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Greg Ricupero

Greg Ricupero
Gregory Ricupero is a super sports fan, Christian and father of two. You can usually find him on a ball field some where. Check at his sports pics on Facebook at Gregory Ricupero Sports Network.
 
 
 
 

PIAA D6 Power Rankings Week#2

September 9, 2021

Rankings D6 Power Rankings By Greg Ricupero September 9, 2021 6A 1 Altoona Lions-MPC(2-0) Beat Williamsport 31-24; next at Allderdice(0-1) 2 State College Little Lions-MPC(1-1) Loss to Downingtown East 42-21; next at Hollidaysburg(1-1) 3 Mifflin County Huskies-CMP(0-2) Loss to Hollidaysburg 28-0; next at Williamsport(1-1) 5A 1 Central Mountain Wildcats-HAC(2-0) Beat Shamokin 35-34; next vs Bloomsburg(0-2) […]

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Panthers stun Marauders! @PennPanther @BGMarauderFball

September 5, 2021

Penn Cambria Panthers vs Bishop Guilfoyle Marauders Gallery below Twitter @GregoryRicupero Last Meeting: 9/29/2019 Bishop Guilfoyle 20 vs Penn Cambria 6 Panthers stun Marauders!  @PennPanther @BGMarauderFball Penn Cambria served notice to the rest of the Laurel Highlands Conference Saturday night with a dominant victory over the Bishop Guilfoyle Marauders. If BG hadn’t won the special […]

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Rams unstoppable against Hilltoppers! @rhsfootball @Westysports

September 5, 2021

Richland Rams vs Westmont Hilltop Hilltoppers @Westysports @rhsfootball Saturday September 4, 2021 By Greg Ricupero Twitter @GregoryRicupero Last Meeting: 9/28/2019 Richland 42 @ Westmont 6 The Richland Rams took another step towards a fourth straight D6 2A title with a convincing 49-14 win over host Westmont on senior day. When you play Westmont you know […]

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Marion Center stings Comets 41-7 @PMCometsFBD6 @MCStingersFB

September 4, 2021

Friday September 3, 2021 Marion Center stings Penns Manor 41-7 @PMCometsFBD6 @MCStingersFB Comets. 0 – 0 – 0 – 7 = 7 Stingers  7 -14-14- 6=41 MC-Brady Tonkin 45 pass from Ty Ryen xp Branden Reichebbach (0-7) MC-Xavier Vaglia 11 run xp Reichenbach (0-14) MC-TJ Lynn 18 pass from Ryen xp Reichenbach (0-21) MC-TJ Lynn […]

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PIAA D6 Power Rankings after week #1

August 31, 2021

Rankings D6 Power Rankings   6A State College Little Lions-MPC(1-0) Beat Mifflin County 51-6; next vs Downingtown East (1-0) Altoona Lions-MPC(1-0) Beat Hollidaysburg 20-3; next vs Williamsport(1-0) Mifflin County Huskies-CMP(0-1) Loss to State College 51-6; next vs Hollidaysburg  5A Central Mountain Wildcats-HAC(1-0) Beat Shikellamy 12-0; next vs Shamokin(1-0) Hollidaysburg Golden Tigers-IND(0-1) Loss to Altoona 20-3; next […]

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Windber over Conemaugh Valley!

August 28, 2021

Ramblers cage BlueJays in a hot one! @CVBlueJays @WindberFootball Saturday August 28, 2021 By Gregory Ricupero Last Meeting 10/5/19 Windber 48;@ Conemaugh Valley 0 In a WestPac opener the Windber Ramblers controlled the line of scrimmage and rolled to an easy 44-0 victory over the host Conemaugh Valley BlueJays. CV had the ball all but […]

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District VI Preview @rhsfootball @bedfordfootball @CH_Highlanders @WindberFootball @Heritage_Confer

August 23, 2021

PFN owner Billy Splain talks to players at Heritage/Westpac media day District V/VI Preview-A New Year! Heritage Conference Teams on the Move! The new high school football season is about to start with multiple league changes and a new school. The Heritage Conference is still at nine schools. Cambria Heights joined the conference to replace […]

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Women playing football in Pa. -IWFF

