Hounds drop showdown for conference crown
October 22, 2022

Hounds drop showdown for conference crown

By Mon Valley Independent

By ADAM BREWER

MVI Sports

Missed opportunities and ill-advised penalties cost Monessen in a de facto Tri-County South Conference championship game Friday night. The Greyhounds also had to deal with the hard-nosed running of Mapletown’s Landan Stevenson, who gained 176 yards and threw a touchdown pass in the second quarter as the Maples edged Monessen, 26-18, to win the program’s third overall conference championship and its first since 2005.

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