Football

CTK 2010 – WPIAL/City League Football Coaching Changes

August 9, 2010

A pair of legends hung up the whistle this off season with George Smith of McKeesport and Guy Montecalvo of Canon-McMillan calling it quits...for now. Meanwhile, a couple of big name coaches have resurfaced in Jim Rankin and Art Tragesser while Ray Braszo is going back to the future. Which other WPIAL schools will have a new sideline general for this 2010 high school football season?

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CTK 2010 – 2009 Pittsburgh City League Football Flashback

August 8, 2010

When the Pittsburgh City League championship game was set, there was no sign of defending champion Brashear and powerhouse Perry. Instead it was Schenley and Oliver that played in a District 8 title game for the ages. When the dust had settled, it was the Spartans surviving the Bears 34-32 in double overtime giving Schenley their first City League in over a decade.

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CTK 2010 – 2009 WPIAL Class AAAA Football Flashback

August 7, 2010

The school colors for Gateway are black and gold. However recent history on the gridiron indicates maybe they should be changed to black and silver. For the third straight season, the Gators took home the silver after losing in the WPIAL Class AAAA football championship, this time to Woodland Hills as the Wolverines claimed their fifth football title and first since 2002.

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CTK 2010 – 2009 WPIAL Class AAA Football Flashback

August 6, 2010

The run of three straight WPIAL and two consecutive PIAA state championships came to an end for Thomas Jefferson, which saw their title hopes dashed in the Semifinals by eventual champion West Allegheny. The Indians gold run led to their first football crown since winning three straight in 1999, 2000 and 2001. HIGHLIGHTS FROM WPIAL CLASS AAA FOOTBALL IN 2009:

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CTK 2010 – 2009 WPIAL Class AA Football Flashback

August 5, 2010

After watching rival Jeannette bask in the golden glory with back-to-back WPIAL football championships in 2007 and 2008, Greensburg Central Catholic survived a tough Interstate Conference to win a title as a double-digit seed in a deep Class AA tournament. The district championship, captured with a rout of Aliquippa at Heinz Field, was the first in school history for the Centurions.

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CTK 2010 – 2009 WPIAL Class A Football Flashback

August 4, 2010

The beat continued in Class A last year as powers Clairton and Rochester met at Heinz Field for the third time in the last six years. After a hectic finish decided on a missed two-point conversion, the Bears edged the Rams 14-13 and celebrated back-to-back WPIAL crowns and their third district title in the past four year.

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CTK 2010 – The 7:00pm Kickoffs

August 3, 2010

We had a new fad last season...or was it a fad at all? In 2009, 28 WPIAL teams decided to move or keep their home kickoff times from 7:30pm to 7:00pm. So which schools have decided to keep the early kick time or move to the 7:00pm start this fall? Here is a list of schools that will get the thirty minute head start from a still majority of the schools that kick off at 7:30pm.

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Countdown to Kickoff 2010 Begins at Kennywood Park Monday

August 2, 2010

It has become a high school football tradition. Nobody gets you better prepared for the upcoming high school football season than the MSA Sports Network with daily updates and previews through August. Once again this year, the month-long preview begins at Kennywood Park on Monday.

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COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF 2010

August 1, 2010

The countdown to the start of the 2010 high school football season is underway. High School football training camps throughout Western Pennsylvania open up on Monday, August 16th as teams prepare for the dawn of a new season which will kickoff Friday, September 3rd.

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CTK 2010 – WPIAL and City League High School Football Schedules

While scholastic training camps open up throughout Western Pennsylvania in just two weeks, the kickoff of the 2010 high school football season is set for Friday, September 3rd. MSA Sports now has ALL 126 WPIAL and 9 Pittsburgh City League gridiron schedules set in our database.

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