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Pine Richland gets revenge against Peters Township

November 24, 2024

After losing to Peters Township last year Pine Richland was able to get revenge tonight in their 20-9 win over Peters Township. “I’m just excited for my team, these guys busted their tails off all offseason, to get back to the championship game, and then to compete at a high level in the championship game, […]

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South Park wins first WPIAL Title since 2005

November 23, 2024

For the first time since 2005 South Park is WPIAL Champions. They did it by running the ball in their 21-14 win over Seton LaSalle. “It’s great for the program, I think our program is in a good place, to be able to see the people that are going to come after them to be […]

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South Park beats Ellwood City advances to Championship for first time since 2005

November 15, 2024

For the first time since 2005 South Park is heading WPIAL 2A Championship. They got there with a 28-7 victory over Ellwood City. “I gotta soak it in here a little bit, it was definitely our goal at the beginning of the year to get down there, now we just got some new goals to […]

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Thomas Jefferson ends Aliquippa’s championship streak

November 9, 2024

For the first time since 2007 the WPIAL Finals won’t feature Aliquippa. Thomas Jefferson put an end to Aliquippa’s 16 straight championship appearances with a 38-21 win. “I didn’t even know that honestly, they’re a great program so it doesn’t surprise me that they got that many, we’re excited to be able to get back […]

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Freeport gets convincing win over Mt. Pleasant

November 2, 2024

Typically 7 versus 10 matchups are good and close but this game was anything but as Freeport ran away with an easy 44-20 win over Mt. Pleasant. Freeport got the ball to start the game. The drive started on their own 22 yard line. On the second play of the game Amos Glenn busted a […]

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WPIAL Elite Eight: Final Regular Season Rankings

October 30, 2024

6A: 1- Central Catholic (8-2) 2- North Allegheny (9-1) 3- Seneca Valley (3-6) 4- Mt. Lebanon (3-7) 5- Canon Mac (3-7) 6- Hempfield (4-6) 7- Norwin (2-8) 5A: 1- Upper St. Clair (10-0) 2- Peters Township (9-1) 3- Pine Richland (8-1) 4- Bethel Park (8-2) 5- Woodland Hills (8-2) 6- Penn Trafford (8-2) 7- Penn […]

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West Allegheny stuns Montour

October 26, 2024

One week after beating Aliquippa, Montour was looking to clinch the Parkway conference outright. Instead West Allegheny pulled off the stunner beating Montour 13-7 in overtime. “We knew we were going to see a good team Montour’s a good team, Aliquippa is obviously a good team, we had our opportunities against Aliquippa we just came […]

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WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Nine Rankings

October 24, 2024

6A: 1- Central Catholic (7-2)- (4) Canon Mac 7pm 2- North Allegheny (8-1)- (3) Seneca Valley 7:30pm 3- Seneca Valley (3-5)- @ (2) North Allegheny 7:30pm 4- Canon Mac (3-6)- @ (1) Central Catholic 7pm 5- Mt. Lebanon (2-7)- (7) Norwin 7pm 6- Hempfield (3-6)- @ Gateway 7pm 7- Norwin (2-7)- @ (5) Mt. Lebanon […]

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Elizabeth Forward cruises to easy win over Southmoreland

October 19, 2024

A crucial Interstate Conference matchup turned into a convincing 31-3 Elizabeth Forward win over Southmoreland. “We didn’t talk about it all season, but we all had this game circled, we all knew that this was probably going to be for the conference championship even though we got another game against a tough Mt. Pleasant team […]

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WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Eight Rankings

October 16, 2024

6A: 1- Central Catholic (6-2)- (3) Seneca Valley 7pm 2- North Allegheny (7-1)- (3) Pine Richland 7:30pm 3- Seneca Valley (3-4)- @ (1) Central Catholic 7pm 4- Hempfield (3-5)- (6) Mt. Lebanon 7pm 5- Canon Mac (2-6)- (7) Norwin 7pm 6- Mt. Lebanon (2-7)- @ (4) Hempfield 7pm 7- Norwin (2-6)- @ (5) Canon Mac […]

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Upper St. Clair remains unbeaten with win over Bethel Park

October 12, 2024

Coming into the game Upper St. Clair had already beaten two unbeaten teams and was looking for a third against Bethel Park. They did just that in a last minute 14-10 win over Bethel Park. “This is by far the toughest schedule I’ve ever had to take a football team through, we just played three […]

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WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Seven Rankings

October 9, 2024

6A: 1- Central Catholic (5-2)- @ (7) Norwin 7pm 2- North Allegheny (6-1)- @ (5) Canon Mac 7pm 3- Seneca Valley (2-4)- (4) Hempfield 7pm 4- Hempfield (3-4)- @ (3) Seneca Valley 7pm 5- Canon Mac (2-5)- (2) North Allegheny 7pm 6- Mt. Lebanon (2-6)- @ Penn Hills 7pm 7- Norwin (2-5)- (1) Central Catholic […]

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Beaver gets Statement win over Deer Lakes

October 5, 2024

In what was supposed to be a good game Beaver rolled over unbeaten Deer Lakes in a 42-0 rout. “It is getting to that time of year, we’ve gone through some adversity, we have guys down, but it doesn’t mean we stop doing what we need to do, those kids have to understand that success […]

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WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Six Rankings

