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December 2023

 

Northwestern Lehigh Tigers Title Run Comes to an End.

December 9, 2023  |  

Defending Champs Belle Vernon Ruin Northwestern Lehigh’s Undefeated Season.   MECHANICSBURG-  Northwestern Lehigh Tigers ran into a buzz-saw Saturday afternoon at Chapman Field at Cumberland Valley High School in the PIAA State 3A Championship in the form of the Belle Vernon Leopards.  The Tigers could only muster 249 yards of total offense and were held to […]

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Belle Vernon vs. Northwestern Lehigh Highlights

December 9, 2023  |  

Belle Vernon vs. Northwestern Lehigh                    

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Imhotep Charter vs. Peters Township Highlights

December 9, 2023  |  

Imhotep Charter vs. Peters Township  

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Peters Township’s Historic Season Ends In Defeat at the Hands of Imhotep Charter

December 9, 2023  |  

Mechanicsburg- Peters Township’s undefeated WPIAL championship season came to a close with a loss at the hands of District 12’s Imhotep Charter in the PIAA Class 5A Championship game this evening.  In what they hoped would be Peters Townships first football state title, the Indians just couldn’t overcome a dynamic Panther offense and smothering defense. […]

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Westinghouse loses a heartbreaker to Southern Columbia

December 8, 2023  |  

  It was a 25 year wait to get a Pittsburgh City league team to make it back to the state championship game, now for the second year in a row Westinghouse Academy faced Southern Columbia for the class 2A title, today’s game in what was an instant classic, ended in heartache for the Bulldogs. […]

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Southern Columbia Westinghouse Highlights

December 8, 2023  |  

Southern Columbia vs. Westinghouse  

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Dallas vs. Aliquippa & Steelton-Highspire vs. Fort Cherry Highlights

December 8, 2023  |  

Steelton-Highsphire vs. Fort Cherry Dallas vs. Aliquippa    

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Dallas falls short of the dream, loses to Aliquippa in the finals

December 8, 2023  |  

A dream season came to an end as Dallas found Aliquippa to be too much to handle in a 60-14 loss at Chapman Field on the campus of Cumberland Valley High School. Dallas couldn’t get the early stops in the game. Aliquippa RB Tiqwai Hayes was a force to be reckoned with as he ran […]

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2023 PIAA Class 3A Title Game Preview: Northwestern Lehigh

December 8, 2023  |  

Northwestern Lehigh Tigers PIAA District XI- Class AAA League: Colonial/Schuylkill League-Gold Head Coach: Josh Snyder 2023 SCHEDULE: Northwestern Lehigh Tigers Offensive Keys to Winning: The combination of Dalton Clymer and Devon Hidebrand and the strength of the offensive line will be a key to capturing the school’s first state championship. Quarterback Shane Leh will need to […]

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PIAA Class 3A Title game preview: Belle Vernon

December 8, 2023  |  

BELLE VERNON District 7 Belle Vernon Leopards are one of the most complete teams in the PIAA. They returned 21 starters from last years Wpial and PIAA champion squads and they’re debatably better than they were a year ago. They’re  led by a man with a list of accolades a mile long that being, returning […]

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4A – Aliquippa v. Dallas (PHOTO GALLERY)

December 8, 2023  |  

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Back on Top: Aliquippa Makes History

December 8, 2023  |  

Mechanicsburg – Aliquippa again rules 4A football.  The Aliquippa Quips are one of Pennsylvania’s most tradition-rich football programs. Earlier during the 2023 season, they won their 20th WPIAL title. They’ve also won four state titles in 1991, 2003, 2018 and 2021. However, none of the previous four state-champion squads were undefeated. On Thursday night, Aliquippa […]

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2023 Class 5A Title Game Preview: Peters Township

December 7, 2023  |  

Peters Township Indians PIAA District 7 – Class AAAAA League: WPIAL 5A Section 1 Head Coach: T.J. Plack Overview: Peters Township is undefeated at 15-0 and ranked 2nd behind Imhotep.  The Indians won their first ever WPIAL crown and naturally are making their first PIAA championship game appearance.  Some of the Indians’ bigger victories along the […]

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2023 CLASS 2A Title Game Preview: Westinghouse