August 19, 2021

IWFF Indiana Women’s Flag Football League August 14, 2020 By Greg Ricupero Fast Facts Web Site indianawomensflagfootball.com Kaycee Newell -league president 7th season 12 teams in 2 divisions 5 on 5 & 7 on 7 screen style flag football Age range 21-53 (beer league must be 21) Youth League ages 5-14 8 teams Season mid-May […]

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Big Men Winners

Richland 7 on 7 & Big Man Challenge! @rhsfootball @bedfordfootball @LatrobeFootball

July 25, 2021

Bison have a big day! Richland’s 7 on 7 and Big Man Challenge Saturday July 25, 2021 By Greg Ricupero It was a beautiful day yesterday in Richland for some football. Fifteen schools participated in Richland’s 7 on 7 tournament (Richland had 2 teams for a total of 16). The Bedford Bison last years Laurel […]

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Steelton rides rollercoaster to victory over Jeannette! @jhawkathletics @RollersFootball

November 27, 2020

The Steelton-HIghspire Steamrollers completed their undefeated season and won their third state championship with a thrilling 32-20 victory over the always talented Jeannette Jayhawks.

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Was Saturday the Lancers final stand? @McDevittLancers @UrBlackness1111 @MikeWakins

November 22, 2020

The Bishop McDevitt Lancers of Wyncote, Pa played possibility for the last time ever Saturday in a 42-14 loss to power Southern Columbia Tigers. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced Wednesday they were closing the school after the current academic year. The timing of this announcement couldn’t have helped the Lancers who became the Tigers 59th […]

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Oil City squeeks by Upper Moreland! @OilersFB @UMGoldenBears

November 15, 2020

PIAA  4A Football Playoffs 2nd Round Upper Moreland Golden Bears (5-1) D1 vs Oil City Oilers (10-0) D10 @OilersFB  @D10FootballHub @UMGoldenBears Saturday November 14, 2020 By Greg Ricupero Twitter @GregoryRicupero Oil City squeeks by Upper Moreland to advance to the 4A Semi-Finals Football games are often decided by a missed conversion or a turnover. That […]

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Bison Swaim past Hornets to reach 3A semi-finals! @bedfordfootball @HSD_Athletics

November 14, 2020

PIAA 3A Football Playoffs 2nd Round Bedford Bison (9-0) D5 vs Hickory Hornets (8-0) D10 @bedfordfootball  @D10FootballHub @HSD_Athletics Friday November 13, 2020 By Greg Ricupero Twitter @GregoryRicupero Bedford’s offense was nearly unstoppable last night as they advanced to the 3A semi-finals next weekend. The Hornets kept stinging themselves in the foot all night. Hickory got […]

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Oil City gets by Juniata in 4A @OilersFB @JHS_Football

November 8, 2020

PIAA 1st Round AAAA Playoffs Juniata Indians (5-1) D6 champs vs Oil City Oilers (8-0) D10 champs @JvHornetFB @jvhsathletics @homerwildcats Saturday November 7, 2020 By Greg Ricupero Twitter @Gregory Ricupero How can a game be sloppy, painful, exciting and entertaining? It happen Saturday at Mansion Park in a first round playoff game between Juniata and […]

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Wildcats win trip to Mansion with win over Hornets! @jvhsathletics @homerwildcats

November 7, 2020

PIAA D6 1A Playoffs #6 Juniata Valley Hornets (6-2) vs #2 Homer-Center Wildcats (5-1) @JvHornetFB @jvhsathletics @homerwildcats Friday November 6, 2020 By Greg Ricupero Twitter @GregoryRicupero The last two teams to beat Bishop Guilfoyle in a District VI playoff game battled Friday night for a berth in the championship game next week against the Marauders […]

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Highlanders roll over Stingers @MCStingersFB @CH_Highlanders

November 1, 2020

PIAA D6 2A Playoffs #7 Cambria Heights Highlanders (4-3) @ #3 Marion Center Stingers (6-0) @CH_Highlanders @HeightFootball1 @MCStingersFB October 31, 2020 By Greg Ricupero Twitter @GregoryRicupero This one was never in doubt. Marion Center received the opening kickoff and on the games second play turned the ball over. Stinger senior quarterback Ty Ryen was picked […]

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Marauders ground BlueJays @BGMarauderFball @CVBlueJays @PLRedDragons

