Football Recap: Clairton Piles Up the Points Against Riverview + How To Watch

By Team Reports Oct 24, 2025, 8:22pm

Football Recap: Clairton Bears vs. Riverview Raiders

HOW TO WATCH: This game can be replayed on the NFHS Network, the official streaming partner of the PA Interscholastic Athletic Assn. (PIAA) & Riverview High School. Watch Full Replay

Bears

Previous Games

10/18/25 @ Riverview66-0
10/10/25 vs Leechburg48-0
10/03/25 vs Springdale51-0
09/26/25 @ Jeannette57-0
09/19/25 vs Frazier72-0
+ 2 more games

Clairton put their dominant defense on display in the team's seventh consecutive shutout on Saturday. They really took it to the Riverview Raiders for the full four quarters, racking up a 66-0 victory. Considering the Bears have won seven matchups by more than 42 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Jeff Thompson had another great game (as he tends to do), throwing for 228 yards and two TDs while completing 85.7% of his passes, and also punching in one score on the ground. Another player making a difference was Brandon Murphy Jr, who picked up 92 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Clairton's run defense was locked in: Riverview could only muster -0.9 yards per carry. The team can thank Murphy Jr for the heroic effort on defense: he. Clairton didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 10.9.

Clairton's win bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Riverview, they now have a losing record of 4-5.

Clairton has already played their next game, a 53-0 victory against Brentwood on the 24th. As for Riverview, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 36-0 loss against Jeannette on the 24th.

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