After winning the WPIAL Class 4A championship last year, Peters Township began to work on a problem almost every school deals with: graduating seniors.

For the Indians, however, that problem mainly targeted a group of forwards who provided goalscoring power. This year, despite the Indians having 14 goals in six games, Peters Township coach Pat Vereb is looking for that standout goalscorer.

“We’ve been having trouble — more than in previous years — scoring goals,” Vereb said. “We graduated a lot of goalscorers last year. This year, it’s been a team effort. We’ve got a bunch of people who have scored but nobody who has blossomed as the goalscorer yet.”

Amanda Pirosko, an outside midfielder, and Rylie Busch scored in No. 2-ranked Peters Township’s 2-0 victory against No. 1-ranked Upper St.

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