Overview
- Steel-High seized control with a 24-0 first quarter and 195 yards of offense to open the game.
- Jerome Ross III ran for 196 yards on 16 carries with two touchdowns, added five two-point conversions, and turned a bad snap into a 60-yard score.
- Jaishawn George piled up 105 rushing yards and three touchdowns and added 59 receiving yards, with his 6-yard run triggering the mercy rule at 46-6.
- A dominant defensive front limited Chestnut Ridge to 64 first-half rushing yards and produced game-turning takeaways, including Silas Hernandez’s 99-yard interception return and a Nazire Moore fumble recovery.
- Steel-High improved to 10-2 and will face District IV champion Southern Columbia after the Tigers beat Troy 42-0, while Chestnut Ridge ended 6-7 and remains without a PIAA playoff win.