District 7
April 2020
BackyardPAFootball Podcast- Breaking Down Frazier: Interview with Frazier QB Brayden Boggs
April 8, 2020 | Nate Grella
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE! Nick and Nathan have a conversation with Frazier QB Brayden Boggs. Boggs discusses what it’s like to live in a football family, breaks down his part in the Beth-Center- Frazier Rivalry, as well as makes a controversial take in meat and potatoes! LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! Follow Us on Twitter! […]
BackyardPaFootball Podcast- Breaking Down West Greene: Interview with Former OL Jeremiah Miller
April 4, 2020 | Nate Grella
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE Nick and Nathan talk all about the Pioneers with former OL and current Broadcaster Jeremiah Miller. Miller talks about the 2019 season in Brian Hanson’s first year, discusses new QB Nathan Orndoff, while also sharing insight behind the locker room doors in Rogersville. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! Follow Us on […]
Peters Twp linebacker Corban Hondru chooses to commit early, will become a RedHawk for Miami, OH @CorbanHondru @PetersTwpFB
April 3, 2020 | Billy Splain
Peters Township has a nice problem. The Indians have two highly recruited players with multiple D1 offers. Safety Donovan McMillan and Linebacker Corban Hondru. Corban has an offers list that’s quite impressive. With Dartmouth, Akron, Penn, Youngstown St, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, William & Mary and more he had plenty of choices. What he […]
BackyardPAFootball Podcast- Breaking Down Charleroi: Interview with PFN Beat Writer Peyton Trollinger
April 2, 2020 | Nate Grella
Check out the latest episode HERE Nick and Nathan chat it up with Peyton Trollinger of PFN! The discussion includes a breakdown of Legend Davis’ time at Charleroi, analysis on the Cougars 2019 season, as well as looking ahead to the schedule for the upcoming year. Like us on Facebook! Follow Us on Twitter! Read […]
BackyardPAFootball Podcast- Breaking Down Brownsville: Interview with Former OL and Coach Quintin Mapstone
March 31, 2020 | Nate Grella
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE Nick and Nathan interview Quintin Mapstone in the first quarantine edition of the BackyardPAFootball Podcast. Quintin discusses his memories as a player with the Falcons, previews the upcoming season, and discusses the Falcons interesting offseason Like us on Facebook! Follow Us on Twitter! Read More at- https://westernpafootball.net/category/district-7/
Great PA Teams: North Allegheny, 2012 @nafootball_tfl
March 31, 2020 | Hal Wilson
NORTH ALLEGHENY 2012 North Allegheny emerged as a new high school in the northern Pittsburgh suburbs in 1958 and quickly became an athletic power in the WPIAL and State. However, the Tigers didn’t win their first WPIAL football championship until 1990 after disappointments in 1982, when an injury to star fullback Tim Manoa helped cause […]
BackyardPAFootball Podcast Weekly Interviews 3/30-4/3
March 28, 2020 | Nate Grella
The BackyardPAFootball Podcast has announced a 3 podcast interview a week schedule to help satisfy your high school football needs while you stay at home! For the week of March 30th to April 3rd, Nick, Nathan and Caleb will interview… Quintin Mapstone: Former Offensive Lineman for the Brownsville Falcons and current lineman for the Waynesburg […]
Great PA Teams: Jeannette 1956 @Jhawkathletics
March 23, 2020 | Hal Wilson
JEANNETTE 1956 The Jeannette Jayhawks have been a force in Pennsylvania scholastic football for many decades, from the 1920’s to the Terrell Pryor teams of the late 2000’s. A WPIAL AA title was shared in1932 and a championship was lost by a 10-0 team in 1936 through the vagaries of the Gardner point system. […]
Coaching Jobs: Baldwin High School seeks Head Football Coach @bw_highlander @BHS1Athletics1
February 13, 2020 | Billy Splain
Baldwin-Whitehall School District ANTICIPATED Head Varsity Football Coach Baldwin-Whitehall School District, located in a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA, is seeking candidates for the position of Head Varsity Football Coach to lead our 6A football program. Candidates should have extensive high school coaching experience; collegiate playing/coaching experience is welcomed. Preferred candidates must have prior head coaching […]
Wpial Schedules are out…some interesting matchups early
January 30, 2020 | Billy Splain
With the new method of the WPIAL choosing the out of conference games by eye instead of using a computer, some interesting games have emerged. Also a byproduct, most of the non conference games are in the beginning of the season, making those conference games a little more important on the back end of the […]
Wash High Bolsters Coaching Staff with Former Carmichaels Assistant (Q&A)
January 27, 2020 | Nate Grella
Facilitated by Nathan Grella In 2019, Washington High School had a dominant defense filled with numerous Division 1 and 2 prospects. Over the weekend, 3 of them would declare their college decisions. With star defensive linemen, Chase Mitchell, already signed to play for the Liberty Flames, three more of the talented senior class would declare. […]
Aliquippa, Pine Richland headline a slew of shifts in the WPIAL for 2020-21 seasons.
