Oct 13, 2017 By The 2 min read

Youth tied the game late in the first quarter, then Mount Pleasant reeled off 38 unanswered points for a 45-7 home victory Friday night in Interstate Conference action.

The Vikings’ Cody Reese opened the scoring at 5:34 of the first quarter on a 9-yard pass from Lucas Pieszak, but the Cougars’ Jake Sever tied the game just over four minutes later.

Mount Pleasant (2-4, 3-5) scored just 13 seconds into the second quarter when Pieszak found Ryan Quinn open for a 60-yard touchdown pass. Pieszak completed 5-of-16 passes for 136 yards.

Bradley Tait hit a 32-yard field goal and Mike Govern scored on a 17-yard run to give the Vikings a 24-7 halftime lead.

Govern scored the lone touchdown of the third quarter on a 16-yard run and found the end zone again at 8:10 of the fourth quarter on a 9-yard run. He finished with 155 yards rushing on 20 carries.

Donavan Bair capped the scoring on a 1-yard run.

Dustin Shoaf carried the ball 24 times for 121 yards for Yough (1-4, 1-7).

Interstate Conference

Yough                 7-0-0-0 — 7

Mount Pleasant   7-17-7-14 — 45

First Quarter

MP: Cody Reese 9 pass from Lucas Pieszak (Bradley Tait kick), 5:34

Y: Jake Sever 3 run (Riley Jupin kick), 1:15

Second Quarter

MP: Ryan Quinn 60 pass from Lucas Pieszak (Bradley Tait kick), 11:47

MP: Bradley Tait 37 FG, 8:02

MP: Michael Govern 17 run (Bradley Tait kick), 3:49

Third Quarter

MP: Michael Govern 16 run (Bradley Tait kick), 7:42

Fourth Quarter

MP: Michael Govern 9 run (Bradley Tait kick), 8:10

MP: Donovan Bair 1 (Luke Hauger kick), :34

Records: Yough (1-4, 1-7), Mount Pleasant (2-4, 3-5)