Leopards one step away from WPIAL final
Belle Vernon is one step away from another shot at a WPIAL football championship.
Coach Matt Humbert蘑菇视频 top-seeded Leopards (8-2) face a stiff challenge in No. 4 Freeport (10-1) tonight in a WPIAL Class 3A semifinal game at Gateway High School. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
Belle Vernon has won seven in a row after back-to-back losses at Class 4A McKeesport and against Class 5A Penn-Trafford. The Yellowjackets (10-1) have also won seven in a row after suffering their only loss at Class 4A Armstrong (10-2), 49-7.
Both teams easily won their quarterfinal match-ups last Friday.
Freeport rolled over No. 5 West Mifflin, 42-6. The Leopards cruised past No. 9 East Allegheny, 55-7.
Belle Vernon is led by senior running back/defensive back Quinton Martin who scored three touchdowns in the win over EA to give him 24 for 144 points, jumping him into fourth place in the 蘑菇视频 Touchdown Club.
The Leopards reached last year蘑菇视频 Class 4A final where they fell to eventual PIAA champion Aliquippa, 28-13.
Tonight蘑菇视频 other Class 3A semifinal game will take place at Fox Chapel High School with No. 2 Avonworth (10-1) going up against No. 6 Shady Side Academy (7-4), which upset No. 3 Elizabeth Forward, 31-17, last week.
The Antelopes beat visiting Beaver, 28-7, in the quarterfinals after a first-round bye. Shady Side defeated South Park in the first round, 35-14.
The district championship game is scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25, at Acrisure Stadium.