Aug 23, 2019 5 min read

The McGuffey-Ambridge season opener was postponed Friday after Ambridge forgot to hire game officials, according to Highlanders coach Ed Dalton.

McGuffey was informed about the situation after it had made the trip to Beaver County.

Dalton said he gave Ambridge district officials two options: either play the game Saturday or Monday. It was decided that the game will be played 7 p.m. Saturday night.

McGuffey already had to make changes to its schedule after Northgate choose not to play its game schedule for Aug. 30. Because the Highlanders found a replacement game for that date – a home contest against Clairton – a forfeit will not be counted on either team’s record.

Waynesburg 38, Jefferson-Morgan 0

Waynesburg’s Darnell Johnson completed 6 of 8 passes for 120 yards and 2 touchdowns during a 38-0 win over host Jefferson-Morgan.

The Raiders defense had seven sacks and Colten Slifko had two of them and a tackle for loss.

Trevor Stephenson and Caleb Shriver also produced two TDs apiece. Shriver scored on runs of 33 and 12. Stephenson scored on a 3-yard run and caught a 26-yard pass.

The game was played in the afternoon because of a lighting problem at the J-M’s Parker Field.

Chartiers-Houston 23, Fort Cherry 0

A strong defensive effort and capitalizing on some key mistakes, Chartiers-Houston stopped Fort Cherry, 23-0, in a non-section game in a Week Zero game.

The Bucs’ defense produced six turnovers, three in each half, in recording the shutout.

The Bucs built a 9-0 lead at halftime, thanks to some key plays. Robbie Ward broke through and blocked a punt that rolled out of the back of the end zone for a safety with 10:44 left in the half.

The Bucs then scored a touchdown when Jimmy Sadler caught a 23-yard pass from quarterback Anthony Lento with 1:44 before intermission. Lento had 60 passing yards.

Sam Dewalt had a touchdown run and 63 yards rushing.

Mapletown 29, Avella 6

Zach Greene scored two early touchdowns and Mapletown’s defense held Avella to one score in a 29-6 victory in a what was a nonconference game played by Tri-County South Conference rivals.

The teams will meet later in the season at Avella in a game that will count in the conference standings.

Greene scored on runs of 25 and 65 yards for the Maples, who also got two touchdowns from freshman Landon Stevenson on runs of 2 and 1 yards. Greene finished with 101 yards on 6 carries.

Avella’s Brandon Samol caught a 15-yard TD pass from Derek Taroli.

Brownsville 33, Bentworth 27

JaVaughn Dove caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from Hunter Assad as time expired to give Brownsville a 33-27 victory over Bentworth.

Dove and Assad opened the scoring with a 37-yard connection.

Trent Cavanaugh, who had 101 yards on six carries; Shawn Dziak; and Dylan Farkas each scored to give Bentworth a 20-7 halftime lead. Owen Petrisek caught a 60-yard pass from Dziak for Bentworth’s only score in the second half.

Thomas Jefferson 54, Canon-McMillan 10Shane Stump passed for 294 yards and four touchdowns, and also ran for 120 yards and one score, powering Thomas Jefferson to a 54-10 win over visiting Canon-McMillan.

Thomas Jefferson led by only 14-10 in the first quarter, then scored 40 unanswered points as turnovers and big plays hurt Canon-McMillan.

Stump threw TD passes of 75 yards to Dan Deabner, 73 yards to Preston Zandier, 48 yards to Ian Hansen and four yards to Zandier. Stump also had an 80-yard touchdown run in the first quarter that gave TJ a 14-3 lead.

Blake Joseph caught a 72-yard pass from Jon Quinque for Canon-McMillan’s only touchdown. Ben Popko made a 35-yard field goal for the Big Macs.

Chartiers Valley 42, Ringgold 0

Andrew Thomas ran for three touchdowns, Griffin Beattie caught a TD pass and ran for another score and Chartiers Valley used a pair of 21-point quarters to defeat host Ringgold 42-0 at Joe Montana Stadium.

The loss spoiled the coaching debut of Ringgold’s Darwin Manges.

After a scoreless first quarter, Thomas had touchdown runs of nine and five yards to push CV to a 14-0 lead. Beattie then caught a 72-yard TD pass from Anthony Mackey to make it 21-0 at halftime.

Thomas capped the scoring with a 22-yard TD run in the third quarter.

Greensburg CC 21, Monessen 18

David Altimore threw three touchdown passes, including two to Brandon Brown, powering Greensburg Central Catholic to a 21-18 victory over Monessen in a nonconference game.

Monessen scored the game’s first touchdown, on a three-yard run by Jalen Brice, but GCC reeled off 21 unanswered points to take a 15-point lead midway through the third quarter. Altimore connected with Brown on a 16-yard TD in the first half and a 23-yarder in the third quarter. Ben LaCarte also caught a scoring pass from Altimore.

Monessen scored two second-half touchdown to make it a one-score game. The Greyhounds, however, failed to convert on three extra-point situations, which loomed large at game’s end.