October 2, 2024

6A: 1- Central Catholic (4-2)- @ Shaler 7pm 2- North Allegheny (6-0)- @ (4) Mt. Lebanon 7pm 3- Canon Mac (2-4)- @ (5) Seneca Valley 7pm 4- Mt. Lebanon (1-6)- (2) North Allegheny 7pm 5- Seneca Valley (1-4)- (3) Canon Mac 7pm 6- Hempfield (2-4)- (7) Norwin 7pm 7- Norwin (2-4)- @ (6) Hempfield 7pm […]

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Thomas Jefferson cruises to easy win over Belle Vernon

September 28, 2024

In the past couple of years the rivalry between Thomas Jefferson and Belle Vernon had some dramatic finishes but tonight was a completely different story as Thomas Jefferson dominated in their 42-14 win over Belle Vernon. Early on both teams struggled on offense. Belle Vernon went three and twice and Thomas Jefferson did once. On […]

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WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Five Rankings

September 26, 2024

6A: 1- North Allegheny (5-0)- @ (2) Central Catholic 7pm 2- Central Catholic (3-2)- (1) North Allegheny 7pm 3- Seneca Valley (1-3)- @ (7) Mt. Lebanon 7pm 4- Norwin (2-3)- North Hills 7pm 5- Canon Mac (2-3)- (6) Hempfield 7pm 6- Hempfield (1-4)- @ (5) Canon Mac 7pm 7- Mt. Lebanon (0-5)- (3) Seneca Valley […]

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South Park wins high scoring affair over South Allegheny

September 21, 2024

It was certainly a high scoring game on Friday Night between South Park and South Allegheny. It was South Park that prevailed with a 48-38 win. The first four minutes of the game featured 2 touchdowns by each team. South Park got the ball first and started at their own 30 yard line they marched […]

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WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Four Rankings

September 19, 2024

6A: 1- North Allegheny (4-0)- (4) Norwin 7:30pm 2- Central Catholic (2-2)- @ (5) Hempfield 7pm 3- Seneca Valley (1-2)- Moon 7pm 4- Norwin (2-2)- @ (1) North Allegheny 7:30pm 5- Hempfield (1-3)- (2) Central Catholic 7pm 6- Canon Mac (1-3)- @ (7) Mt. Lebanon 7pm 7- Mt. Lebanon (0-4)- (6) Canon Mac 7pm 5A: […]

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WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Three Rankings

September 13, 2024

6A: 1- North Allegheny (3-0)- @ (4) Hempfield 7pm 2- Central Catholic (1-2)- (5) Mt. Lebanon 7pm 3- Norwin (2-1)- @ (7) Seneca Valley 7pm 4- Hempfield (1-2)- (1) North Allegheny 7pm 5- Mt. Lebanon (0-3)- @ (2) Central Catholic 7pm 6- Canon Mac (0-3)- @ Armstrong 7pm 7- Seneca Valley (0-2)- (3) Norwin 7pm […]

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WPIAL Elite Eight: Week Two Rankings

September 5, 2024

6A: 1- North Allegheny (2-0)- @ Penn Hills 7pm 2- Central Catholic (0-2)- @ (6) Woodland Hills 7pm 3- Norwin (2-0)- (3) Latrobe 7pm 4- Mt. Lebanon (0-2)- @ (1) Peters Township 7pm 5- Canon Mac (0-2)- @ South Fayette 7pm 6- Hempfield (0-2)- @ Kiski 7pm 7- Seneca Valley (0-2)- (5) Pine Richland 7pm […]

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Bethel Park rolls to easy win over Mars

August 31, 2024

It was expected to be a big time matchup between Bethel Park and Mars but it was Bethel Park that rolled to an easy 49-13 victory Mars got the ball to start the game and they marched right down the field. It only took 2 plays to get into Bethel Park territory and eventually Mars […]

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WPIAL Elite Eight: Week One Rankings

August 29, 2024

6A: 1- North Allegheny (1-0)- Gateway 7:30pm 2- Central Catholic (0-1)- @ (6) Pine Richland 7pm 3- Norwin (1-0)- @ Kiski 7pm 4- Mt. Lebanon (0-1)- @ (7) Penn Trafford 7pm 5- Canon Mac (0-1)- (2) Upper St. Clair 7pm 6- Hempfield (0-1)- Franklin Regional 7pm 7- Seneca Valley (0-1)- North Hills 7pm 5A: 1- […]

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State College rolls to easy win over Gateway

August 24, 2024

From start to finish it was domination for State College in their 49-14 win over Gateway. It was just a great performance for them on offense and defense. Gateway got the ball to start the game but went three and out. State College started their first drive on their own 40 yard line. It was […]

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WPIAL Elite Eight: Preseason Rankings

August 14, 2024

6A: 1- North Allegheny 2- Central Catholic 3- Mt. Lebanon 4- Norwin 5- Canon Mac 6- Hempfield 7- Seneca Valley 5A: 1- Peters Township 2- Upper St. Clair 3- Latrobe 4- Penn Trafford 5- Woodland Hills 6- Bethel Park 7- Pine Richland 8- Moon 4A: 1- Aliquippa 2- McKeesport 3- Thomas Jefferson 4- Belle Vernon […]

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Belle Vernon advances to second straight PIAA State Championship with win over Hickory

December 2, 2023

Belle Vernon relied on their dominant run game to earn a trip back to the PIAA 3A State Championship game. They defeated Hickory 42-16 to earn a trip back to the chap. “It feels great, again I hate to say it, I said it last week, it’s just a relief, there is just so much […]

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