South Fayette has Wright stuff, wins outright conference title
High school football
Sophomore running back Aayden Wright rushed for four scores and caught a long scoring pass, sparking South Fayette to a XX-X victory over Ringgold at Joe Montana Stadium on Friday night
The win gives South Fayette (5-0, 9-1) the outright Class 4A Big Six Conference title.
Ringgold slips to 3-2, 5-5 and must hope for a wild-card berth ot the WPIAL playoffs.
South Fayette took a 7-0 lead midway through the first quarter on a one-yard plunge by Jacob Bostian, a tight end who lined up at quarterback.
The Lions then scored 10 points in the second quarter off two Ringgold turnovers. South Fayette recovered a fumble that set up a 12-yard touchdown run by Aayden Wright. Another Ringgold turnover led to a 36-yard field goal by Colin Schmitz that gave the Lions a 17-0 lead that they took into halftime.
Wright slipped out of the backfield and caught a pass from Braeden Plasko for a 64-yard touchdown only 2:05 into the third quarter.
Ringgold answered on the ensuing possession as quarterback Jase Trumpe threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Dennis Hawkins, who outjumped a South Fayette defender in the end zone. The play cut South Fayette’s lead to 24-7.
Wright responded with a five-yard burst up the middle that put the Lions back up by 24 points, 31-7.
Early in the fourth quarter, Wright scored his fourth touchdown, one a 42-yard run. He added a 31-yard jaunt for his fifth TD.
Canon-McMillan 34, Mt. Lebanon 7
There wasn’t much mystery to the Canon-McMillan offense against Mt. Lebanon. The Big Macs gave the football, time and time again, to Bryce Collins and watched the powerful senior run.
Collins ran for four touchdowns – three in the first half – and the Big Macs prepared for the WPIAL Class 6A playoffs with a 34-7 victory with a Quad County Conference game.
Canon-Mac finishes the regular season with a 4-2 record in the conference and a 5-5 overall mark. Mt. Lebanon is 1-5, 1-8. Because of North Allegheny 22-21 win over Norwin, the Tigers, Hempfield and Canon-McMillan tied for second place in the conference,l each advancing to the playoffs. Based on tiebreaker points, the Big Macs should be the No. 2 seed.
Collins scored on a pair of one-yard TD plunges in the first quarter as the Big Macs jumped out to a 14-0 lead less than nine minutes into the game.
Mt. Lebo used a long run to set up a six-yard TD by Jacob Zaber that cut the Big Macs’ lead to 14-7 late in the first quarter.
Collins scored his third one-yard touchdown in the second quarter as C-M went into halftime with a 21-7 lead.
Mt. Lebanon had a first-and-goal late in the third quarter but turned the ball over on downs.
Collins then scored his fourth touchdown on a 12-yard run in the fourth quarter to make it 27-7.
The Big Macs sealed the win when quarterback Ty Jansma threw a 25-yard TD pass to tight end Luke Sohyda.