SPRING CHURCH, Pa. -
Apollo Ridge (Spring Church, Pa.) beat Riverview (Oakmont, Pa.) 49-13 on the strength of a superb game by dual threat quarterback
Jesse Zelonka, who threw two touchdown passes while running for three more.
The lead that the Vikings took on a touchdown pass by
Josh Auclair to
Kyle Murray with 9:00 remaining in the first quarter stood up for the duration of the game, as neither team managed to score in the second half.
A 28-point second quarter helped Apollo Ridge secure the big victory. AR scored on a Zelonka touchdown pass to
Tre Tipton, a touchdown run by Zelonka, a
Garret Hooks touchdown run and a touchdown pass by Zelonka to Tipton in the quarter.
Coming into the game the Spring Church school had allowed 19.9 points per game this year. The defense really stepped up, holding the Raiders right around their season average of 10.1 points scored per game.
The loss comes after Riverview defeated Leechburg 27-19 last week.
In a WPIAL A Eastern game next week Apollo Ridge (5-3) takes on West Shamokin, and Riverview (2-6) will go up against Springdale also in a WPIAL A Eastern game.
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