Damar Olds made the end zone his own personal playground Friday night, hauling in four touchdown passes and returning an interception for a fifth score as Bishop Canevin overwhelmed Serra Catholic, 54-14, in a WPIAL Class 1A Black Hills Conference game at Dormont Stadium.
Brady Wagner was on the throwing end of those scores, and he also connected on an 11-yard scoring strike to Justin Melvin, giving him five touchdown passes on the night.
Olds’ four touchdown receptions tied a single-game school record set by Melvin earlier this season. Olds caught all four of his touchdown passes in the second quarter, after he returned an interception 41 yards for a score in the opening quarter.
Olds finished with five receptions for 103 yards and Melvin had three catches for 64 yards.
Bishop Canevin improved to 5-2 on the season and 3-0 in conference play in winning its fifth straight game after opening the season with back-to-back losses. Serra Catholic fell to 1-6 overall and 0-3 in the conference.
Myontae Mott’s 39-yard touchdown run opened the scoring for Bishop Canevin and Olds followed with his pick-six. Wagner’s 11-yard touchdown pass to Melvin closed the first-quarter scoring, giving the Crusaders a 20-0 lead. Wagner then teamed with Olds on scoring passes of 19, 25, 21 and 14 yards in the second quarter as Bishop Canevin extended its lead to 47-0 at halftime.
Alex Kirk scored the Crusaders’ lone second-half touchdown as he ran it in from 28 yards out.
Wagner completed 8 of 9 passes for 167 yards and five touchdowns. Kirk rushed three times for 68 yards while Mott carried three times for 62 yards.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 14, South Park 13
A pair of two-point conversions in the final three minutes proved to be the difference in the visiting Chargers’ win – one that they converted and one that they stopped.
Jamire Samuels’ 3-yard touchdown run, followed by his two-point conversion run, gave OLSH a 14-7 lead with 3 minutes to play in the fourth quarter.
South Park answered when Robert Lenzi connected on a 37-yard touchdown pass to Colsten Heynes on a fourth-and-5 play with 2:13 remaining to cut the OLSH lead to 14-13.
South Park set up for a PAT try, then called time out and decided to go for the two-point conversion attempt. Lenzi dropped back to pass but was sacked by OLSH’s Isaiah Jackson at the 20-yard line to preserve the Chargers’ 14-13 lead.
OLSH then recovered an onside kick and ran out the clock to improve to 3-4 overall and 2-2 in Class 2A Allegheny Conference play. South Park dropped to 3-4 and 0-3.
“This was a huge win for us,” OLSH coach Donnie Militzer said after the game. “Our staff challenged the guys all week and they responded with resilience and an amazing effort.”
OLHS’s first score came on a 27-yard pass from J.J. Hayden to Thomas Pinno in the second quarter, but South Park moved ahead 7-6 on Lenzi’s 1-yard touchdown run and Kolby Kostelnik’s PAT.
That set the stage for what proved to be Samuels’ game-tying touchdown run and go-ahead two-point conversion. Samuels rushed for 103 yards on 19 carries.
Peters Township 21, Moon Area 10
The unbeaten Indians scored the game’s final three touchdowns, two of which came in the fourth quarter to help host Peters Township move in front for keeps in a Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference game.
After a scoreless first quarter, Moon took a 3-0 lead on Evan Senkevich’s 31-yard field goal, and that left the Tigers with a 3-0 halftime advantage.
Moon extended its lead three minutes into the third quarter on Andrew Cross’ 17-yard touchdown run. Senkevich’s PAT made it 10-0.
But Peters Township, now 7-0 overall and 4-0 in the conference, cut into that lead with 2 minutes, 27 seconds remaining in the third quarter on PJ Luke’s 31-yard touchdown reception from Nolan DiLucia, and the extra point made it 10-7.
Then, with 7:58 left in the game, Reston Lehman caught a 16-yard touchdown pass from DiLucia, and the PAT made it 14-10 in favor of the Indians.
Peters Township added an insurance score midway through the final quarter on Cole Neupavet’s 1-yard touchdown run. That closed the scoring at 21-10.
Peters Township also won the stat sheet battle, accounting for 342 yards of total offense to 126 for Moon – 83 passing and 43 on the ground. Peters Township showed nice balance with 141 yards passing and 201 yards rushing.
Cross completed 9 of 22 passes for 83 yards and rushed for 29 yards for the Tigers, who fell to 4-3 overall and 1-1 in section play.
New Castle 34, Montour 14
Marino Graham rushed for 107 yards and four touchdowns as the Red Hurricanes ran past the Spartans in a Class 4A Parkway Conference contest at Thomas J. Birko Memorial Stadium.
Graham scored on runs of 14, 12, 3 and 74 yards for New Castle, which trailed 7-0 in the first quarter when Montour’s Archie Collins scored on a 28-yard pass reception from Brandon Bennett.
