Miller led Peters Township on consecutive scoring drives to close out the first half. “They did a great job,” South Fayette coach Joe Rossi admitted. Video with him after the W ⬇️ #HSSN /l4YMxtsJTRĪfter its lone score, South Fayette ended drives by punting five times, turning the ball over on downs twice and fumbling once. Indians clinch a spot in the #WPIAL 5A playoffs. “We just thought we had enough firepower up front to bring three or maybe four (rushers) at a time and get to them,” said Indians’ coach TJ Plack, who coached at South Fayette from 2002-2006.
“Now we can just go out, play our best football and keep it going.”įollowing a speedy and scoreless first quarter, South Fayette mounted a 14-play, 81-yard drive in which it converted five third downs before Landon Lutz hit Ryan Kovatch for a 29-yard touchdown pass.īut Peters Township buckled down, denying the run and, while Lutz passed for 212 yards, it took him 43 attempts to do so. It’s relieving,” said Miller, a senior who passed for 289 yards and four touchdowns while rushing for 74 more yards and another score. Peters Township (6-4, 2-3), led by quarterback Sam Miller, scored 35 unanswered points to drop the Lions, 35-7, in a matchup for the final playoff spot in the Allegheny Six Conference.Įntering the night, the Indians needed a win to wrap up a postseason spot, while South Fayette (4-6, 0-5) needed to win by 10 or more points and have West Allegheny lose to Moon by four or more points. So when a massive, sprawling rainbow appeared over South Fayette’s stadium during pregame warmups Friday night, and the Lions took an early lead over Peters Township, it appeared that there could be some divine intervention for a desperate team.īut as quickly as the rainbow disappeared into the night sky, so did South Fayette’s slim hopes of making the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. Rainbows are thought to be a sign of promise and of good things to come.
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