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Aliquippa toppled by Wyomissing in PIAA Championship game
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Aliquippa's Terry Swanson is taken down by Wyomissing's Joseph Cacchione in the PIAA class AA championship at Hersheypark Stadium today. -
Aliquippa running back Terry Swanson, left, out runs Wyomissing defender Joseph Cacchione, right, for a 50-yard gain during the third quarter of today's PIAA Class AA high school football championship game in Hershey, Pa.
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HERSHEY, Pa. -- The mighty Aliquippa High School football team will come home without a state championship.
Aliquippa was knocked off by Wyomissing, 17-14, in the PIAA Class AA championship game this afternoon at Hersheypark Stadium. Mason Smith's 36-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter gave Wyomissing the win. Aliquippa came into the game with a 15-0 record.
Wyomissing had three first-half turnovers and Aliquippa took a 14-7 lead at the break. The Quips scored on their first possession after a Wyomissing fumble. Dravon Henry scored the touchdown on a 1-yard run, and Terry Swanson ran for the two-point conversion.
Wyomissing scored with 9:16 left in the half when Mason Smith ran 13 yards for a touchdown.
But Aliquippa got one more score before halftime on Henry's 10-yard run.
Early in the third quarter, Jonah Bowman kicked a PIAA championship-game record 52-yard field goal to make it 14-10. Wyomissing took the lead with 11:18 left in the game when Smith broke through the right side for a 36-yard touchdown.
More details in tomorrow's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
First Published December 15, 2012 2:47 pm
