Chartiers Valley too much for Uniontown
Owen Weagraff was nearly perfect in completing all but one of his passes and Chartiers Valley’s defense shut down Uniontown in the Colts’ 49-0 victory in Class 4A Big Six Conference action on Friday night at Bill Power Stadium.
The senior quarterback was 12 of 13 for 190 yards and threw three touchdown passes. He also rushed for 18 yards and scored.
Chartiers Valley’s Easton Staab caught three passes for 85 yards and scored twice. Teammate Braylen Bogats pulled in three receptions for 41 yards and one touchdown.
Anico Hines caught six passes for 64 yards for the visitors.
Zach Efthimiades gained 93 yards on 16 carries with a pair of trips to the end zone.
The Red Raiders had a tough time establishing anything offensively, but Gavin Radford returned a kickoff 39 yards to the Uniontown 44 and Taylor Galloway had an 18-yard kickoff return.
The Red Raiders’ Brayden Hinzy was 6 of 16 for 44 yards. Teammate Tayshawn Jackson gained 18 yards on six rushes.
Uniontown’s Marcus Evans pulled in four receptions for 32 yards and Nate Hice caught two passes for 12 yards.
Staab’s first touchdown reception came from eight yards out with 8:48 remaining in the first quarter. Luke Waldron connected on the first of six extra points for a 7-0 lead.
The Red Raiders (0-3, 3-5) were forced to punt on their next drive, but couldn’t get the kick away and the Colts (2-1, 4-4) took over at the home team’s 19.
Weagraff scored on a 15-yard run with 3:20 left in the first quarter for a 14-0 advantage.
Efthimiades’ one-yard run extended the lead to 21-0 with 11:03 remaining in the second period.
Bogats blocked a punt and returned it 30 yards into the end zone for a 28-0 advantage at 9:41 of the second quarter.
Staab and Weagraff hooked up on a 69-yard scoring strike to push Chartiers Valley’s cushion to 35-0 with 6:28 remaining before halftime.
Bogats’ 10-yard touchdown reception with 1:56 left in the second frame extended the Colts’ advantage to 42-0.
Efthimiades closed the scoring on a nine-yard run with 4:45 remaining in the third quarter. Yazeed Hamdan connected on the PAT.
Uniontown travels to South Fayette (3-0, 7-1) in conference play in Week 9. The Colts host Ringgold (3-0, 5-3) in the second-to-last week of the regular season. Both games are scheduled to kickoff at 7 p.m.
The Lions defeated Chartiers Valley, 35-7, on Oct. 2 at South Fayette.