Aug 30, 2025 By the Herald-Standard 11 min read

Brayden Hinzy threw a touchdown pass to Cam Dugan in the fourth quarter to give visiting Uniontown a 12-8 victory over Perry Traditional Academy in a non-conference battle at Cupples Stadium in Pittsburgh on Friday afternoon.

The win was the Red Raiders’ first under new head coach Tim Bukowski.

Uniontown (1-1) got on the board first when Tayshawn Johnson scored on a 3-yard touchdown run in the second quarter but the extra-point kick was no good.

The Commodores scored later in the quarter on Chaz Jackson’s 14-yard run and Jackson’s 2-point conversion pass to Daron Martin put the hosts ahead 8-6 at halftime.

After a scoreless third quarter, Hinzy connected with Dugan on a 38-yard touchdown pass for the go-ahead score.

“We’re happy to get the win,” Bukowski said. “The players had to come back in the second half and Hinzy made a big throw to Dugan to take the lead.”

Dugan didn’t get his hands on the ball much but with two rushes for 48 yards and his one reception for the 38-yard TD he averaged 28 yards per touch.

David Settles ran the ball 11 times for 24 yards, Jackson carried four times for 18 yards and Marcus Evans had two rushes for 17 yards. As a team, Uniontown had 109 yards on the ground on 22 attempts.

Hinzy completed 4 of 11 passes for 70 yards and the TD. Marcus Evans had one reception for 20 yards.

Deonte Herring led Perry (0-2) with four receptions for 106 yards but Uniontown’s defense kept the Commodores in check most of the day.

“The defense played in their backfield most of the game,” said Bukowski who also praised his assistant coaches. “I credit my staff for having them prepared and playing aggressive.”

Nyzeh Thomas came up with an interception for the Red Raiders.

“We still have a lot to clean up,” Bukowski said, “but hopefully the win will give us some confidence going forward.”

Albert Gallatin 54, Carrick 30 – The Colonials built a 40-0 lead in cruising past host Carrick in a non-conference game Thursday at Cupples Stadium in Pittsburgh.

Bronx Jamison ran for 110 yards and a touchdown and also threw for a score, and Tee Guesman rushed for a trio of TDs to lead the way for Albert Gallatin (2-0). Roman Smith added a pair of touchdowns, one rushing and one receiving.

The Colonials scored twice in the first quarter on Jamison’s 13-yard pass to Smith and Guesman’s 8-yard run, and got 1-yard rushing TDs from Guesman and Smith in the second quarter to take a 28-0 lead.

Albert Gallatin got touchdown runs of 1 yard from Adam Pegg and 6 yards from Guesman to extend it lead to 40-0 before the Raiders (0-2) finally got on the board on Treshawn Beasley’s 40-yard scoring pass to Ke’juan Johnson.

The Colonials quickly answered that score when Bobby Pason returned the ensuing kickoff 78 yards for a touchdown as the visitors took a 47-8 advantage into the fourth quarter.

Beasley tossed TD passes of 55 yards to Johnson and 43 yards to Brian Babjak in the fourth quarter before Jamison scored AG’s eighth and final touchdown of the game on Jamison’s 1-yard run.

Carrick’s last TD came on a 13-yard run by Jayden Wise.

Sam Evans converted six of eight extra-point attempts for the Colonials.

Beasley completed 7 of 13 passes for 156 yards.

Southmoreland 49, East Allegheny 7 – The Scotties exploded for 36 points in the second quarter, including three touchdowns by Makel Darnell, on their way to a non-conference victory over the host Wildcats.

Dawson Wolfe completed 8 of 14 passes for 116 yards and four touchdowns as Southmoreland improved to 2-0 under first-year coach Dustin Shoaf. Darnell has four receptions for 69 yards and two TDs and also returned an interception 47 yards for a score.

Jackson Mickens opened the scoring by pulling in a 22-yard pass from Wolfe with 3:05 left in the first quarter to give the Scotties a 6-0 lead.

Southmoreland opened up a 36-0 lead with four straight touchdowns in a span of 3:18 in the second quarter on a 22-yard pass from Wolfe to Darnell, a 5-yard run by Mickens, Darnell’s pick-six and then a 45-yard pass from Wolfe to Darnell.

East Allegheny finally got on the board for the only time on the night when Cedric Mack tossed a 3-yard TD pass to Chris Portis but Southmoreland answered with a 10-yard touchdown pass by Wolfe to Luke Stinnett with 26 seconds remaining in the half to make it 42-7.

Wolfe ran for an 11-yard touchdown in the third quarter with Liam Smith kicking his fifth extra point in as many tries to account for the only scoring of the second half.

Averyon Darnell, Makel’s brother, led the Scotties’ ground game with 11 carries for 97 yards.

Mack completed 15 of 28 passes for 152 yards and a TD for the Wildcats but he also threw a pair of interceptions.

Meadville 35, Connellsville 14 – The Bulldogs reeled off the final three touchdowns of the game to pull away from the visiting Falcons in a non-conference game.

Connellsville (1-1) scored on its opening drive for the second straight week with Caden Matthews 1-yard touchdown run followed by Everett Brower’s first of two extra-point kicks for a 7-0 lead.

Tymir Phillips rushed for a 37-yard touchdown and Jacoby Thompson ran in the two-point conversion to give Meadville (1-1) an 8-7 lead after one quarter.

