Vikings roll to 41-7 victory over visiting Burrell
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The Vikings鈥� Jackson Hutter (12) sprints to the end zone for a 12-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter in Friday鈥檚 WPIAL Class AAA first round playoff game against Burrell at Mount Pleasant.
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The Vikings鈥� Aaron Alakson breaks from from Burrell鈥檚 Caden DiCaprio (15) in the third quarter of Friday鈥檚 WPIAL Class AAA first round playoff game at Mount Pleasant.
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The Vikings鈥� Dante Giallonardo breaks through the Burrell defense for a 25-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter of Friday鈥檚 WPIAL Class AAA first round playoff game at Mount Pleasant.
DANTE GIALLONARDO 25 YD RUN
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Burrell quarterback Chase Fenner (19) fumbles the snap as Mount Pleasant鈥檚 Joseph Laychak (55) closes in during the third quarter of Friday鈥檚 WPIAL Class AAA first round playoff gamer at Mount Pleasant.
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The Vikings鈥� Aaron Alakson (32) breaks into open field in the fourth quarter of Friday鈥檚 WPIAL Class AAA first round playoff game against Burrell at Mount Pleasant.
MOUNT PLEASANT 鈥� Mount Pleasant scored the first four times it had the ball Friday night as the Vikings opened the WPIAL Class AAA football playoffs with a 41-7 victory over visiting Burrell.
The playoff victory was the first for Mount Pleasant coach Jason Fazekas.
鈥淲e found a few things and the kids played well, so it was nice to get a win. It鈥檚 big for us to get a playoff win,鈥� said Fazekas. 鈥淲e鈥檒l take it (scoring 41 points). We need them all. It鈥檚 nice to score.鈥�
The Vikings (6-4) advance to the quarterfinals against third-seeded Avonworth (8-2).
Mount Pleasant needed only 57 seconds to take the lead when Robbie Labuda capped the opening drive with a 2-yard touchdown run. He added the point-after for a 7-0 lead.
Burrell (3-8) tied the game about five minutes later when Caden DiCaprio scored on a 9-yard run with 5:13 left in the opening quarter.
The Vikings regained the lead 1陆 minutes later on Aaron Alakson鈥檚 2-yard touchdown run.
Alakson found the end zone twice in the second quarter. The first was on a 10-yard run with 10:09 left in the quarter and the second was a 65-yard touchdown pass from Cole Charfield at 6:38. Charfield was filling in for injured starter Tyler Reese.
Alakson rushed for 113 yards on 12 carries and had three receptions for 91 yards.
Burrell controlled the ball for most of the third quarter on DiCaprio鈥檚 legs, but lost the ball on downs. DiCaprio carried the ball 48 times for 192 yards.
Mount Pleasant extended its lead when Jackson Hutter ran around left end and managed to slip just inside the pylon for a 13-yard touchdown run.
Dante Giallonardo closed the scoring when he broke through Burrell鈥檚 line and sprinted to the end zone for a 25-yard touchdown run with 4:03 left in the game.