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Little guys having big seasons in Westmoreland County football
You don’t have to be the biggest guy on your football team to shine on Friday nights. That sure was the case for Franklin Regional’s Zac Gordon, Jeannette’s Imani Sanders, Hempfield Area’s Nathan Roby, Derry Area’s Justin Huss and Ligonier Valley’s Kyrie Miller. All five seniors had impressive games. Gordon...
Summit Academy shuts out Valley to snap 18-game losing streak
Victories don’t come often at Summit Academy, so Saturday’s 14-0 win over Valley is one to savor. An 87-yard fumble recovery return and an 11-play scoring drive ended an 18-game losing streak for the Knights Saturday afternoon at Stephen Sherer Field. The last Summit Academy victory was over Avella on...
5 takeaways from Week 7: Keystone Oaks QB tops 500 total yards in extraordinary effort
Keystone Oaks coach Greg Perry wasn’t too surprised, but quarterback Logan Shrubb didn’t seem tired when he arrived Saturday morning to lift weights. “The kid’s got some energy to him,” Perry said. “He keeps chugging away. Me or you, we’d still be in bed.” Shrubb had quite a workout Friday...
Westmoreland football notebook: Three more teams clinch WPIAL playoff spots
Three more Westmoreland teams punched their ticket to the WPIAL playoffs with wins Friday night. Latrobe, Franklin Regional and Greensburg Salem will return to the postseason. Latrobe and Greensburg Salem will make back-to-back playoff appearances after droughts: Latrobe made it last year for the first time since 2009, and the...
WPIAL sets new hearing date for Connellsville, Allderdice to address slur accusations
The WPIAL hearing for Connellsville and Allderdice to address accusations of racial and anti-gay slurs was rescheduled for Oct. 21. The WPIAL board voted unanimously last month to investigate allegations that the boys soccer teams from the two schools used slurs in a Sept. 1 game. The hearing was initially...
Week 7 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 7 high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 308 - Cole Spencer, Pine-Richland (19 of 26) 308 - Eric Wilson, Sto-Rox (14 of 20) 304 - Jack Salopek, Norwin (19 of 43) 278 - Jay’Von Jeter, Hopewell (15 of 26) 266 - Zaier Harrison, Cornell (17...
WPIAL Class 5A roundup: Fox Chapel takes down Mars in Northern Conference
Shane Susnak completed 21 of 29 passes for 258 yards and three touchdowns as Fox Chapel slipped past Mars, 30-28, in a Class 5A Northern Conference football game Friday night. Khilee Patterson caught four passes for 121 yards and a 59-yard touchdown for Fox Chapel (3-5, 2-3). Quinn Fuller tossed...
WPIAL Class 4A roundup: No. 2 South Fayette holds off Highlands in Northwest 8
Naman Alemada threw for 255 yards and two touchdowns as No. 2 South Fayette held on to defeat Highlands, 21-18, in the Class 4A Northwest 8 Conference on Friday night. Joey Audio caught eight passes for 134 yards and a touchdown for South Fayette (7-1, 5-0). Chandler Thimons threw for...
WPIAL Class 3A roundup: Aliquippa blanks South Park
Antonio Quinn ran for 156 yards and an 83-yard touchdown as top-ranked Aliquippa scored a 29-0 win over South Park (3-4, 3-2) in Class 3A Tri-County West Conference play Friday night. Melvin Redd added 126 rushing yards, including touchdowns of 37 and 78 yards, on only six carries while Vaughn...
WPIAL Class A roundup: Ryan leads California to blowout victory
Cochise Ryan ran six times for 201 yards and four touchdowns to lead California to a 67-34 victory over Bentworth (2-6, 2-4) in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game Friday night. California improved to 5-3 overall and 4-1 in the conference. The Trojans trail West Greene (6-0) and Chartiers-Houston...
WPIAL Class 2A roundup: McGuffey tops Charleroi to stay unbeaten
McKinley Whipkey ran for 109 yards and one touchdown as No. 3 McGuffey doubled-up Charleroi, 28-14, in a Class 2A Century Conference football game Friday night. McGuffey improved to 8-0 overall and 6-0 in conference play. Alex Conrad threw for 178 yards and a touchdown and rushed for a TD...
Baldwin’s breakthrough season continues with double OT win over Bethel Park
During pregame homecoming ceremonies Friday night, the 1999 Baldwin Highlanders football team was recognized on the 20th anniversary of the program’s last conference championship. It was fitting. A few hours later, Joe Moeller’s 23-yard field goal gave Baldwin a thrilling 31-28 double-overtime victory, beating rival Bethel Park for the first...