The Bulldogs tallied the lone touchdown of the second quarter on Jordan Lawrence’s 1-yard run to take a 15-7 halftime advantage.

Linkon Keller broke free for a 51-yard touchdown in the third quarter and Hunter Brown’s extra point got Connellsville within 15-14.

It was all Meadville from there as it scored on Jordan Lawrence’s 28-yard run in the third quarter to go up 21-7 and then added touchdown runs by Thompson of 3 yards and Phillips of 1 yard.

Carmichaels 38, Sto-Rox 20 – Cannon Bupka rushed for 125 yards and three touchdowns to spark the Mikes to a non-conference victory over the visiting Vikings at Coaches Field in their season opener.

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.

Aliquippa 42, Belle Vernon 7 – Marques Council threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in the Quips non-conference win over Belle Vernon at The Beach to spoil Scott Bryer’s head coaching debut with the Leopards.

Council scored on a 66-yard run and tossed TD passes to Qa’lil Goode of 63 yards, Akiva Woods of 70 yards and Anthony Ingram of 33 yards.

Cameron Cannon tacked on a 2-yard TD run and Avery Coleman added a 1-yard scoring plunge to give the Quips (1-0) six touchdowns by six different players.

Aliquippa led 14-7 after the first quarter, 28-7 at halftime and 42-7 after three.

Belle Vernon’s lone TD came on Chase Petrosky’s 80-yard kickoff return following Goode’s touchdown in the first quarter with Preston Rathway converting the extra point to tie the game at 7-7.

California 36, Cornell 32 – The Trojans avenged a 27-3 loss at Cornell during Week One last year with a four-point victory over the visiting Raiders this season in a back-and-forth, non-conference battle.

California’s Brandon Meier scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 7-yard run in the fourth quarter and Landon Abercrombie the 2-point conversion run to set the final score.

The Trojans took an 8-0 lead on Logan Hartley’s 21-yard touchdown run and Malachi Peak’s 2-point conversion but Cornell’s Devean Collier recovered a fumble in the end zone for a score to make it 8-6.

Alan Dennis scored on 32-yard run in the first quarter and Peak followed with a 13-yard rushing TD early in the second to give the hosts a 20-6 lead.

The Raiders (1-1) roared back later in the quarter on three straight touchdown passes. Khylil Johnson threw one to Terrance Collington before catching two from M.J. Stuckey of 30 and then 70 yards to put Cornell ahead 26-20 at halftime.

Meier’s first TD run of 2 yards in the third quarter followed by his 2-point run put the Trojans back on top, 28-26. Johnson’s 40-yard touchdown pass to Collington later in the quarter gave the Raiders the lead again but that just set the stage for Meier’s winning score.

St. Clairsville (Ohio) 49, Brownsville 13 – Landon Serrano scored three touchdowns in the Red Devils’ non-conference win over the Falcons at Redstone Field.

Serrano pulled in scoring passes of 29 and 20 yards from Kaden Clifford and also ran for a 12-yard TD. Ollie Muhly had two touchdowns for St. Clairsville (1-1) on a 29-yard run and a 7-yard reception and was also six for six on extra-point kicks.

Kaden Wimmer had a touchdown rushing and passing for Brownsville (0-2). He threw a 21-yard scoring pass to Exzavier Vargas in the third quarter and ran for an 11-yard TD in the fourth quarter with Max Dieudonne kicking the extra point after the latter.

Vargas led the Falcons with eight carries for 41 yards and Wimmer had seven attempts for 39 yards and a touchdown. Silas Patterson added three carries for 17 yards.

Wimmer completed 10 of 12 passes for 64 yards and a score, and Patterson attempted a trio of passes, completing two for six yards.

Dieudonne had four receptions for 16 yards and Vargas reeled in three passes for 33 yards and the TD.

Leechburg 58, Beth-Center 6 – Tim Andrasy returned the opening kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown and went on to rush for 310 yards and six more scores as the Blue Devils cruised past the host Bulldogs in a non-conference game.

Andrasy had TD runs of 3, 10, 1, 4, 28 and 68 yards. Nick Hilty chipped in with a 35-yard touchdown run for Leechburg (1-1).

Teagan Veatch scored the lone touchdown for Beth-Center (0-2) on a 55-yard pass from Chase Bebout in the third quarter.

Bebout completed 9 of 15 passes for 171 yards. Cyncere Cruse pulled in three of those throws for 64 yards and also had a team-high six solo tackles. Veatch had two receptions for 62 yards and Daniel Duncan came up with two catches for 33 yards.

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 a 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.

Greensburg Central Catholic 40, Mount Pleasant 7 – Bobby Smithnosky threw three touchdown passes in the first half to help the Centurions take a 19-0 lead and they rolled from there to a non-conference win over the host Vikings.

Smithnosky completed scoring throws of 10 yards to Luke Semelka in the first quarter and of 23 and 51 yards to Samit Crosby in the second.

GCC (1-1) added second-half touchdown runs of 13 yards by Semelka, 7 yards by Blase Bugosh and 60 yards by Crosby who scored three TDs in the game.

Brady Brooks accounted for all the scoring for Mount Pleasant (1-1) with a 23-yard TD run in the third quarter while also adding the extra-point kick. Brooks had 9 carries for 58 yards.