September 7, 2019

Mt. Pleasant prevails in shootout with Yough

By Mon Valley Independent

For the Mon Valley Independent

Mt. Pleasant scored 28 unanswered points in the third quarter to roar to a 55-35 victory over Yough Friday night

The Vikings (2-1) marched 95 yards after taking the second half kickoff, with quarterback Asher O’Connor hitting running back Jake Johnson on a 61-yard pass to put Mt. Pleasant ahead for good with over nine minutes left in the third quarter.

Yough (1-2) fumbled its first snap after that and Jonas King recovered for Mt. Pleasant. Nick Louchner ran it in from 18 yards out and the Vikings’ lead swelled to 28-14 with 9:01 to go.

It took four minutes for Mt. Pleasant to score again. Aaron Alakson did the honors on a 1-yard run to boost Mt. Pleasant’s lead to 35-14 with 4:58 left in the quarter.

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