Pennsylvania high school football roundup: North Allegheny, Belle Vernon and Upper St. Clair among the winners (10/20/2023)
With just a couple of weeks remaining in the Pennsylvania high school football season, there might not have been any games between teams in the SBLive Pennsylvania Power 25, there were 18 games in the state involving teams int he SBLive Pennsylvania Power 25 and also St. Joseph's Prep went to Maryland and defeated Archbishop Spaulding 24-6.
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Here are recaps of five games of note around Pennsylvania from Friday night:
No. 9 North Allegheny 48, Penn-Trafford 14
After falling behind 7-0, North Allegheny scored 48 straight points to pull away for the win.
Tyree Alux scored twice on the ground and then had an 80-yard interception return for a touchdown late in the game.
Quarterback Logan Kushner also scores two rushing touchdowns for the Tigers.
No. 11 Belle Vernon 49, Southmoreland 7
Belle Vernon ran for over 360 yards and scored six rushing touchdowns in the win.
Penn State commit Quinton Martin led all rushers for the Leopards with 147 yards rushing and a score on just nine carries.
Jake Gedekoh scored the first two touchdowns for Belle Vernon, while Kole Doppelheuer scored the final two touchdowns. Quarterback Curty Wade also scored on a 26-yard run.
The Belle Vernon defense had four interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown by Tanner Moody.
No. 17 Central Bucks West 40, Central Bucks South 29
Jack Williams and Finn McGowen scored twice each and quarterback Cooper Taylor accounted for a pair of scores as Central Bucks West remained unbeaten.
CB West scored the first two touchdowns of the game on a 46-yard run by Connor McFadden and a 52-yard pass from Taylor to McGowen. They then answred the first score by CB South on a 1-yard run by Williams.
CB South scored once in the second quarter and then again in the third to cut the CB West lead to 27-21 but Williams and McFadden each scored ruching touchdowns to help the Bucks pull away.
Upper St. Clair 43, Moon Area 42, 2OT
Quarterback Ethan Hellmann found older brother Van Hellmann for a 2-point conversion in the second overtime to lead Upper St. Clair over Moon Area in a thriller. The conversion came after Upper St. Clair answered Moon's touchdown in the secon overtime with a touchdown catch by Charlie Bywalski.
After the game was tied 14-14 at halftime, neither team scored in the third and then both teams scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to send the game to overtime at 28-28.
Paul Bronaugh scored on a pair of 85-yard touchdown runs for Moon Area in the fourth quarter and then tied the game in the first overtime with his third touchdown run of the game.
Mason Chambers and Julian Dahlem scored a pair of touchdowns each for Upper St. Clair.
West Mifflin 42, Hopewell 7
Freshman running back Armand Hill was all the offense West Mifflin needed in this one.
The 5-foot-10, 165-pound running back carried the ball 27 times for 495 yards and five touchdowns for the Titans.
This comes a week after he had 16 carries for 313 yards and five scores in the first half alone against Quaker Valley.
-- Ryan Isley | ryan@scorebooklive.com | @sblivepa
(Feature photo of Belle Vernon's Quinton Martin by Paul Burdick)
