4-0, 7-1) remains alone at the top of the conference standings.
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 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.
Beth-Center 48, Frazier 24
Enzo Brown rushed for 207 yards and four touchdowns and the Beth-Center defense forced six turnovers in a 48-24 win over Frazier (3-2, 4-4) in Tri-County South play.
The Bulldogs improved to 8-0 overall and 5-0 in the conference in part because of five interceptions of Frazier quarterback Brady Secrest.
Hunter Bobbs had a pair of interceptions, including a pick-six in the third quarter. Homer Headlee and Shane Cronin also had touchdown runs for the Bulldogs.
Peters Township 14, West Allegheny 7
Peters Township’s defense was strong again and a fourth quarter rally helped spurn a 14-7 upset win over West Allegheny in a Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference game.
Talen Stauffer scored on a 48-yard run, which cut West Allegheny’s lead to 7-6. The Indians (1-2, 3-5) recorded a safety to take the lead 8-7 and Jaden Blair scored on a 35-yard run to make it 14-7.
Peters Township’s defense did not give up a touchdown. The only score for West Allegheny (2-1, 5-3) came on a 20-yard blocked punt return by Darcy St. Surin in the first quarter.
Blair had 133 yards on 22 carries and Stauffer rushed for 123 yards on 14 attempts.
Belle Vernon 47, Southmoreland 20
Chase Petrosky scored five touchdowns to lead Belle Vernon (4-0, 7-1) to a 47-20 win over Southmoreland (1-3, 2-6) in Class 3A Interstate Conference play.
Petrosky opened the scoring with an 84-yard punt return and then proceeded to score on runs of 78 and 21 yards and caught 48 and 30-yard touchdown passes from Jace Gedekoh.
Petrosky had 137 yards rushing on eight carries.
Gedekoh also threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Luca Ghilani and Vander Raczkowski had a 37-yard jaunt to the end zone.
Bentworth 30, Sto-Rox 22
Noah Leichty had a pair of rushing touchdowns and Benworth held off a second-half rally to secure a 30-22 win at Sto-Rox in Black Hills Conference play.
Bentworth (2-2, 4-4) had a 30-8 lead at halftime, but Sto-Rox (0-4, 3-5) scored two touchdowns in the third quarter to make it a one-score game.
Leichty scored on runs of 44 and 14 yards. Ty Watson and Jacob Cavanaugh had 1-yard touchdown runs for the Bearcats and Caden Hackinson made a 22-yard field goal.
McGuffey 58, Brownsville 0
Caleb Simons scored four touchdowns, one on a 50-yard interception return, and Dennis Furmanek added three scores as McGuffey rolled over winless Brownsville 58-0 in a nonconference game.
Simons carried seven times for 144 yards and scored on runs of 6, 35 and 44 yards for McGuffey (5-3), which led 21-0 after one quarter and 49-0 at halftime.
Furmanek added TD runs of 9, and 57 yards, and also caught a 16-yard scoring pass from Dante Gadani. Furmanek had 100 rushing yards on only three carries.
Gage Clayton opened the scoring with an 8-yard run. McGuffey added a safety in the fourth quarter.
Chartiers-Houston 53, Carlynton 12
Brody McCrerey scored three touchdowns, two on punt returns in the first quarter, and Chartiers-Houston routed Carlynton 53-12 in a Class 2A Century Conference game.
McCrerey returned punts 43 and 50 yards for scores in the opening quarter that ended with Chartiers-Houston (3-1, 4-4) leading 34-6. The Bucs had a 53-6 edge at halftime.
Cameron Shaw opened the scoring with a 50-yard run before McCrerey returned two points for touchdowns. After a Carlynton TD, Teagan Bogden threw a 17-yard TD pass to Julius Livington and Ayden Randolph ran 39 yards for a score.
Boden hooked with McCrerey for a five-yard TD pass in the second quarter and Tommy Dzura scooped up a Carlynton fumble and returned it 63 yards for a touchdown. Dominic Andreolli’s 11-yard run capped the big first half for the Bucs.
Waynesburg 44, Derry 15
Teagen Crouse ran for three touchdowns and passed for another as Waynesburg (4-1, 7-1) defeated Derry 44-15 in a Class 3A Interstate Conference game.
The win was the 400th in Waynesburg football history.
Crouse scored on a nine-yard run to 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.
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.
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.
California 71, Jefferson-Morgan 0
Chase Stramovsky and Brayden Crockett combined for five touchdowns as California rolled over Jefferson-Morgan 71-0 in the Class A Tri-County South Conference.
Crocket started the scoring with a 12-yard interception return and a 10-yard run, both in the first quarter. Stramovsky had three touchdown runs of 7 and 37 yards, and caught a 13-yard TD pass from Brandon Meier, helping the Trojans (5-0, 6-2) to a 45-0 halftime lead.
Carmichaels 22, West Greene 14
K.C. Shook’s six-yard run in the fourth quarter, his third touchdown of the game, gave Carmichaels (1-4, 2-6) a 22-14 win over West Greene in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game.
Shook also had TD runs of 9 and 14 yards in the second quarter, but West Greene (1-4, 2-6) tied the score at 14-14 on a nine-yard run by Joel Rizor.
Rizor opened the scoring with a four-yard run in the first quarter.
In addition to his three touchdowns, Shook had a pair of two-point conversions.
Upper St. Clair 35, Trinity 14
Josh Snyder passed for one touchdown and ran for another in the second half, sparking undefeated Upper St. Clair to a 35-14 win over Trinity in a Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference game at Hiller Field.
USC (3-0, 8-0) led 14-7 at halftime. Snyder threw a 43-yard TD pass to Samuel Bunn in the third quarter, but Trinity (1-2, 4-4) answered with a 27-yard scoring strike from Owen Samogala to Chase Kostelnik to make it 21-14.
Snyder then scored on a 20-yard jaunt and John Banbury added a three-yard TD run
Owen Garnder had a one-yard TD plunge that pulled Trinity to within 14-7 in the first quarter.
East Allegheny 26, Charleroi 24
Elijah Allah had two touchdowns for Charleroi, but a fourth-quarter field goal propelled East Allegheny (1-4, 3-5) to a Class 2A Allegheny Conference win.
Allah had touchdown runs of five and three yards for the Cougars (0-5, 2-6). Lucas Mazon made a 17-yard field goal and Braedin Lunger caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Jaxson Klinger.