WPIAL football Week 5 results
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 5 high school football action.
GAMES OF THE WEEK
•McGUFFEY 55, SOUTHMORELAND 28
The Scotties, on the verge of a WPIAL playoff appearance for the first time in 40 years, went score-for-score with visiting McGuffey until it all unraveled in the fourth quarter.
Ssenior running back Mikey Scherer carried the ball 33 times for 144 yards and two touchdowns.
• CENTRAL CATHOLIC 29, PINE-RICHLAND 7
Pine-Richland’s defense entered allowing less than a touchdown a week but Central Catholic tripled that average in the second quarter alone.
ALLEGHENY/REGION
• NORTH ALLEGHENY 40, SENECA VALLEY 7
• BRENTWOOD 28, SOUTH SIDE BEAVER 13
• OUR LADY of the SACRED HEART 41, LAUREL 33
WESTMORELAND COUNTY
• MT. LEBANON 31, HEMPFIELD 17
• PENN-TRAFFORD 47, PLUM 17
• BELLE VERNON 43, GREENSBURG SALEM 3
• DERRY 26, ELIZABETH FORWARD 17
• NORTH CATHOLIC 42, MT. PLEASANT 28
• GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC 33, SPRINGDALE 7
• JEANNETTE 49, BROWNSVILLE 0
• LIGONIER VALLEY 14, PURCHASE LINE 0
Saturday
• Serra Catholic @ Burgettstown, 1:30 p.m.
ALLE-KISKI VALLEY
• Shady Side Academy @ Apollo-Ridge (FORFEIT)
• CLAIRTON 48, LEECHBURG 14
• UPPER ST. CLAIR 42, FOX CHAPEL 0
• FREEDOM 14, VALLEY 10
Saturday
• Imani Christian @ Riverview (Noon)
OTHER SCORES
Scores, summaries and schedules: Sep. 27, 2019
WEEK 5 TOP PERFORMERS
Top passers, rushers and receivers of the week