Vikings outlast Yough, 43-32
Mount Pleasant scored the first two touchdowns of the fourth quarter Friday night and then fended off Yough for a 43-32 Interstate Conference home victory.
The Vikings (3-0, 3-1) led 7-6 after the first quarter and 21-12 at halftime. The Cougars (0-3, 0-3) cut the deficit to a 21-20 on Gamal Marballie’s 66-yard touchdown pass to C.J. Waldier.
Mount Pleasant’s Pete Billey scored his third touchdown of the game early in the fourth quarter, and Donavin Bair caught a 34-yard touchdown pass from Asher O’Connor later in the quarter.
Marballie then found Waldier open for a 66-yard touchdown pass. O’Connor responded with an 8-yard scoring run, but the Marballie-Waldier connection came back with a 15-yard touchdown pass.
O’Connor hit Bair for 43-yard touchdown in the first quarter.
Yough’s Terek Crosby ran for a 40-yard touchdown in the first quarter and Marballie scored on a 1-yard run in the second quarter.
Marballie completed 13 of 18 passes for 267 yards with Waldier pulling in 10 receptions for 160 yards.
O’Connor connected on all but one of his six passes for 136 yards with Bair snagging four of those for 123 yards. Billey rushed for 135 yards.
Interstate Conference
Yough聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 6-6-8-12 — 32
Mount Pleasant聽 7-14-0-22 — 43
First Quarter
Y: Terek Crosby 40 run (kick failed)
MP: Donavin Bair 43 pass from Asher O’Connor (Robbie Labuda kick)
Second Quarter
Y: Gamal Marballie 1 run (kick failed)
MP: Pete Billey 9 run (Robbie Labuda kick)
MP: Pete Billey 3 run (Robbie Labuda kick)
Third Quarter
Y: C.J. Waldier 66 pass from Gamal Marballie (C.J. Waldier from Gamal Marballie)
Fourth Quarter
MP: Pete Billey 2 run (Robbie Labuda kick)
MP: Donavin Bair 34 pass from Asher O’Connor (Robbie Labuda kick)
Y: C.J. Waldier 61 pass from Gamal Marballie (pass failed)
MP: Asher O’Connor 8 run (Asher O’Connor run)
Y: C.J. Waldier 15 pass from Gamal Marballie (pass failed)
Records: Yough (0-3, 0-3), Mount Pleasant (3-0, 3-1).