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Oct 23, 2021 By The 2 min read

Chartiers-Houston scored 15 points in the fourth quarter Friday night to rally for a 27-24 victory over visiting Waynesburg Central in a Century Conference game.

Jake Mele returned a punt 60 yards with 11:39 left in the game to bring the Bucs to 24-19. Jordan Irson scored the game-winning touchdown on a 20-yard pass from Terry Fetsko with 6:46 remaining. Irson tacked on the two-point run.

Waynesburg (1-4, 2-6) opened the scoring at 7:53 in the first quarter on Jake Stephenson’s 5-yard touchdown pass to Trent Zupper.

Jessie Orbin’s 38-yard touchdown run cut the Bucs’ deficit to 7-6 at 10:20 in the second quarter.

Breydon Woods sprinted 71 yards to the end zone about a minute later and Chase Henkins hit a 28-yard field goal as time expired in the first half.

Woods ran for 201 yards on 32 carries.

Waynesburg’s lead grew to 24-6 when Nate Jones returned the opening kickoff of the second half 83 yards for a touchdown.

Chartiers-Houston started its comeback on Irson’s 19-yard touchdown run 20 seconds after Jones’ score.

Century Conference

Waynesburg Central 7-10-7-0 — 24

Chartiers-Houston    0-6-6-15 — 27

First Quarter

WC: Trent Zupper 5 pass from Jake Stephenson (Chase Henkins kick), 7:53

Second Quarter

CH: Jessie Orbin 38 run (kick failed), 10:20

WC: Breydon Woods 71 run (Chase Henkins kick), 9:10

WC: Chase Henkins 28 FG, :00

Third Quarter

WC: Nate Jones 83 kickoff return (Chase Henkins kick), 11:46

CH: Jordan Irson 19 run (kick failed), 11:26

Fourth Quarter

CH: Jake Mele 60 punt return (Anthony Romano kick), 11:39

CH: Jordan Irson 20 pass from Terry Fetsko (Jordan Irson run), 6:46

Records: Waynesburg Central (1-4, 2-6), Chartiers-Houston (5-1, 7-1).