After several weeks of blowout games, both of our feature match-ups went down to the wire Friday. Ft. Cherry stopped Northgate twice inside the 15 yard line and drove 96 yards between for the winning score as the Rangers improve to 2-1 in the 1A Big Seven Conference. Trinity built a 10-point lead with just under six minutes to play but had to scramble to knock off West Mifflin, 20-19, keeping the Hillers in control of their own playoff destiny.
Canon-McMillan took charge of a 6A playoff spot with a comfortable win over Hempfield. Peters Township scored first but Upper St. Clair dominated the rest of the game in both teams 5A conference opener.
Waynesburg beat Frazier while Chartiers-Houston topped Charleroi, with the Raiders and Cougars now tied for the fourth playoff spot in the 2A Century Conference.
Burgettstown lost its third straight in the 1A Big Seven. Bentworth survived a wild game with Jeff-Morgan, both teams now in a three-way tie with Mapletown for the last 1A Tri-County South berth. West Greene’s win over Carmichaels keeps the Pioneers perfect and drops the Mikes into a three-way tie for second with California and Monessen.
COVID-19 continues to impact area schools and their football teams. Two games involving Washington County teams were not be played Friday because of the pandemic’s touch. Avella did not have enough available players so the Eagles’ Tri-County South game at California was postponed. No makeup has been announced. Beth-Center notified Washington Thursday morning that the Bulldogs would be forfeiting their Century Conference home game against the Little Prexies. BC officials told WJPA Sports that the game was canceled “due to injuries/COVID-related issues.”
Week 5 results:
6A Canon-McMillan 45, Hempfield 27
5A Upper St. Clair 31, Peters Township 3
4A Trinity 20, West Mifflin 19
4A McKeesport 41, Ringgold 0
2A Wash High by forfeit over Beth-Center
2A Chartiers-Houston 27, Charleroi 10
2A Waynesburg 27, Frazier 7
1A Shenango 28, Burgettstown 6
1A Ft. Cherry 29, Northgate 28
1A Avella at California. postponed
1A Bentworth 49, Jeff-Morgan 48
1A West Greene 41, Carmichaels 20
1A Mapletown 15, Monessen 8
Ex. Linsly 26, McGuffey 21