Week 9 Peters Twp/ West Allegheny Game Notes

This was a big game for both teams with a win, still hoping to make the playoffs, but with a loss, playoff hopes to look very bleak. It was a defensive battle through the first quarter and a half. Peters Township started running away with it at the early-to-mid second quarter. &nbsp; West Allegheny’s junior <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="64024" first="Nodin" last="Tracy"]</strong> scored the Indians’ first and only touchdown of the game with 4:12 left in the first quarter. The play that set up the Tracy touchdown was junior safety <strong>Nico Taddy</strong>. who recovered a fumble on a bad snap. He also had a pass breakup and was in on a few tackles. West A’s run game was held in check all game. It was Peters Township senior linebacker <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="186269" first="Luke" last="Petrarca"]</strong> who made the difference. He was all over the backfield making tackles for loss. <strong>Petrarca</strong> has a few FCS offers and an FBS offer with Akron. West A’s passing game was very ineffective, &nbsp; For Peters Township, their first touchdown came from senior <strong>Ethan Kirsch</strong> on a 2-yard run to tie the game with 7:45 left in the second quarter. On the next possession, he scored on a 1-yard run to take the lead and Peters Township never looked back. It was junior running back <strong>Richie Woods</strong> who got most of the carries though. Woods has some quickness and speed; I see him being a D2/FCS player.  <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="186269" first="Luke" last="Petrarca"] </strong>also caught a 13-yard TD pass in the third quarter. West Allegheny freshman standout<strong> [player_tooltip player_id="209027" first="Brock" last="Cornell"]</strong> had a few tackles as well but did not have much of an impact like in previous games. The final score of this game was 30-7.