Fort Cherry
December 2025
Sieg flips commitment from Penn State to West Virginia
December 3, 2025 | Ethan Spozarski
Four-star athlete and Fort Cherry starting quarterback Matt Sieg verbally committed to Penn State last November, however today on national signing day he flipped his commitment to West Virginia University. The senior had over 12,000 career all-purpose yards, including almost 3,000 of those yards coming this season and is the WPIAL’s all-time leader in all-purpose […]
Flashback: Port Allegany v. Fort Cherry (UPDATED PHOTO GALLERY)
December 2, 2024 | Sykotyk
For more, and larger, photos from this game, click HERE. For photos from previous weeks and seasons, visit http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/
Aiden Bliss Scores Five TDs and Port Allegany Pounds Fort Cherry to Reach the State Finals for the First Time Ever
November 30, 2024 | Phil Myers
Port Allegany, thanks to a huge second quarter, mercy-ruled Fort Cherry 46-8 at PennWest-Clarion’s Memorial field last night. Not only did the Gator offense, led by Aiden Bliss, control the game, Port’s defense held one of the best offenses and one of the best players in D7 to one measly touchdown and minimal yardage for […]
Class 1A Semifinal Preview: Fort Cherry vs. Port Allegany
November 29, 2024 | Phil Myers
Fort Cherry vs. Port Allegany at PennWest Clarion – Friday November 29 @ 7:00 P.M. Fort Cherry Rangers (14-0) Fort Cherry, ranked 2nd in the state, is coached by Tanner Garry. He has been the head coach since the 2020 season and has compiled a record of 45-14. But he is 29-1 over the past […]
WPIAL 1A Fort Cherry v. Clairton (PHOTO GALLERIES)
November 24, 2024 | Sykotyk
Fort Cherry wins back-to-back 1A WPIAL Championship Clairton Bears fall short in 1A WPIAL Championship against Fort Cherry
Fort Cherry wins back-to-back 1A WPIAL Championship
November 23, 2024 | Annabelle Aquino
The Fort Cherry Rangers defeated the Clairton Bears 21-20 in the 1A WPIAL Championship game. The Rangers defended their title from last year, making this their second WPIAL Championship victory. “They did a fantastic job coming out and playing our style,” said Fort Cherry head coach Tanner Garry. “ We wanted to show from an […]
Clairton Bears fall short in 1A WPIAL Championship against Fort Cherry
November 23, 2024 | Ethan Spozarski
The Clairton Bears lost to the Fort Cherry Rangers 21-20 with the storyline being a tale of two halves. Clairton coming into today had never allowed more than seven points in a single game all year being one of the best defenses in all the WPIAL. Clairton started the game on defense, and like they […]
Fort Cherry rallies behind Sieg’s six rushing touchdowns for Semifinal Round win
November 16, 2024 | Ethan Spozarski
The Fort Cherry Rangers punched their ticket back to Acrisure stadium with the 49-14 win over the Jeannette Jayhawks. Fort Cherry’s QB and new Penn State commit, Matt Sieg had six of the seven Ranger touchdowns. Seig also eclipsed 4,000 career passing yards, joining only Terrell Pryor as the only WPIAL players who have ever […]
Fort Cherry Moves on Despite Early Struggles
November 9, 2024 | Brett Gombita
After a 35-6 loss in the regular season against Fort Cherry, Cornell proved that they made adjustments for the postseason rematch. Fort Cherry was forced to punt on their first three drives of the game. In that time, Cornell established a 12-0 lead, thanks to touchdowns from junior running back Khylil Johnson and senior running […]
WPIAL Playoff Previews
October 26, 2024 | Mia Williams
Today the WPIAL released the playoff brackets for the 2024 season. Here are the matchups with the team’s records. Check back tomorrow night for statewide brackets on pafootballnews.com 6A #1 Pittsburgh Central Catholic (8-2) vs. #4 Seneca Valley (3-6) on Friday Nov. 8th at 7 pm at a TBA location #2 North Allegheny (9-1) vs. […]
Sieg and Cornali boost Fort Cherry to 35-6 win
October 5, 2024 | Brett Gombita
