Pittsburgh Central Catholic defeats North Allegheny in lopsided second half
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Ethan Spozarski | September 28, 2024
On Friday night Pittsburgh Central Catholic defeated North Allegheny 27-14.
The game began with North Allegheny forcing Central Catholic to punt and then scoring themselves two plays later. Liam Flaherty ran the ball in a few yards out and were up 7-0 less than two minutes in.
Central Catholic worked fast on their next possession with a 7-play, 80 yard drive that resulted in a QB sneak by Jy’Aire Walls, and with a two-point conversion the Vikings led 8-7.
CENTRAL CATHOLIC RESPONDS WITH A QUICK TD OF THEIR OWN FROM QB JY’AIRE WALLS
2-PT CONV. ✅@nafootball_tfl 7@PCC_FOOTBALL 8
1st Quarter || 9:04 remaining @PaFootballNews pic.twitter.com/fWE8GNjySO
— Ethan Spozarski (@SpozarskiEthan) September 27, 2024
North Allegheny drove down the field on their following possession, however their field goal attempt was blocked. This began a scoring drought that wouldn’t be broken until mid second quarter.
Central Catholic’s Billy Leach would tack on three more points from a 54-yard field goal giving the game a 14-11 score that was held until halftime.
54-YARD FG IS ✅ BY BILLY LEACH @nafootball_tfl 14@PCC_FOOTBALL 11
2nd Quarter || 4:41 remaining @PaFootballNews pic.twitter.com/hAGUokM3xa
— Ethan Spozarski (@SpozarskiEthan) September 28, 2024
North Allegheny had a drive that was lasting almost five minutes until Central Catholic’s Zac Gleason picked off Bradey Brinkley.
Central Catholic’s Elijah Faulkner would capitalize off the turnover with a 17-yard rushing TD. The VIkings took the lead with that making the score 18-14.
The following drive had the same result, just with Colsen Gatten intercepting the ball and returning it for a pick-six.
PICK SIX‼️ COLSEN GATTEN FOR SIX‼️
Extra Point: ✅@nafootball_tfl 14@PCC_FOOTBALL 253rd Quarter || 5:39 remaining @PaFootballNews
— Ethan Spozarski (@SpozarskiEthan) September 28, 2024
North Allegheny never found the end zone as four of their five drives resulted in a punt and the other drive ended in a safety in favor of Central Catholic.
With this win Central Catholic is 4-2 overall and 3-0 in conference play and will play on the road at Shaler (2-4) next week.
North Allegheny loses its first game of the year and is 5-1 while 2-1 in conference play and will play Mt. Lebanon (0-6).
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PLAYER OF THE GAME: COLSEN GATTEN @PaFootballNews @PCC_FOOTBALL pic.twitter.com/NLCzgVE4Vn
— Ethan Spozarski (@SpozarskiEthan) September 28, 2024
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