Sep 20, 2019 6 min read

Canon-McMillan head coach Mike Evans was reinstated Friday, showed up for the second half and watched the Big Macs win their first game, a 21-12 victory over Hempfield in a Class 6A Quad County Conference game.

Evans was suspended for the previous two games. Evans was granted reinstatement Friday.

Jon Quinque sealed the victory with his third touchdown pass of the game, a 59-yarder to David Mowod in the fourth quarter to give Canon-McMillan (1-3, 1-4) a 21-6 lead.

Quinque threw his first two TDs to Blake Joseph, one in the first quarter for 19 yards and the other in the second quarter for 51 yards. Quinque was 12 of 19 for 191 yards. Joseph had eight receptions for 102 yards.

West Greene 49, Monessen 24

Ben Jackson rushed for 324 yards and four touchdowns on 22 carries, and West Greene battled back from a 10-point second-half deficit to defeat Monessen 49-24 in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game.

West Greene (4-0, 5-0) forged a 14-0 lead after one quarter, but Monessen’s Isaiah Beltram threw three second-quarter TD passes, including a 71-yarder to Marquell Smith with 39 seconds left in the second quarter, to give the Greyhounds (1-2, 1-4) an 18-14 halftime lead.

Monessen’s Darius Stevenson returned a fumble six yards to make it 24-14 less than a minute into the second half.

It was, however, all West Greene from there. The Pioneers closed to within 24-21 on an odd play. Monessen intercepted a WG pass but fumbled on the return and the Pioneers’ Austin Crouse picked up the ball at the 3-yard line and took it into the end zone for a TD.

Jackson scored on runs of 20 and 40 yards to make it 35-24 lead. After a one-yard Hunter Hamilton TD plunge, Jackson capped the scoring with an 85-yard jaunt.

Jackson opened the scoring with a 72-yard run and Kolin Walker’s 30-yard run up the middle made it 14-0.

McGuffey 46, Beth-Center 14

Marshall Whipkey threw for three touchdowns, leading McGuffey over visiting Beth-Center, 46-14, in the Class 2A Interstate Conference.

Whipkey, who completed 7 of 9 passes, threw two touchdowns to C.J. Cole and another to Nate Yagle.

Jared Johnson had seven carries for 87 yards for McGuffey (3-0, 5-0), which remains a half-game behind Southmoreland for first place. The two teams meet next week at Southmoreland.

Devin Dingle had eight receptions for 97 yards and five carries for 69 yards for Beth-Center (0-4, 0-5).

South Fayette 49, Hopewell 14

Naman Alemada completed 9 of 11 passes for 172 yards and four touchdowns in the first half as South Fayette defeated Hopewell, 49-14, in a non-conference game.

Alemada threw first-half touchdowns to Ryan McGuire, Andrew Franklin and a pair to Luke Pschirer.

Landon Lutz then came in at quarterback and threw a TD to older brother Nolan Lutz with 11 seconds left in the first half to give South Fayette (4-1) a 49-0 halftime lead.

Bentworth 47, Mapletown 42

Owen Petrisek scored on a 25-yard run with 2:14 remaining to give Bentworth its first win, a wild 47-42 victory over Mapletown in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game.

Mapletown (0-3, 1-4) had taken a 42-41 lead with 9:15 left when freshman Landan Stevenson scored his fourth touchdown, a one-yard plunge. Stevenson, who rushed for 195 yards on 26 carries, scored on runs of six, 11, 17 and one yards and also had three two-point conversions.

Bentworth (1-2, 1-4) came back with its game-winning drive as Petrisek scored his third TD. He also caught a 61-yard TD pass from Shawn Dziak and had a 5-yard scoring run.

Bentworth’s Trent Cavanaugh rushed for 211 yards on 21 carries and scored on runs of 30, 49 and 10 yards. Dziak, who was 8 of 14 for 190 yards, threw a 68-yard TD to Dylan Farkas in the third quarter.

Jefferson-Morgan 44, Avella 7

Jefferson-Morgan had five touchdown runs of five or fewer yards as it powered past Avella, 44-7, in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game.

Cole Jones had a pair of one-yard touchdowns. Jonathan Wolfe scored on runs of five and two yards in the second half. Liam Ankrom scored on a four-yard run, along with a 21-yard touchdown run in the middle of the second quarter, as Jefferson-Morgan (2-2, 2-3) led 18-0 at halftime. Trevor Kniha opened the scoring with a 10-yard interception return.

The lone score from Avella (0-2, 1-4) was a 21-yard pass from Derek Tarolli to Brandon Samol in the third quarter.

Belle Vernon 61, Indiana 7

Three defensive touchdowns led to a 48-point first quarter as Belle Vernon hammered Big Eight Conference foe Indiana, 61-7, in a Class 4A game.

Andrew Pacak returned an interception 26 yards for a score. A pair of fumble recoveries for touchdowns, one from Max Bryer and another from Cole Weightman, helped Belle Vernon (2-1, 3-1) jump out to a 48-0 lead.

Thomas Jefferson 40, Trinity 0

Undefeated Thomas Jefferson did all of its scoring in the first half and defeated Trinity 40-0 in a Class 4A Big Eight Conference game at Hiller Field.

Shane Stump threw three touchdown passes and Dan Diebner had a pair of scoring runs for the Jaguars (4-0, 5-0). Trinity is 1-3 in the conference and overall.

South Park 22, Waynesburg 9

South Park scored two first-quarter touchdowns and protected a lead the rest of the way in defeating Waynesburg 22-9 in a Tri-County West Conference game Friday night.

South Park (2-1, 2-2) forged a 13-0 lead on two touchdown passes by Stephen Kmonk.

Waynesburg (0-3, 2-3) closed to within 13-9 before halftime, getting a 28-yard TD run by Darnell Johnson and a 21-yard field goal from Gavin Benson.

South Park sealed the win in the fourth quarter on a 65-yard run by Rudy Michoces and a safety.

Sto-Rox 46, Chartiers-Houston 7

Zay Davis and Dionte Givens each ran for two touchdowns as Sto-Rox pulled away in the second half to defeat Chartiers-Houston, 46-7, in a non-conference game.

C-H (3-2) led 7-6 after Anthony Lento found Tyler Blumen for an eight-yard touchdown in the first quarter. The Bucs trailed 14-7 at halftime. Givens and Davis scored the first two touchdowns in the 18-point third quarter for Sto-Rox (5-0). Eric Wilson completed 9 of 20 passes for 223 yards and three touchdowns.

In other games

Gateway defeated Ringgold 49-0 in a non-conference game and South Allegheny was a 34-7 winner over Fort Cherry in the Class 2A Three Rivers Conference. No details were made available by press time.