Tag: Aliquippa

Aliquippa beats Freeport, inches closer to WPIAL title game

November 3, 2018

Aliquippa has its eyes focused on making the WPIAL title game for an 11th straight season, and it moved a step closer Friday at Ambridge's Moe Rubenstein Stadium. Led by Avante McKenzie's 102 yards and five rushing touchdowns on 17 carries, the No. 1 Quips (10-1) held off an early

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5 things to watch in the opening round of the WPIAL football playoffs

November 1, 2018

South Fayette could've rematched New Castle in the WPIAL football playoffs, and Greensburg Salem could've visited conference foe Thomas Jefferson for the second time. Instead, the WPIAL avoided rematches. The football steering committee had historically avoided first-round rematches between conference opponents but nixed that unwritten rule three seasons ago when

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WPIAL top 10: Most playoff appearances

October 31, 2018

THE TOP 10 Playoff persistency Here is a list of the 10 schools with the most WPIAL playoff appearances. Schoolandamp;#0010;Appearances, First, Most recent 1. Aliquippaandamp;#0010;42, 1942, 2018 2. Jeannetteandamp;#0010;41, 1939, 2018 3. Mt. Lebanonandamp;#0010;39, 1941, 2018 4. Upper St. Clairandamp;#0010;37, 1974, 2018 5. Penn Hillsandamp;#0010;35, 1971, 2018 6. Washington 34,

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No. 8-seeded Freeport quite familiar with opening-round opponent, No. 1 Aliquippa

Austin Romanchak remembers the first time he started a game against Aliquippa. It came three weeks into his sophomore year, at the brand-new Freeport Area Athletic Stadium, with an almost entirely brand-new Freeport starting lineup. Still, the green Yellowjackets more than held their own against the perennially powerful Quips, even

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Freeport volleyball earns WPIAL quarterfinal victory

October 30, 2018

Freeport still is searching for its best performance, but the Yellowjackets have a chance to find it in the WPIAL semifinals. Ally DeJidas tallied a team-high 12 kills and Lauren Lampus added 11 to lead Class AA No. 1 Freeport to a 3-0 sweep of No. 8 Seton LaSalle in

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Greensburg Central Catholic girls volleyball advances to semifinals

October 29, 2018

No. 3 Greensburg Central Catholic withstood two persistent sets by No. 6 Brentwood, but prevailed for a 3-0 victory in the WPIAL Class A quarterfinals Friday night at Oakland Catholic. Despite no one recording more than two kills, the Centurions were able to use strong serves to throw Brentwood off

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North Allegheny takes over No. 1 spot in Trib 10 power rankings

Every Tuesday during the 2018 WPIAL football season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases weekly Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. The biggest overhaul to the power rankings comes as the regular season concluded and the postseason is about to begin. There is a change at No.

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Breaking down the 2018 WPIAL football playoffs

Here's a breakdown of the 2018 WPIAL football playoffs: Class 6A Favorite: North Allegheny grabbed the top seed with a 27-7 victory over Pine-Richland in Week 9. NA's offense starts with its running game, and senior Ben Maenza topped the 1,000-yard mark last week. The Tigers are seeking their first

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Defending champions Gateway, TJ, Jeannette draw top seeds for WPIAL football playoffs

Three defending champions earned a No. 1 seed Monday night when the WPIAL released pairings for its postseason football playoffs at the DoubleTree Hotel in Green Tree. Gateway (10-0) in Class 5A, Thomas Jefferson (9-0) in Class 4A and Jeannette (10-0) in Class A received the top seeds in their

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Seven football teams in TribHSSN state rankings lose, three fall out

October 28, 2018

As the regular season concludes and district playoffs begin, we have a shakeup in the TribHSSN state rankings. Seven ranked teams lost in Week 9: Four remained ranked, but three fell out. For the first time since early in the season, a top-ranked team lost as Aliquippa was stunned by

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