Hughes-Sciarro connection leads Riverside past rival Ellwood City
Riverside quarterback Ben Hughes and wide receiver Nathan Sciarro started working on their connection in May, going down to the football field after school and running routes with the goal of getting better timing. All of that offseason work certainly paid off, because their connection was impeccable Friday night. Hughes...
Imani Sanders, Jeannette run over GCCVideo
Imani Sanders had one of those games players dreams of. Jeannette’s senior running back scored five touchdowns and rushed for 217 yards to lead the No. 1 Jayhawks to a 48-14 victory in WPIAL Class A Eastern Conference clash Friday at Centurion Stadium. The victory clinches a playoff spot for...
Springdale dominates Eastern Conference rival RiverviewVideo
The Riverview football team turned on the lights Friday at Riverside Park for its annual night game. Visiting Springdale then proceeded to turn the Raiders’ lights out. The Dynamos collected 198 yards rushing and 252 overall and limited Riverview to 41 yards of offense in a 33-0 Eastern Conference victory....
Burrell football team defeats Freeport in overtime thrillerVideo
Burrell coach Shawn Liotta has coached a lot of games in his career, but he said he has never coached one like Friday’s 36-35 overtime victory over Freeport. There was history — the Bucs were 1-11 against the Yellowjackets in the past 12 years and had been outscored 361-141. There...
Huss paces Derry in rout of Yough
Following a year in which Derry played for a WPIAL championship, anything less might feel like a bust. But the Trojans are piling up the victories again, and the consensus Friday night after a 42-6 rout of Yough was one of optimism. “We played a pretty complete game,” Derry senior...
Cornell rallies past Laurel as QB Harrison surpasses 5,000-yard mark
After a slow start, Cornell caught fire late in the first half and went on to defeat Laurel in a pivotal Big Seven game, 33-21, on Friday night. After falling behind by 15 points early, the Raiders (6-1, 5-1) outscored the Spartans, 33-6, in the last 25 minutes to win...
North Allegheny outscores Hempfield in 6A shootout
Hempfield showed that North Allegheny’s defense can be vulnerable, but it couldn’t keep up with the Tigers playmakers. The teams combined for 97 points on a night when nearly everyone found the end zone. No. 1 North Allegheny came away with a 62-35 victory. “It was a crazy, crazy game...
Spencer, Pine-Richland roll over Mt. Lebanon
Pine-Richland is a top-flight Western Pennsylvania football program. Mt. Lebanon is aspiring to get there. It took less than a minute to let that narrative play out at Mt. Lebanon on Friday night. Pine-Richland needed just 45 seconds to reach the end zone. A much-anticipated battle for second place in...
Elizabeth Forward locks in with shutout of Mt. Pleasant
Mike Collodi has preached a fast, physical style of play since he began his coaching tenure at Elizabeth Forward in 2015. And it’s clear his message continues to resonate with his players. The Warriors put Collodi’s two-word mantra into effect Friday night, ending their two-game losing streak with a 24-0...
Latrobe makes goal-line stand to defeat Plum, claim playoff spotVideo
As momentum swayed, it was one of those games that seemed destined to produce good news and bad news for the Latrobe football team. And it did. The good news for the Wildcats? There was hardly any bad news. Latrobe wiped its collective brow and took care of business Friday...
Steel Valley upsets Apollo-Ridge to keep playoff hopes alive
Steel Valley isn’t ready to relinquish its WPIAL crown just yet. The Ironmen kept their flickering playoff hopes alive Friday night with a 20-14 upset over Apollo-Ridge at William Campbell Stadium. Junior quarterback Ronnell Lawrence scored on a 1-yard keeper with 6 minutes, 19 seconds left to break a 14-14...
WPIAL football Week 7 results
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 7 high school football action. GAMES OF THE WEEK • JEANNETTE 40, GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC 14 Jeannette’s senior running back scored five touchdowns and rushed for 217 yards • BURRELL 36, FREEPORT 35 (OT) With the game on the line, senior...
Class 2A No. 5 Avonworth remains unbeaten with victory over East Allegheny
The Class 2A Allegheny Conference game between No. 5 Avonworth and East Allegheny was expected to be competitive. For most of two quarters, the game was exactly that. But the Antelopes regrouped after an East Allegheny miscue in the second quarter to remain unbeaten with a 35-7 win. In the...
