Football
Hempfield lineman Cole Graham gets FBS offer
November 16, 2019
The offensive line of the Hempfield football team not only had size but it also produced numbers this season.
WPIAL Class 3A final notebook: Overtime rare in WPIAL championship games
Saturday’s Class 3A final was the fifth championship game decided in overtime in WPIAL history.
WPIAL Class 6A football finals primer: Central Catholic vs. Pine-Richland
WPIAL Class 6A championship
Washington leans on Zahmere Robinson to stop upset-minded Brentwood
November 15, 2019
After Washington’s Zahmere Robinson fumbled for the first time this year in a third quarter that saw Brentwood surging, he went to the sidelines and told his teammates he’d make up for it.
Top performers in passing, rushing, receiving in WPIAL Class 5A, 2A semifinals
Top performers for Week 12 high school football in Western Pennsylvania.
Belle Vernon ‘a different team’ since lopsided loss to Thomas Jefferson in September
For Belle Vernon’s football team, it doesn’t matter what you call them heading into Saturday’s WPIAL Class 4A championship game against conference rival Thomas Jefferson.
5 things to watch in Week 12 of high school football: TJ’s Cherpak draws Belichick comparisons
Thomas Jefferson coach Bill Cherpak chuckles at the comparison, but maybe it’s too not farfetched?
WPIAL Class 4A football finals primer: Thomas Jefferson vs. Belle Vernon
WPIAL Class 4A championship
Baldwin’s 1999 football team remembered for heart, toughness
The groundwork for the conference championship was laid at preseason camp at Slippery Rock.
Franklin Regional not satisfied with first-round playoff exit
There wasn’t another team in the WPIAL that played a schedule like Franklin Regional did this season.
WPIAL championship rematch with fearsome Central Catholic line awaits Pine-Richland
One lineman is the talented nephew of an NFL superstar. One is 6-foot-5 and committed to North Carolina. The two others are gigantic twin brothers with more than 20 scholarship offers.
Beard is unsung hero for Ligonier Valley football team
November 14, 2019
One player who sometimes gets overlooked on the Ligonier Valley football team is senior John Beard.
District 6 Class 2A football finals primer: Ligonier Valley vs. Richland
PIAA District 6 Class 2A championship
Sto-Rox embracing opportunity against No. 1 Clairton in WPIAL Class A final
When the first WPIAL championship football game at Heinz Field kicks off at 11 a.m. Saturday, the Class A title will be up for grabs between programs with very different stories.
Through the Years: After week-long snow delay, Richland wins 1st WPIAL title half-century ago
Each Friday throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that are part of local scholastic history.
Chick’s Picks recalibrates for WPIAL finals, semifinals
Welcome to Week 12 of the high school football season.
Washington faces challenge from surging Brentwood in Class 2A semis
Washington, a regular fixture in the WPIAL playoffs for the past nine years, has been on a mission in 2019.
Avonworth wary of Cinderella Riverside in Class AA semifinals
With two big playoff victories in the hopper already, Riverside isn’t playing like a typical No. 14 seed.
Expect fireworks from Penn-Trafford, Peters Township in WPIAL playoff rematch
November 13, 2019
Penn-Trafford and Peters Township had a hard time catching their breath in the first quarter last year when they met in a wild WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal at West Mifflin.