January 24, 2020 | John Robbins
This offseason the PIAA released their new classifications and the teams that will participate in them. With those changes, the WPIAL came up with two proposals to form conferences. Proposal 1 stuck with the status quo, which was all six classifications. Proposal 2 offered combined conferences based on region and rivalries. The WPIAL coaches opted […]
Great PA Teams: CLAIRTON “COBRA’S?” 1931 @CCSDathletes @bears_hc @Goony_38
January 18, 2020 | Hal Wilson
The 1931 Clairton gridders climaxed a golden age of football greatness with a powerhouse team that swept aside all its opposition and won the WPIAL A title for the second time in three seasons. Big and experienced, the Mon Valley squad won ten straight games and finished the 1931 season having lost one game in […]
Warrior Watch: Penn-Trafford players to look out for in 2020 and beyond!
January 10, 2020 | John Robbins
The Penn-Trafford football team finished the decade with 90 wins, 2 trips to Heinz Field, 9 playoff appearances out of 10 years, and many records broken in their wake. To ring in the new decade, here are 10 players to look out for next season and beyond. Ethan Carr – 2021 6´2¨ 195 (QB/WR/OLB/S) One […]
Will WPIAL coaches decide on major changes, or will conferences remain classification based
January 10, 2020 | Billy Splain
On Wednesday night the WPIAL held a meeting with it’s head coaches. The goal: try to correct the conference alignments in such a way as to make everyone as happy as can be. “We sent a questionnaire out a while back asking what they’d like addressed” said incoming WPIAL Executive Director Amy Scheuneman. “Some of […]
Great PA Teams: Donora 1944-45
January 6, 2020 | Hal Wilson
Many outstanding teams have been produced over the years in the vast WPIAL. The very best of all may have been the 1945 Donora Dragons from the rugged steel town in the Monongahela River Valley. After sweeping through unbeaten and winning the AA playoff in 1944, Coach Jimmy Russell’s 1945 squad was even better, […]
Great PA Teams: BRADDOCK 1959 @WoodyHigh @WhCoachTim
December 21, 2019 | Hal Wilson
BRADDOCK 1959 The legendary Chuck Klausing coached at Braddock High School for just six years, beginning with the 1954 season. In those six seasons, he won five WPIAL A titles outright and shared a sixth. His record at Braddock was an amazing 55-0-1; not a single loss. Chuck believes today that his final team, the […]
Wyoming Area Stuns Central Valley in Second Half Comeback Win for the PIAA 3A @wascoreboard @cvqbclub
December 7, 2019 | Billy Splain
“That big pass over the middle that Riley Rusyn caught, it wasn’t even meant for him, it was meant for Derek Ambrosino but he just jumped up and grabbed it.” That was the moment Wyoming Area quarterback Dom DeLuca says turned the momentum their way. Coming back into the game after being injured with his […]
PIAA State Championships – 3A Wyoming v. Central Valley (GALLERY) @WaScoreboard @WyomingAreaSC @cvqbclub @CVHSWarriors
December 7, 2019 | Sykotyk
PIAA Class 3A Championship Saturday December 7, 2019 Hersheypark Stadium Hershey, PA Wyoming 21, Central Valley 14 – Final More photos will be available at http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/
Southern Columbia turns record day into Tenth PIAA title
December 7, 2019 | Dave Fegley
SCA’s record day ends in 3-Peat In Friday afternoon’s PIAA Class 2A State Championship game, Southern Columbia found itself in a new situation early on. Avonworth took a 7-0 lead on the game’s first drive. The Antelopes took advantage of a miscommunication between two Tiger defenders just over two minutes into the game. How did […]
PIAA Class 3A State Championship Preview: Central Valley v Wyoming Area @WasSoreboard @cvqbclub
December 7, 2019 | Billy Splain
The Skinny (strengths, weaknesses, the stars): For Central Valley: This is a very athletic and fast team. Their mid season loss to 4A champ Thomas Jefferson is the only blemish in what was otherwise a strong season. Taking down 2018 champion Aliquippa twice is an impressive resume builder, though the second matchup was a hard […]
PIAA State Championships — Southern Columbia v. Avonworth (GALLERY) @SoCoTigerSports @AvonworthFB
December 7, 2019 | Sykotyk
PIAA Class 2A Championship Friday, December 6, 2019 Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA Southern Columbia 74, Avonworth 7 For more, and larger, photos from this week, click HERE. For photos from previous weeks and seasons, visit http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/
PIAA State Championships — Dallas v. Thomas Jefferson (GALLERY) @DallasMountsFB @TJHSJaguars
December 6, 2019 | Sykotyk
PIAA Class 4A Championship Thursday, December 5, 2019 Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA Thomas Jefferson 46, Dallas 7 — FINAL For more, and larger, photos from this weekend, click HERE. For photos from previous weeks and seasons, visit http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/
PIAA Class 2A State Championship Preview: Southern Columbia v Avonworth
December 6, 2019 | Billy Splain
The Skinny (strengths, weaknesses, the stars): For Southern Columbia: The Tigers have as strong of a senior class as they have ever had which is saying something for a school with more state titles than any other in the history of Pennsylvania. The Tigers have five players that accepted offers to play Division 1 football including […]
Thomas Jefferson Hammers Dallas to claim the PIAA 4A Title @TJHSJaguars
December 5, 2019 | Billy Splain
Shane Stump summed up tonight’s 46-7 drubbing of Dallas as something they’ve been working toward since he was a young kid. “This was a team of coming together in youth football, middle school football and high school football. All the sudden you’re here and you’ve done everything you’ve dreamed of doing.” Stump threw for 104 […]
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