Graham’s 14-yard run less than two minutes into the second quarter, followed by a successful two-point conversion pass from Graham to Chase Lemon, gave New Castle an 8-7 lead, and the Red Hurricanes would never trail again.
Graham also scored on runs of 12, 3 and 74 yards.
Collins also scored on a 90-yard kickoff return for the Spartans, who fell to 4-3 and 1-1 in conference play.
Caden Halajcio, Montour’s standout senior running back, was limited to 74 yards on 19 carries. Bennett completed 13 of 24 passes for 174 yards but was intercepted three times. Zander Stern caught seven of those passes for 114 yards.
Fort Cherry 56, Cornell 20
Matt Sieg ran for 214 yards and three touchdowns and Ryan Huey added a pair of scoring runs and threw for another to help the unbeaten Rangers get past the Raiders in a Class 1A Black Hills Conference game.
Sieg scored on runs of 46, 47 and 1 yard while Huey found the end zone from 35 and 25 yards out. Huey also connected on a 28-yard touchdown pass to Evan Rogers to help the Rangers widen a 14-0 first-quarter edge to lead to 21-0 in the second quarter.
Fort Cherry, now 7-0 overall and 4-0 in the conference, wound up scoring four second-quarter touchdowns and led 42-20 at halftime after Cornell scored three second-quarter touchdowns.
Khylil Johnson returned a kickoff 90 yards for a Raiders touchdown, then caught a 24-yard touchdown pass from M.J. Stuckey.
Terrance Collington returned an interception for a touchdown for Cornell, cutting the Raiders’ halftime deficit to 42-20, but that’s as close as Cornell would get.
Eli Salvini rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns for Fort Cherry and Huey finished with 122 yards rushing to go with his two scores.
Johnson finished with 50 yards rushing in nine carries for the Raiders, who fell to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in conference play. Stuckey completed 8 of 22 passes for 110 yards and was intercepted three times.
Cornell running back Kyhill Johnson leads the Raiders onto the field on a PINK- OUT night against the Fort Cherry Rangers at Cornell High School. 
Cornell defensive back Ta’rell Jones attempts to collar Fort Cherry Rangers quarterback Matt Sieg in action at Cornell High School. 
Cornell head coach Ed Dawson has a sideline chat with running back Kyhill Johnson during a break in the action against the Fort Cherry Rangers at Cornell High School. 
Cornell running back Kyhill Johnson attempts to find some running room in action against the Fort Cherry Rangers at Cornell High School. 
Cornell running back Kyhill Johnson breaks free for a Raiders first down in action against the Fort Cherry Rangers at Cornell High School. 
Cornell quarterback MJ Stuckey gets ready to unload a pass downfield in action against the Fort Cherry Rangers at Cornell High School. 
Cornell defensive back Isaiah Dawson attempts to bring down Rangers quarterback Matt Sieg in action against Fort Cherry at Cornell High School. 
Cornell running back Kyhill Johnson gets ready to unload a pass deep down the field in action against the Fort Cherry Rangers at Cornell High School. 
Cornell running back Kyhill Johnson has pleny of running room and picks up a Raiders 1st down in action against the Fort Cherry Rangers at Cornell High School. 
Cornell wide receiver Terrance Collington fails to make the catch on a trick 4th down play by the Raiders in action against the Fort Cherry Rangers at Cornell High School.
Photos by Mike Longo Jr.
Seton LaSalle 46, Sto-Rox 0
Kymarr Freeman rushed for 124 yards on just four carries and scored twice to help propel the Rebels past the Vikings in a Class 2A Century Conference game at Sto-Rox.
Seton LaSalle, which improved to 6-1 overall on the season and 4-0 in conference play, bolted to a 23-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back.
Jonathon Wega hauled in a 7-yard touchdown pass from Jack Meade for the game’s first score, and Mead connected on a 29-yard touchdown pass to make it 14-0. Freeman scored his first touchdown after Seton LaSalle added a safety.
Sto-Rox fell to 0-7 on the season and 0-4 in conference play.
Waynesburg Central 36, Carlynton 6
The Raiders did most of their damage on the ground as they reeled off five straight scoring runs of less than 10 yards to down the Cougars in a Class 2A Century Conference game.
Waynesburg Central improved to 3-4 and 1-2 in conference play while Carlynton lost its sixth straight, falling to 1-6 overall and 0-3 in conference play.
Justin Berger snapped the shutout for the Cougars when he scored on a 3-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
Berger rushed for 100 yards in 18 carries for Carlynton. He also completed 4 of 8 passes for 53 yards and was intercepted once. Maddox Horrel was 0 for 2 in the passing department.
Mason Jameson, Ashton Donlin, Jae Nembhard and Dash Sargent each caught a pass in a losing cause.
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