Bishop Canevin’s Justin Melvin wasn’t picky about who was throwing the ball Saturday night at Dormont Stadium.
As long as it was thrown Melvin’s direction, that’s all that mattered.
The 6-foot-2, 175-pound junior wideout was on the receiving end of four touchdown passes that helped the Crusaders roll to a 46-28 victory over previously unbeaten Laurel in a WPIAL nonconference football matchup.
The four touchdown receptions established a Bishop Canevin single-game record.
Melvin hauled in a pair of scoring passes from Brady Wagner – one 9 yards out and one from 8 yards out – and then teamed with Damar Olds for two more touchdown passes of 20 and 30 yards.
Myontae Mott added two rushing touchdowns from 21 yards and 3 yards for Bishop Canevin, which evened its nonconference record at 2-2, and Neuval Bone went in from 27 yards out for the Crusaders.
The two teams were deadlocked 13-13 before Bishop Canevin scored the next 26 points in a row on a run by Mott, a pair of Melvin touchdown catches and Bone’s TD run.
Laurel quarterback Luca Santini scored on a pair of short touchdown runs for the Spartans, who fell to 3-1. Tyler Fuchs also blocked a punt and returned it 4 yards for a touchdown for Laurel.
Wagner finished with 12 completions in 15 attempts for 171 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Olds completed 3 of 4 for 72 yards and two touchdowns. Melvin totaled 89 yards on five catches and Olds caught five passes for 83 yards.
BOYS SOCCER
Moon Area 2, South Park 1
Hayden Dunn converted a penalty kick in overtime to lift the Tigers to a win over the Eagles in a nonsection match at Tiger Stadium.
The Tigers improved to 5-3 overall and are 4-0 in section play.
Rhys Hollowood scored Moon’s first goal, which came off an assist from Logan Neff.
Franklin Regional 6, Montour 1
Cruise Lamana and Aiden Alexander each tallied a pair of goals to lead the Panthers past the Spartans in a nonsection game.
Fabrizzio Costa and Mathew Mains-Becerra each scored once for Franklin Regional, which led 2-0 at halftime on goals by Lamana and Alexander.
Dalton Young accounted for Montour’s only goal.
GIRLS SOCCER
Franklin Regional 3, Montour 0
The host Panthers handed the Spartans their first loss of the season in a nonsection game at Franklin Regional. The loss leaves Montour with a 6-1 overall record. No other details were reported.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
MAC Tournament
Moon Area reached the semifinals of Saturday’s Midwestern Athletic Conference volleyball tournament but fell to the eventual champion Beaver, 25-16.
The Tigers reached the semifinals by beating Montour, 26-24, in the quarterfinals. Beaver later downed Hopewell, 25-14, in the championship match.
Twelve teams competed in the tournament.
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