Chartiers Valley ends AG playoff hopes
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Zach Efthimiades ran for 162 yards and two touchdowns as Chartiers Valley defeated visiting Albert Gallatin, 56-19, in a Class 4A Big Six Conference game to all but end the Colonials’ hopes for a wild-card playoff berth on Friday night.
The game began with consecutive kickoff returns for touchdowns with AG’s Tremayne Spillman taking back the opening kick 80 yards and the Colts’ Easton Staab returning the ensuring kick 79 yards for a TD.
Efthimaiades broke free on a 63-yard touchdown run later in the quarter to put Chartiers Valley up 14-6 and they pulled away from there.
The Colts led 42-12 at halftime and 49-19 after three quarters.
The Colonials got a 2-yard touchdown run from Bronx Jamison in the second quarter and a 66-yard touchdown jaunt from Bentley Swaney in the third quarter.
MOUNT PLEASANT 33, SOUTHMORELAND 17 — Nick Morell had 24 carries for 187 yards and two touchdowns as the Vikings stormed back to defeat the rival Scotties in a Class 3A Interstate Conference clash at Russ Grimm Field.
Brady Brooks added 10 carries for 113 yards and a score for Mount Pleasant.
Dawson Wolfe’s 8-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion run in the first quarter put the Scotties up 8-0.
Morell’s 35-yard run later in the quarter made it 8-6.
Liam Smith kicked a 33-yard field goal to give Southmoreland at 11-6 halftime lead.
The Scotties extended their lead to 17-6 on Wolfe’s 17-yard touchdown pass to Reese Jordan in the third quarter.
The Vikings came roaring back and tallied the final four touchdowns.
Brooks scored the next three on a 38-yard pass from Cole Hart and a 15-yard run in the third quarter and a 16-yard reception in the fourth quarter.
Morell capped the scoring with a 69-yard touchdown run later in the fourth.
Hart completed 6 of 12 passes for 130 yards. Wolfe connected on 16 of 29 throws for 158 yards.