On Oct. 4, the Fort Cherry Rangers defeated the Cornell Raiders by a score of 35-6. Junior quarterback Matt Sieg ran for a touchdown and threw for three touchdowns, all to senior wideout Shane Cornali. Sieg’s rushing touchdown from one yard out opened up the scoring, just two minutes and 45 seconds into the game, […]
Fort Cherry erupts in second half, defeats Monessen 35-14; Picture Gallery included
September 21, 2024 | Tyler Aaron
In the first quarter, both teams traded processions until the midway point of the first quarter when Monessen senior cornerback Timothy Kershaw intercepted Fort Cherry quarterback Matt Sieg and put Monessen in decent field position at midfield. However, the Fort Cherry defense stood tall and got the ball back late in the first quarter. Fort […]
WPIAL Elite Eight: Preseason Rankings
August 14, 2024 | Andrew Schaffer
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 […]
Fort Cherry leads way with two of four WPIAL players selected to 1A All-State team
December 28, 2023 | Ethan Spozarski
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 […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt (State Semis & Finals…plus Golf)
December 11, 2023 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Friday, December 1 3A Northwestern Lehigh (14-0) vs. 3A Wyomissing (12-1) Friday, December 1 […]
Dallas vs. Aliquippa & Steelton-Highspire vs. Fort Cherry Highlights
December 8, 2023 | Shane Lux
Steelton-Highsphire vs. Fort Cherry Dallas vs. Aliquippa
1A – Steelton-Highspire v. Fort Cherry (PHOTO GALLERY)
December 7, 2023 | Sykotyk
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Fort Cherry Comes Up Short in State Title Game
December 7, 2023 | Phil Myers
The Fort Cherry Rangers’ fairy tale season came to an end on a sour note as they were defeated by the Steelton-Highspire Steamrollers 42-8 at The Chap, the home field of Cumberland Valley High School. It was Fort Cherry’s very first state championship game appearance. Fort Cherry could not get anything going offensively until late […]
Steelton-Highspire v Fort Cherry Pregame/Halftime/Postgame report
December 7, 2023 | Billy Splain
Join our staff for our pregame, halftime and postgame reports. Pregame report at 12:40, Halftime, then Post game immediately after the game!
2023 Class 1A Title Game Preview: Fort Cherry
December 6, 2023 | Phil Myers
Fort Cherry Rangers PIAA District 7 – Class A League: WPIAL 1A Section 3 Head Coach: Tanner Garry Overview: Fort Cherry is undefeated at 15-0 and ranked 2nd behind Steelton-Highspire. The Rangerss won their first ever WPIAL crown and are making their first ever PIAA championship game appearance. A few of the Rangers’ bigger wins […]
Matt Sieg Leads Fort Cherry To State Championship Berth, 33-23 over Redbank Valley
December 2, 2023 | Sykotyk
On a cool, damp night the trended towards fog late in the evening, the Fort Cherry Rangers overcame a 16-13 deficit heading into the fourth quarter to win, 33-23 over the Redbank Valley Bulldogs. Opening the game, Redbank Valley scored quickly on a 34 yard pass caught by Aashton Kahle. Though the PAT was not […]
PIAA Class 1A Semi-Final Preview: Fort Cherry
November 30, 2023 | LukeAndruscik
Fort Cherry vs Redbank Valley, Friday December 1st at 7:00 PM Farrell High School How did they get here? 1A Bracket HERE 2023 Schedule Season Recap After defeating the South Side Rams in 1A WPIAL Championship, the Fort Cherry Rangers are set to play the Redbank Valley Bulldogs in the state semifinals. […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt (State Quarterfinals)
November 27, 2023 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Friday, November 24 1A #2 Fort Cherry (13-0) vs. #4 South Side Beaver (13-0) 2A […]
WPIAL Finals Gallery
November 25, 2023 | Sykotyk
For more, and larger, photos from these games, click HERE. For photos from previous weeks and seasons, visit http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/
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