High school football roundup: Bupka sparkles in Mikes’ 38-20 win over Sto-Rox
Cannon Bupka rushed for 125 yards and three touchdowns to spark host Carmichaels to a 38-20 non-conference victory over visiting Sto-Rox at Coaches Field in their season opener Friday night.
Carmichaels jumped out to a 22-0 lead in the first quarter with Will Murray scoring just 25 seconds into the game on a 17-yard touchdown run and adding the 2-point conversion.
Bupka added TD runs of 5 and 45 yards with Gage Kundly running in the 2-point conversion on the latter.
Sto-Rox (0-2) got on the board early in the second quarter on Ramonte Hunter’s 3-yard run but Kundly countered with a 45-yard TD burst and Bupka’s 2-point conversion pass to K.C. Shook gave the Mikes a 30-6 halftime advantage.
Each team scored eight points in the third quarter. Chase Jefferson found the end zone on a 10-yard run and added the 2-point run but Bupka fired right back with a 6-yard rushing TD and Shook ran in the 2-point conversion.
Hunter added a 6-yard TD run in the fourth quarter to cap the game’s scoring.
Kundly and Murray rushed for 59 and 54 yards, respectively, for Carmichaels (1-0). Job Smith led the Mikes defense with 13 tackles and Elan Caldwell recovered a fumble.
Monessen 34, West Greene 18 – The Greyhounds rode a quick start to a non-conference win over the host Pioneers at Kennedy Field.
Monessen’s Tavian Taylor started the scoring with a 50-yard interception return in the first quarter but West Greene answered with a 33-yard touchdown run by Jacob Orndoff. Taylor fired back with a 47-yard TD run and a 21-yard scoring reception on a pass from Kaier Payne to give him three touchdowns in three different ways in the opening frame which ended with the visitors ahead 20-5.
The Greyhounds (2-0) got a special teams touchdown in the second quarter on a blocked punt and score by Payne to make it 28-6.
West Greene (0-2) fought back with freshman quarterback Joel Rizor scoring on touchdown runs of 52 yards in the third quarter and 4 yards in the fourth quarter to whittle the lead to 28-18.
Payne sealed the win for Monessen with a fumble return for a touchdown to cap the scoring.
Rizor had 22 carries for 106 yards.