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High school football Q&A with Leechburg’s Jake Blumer
August 29, 2018
He might be short on words, but Leechburg's Jake Blumer is long on making plays. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound junior tailback scored three touchdowns in theThe Birdie stress eating after season-opening struggles in Westmoreland County
Last week: 5-3 (.625) Season: 5-3 (.625) It doesn't take much to impress the Birdie. So when the area's prep football expert found a viral
Week 1’s don’t-miss matchups in the A-K Valley
Class 5A Big East Plum (1-0, 0-0) at Franklin Regional (0-0, 0-0) 7 p.m. Friday at Franklin Regional HS Stadium, Murrysville Last week: Plum 32,
A-K Valley football players to watch for Week 1
Noah Hutcherson Valley, sr., TE/DE Hutcherson used his speed and strength to produce five sacks in last week's opener against Burrell. The Vikings hope heThe Birdie appreciates the underdogs in the A-K Valley
Last week: 4-2 Season: 4-2 The Birdie heard plenty of chirping late Friday night from the Leechburg zip code after the Blue Devils beat Apollo-Ridge
Physical battle expected as Freeport hosts 1st-time foe Derry in Big East opener
It can become a slippery slope to judge someone based on reputation, but right now that's all Derry and Freeport have to go on. Put
WPIAL high school football players to watch for Week 1
Here's a look at players to watch for Week 1 in WPIAL high school football: Tyler Brennan North Hills, sr., RB Brennan scored five first-half
Trib HSSN goes on the record with Imani Christian’s Dashaun Wright
The TribLive High School Sports Network recently asked more than 30 football players to answer questions, that ... well, weren't about X's and O's of
Westmoreland high school notebook: Penn-Trafford announces football hall of fame inductees
Some top-flight quarterbacks, an uncle and nephew and a nationally-highlighted team are part of the latest group to be enshrined into the Penn-Trafford Football Hall
Southmoreland girls chasing 1st playoff berth since ’12
Southmoreland girls soccer coach Aryn Askin didn't get the results she had hoped for in her first season with the team. But the Scotties have
Southmoreland boys soccer coaches preaching new mentality, culture
Jeremy Niemiec never thought he would come home. But he is happy he did. The Southmoreland graduate is preparing for his first season as theGeorge Guido: A series of firsts at Richard J. Dilts Stadium
August 28, 2018
The first game at Kiski Area's new Richard J. Dilts Stadium is in the books, so let's look at the series of firsts for the
North Catholic’s Tess Myers adds Kent State offer for basketball
Tess Myers hit one of the biggest shots in WPIAL girls basketball as a sophomore, and it looks as though she'll have a shot to
High school sports scores for Aug. 28, 2018
High schools Golf Boys Tuesday's results Sewickley Academy Invitational At Allegheny Country Club 1. Fox Chapel 372; 2. Sewickley ACademy, 386; 3. Seneca Valley, 387;
Springdale boys soccer confident after run to WPIAL title game, PIAA playoffs
Springdale's official boys soccer Twitter account put the rest of Class A on notice earlier this month with a tweet that despite significant losses from
Senior-heavy Springdale girls soccer ready to contend in Class A
Senior night might be a couple months away, but Springdale coach Jerry Concannon joked he already had his starting lineup in place. With 11 seniors
Penn-Trafford girls soccer ready to defend WPIAL Class 4A title
Kiley Dugan and her teammates enjoyed winning a WPIAL soccer championship so much they want to do it all over again. The Penn-Trafford senior midfielder
Fox Chapel basketball player Kelly leaving for prep school in Cleveland
Ben Kelly considered the prep school route for basketball in his past, but it wasn't until one began pursuing him that he fully committed to
WPIAL girls soccer players to watch
Girls soccer season gets underway with kickoff tournaments Friday and Saturday. Section play starts Sept. 5. Here's a look at some of the WPIAL girls
Penn-Trafford boys aim to be ‘an excellent defensive soccer team’
Penn-Trafford had an intersquad boys soccer scrimmage last week on an ideal, sun-splashed evening at Warrior Stadium. But the name of the game wasn't exactly
