The penultimate week of the high school football regular season brought some strong showings from players throughout the region and set up several key matchups entering Week 10.
This season, KDKA Radio will again nominate players each week to join the KDKA Radio Super 7 Awards watch list. Every Monday, a new crop of players will be unveiled based on their efforts that previous Friday night. At the end of the year, KDKA Radio will announce the winners of the award for each WPIAL classification, as well as the Pittsburgh City League.
Here are the top performances from Week 9:
Chace Petrosky, Belle Vernon
Belle Vernon remained unbeaten in conference play this season thanks to a convincing win Friday night.
Chase Petrosky delivered a monster performance, 55-39 victory over Waynesburg, rushing for 268 yards and five touchdowns in the win.
Petrosky scored on runs of 14, 31, 71, 27 and 65 yards, as the Leopards moved to 8-1 on the year.
Belle Vernon and Elizabeth Forward meet Friday for the 3A Interstate Conference title.
Aaron “Oobi” Strader, Pine-Richland
In one of the week’s most highly anticipated games, Oobi Strader and Pine-Richland showed why they are the team to beat in Class 5A.
Strader rushed for 167 yards and four touchdowns, and passed for 49 more yards I na 47-7 blowout win over North Hills.
The win clinched at least a share of the Northeast Conference title.
Strader, a 3-star senior recruit, is committed to Kent State.
John Nonnenberg, Plum
Plum entered Week 9 in desperate need of a conference victory and John Nonnenberg delivered.
The senior passed for 322 yards and three touchdowns in a 27-7 win at Penn Hills.
Nonnenberg currently leads the WPIAL in passing with over 2,000 yards.
Plum meets Pine-Richland Friday in their regular season finale.
Archie Collins, Montour
Following a massive freshman season, Archie Collins has delivered a stellar encore.
On Friday, the sophomore ran 23 times for 200 yards and three touchdowns in a 55-18 win over Mars.
Collins is a three-star wide receiver recruit with a handful of Power 4 offers. His father, Archie, is the secondary coach at Pitt.
Montour will look to win the 4A Parkways Conference outright on Friday when it travels to Blackhawk.
KDKA’s coverage of high school football continues Friday as Seton LaSalle faces Bishop Canevin. Tune in at 6 p.m. for pregame coverage, with kickoff at 7 p.m.
