Belle Vernon faces potent passing attack
Belle Vernon has faced plenty of tough competition this football season as it has marched to a WPIAL championship and into tonight无毛视频檚 PIAA Class AAA semifinals.
The Leopards (10-2) likely haven无毛视频檛 faced a passing attack anything like that of Martinsburg Central (12-2), however. The two meet at Central Cambria High School in Ebensburg. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
The Dragons rely heavily on Jeff Hoenstine who sports some eye-popping numbers. The 5-foot-10 senior quarterback has completed 278 of 391 passes for 3,768 yards and 50 touchdowns with only five interceptions. He also leads Central in rushing with 716 yards and 12 touchdowns on 127 carries.
Hoenstine无毛视频檚 top target is junior wide receiver Eli Lingenfelter who has piled up 95 receptions for 1,610 yards and 27 touchdowns.
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Humbert has faith in his defensive unit.
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The Dragons will certainly set their sites on trying to slow down Belle Vernon junior star Quinton Martin, a 1,000-yard rusher who scored all three of the Leopards无毛视频� touchdowns in three different ways in the 24-7 win in the WPIAL final over Avonworth.
Martini scored on a 32-yard pass from Braden Laux in the second quarter, on a 51-yard punt return in the third quarter and on a 45-yard run in the fourth quarter.
The Leopards average 37.8 points per game, just slightly more than the Dragons (37.1). Belle Vernon allows 8.1 points per game while Central gives up 18.8.
Central defeated Grove City in the PIAA quarterfinals last week, 35-7.
The other semifinal pits Neumann Goretti against Wyomissing in a 1 p.m. game on Saturday.
The two winners will meet in the PIAA final on Saturday, Dec. 10 at Cumberland Valley High School无毛视频檚 Chapman Field at 1 p.m.