December 7, 2023  |  

WESTINGHOUSE BULLDOGS CLASS AA DISTRICT 8 PITTSBURGH CITY HEAD COACH DONTA GREEN OVERVIEW: After a 25-year absence of Pittsburgh City schools from the State Championship, Westinghouse Academy returns for a second straight year to take on Southern Columbia. The Bulldogs will attempt to halt SoCo’s record breaking streak of 6 straight state titles. Last year’s tilt […]

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ProTime’s Pick’em Challenge Semi-Final Edition

December 5, 2023  |  

AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR After 10 regular season weeks and 5 playoff rounds, PFN’s ProTime’s Pick’em Challenge has comedown to 3 guessers with a chance to win, 4 if you count yours truly (I would have to guess every game and Protime would have to miss every game.) To absolutely no one’s surprise Protime […]

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Game Highlights: PIAA 3A Semi-Final Wyomissing vs Northwestern Lehigh

December 3, 2023  |  

Game Highlights from the Sidelines during the PIAA 3A Semi-Final matchup between Wyomissing and Northwestern Lehigh at Kutztown University on 12-1-2023. Check out our final Playoff Bracket of the season over at Playoff Central

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Evan Austin Helps Oakdale Beat Linganore Again, This Time for All the Marbles

December 3, 2023  |  

These two rivals are separated by 7 miles of real estate.  These two rivals battled it out all game as Oakdale hung on at the end to win the Maryland 3A state championship 42-35 in the fog at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Saturday night.  If you like offense, this was the game.  A good […]

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Mergenthaler Wins the 4A/3A Title with Defense and Second Half Heroics

December 3, 2023  |  

In what was thought would be one of the best MPSSAA playoff games of the weekend, Mergenthaler Vo-Tech scored the go-ahead touchdown with only two minutes remaining to defeat North Point 14-7 in the fog.  Coming into the game both teams had combined to score 961 points and even more amazing was the fact they […]

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St Joes Prep Hawks fly past CB South and are headed back to the state title game

December 3, 2023  |  

A foggy Saturday afternoon with the sun peaking in and out produced the perfect late fall afternoon for football. For the SJ Prep Hawks this was just another mountain to fly over to get to the ultimate goal of winning back to back state titles. CB South the District 1 champion came in undefeated and […]

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Williamstown Wins Second Straight State Title

December 3, 2023  |  

Wheeling – Williamstown wins their second straight state title – 42-12 over Greenbrier West. In a matchup of 13-0 teams, the reigning state champions jumped out to a 28-0 first-half lead and never looked back en route to their fourth state title. “We got a great senior class, and they worked their butts off,” said […]

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Jabril Daniels Leads Fort Hill to Tenth State Football Crown

December 2, 2023  |  

The Fort Hill Sentinels dominated Mountain Ridge in the Class 1A Maryland state championship contest, whipping the Miners 45-21.  It was Fort Hills’ 8th title in the last 10 years and third in a row.  Jabril Daniels and his offensive line was a big reason that happened.  The 6’ 185 lb. Daniels set a school […]

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Martinsburg Wins 10th State Title

December 2, 2023  |  

Wheeling – Martinsburg won their 10th state title with a convincing 57-13 victory over Princeton Saturday afternoon at Wheeling Island Stadium. After a one-year hiatus, Martinsburg returned to Wheeling after winning the 2021 state title 62-21 over Huntingdon. The Highlanders were the defending state champions, beating Parkersburg South 28-3 in last year’s state final. “It […]

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(Video Recap)Peter’s Township Outlasts Cocalico in down to the wire 5A semi final

December 2, 2023  |  

It was a game of missed opportunities by both squads, but in the end it was Peter’s Township that had an EPIC Goaline stand that would stand to be the difference in the 5A semi-final game and sending them to there first PIAA final in school history.

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Wise Bests Broadneck for the Maryland 4A Crown

December 2, 2023  |  

Dr. Henry A. Wise High School was too big and too quick for Broadneck as the Pumas defeated the Bruins Friday night in a light drizzle at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.  Wise wins the big boy Class 4A title, their 5th all-time.  The Pumas started slow on offense, but continued to […]

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