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High school football Friday nights: week 2

Each week your favorite Post-Gazette photographers bring you the action, the fanfare and the emotion from the top high school football games of the week. This week is no exception. Check out photos from the following games from Week 2 of WPIAL and City League high school football: North Allegheny vs. Central Catholic, Belle Vernon vs. Thomas Jefferson and West Allegheny vs. Bethel Park.

North Allegheny runs onto the field before playing Central Catholic on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, at Shaler Area Middle School. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Aubree and Garrett Hardy, 7 and 4, of Bethel Park, react to a play during warmups before a game between Bethel Park and West Allegheny, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, at Bethel Park High School. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Central Catholic’s student section cheers during the game against North Allegheny on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, at Shaler Area Middle School. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Andrew Pacak, wide receiver for Belle Vernon, kneels in prayer before the start of the Belle Vernon at Thomas Jefferson. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)
Bethel Park youth cheerleaders look on as players enter the field for a game between Bethel Park and West Allegheny, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, at Bethel Park High School in Bethel Park. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Central Catholic’s Elliot Donald listens to music before kickoff against North Allegheny. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Bethel Park cheerleaders practice stunts, wearing yellow t-shirts in honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and the Joey Fabus Childhood Cancer Foundation, before a game between Bethel Park and West Allegheny. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Grey Wible, 10, of Peters Township, left, prepares to pass the football to Dom Cherpak, 8, center, as his brother Dante Cherpak, 10, both of Peters Township, right, tries to stop him before the start of the Belle Vernon at Thomas Jefferson WPIAL Class 4A Post-Gazette high school football game of the week. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)
A bead of sweat falls from the nose of North Allegheny’s Amosis Porter Jr. as he stretches before playing Central Catholic on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, at Shaler Area Middle School. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)