October 31, 2020

PIAA D6 1A Playoffs #5 Bishop Guilfoyle Marauders (4-2) @ #4 Conemaugh Valley BlueJays (4-1) @BGMarauderFball @CVBlueJays October 31, 2020 By Greg Ricupero Twitter @GregoryRicupero Conemaugh Valley knew coming into the game they would have to play a perfect game and get some help to beat the defending District VI 1A champions. BG took the […]

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Wildcats use big plays to advance! @homerwildcats @BluePiratesFB

October 31, 2020

PIAA D6 1A Playoffs #7 Williamsburg Blue Pirates (4-3) @ #2 Homer-Center Wildcats (4-1) @BluePiratesFB @ homerwildcats Friday October 30, 2020 By Greg Ricupero Twitter @GregoryRicupero Football is a team sport. When I write my stories there are a cast of characters. Friday night one player stole the show. Homer-Center senior Ben Schmidt. He’s listed […]

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Young Rams run/pass by Red Devils @CCRedDevilFball @rhsfootball

October 25, 2020

PIAA District VI 2A Playoffs #5 Central Cambria Red Devils (3-2) @ #4 Richland Rams (5-1) @CCRedDevilFball @rhsfootball Last Meeting-9/8/17 Richland 34 at Central Cambria 0 Saturday October 24, 2020 By Greg Ricupero Twitter @Gregory Ricupero Richland took the first steps to defending their D6 crown last night with a convincing 42-14 win over Central […]

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Central “special team” in win over Westmont-PIAA D6 3A Playoffs

October 24, 2020

PIAA District VI  3A Playoffs #4 Westmont Hilltoppers (2-3) vs Central Dragons (6-0) At Hollidaysburg @WestySports @CentralDragonFB Friday October 23, 2020 By Greg Ricupero Twitter @GregoryRicupero When you are a one dimensional team , you can’t make a lot of mistakes. Westmont’s DNA is to run the ball, run the ball and run the ball. […]

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Highlanders outlast Crushers! @crushersports @CH_Highlanders

October 18, 2020

Bishop McCort Crushers (1-4) @ Cambria Heights Highlanders(2-3) @crushersports @CH_Highlanders @LHAC_sports Saturday October 17, 2020 By Greg Ricupero Twitter @ GregoryRicupero Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference Game Last Meeting 9/13/19  CH 37 @ BM 15 Bishop McCort was looking to make the playoffs. Cambria Heights was looking to get to .500. I was looking for a […]

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Hampton keeps playoff hopes alive! @TALBOTBOOSTERS @Indiana_FB

October 17, 2020

Hampton Talbots @ Indiana Indians @TALBOTBOOSTERS @Indiana_FB October 16, 2020 By Greg Ricupero Twitter @ GregoryRicupero WPIAL AAAA Greater Allegheny Conference Last Meeting 9/11/15 @ Hampton 32-27 It took Hampton an entire half to get things going as a game Indiana team was able to stay close for two quarters. The Indians took the opening […]

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Separate but United-BlueJays route Red Raiders @MdaleFootball @CVBlueJays

October 11, 2020

Separate but United-Blue Jays route Red Raiders! @MdaleFootball @CVBlueJays By Greg Ricupero October 10, 2020 WestPAC Week#5 Meyersdale Red Raiders(1-3) @ Conemaugh Valley Raiders (3-1) Last Meeting- 9/22/18 Meyersdale 20-14 The first thing you noticed were two bleachers of students on the home sideline. The one on the left had band members and cheerleaders in […]

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Twos are Wild, Berlin over Windber! @WindberFootball @FootballBerlin

October 10, 2020

Twos are Wild! Berlin over Windber! @WindberFootball @WindberRamblers @FootballBerlin By Greg Ricupero WestPAC Game of the Week October 9, 2020 Berlin Brothersvalley Mountaineers (4-0) @ Windber Ramblers (4-0) Last Meeting 9/20/19 Berlin 49-7 A battle of two unbeaten teams became a tale of two halves. Windber took the opening kickoff and drove 34 yards in […]

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Week Four Power Rankings for Heritage, WPAC & LHAC @LHAC_sports @Heritage_Confer

October 8, 2020

Power Ratings 1.Penns Manor (4-0) The Comets beat Homer-Center in a wild one. Should win easy this week against BC. 2.Homer Center(2-1) The Wildcats are averaging 47.7 points per game but lost. They play at Saltsburg. 3.Marion Center(3-0) The Stingers host NC in a game of unbeaten teams. They are averaging 44.7 points a game. […]

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