Sports
McKlveen steps back between pipes for Derry girls
August 18, 2017
Moiya McKlveen will be happy to have a little extra space to work this fall. Following a year of playing in the field, McKlveen played
New coach Fuchs hopes to get Derry boys out of section cellar
Finding a more qualified candidate to bring a fresh perspective to the Derry boys soccer program than first-year coach Iwan Fuchs would have been difficult.
HS football position by position breakdown: Scouting the linebackers
Layton Jordan's position is a multiple-choice test. The McKeesport senior is an outside linebacker on defense and a wingback for the Tigers' option offense. The
Kiski Area’s ‘Hollywood’ Greece set for featured role
August 17, 2017
Sam Albert took one look at Ross Greece and knew which nickname to bestow on his new player. Hollywood. andquot;If I looked like him, if
CTK ’17 – 5-A Big East Conference Preview
Last season, Big East Conference teams were involved in some of the most dramatic and wild finishes in the entire WPIAL, including multiple involving the McKeesport Tigers. In the regular season, Armstrong edged McKeesport in an overtime classic. Meanwhile in the 5A semifinals, it was the Tigers who pulled off a Hail Mary to win […]
CTK ’17 – Week One WPIAL Football Scrimmages
FINALLY! High school football camps throughout Pennsylvania opened for business on Monday. That means district teams have five days of practice before they hit the field for either the first of two scrimmages or in the case of some teams, their only scrimmage prior to Week Zero. All Pennsylvania high school football teams have the […]
CTK ’17 – New WPIAL Football Coaches
New Faces – New Places – New Hopes – New Dreams. There are six more coaching changes this off-season then before the 2016 campaign. There are a lot of rookie head coaches getting their first crack, some coaches who are just changing hats and addresses and one who has gone back to the future. Whatever […]
CTK ’17 – 6-A Southeastern Conference Preview
The storylines all throughout the regular season last year in 6A revolved around how the Southeastern Conference lacked any heavyweight teams, while the Northern Seven boasted several title contenders. Unfortunately for fans of the Southeastern Conference, that’s exactly how things played out in the playoffs, too, as all four representatives were bounced in the first […]
CTK ’17 – 6-A Northern Seven Conference Preview
Of the seven teams in the Northern Seven Conference, at least one of them has been in a WPIAL championship game nine times in the past seven years. Two times over the past three years the championship in the WPIAL’s largest class has matched two teams from the Northern Seven. Come late November this year, […]
CTK ’17 – 2017 WPIAL Class 1-A Players to Watch
Countdown to Kickoff 2017 continues with a six-day look at some of the top high school football talent in the WPIAL for this upcoming season. As always, this list just scratches the surface. We ask for your help in building a complete rundown of candidates. You can nominate a top player by clicking on NOMINATE TOP […]
CTK ’17 – 2017 WPIAL Class 2-A Players to Watch
Countdown to Kickoff 2017 continues with a six-day look at some of the top high school football talent in the WPIAL for this upcoming season. As always, this list just scratches the surface. We ask for your help in building a complete rundown of candidates. You can nominate a top player by clicking on NOMINATE TOP […]
Basketball champion Fleming hopes to gain similar success for Monessen football
When it's all said and done, Monessen's Cory Fleming just wants to go down in the history books as a winner. With two WPIAL Class
HS football position by position breakdown: Scouting the defensive line
Thomas Jefferson's defense contains two dominant linemen — a tackle and an end both headed to Pitt — and it certainly showed last season. The
WPIAL football conference preview: Class 2A Three Rivers
The favorite Steel Valley (15-0 overall, 7-0 Three Rivers in 2016) The Steel Valley football team was unbeatable last season and dominating en route to
Cameron set to lead Belle Vernon girls soccer
Tom Cameron is a coach who takes it game-by-game, which is why beating Belle Vernon last year was one of his goals for the Ringgold
Miele takes reins for Belle Vernon boys
In his two seasons as the boys soccer coach at Elizabeth Forward, Rob Miele was making strides. He led the Warriors to their first playoff
High school notebook: Yough’s Bach commits to Pitt for softball
Yough softball player Hannah Bach had interest from a few Ivy League schools and appeared to be close to committing to one of them. But
Highlands senior RB Jermaine Jett poised for big final season
August 16, 2017
For the past three seasons Highlands senior running back Jermaine Jett played the role of groomsman. But after patiently waiting his time behind standouts Elijah
Fox Chapel baseball gets its guy in new coach Hastings
Jim Hastings went without a baseball coaching job for a couple of months when he resigned from Springdale shortly after the Dynamos' season ended in
Deer Lakes, Freeport boys ready to 3-peat
Freeport and Deer Lakes are separated by only 12 miles, but they've been in different sections for golf the last few years. The split allowed
