WINGATE — Turnovers can make or break a game.

The Mount Pleasant Area football team produced a replay of a big Week Zero victory against Burrell.

A difficult season has come to a merciful end for the Derry Area football team.

The shakeup at the top of the Derry Area football coaching staff this week wasn’t enough to help the Trojans snap their season-long losing streak in Friday’s home finale at Derry Stadium.

PITTSBURGH – There hasn’t been anything normal about a Ligonier Valley and Shady Side Academy football game the past two seasons.

Greater Latrobe was having just the kind of homecoming football game teams hope for in Friday night’s WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference faceoff against Franklin Regional. The Wildcats were putting on an impressive showing on their way to building a big lead before the halftime festivities got started at Memorial Stadium.

The Derry Area football team secured its first lead of the season against Valley during a WPIAL Class 3A Allegheny Seven Conference game at Derry Stadium.

It was a game of marked improvement for the Derry Area football team, but Southmoreland was still able to defeat the Trojans, 41-0, during a non-conference tilt on Friday at Russ Grimm Field.

MUNHALL – Ligonier Valley football coach Roger Beitel had a pre-game message for Steel Valley standout running back NiJhay Burt.

MCDONALD — On just the second play of Friday night’s game, the Greater Latrobe football team forced and recovered a fumble following a South Fayette pass completion, setting the Wildcats up on their own 42-yard line.