Pennsylvania High School Football - Montour knocks off New Castle
September 30, 2023: McKees Rocks, PA 15136 The crowd at Saturday's league contest between the Montour Spartans (McKees Rocks, PA) and the visiting New Castle Hurricanes (New Castle, PA), observed Montour's football squad thwart New Castle by a tally of 41-14.
The Spartans now possess a 6-1 record. They play next when they travel to Central Valley for a WPIAL AAAA Parkway contest on Friday, October 6. Montour will play a Warriors squad coming off a 42-14 league win over Blackhawk (Beaver Falls, PA). The Warriors record now stands at 5-1.
Coming up next, the Hurricanes play the Chartiers Valley Colts (Bridgeville, PA) in a WPIAL AAAA Parkway contest, on Friday, October 6. New Castle will attempt to advance on its 0-7 season record. The Colts go into the contest with a 1-5 record after their 42-6 league loss to West Allegheny (Imperial, PA).
First Quarter
1st 11:45 MON Batch, Daniel 83 yd kickoff return (Marcinko, Matthew kick)
0 - 7
06:08 MON Wolfe, Jake 5 yd run (Marcinko, Matthew kick)
5 plays, 61 yards, TOP 1:26 0 - 14
01:21 MON Halajcio, Caden 1 yd run (Marcinko, Matthew kick)
7 plays, 30 yards, TOP 3:10 0 - 21
00:22 MON Platz, Kaleb 23 yd fumble recovery (Marcinko, Matthew kick failed)
0 - 27
Second Quarter
2nd 09:09 MON Batch, Daniel 11 yd pass from Wolfe, Jake (Marcinko, Matthew kick)
5 plays, 70 yards, TOP 1:53 0 - 34
01:10 MON Fitzpatrick, Keino 37 yd pass from Wolfe, Jake (Davin, Brayden kick)
4 plays, 87 yards, TOP 0:48 0 - 41
Fourth Quarter
4th 05:13 NC Jefferson, Malik 6 yd run (Porras, Angel kick)
12 plays, 87 yards, TOP 8:06 7 - 41
02:27 NC Akins, Ameir 41 yd punt return (Porras, Angel kick)
14 - 41
00:22 MON Baron, Dominic 61 yd pass from Hopper, Trey (Young, Dalton kick)
3 plays, 63 yards, TOP 1:55
