Bethel Park defeats Baldwin on senior recognition night 56-6
October 5, 2024
On a Friday night that was recognized for seniors at Baldwin High School, the undefeated Bethel Park Blackhawks played spoiler, continuing their dominant season winning 56-6. Bethel Park received the opening kickoff and set the tone early as QB Tanner Pfeuffer found WR Jack Bruckner for the early seven nothing lead. Even though Baldwin had […]
District 7: Mid Season Report
October 4, 2024
The 2024 WPIAL season has been one to remember. It has been full of surprises with game results, teams shooting up the standings and a few teams undefeated for the first time in a long time if not ever. 6A: The top two in the class of 6A remain North Allegheny & Pittsburgh Central Catholic.The […]
Pittsburgh Central Catholic defeats North Allegheny in lopsided second half
September 28, 2024
On Friday night Pittsburgh Central Catholic defeated North Allegheny 27-14. The game began with North Allegheny forcing Central Catholic to punt and then scoring themselves two plays later. Liam Flaherty ran the ball in a few yards out and were up 7-0 less than two minutes in. Central Catholic worked fast on their next possession […]
Upper Saint Clair defeats Franklin Regional with 45-7 win
September 6, 2024
The Upper Saint Clair Panthers advanced to 3-0 on the season after defeating the Franklin Regional Panthers 45-7. After a punt on the opening drive from Franklin Regional, Upper Saint Clair needed only one play to open the scoring with a Julian Dahlem. Four minutes and 38 seconds later USC struck again but this time […]
Avonworth holds off West Mifflin in near second half rally
August 31, 2024
The Avonworth Antelopes defeated the West Mifflin Titans 28-22, in a close second half contest on Friday night. Avonworth’s first drive lasted nearly five minutes resulting in Nico Neal rushing TD. The Antelopes continued the trend with another long drive that started in the first quarter and finished in the second with a Noah Goetz […]
Ryan Petras Commits to Princeton
August 2, 2024
On Friday, Bethel Park’s five position player Ryan Petras who was previously committed to play baseball at Northwestern now committed to Princeton. Last season Petras led the Blackhawks in receiving yards with 734, second on the team in rushing with 409 yards and had 14 total TDs. In his three years at Bethel, he has […]
Kemon Spell Commits to Penn State
August 2, 2024
On Friday, McKeesport rising sophomore running back Kemon Spell committed to Penn State University. Spell in his first season had 37 carries for 500+ yards and 12 TDs. Spell had nine other division one offers within Akron, Florida State, Marshall, Michigan, Michigan State, Pitt, UNLV, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Jaiden Brown-Demery Commits to Akron
August 2, 2024
On Thursday, West Mifflin defensive lineman Jaiden Brown-Demery committed to the University of Akron. Brown-Demery 6-foot-4 345 pound rising senior, is a three-star lineman who is the 24th best player according to on3. Brown-Demery had offers from Pitt, West Virginia, Bowling Green, Duke and Akron.
2024 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Montour LB/TE/LS Kaleb Platz
July 29, 2024
Name: Kaleb Platz Positions: LB/TE/LS School: Montour High School Jersey #: 24 Height, Weight: 6’1 230 Other Sports: Basketball Twitter: @kaleb_platz Coach says, “Very smart, 3 year starter, knows what everyone does on field. 10 offers, leader” LET’S GET TO KNOW KALEB! Why do you play football? It’s fun love being out there with the […]
2024 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Pittsburgh Central Catholic LB/RB Roman Thompson
July 16, 2024
Roman Thompson Linebacker/Running Back Jersey #: #0 Height, Weight: 6ft 200 LBS Other Sports: Wrestling Twitter: @RomanT2027 Coach says, “Roman Thompson had a great freshman season in a backup role…to two power 5 linebackers. Roman played significant minutes at all three phases of the game in his freshman season. Roman has huge upside and potential […]
George Hill Commits to Buffalo
July 15, 2024
On Monday, Woodland Hills LB/RB George Hill committed to the University of Buffalo. Hill helped the Wolverine offense last season to have four 30+ point games, and had four other games where they scored 21 points or more. Hill also helped the defense hold teams to seven points or less two times and 14 points […]
Vann Kavals Commits to Akron
July 7, 2024
On Saturday defensive lineman and quarterback Vann Kavals committed to the University of Akron. Kavals was one of three QBs to throw for over 100+ yards, leading the team with 640 yards and 5 TDs. Kavals was a part of the defense that held teams to 19 points or less in five games. Kavals had […]
Peter Notaro Commits to Alabama
July 3, 2024
On Wednesday, Peter Notaro, a five-star kicker from North Allegheny High School committed to the University of Alabama. Notaro made seven extra point attempts, made 23-of-24 field goal attempts and was a part of the back-to-back 6A WPIAL Championship winning Tigers teams. He also holds a five-star rating as a kicker, and four-star punter according […]
2024 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Pittsburgh Central Catholic IOL Roman Kane
June 29, 2024
Name: Roman Kane Positions: IOL School: Pittsburgh Central Catholic Jersey #: 64 Height: 6’2 Weight: 285 Other Sports: Track and Field Twitter: @roman_kane25 Coach Says, “Tough, strong player who has great feet and finishes well on the second level. Voted 2nd team all conference guard as a junior. Great hands in pass protection. Starter on […]
Parker Cunningham commits to James Madison
June 28, 2024
On Friday, upcoming senior offensive lineman Parker Cunningham from South Park committed to James Madison University. Cunningham helped the team have its first winning season since 2020 and helped running back Eric Doerue have over 1,500 rushing yards this season. Cunningham received 20 Division 1 offers including Princeton, Cornell, Richmond, and the University of Pennsylvania.
