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No. 1 Clairton holds off Springdale’s upset bid with interception return for TD
September 9, 2017
Everyone is fully aware of what Clairton brings to the table as a football program. Even though the Bears had won 40 consecutive games against

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Late score leads Fox Chapel past Woodland Hills
September 8, 2017
Fox Chapel seemed to have lost composure and gone on its way to 0-3 with less than 10 minutes to go, but the Foxes made

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Freeport celebrates a touchdown by Garret Schaffhauser's (15) against Deer Lakes in the second half Friday, Sept. 8, 2017 at Deer Lakes High School.
Freeport ‘just amazing’ in victory over rival Deer Lakes
Deer Lakes challenged Freeport's defense Friday night, continually pounding away at the Yellowjackets with runs up the middle. But the Lancers' hammer couldn't break through

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Westmoreland roundup: Jeannette cruises past Leechburg
Jeannette did what the No. 2-ranked team in WPIAL Class A would expect to do in its conference opener — hit the gas and not

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Mt. Lebanon's Michael Palmer forces a fumble during the first quarter against Hempfield Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, at Mt. Lebanon High School.
No. 5 Mt. Lebanon routs Hempfield behind defense
If you looked at the final score of Friday's Class 6A Southeastern Conference battle, a 31-0 Mt. Lebanon victory, you would assume the leading passer

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Derry bounces back with rout of Yough
A week ago, Derry football coach Tim Sweeney wondered how much his players wanted to win. After all, the Trojans still were smarting from a

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North Allegheny volleyball off to fast start
Erasing a two-set deficit last Wednesday night against Upper St. Clair was a solid statement for North Allegheny sophomore setter Abby Miller. It was an

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North Hills volleyball builds around young hitters
Each year, every coach is going to have to deal with replacing key players lost to graduation. For Anna Sondergard and the North Hills girls

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Baldwin’s Kurt Schemm competes against Thomas Jefferson in a boys soccer game Sept. 7, 2017, at Thomas Jefferson.
South Hills notebook: Baldwin boys soccer rebounds with 2 victories
Notebook items from around the South Hills: • After opening the season with back-to-back losses to Norwin and Chartiers Valley, the Baldwin boys soccer team

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Thomas Jefferson's Devin Danielson goes through a workout Aug. 17, 2017, at Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson defensive line shows its strength
There is more than 1,000 pounds of brute force across Thomas Jefferson's defensive line. The average height and weight of the four players on the

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Franklin Regional's Bryce Lauer (71) sacks Kiski Area's Bryson Venanzio (9) during the second quarter of their WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference game Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, at Davis Field in Vandergrift. Franklin Regional won 19-14.
Franklin Regional defense stands tall to hold off Kiski Area
Franklin Regional lineman Bryce Lauer ran all by himself unaware a whistle had blown the play dead well behind him and after a 99-yard jaunt

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Apollo-Ridge knocks off defending WPIAL champion Beaver Falls
A confident Apollo-Ridge team rolled into Beaver Falls on Friday night and knocked off the defending WPIAL and PIAA champs 27-19 in a Class 3A

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Penn-Trafford's Caleb Lisbon (10) runs the ball after an interception against Plum in the third quarter of a WPIAL 5A conference game on Friday Sept. 08, 2017 at Penn-Trafford.
Penn-Trafford shuts out Plum in dominant effort
The touchdown bell was ringing. The tomahawk chop was slicing through the air, and No. 2 Penn-Trafford was dominating its way to a 3-0 start.

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Greensburg Salem uses big second half to hold off Laurel Highlands
Greensburg Salem broke open a close game with three second-half touchdowns to defeat Class 4A Big Nine Conference foe Laurel Highlands, 32-15, Friday night at

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Smith leads South Park past Mt. Pleasant
Damon Smith was a one-man wrecking crew for South Park on Friday night. Through the air and on the ground, Smith led the fourth-ranked Eagles

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Brentwood's Austin Veatch competes Aug. 25, 2017, at Carrick.
South Hills sports notebook: Brentwood football opens with nonconference win
Notebook items from around the South Hills: • Seniors Tanner Wells, DeAngelo Brisco, Evan Vickless and Austin Veatch served as captains for the Brentwood football

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MSA Sports Video Stream Game of the Week
MSA Sports has 22 WPIAL football broadcasts Friday night in Week Two, including the Class 6-A Southeastern Conference battle of South Hills neighbors as the Peters Township Indians host the Bethel Park Black Hawks in the MSA Sports Video Stream game of the Week. Watch live and archived starting at 7:30pm.

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Seton LaSalle's Tyler Stack competes against Mercyhurst Prep on Sept. 2, 2017, in the Seton LaSalle tournament at Seton LaSalle High School.
Seton LaSalle boys chasing 5th straight section crown
The beat goes on for the Seton LaSalle boys soccer team. In 2016, Seton LaSalle won its 12th section title in school history, advanced to

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WPIAL/City League Week Two Friday Scores
The calendar may have said early September, but the grandstands will feel like October. Sure, there were key high school football games throughout the district, but for a second straight week, any concerns of heat induced muscle cramps didn’t exist with kickoff temps around 60 degrees.  Here are all the final scores from a busy […]

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Shady Side Academy goalkeeper Chester Todd makes a stop on a shot by Freeport's Hunter Hardin (#21) during their game on Thursday, September 7, 2017 at Freeport Area High School.
No. 4 Freeport boys soccer tops No. 2 Shady Side Academy in lightning-halted game
September 7, 2017
With 16 minutes and 44 seconds left in the second half of Thursday's Section 2-2A boys soccer match between rivals Freeport and Shady Side Academy,

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