The Cornell Raiders will look to boost their record to 5-0 and maintain a spot at the top of the WPIAL Class 2A Black Hills Conference standings when they host Bishop Canevin at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20.
Cornell is in a three-way tie for first place in the conference with Fort Cherry and Monessen. All three teams are 1-0 in conference play.
Bishop Canevin, meanwhile, has yet to play a conference game and is 2-1 overall.
In other 7 p.m. games Friday involving West Hills area schools, Montour will take its out-of-this-world offense to Mars in a nonconference matchup against the Fightin’ Planets, Moon travels to meet Seneca Valley, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart entertains Ligonier Valley and Sto-Rox hosts Washington.
Carlynton travels to battle Seton LaSalle at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Cornell had little trouble improving to 4-0 last week with a 42-0 thrashing of Burgettstown. Khylil Johnson returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown, caught a 70-yard touchdown pass from Mark Stuckey and ran 60 yards for a third score to lead the Raiders.
Bishop Canevin found itself trailing 10-7 to Laurel last week before scoring four straight touchdowns to take control in a 48-23 win.
Myontae Mott ran for two scores, returned a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown and caught one of Kyle Olszewski’s three touchdown passes to lead the Crusaders. Olszewski threw for 293 yards.
Montour (3-0 overall) is coming off a 44-14 whipping of Knoch last week in a game that saw the Spartans roll up more than 600 yards of total offense.
Montour quarterback Trey Hopper threw for 436 yards and four touchdowns last week. Daniel Batch and AJ Alston each scored a pair of touchdowns for Montour, and Caden Halajcio rushed for 114 yards on 19 carries.
Moon (2-1 overall) rallied late to pull out a 32-24 win over West Allegheny last week. The Tigers scored the final three touchdowns to erase a 24-6 Indians’ lead with 7 minutes remaining in the third quarter.
Tavis Lindsay’s 18-yard touchdown run put Moon in front for good with less than five minutes remaining in the game.
OLSH played South Allegheny tough for a half last week before the Gladiators scored 15 points in the final two quarters. Vann Kavals’ touchdown run gave the Chargers an early lead, but they could not build on it as South Allegheny scored the final 23 points of the game.
OLSH will look to improve on its 0-1 mark in Class 2A Allegheny Conference play and 1-2 overall. Ligonier Valley enters the game 1-0 in conference play and 2-2 overall.
Tyrone Noaks’ 1-yard touchdown run was the only time Sto-Rox found the end zone in its 24-8 loss to Keystone Oaks. The Vikings, 0-1 in the Allegheny Conference and 0-3 overall, will take on a Washington team that is 0-1 in conference play and 2-2 overall.
In Saturday’s game, Carlynton will look to post its first Class 2A Century Conference win when it meets unbeaten Seton LaSalle. The Cougars (0-0, 3-1 overall) got a big performance from Devonte Dean in their 42-15 win over Apollo-Ridge, as he threw for 300 yards and two touchdowns and scored one on the ground.
Dean rushed for 173 yards in addition to his passing exploits while two Carlynton receivers – Mark Jameson and Damien Holloway – topped 100 yards receiving.
Moon fell 14-7 to Penn-Trafford last week. The Tigers trailed 14-0 before Andrew Cross hit Paul Bronaugh on a 27-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter, but they could not capitalize on several scoring opportunities in the final quarter.
Sto-Rox fell to 0-2-1 with a 21-14 loss to Brentwood. The Vikings will be facing a winless team, as Keystone Oaks is 0-2, with its most recent loss coming 42-6 last week to South Park.
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