2024 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Central Catholic Offensive/Defensivelineman Ryan Jameson
June 8, 2024
Name: Ryan Jameson Positions: DT, DE, G School: Pittsburgh Central Catholic Class: Senior Jersey: #57 Height, Weight: 6’ 3” – 270 LBS Other Sports: Track and Field (Shot put & Discus) Coach says, “Hardworking grinder, 1500 LB kid in the weight room, hungry to finally play his senior year.” Why do you play football? […]
North Allegheny and Central Catholic players and coach get spots on PA Sportswriters Class 6A All-State Team
December 29, 2023
Logan Kushner, Peyton Wehner, Pete Gonzalez, Jack Yatchenko, Anthony Speca, Cole Sullivan, and Tyree Alualu were all the WPIAL players named to the PA Sportswriters Class 6A All-State Team. All seven WPIAL players that are on the All-State team come from Pittsburgh Central Catholic and North Allegheny. Art Walker the 6A Coach of the Year […]
Ten WPIAL players named to PA Sportswriters Class 5A All-Sate Team
December 29, 2023
Nolan DiLucia, Julian Dugger, Brad Birch, Luke Denny, Scoop Smith, Ryan Cory, Zach Tomosovich, Clancy Orie, Mickey Vaccarello, and Jackson Pons were all the WPIAL players named to the PA Sportswriters Class 5A All-State Team. Peters Township had two players make this year’s All-State Team. DiLucia, in his first season as the starting QB for […]
Six WPIAL players and coach named to PA Sportswriters Class 4A All-State Team
December 29, 2023
Tiqwai Hayes, Quentin Goode, Jake Wolfe, Courtney Dunn, Cam Lindsey, Alex Tatsch, Arison Walker, all represent the WPIAL in the PA Sportswriters Class 4A All-State Team. Head Coach Mike Warfield from Aliquippa won 4A Coach of the Year. Warfield improved his all time record to 74-6 while helping the Quips appear in four straight 4A […]
Five WPIAL players and coach named to PA Sportswriters Class 3A All-State Team
December 28, 2023
Quinton Martin, Rico Steele, Andrew Kuban, Braden Laux, Adam LaCarte were the WPIAL players named to the PA Sportswriters Class 3A All-State Team. Head Coach Matt Humbert for the second straight year was named 3A Coach of the Year. Humbert led the Leopards to a 13-1 season this year and 12-2 last season. Belle Vernon, […]
Eight WPIAL players and coach named to 2A PA Sportswriters All-State Team
December 28, 2023
Donald Barksdale, Dorian McGhee, Taymir O’Neal, Mike Crist, Michael Richardson, Dayshaun Burnett, Anthony Bonner, and Ty Abram are the WPIAL players that have all been named to the PA Sportswriters Class 2A All-State Team. Head Coach Donta Green from Westinghouse was named Coach of the Year. Green led the Bulldogs to back-to-back City League Championships, […]
Fort Cherry leads way with two of four WPIAL players selected to 1A All-State team
December 28, 2023
Matt Sieg, Braylon Thomas, Lou Ryan, and Jason Cross from the WPIAL have been named to the PA Sportswriters Class 1A All-State Team. Sieg, QB from Fort Cherry, led the way for the Rangers to win the 1A WPIAL Championship, and just fell short of the State Championship against Steelton-Highspire. This season he passed for […]
Braden Laux signs his letter of intent to Eastern Michigan
December 20, 2023
Braden Laux, Belle Vernon QB/TE, has written his letter of intent to play at Eastern Michigan University The QB from Pennsylvania is the newest TE at EMU! Let’s welcome Braden Laux!#ETOUGH ⛓️ #24OURS pic.twitter.com/H6YrVR4u70 — Eastern Michigan Football (@EMUFB) December 20, 2023 Laux had also received offers including Western Kentucky, Marshall, and Maine. “They made […]
