Summit Academy has not made the playoffs since joining the WPIAL in 1998. But after four weeks, the Knights are atop the Class AA Tri-County North Conference standings.

Summit Academy pulled out a 12-6 overtime win against visiting Mohawk yesterday that gave the Knights sole possession of first place in the conference with a 3-0 record. Laurel, Mohawk, Riverside and Mars each have one loss.

Summit Academy (3-1 overall) had won its first two games of the season for the first time, but the wins were against Union and Neshannock, two of the weakest teams in the conference. Mohawk figured to give Summit Academy its first real test. The Warriors came in with a 3-0 record.

Summit Academy took a 6-0 lead in the first quarter on Stephen Grandison's 25-yard pass to Leonard Brown. The run for the 2-point conversion failed.

Mohawk tied it in the second quarter on Devin Macri's 6-yard touchdown run, but the extra-point attempt failed.

In overtime, each team gets a chance to score from the 10. Summit Academy took the ball first and scored on first down when Brown caught a 10-yard pass from Grandison. A pass fell incomplete on the 2-point conversion.

On Mohawk's possession, Brown came up with the big play again. He intercepted a third-down pass in the end zone.

Brown had three catches for 85 yards and Grandison completed 7 of 20 for 125 yards. Mohawk quarterback Mike Upham completed 13 of 15 passes for 116 yards. Mohawk outgained Summit, 327-147.

Other games

Brentwood 21, Seton-LaSalle 17: Brentwood (3-1, 3-1) pulled off a shocker, beating No. 4-ranked Class AA Seton-LaSalle in a Century Conference game at Honus Wagner Field. Da'Von Moore scored on a 61-yard pass from Eric Coxon for the winning score in the fourth quarter. Seton-LaSalle (3-1, 2-1) quarterback Matt Rodgers was held to 66 yards passing.

Western Beaver 14, Avonworth 0: Shane Waida led the Golden Beavers (2-2, 1-1) to their first Class A Big Seven Conference win. Waida, one of the leading rushers in Class A, gained 226 yards on 32 carries and scored in the second quarter on runs of 8 and 74 yards.

Bishop Canevin 38, Apollo-Ridge 6: Matt Walter became Canevin's all-time leading rusher by gaining 226 yards on 21 carries in the Class A Big Seven Conference win. He scored four touchdowns and now has more than 3,100 career yards for the Crusaders (2-2, 2-0).

Riverview 37, Wilkinsburg 14: Riverview (3-1, 1-0) bounced back from its shutout loss to Rochester last week and blew away the visiting Tigers (1-3, 0-2) in a Class A Eastern Conference game.

Shenango 34, Cornell 8: Quarterback Rocco Colavecchia completed 12 of 30 passes for 184 yards and two scores for Shenango (3-1, 2-1) in the Class AA Tri-County North win.

Sharon 15, Oliver 6: City League member Oliver (3-1) suffered its first loss of the year in the non-league game against District 10 Sharon (4-0).