Oct 19, 2019 By The 2 min read

Mount Pleasant kept its flickering WPIAL Class AAA playoff hopes alive Friday night with a 35-7 victory over visiting Freeport in Big East Conference action.

The Vikings improve to 3-4 in the conference and 3-5 overall, and close the regular season needing a win at Uniontown to pull into a fourth-place tie with Freeport. Mount Pleasant holds the first tie-breaker by virtue of Friday’s win.

Freeport (3-5) closes conference play at 3-5.

Pete Billey and Jake Johnson combined for over 300 rushing yards for the Vikings. Johnson finished with a game-high 184 yards on 20 carries and had touchdown runs of 1, 93 and 2 yards. Billey ran for 120 yards on 12 carries with a 30-yard scoring run.

Nick Loughner’s 61-yard touchdown reception from Asher O’Connor accounted for the Vikings’ other touchdown.

Big East Conference (AAA)

Freeport            0-0-7-0 — 7

Mount Pleasant 14-7-7-7 — 35

First Quarter

MP: Jake Johnson 1 run (Luke Hauger kick), 7:45

MP: Jake Johnson 93 run (Luke Hauger kick), 2:29

Second Quarter

MP: Pete Billey 30 run (Luke Hauger kick), 6:58

Third Quarter

F: Brodey Woods 11 pass from Garret Schaffhauser (Ricky Hunter kick), 7:02

MP: Jake Johnson 2 run (Luke Hauger kick), 2:32

Fourth Quarter

MP: Nick Loughner 61 pass from Asher O’Connor (Luke Hauger kick), 5:52

Records: Freeport (3-5, 3-5), Mount Pleasant (3-4, 3-5).