Wildcats beat visiting Vikings, 35-7
Landan Carns completed eight of 17 passes for 138 yards and a touchdown as Latrobe pulled away with 26 points in the second half for a 35-7 non-conference win over visiting Mount Pleasant Friday night.
Carns tossed a 64-yard touchdown pass to Tucker Knupp in the first quarter and John McHenry booted a 24-yard field goal to give the Wildcats a 9-0 halftime lead. Knupp finished with four receptions for 106 yards.
Dylan Gustafson’s eight-yard TD run put Latrobe up 15-0 in the third quarter.
The Vikings answered with ta 68-yard touchdown pass by Asher O’Connor to Aaron Alakson with Robbie Labuda’s extra point making it 15-7 with 2:11 left in the quarter.
Latrobe came right back with a 16-yard touchdown run by Kyle Brewer to take a 21-7 advantage into the fourth quarter. The Wildcats tacked on TD runs by Gustafson and Bobby Fetter to close out the scoring.
Non-conference
Mount Pleasant  0-0-7-0 — 7
Latrobe      6-3-12-14 — 35
First Quarter
Lat: Tucker Knupp 64 pass from Landon Carns (kick failed), 5:56
Second Quarter
Lat: John McHenry 24 FG, 5:42
Third Quarter
Lat: Gustofson 8 run (kick failed), 10:57
Lat: Kyle Brewer 16 run (run failed), 3:47
MP: Aaron Alakson 68 pass from Asher O’Conner (Robbie Labuda kick), 2:11
Fourth Quarter
Lat: Gustofson 2 run (John McHenry kick), 9:36
Lat: Bobby Fetter 3 run (John McHenry kick), 2:17
Records: Latrobe (1-1), Mount Pleasant (1-1).