Tag: Belle Vernon

Big Game Hunting – Week Eight

October 19, 2017

The penultimate weekend of the regular season is here and there is still so much to decide. There were some big upsets last week and some things got sorted out. Just two playoff spots remain in 6-A entering week eight and a single spot remains unclaimed in 5-A. Meanwhile in the smaller classifications things are […]

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Breaking down the 2017 WPIAL boys soccer playoffs

October 18, 2017

CLASS 4A Favorite: Peters Township is the only unbeaten team in Class 4A and for good reason; the Indians are loaded with talent. They have

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Westmoreland County players to watch for Week 8

Nick DiAndreth Hempfield, sr., WR The senior had two touchdown grabs in Hempfield's near upset of Penn Hills last week. DiAndreth (5-foot-6, 162 pounds) has

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The Birdie sets a gold standard in Westmoreland County

When the cleaning crew came in late one night this week, they found The Birdie pounding nails into new gold-colored carpet he had just rolled

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Week 8’s don’t-miss high school football matchups in Westmoreland County

Class 5A Big East Conference Kiski Area (1-7, 1-5) at 1-5A Penn-Trafford (8-0, 6-0) 7:30 p.m. Friday Last week: Kiski Area lost to Gateway, 61-21.

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WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week Seven 2017

October 17, 2017

The seventh week of the WPIAL football season officially begins the “stretch run” of the campaign. While some teams have already punched their tickets to the postseason, several games this past week had major implications on playoff positioning. Among the notable plays were a touchdown pass that fueled an upset of the top team in […]

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High-scoring Apodiakos leads Belle Vernon boys into WPIAL playoffs

As the regular season ends and the WPIAL boys soccer playoffs get ready to commence, the field of contenders have narrowed. In Class AAA, four

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Five things we learned from Week 7 of WPIAL football season

October 14, 2017

Turnovers will hurt any team, even a dominant WPIAL title favorite. Friday night was proof. Top-ranked Thomas Jefferson lost the football four times, two fumbles

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WPIAL Friday Night HighLights – Week Seven – 2017

Friday of Week Seven not only marked the start of the ‘TribLive Stretch Run’ and the final three weeks of the regular season, it was also Friday the 13th. (ooooooohhh, aaaaaaaahhh) But on a night littered with showdonw games in each classification, there was nothing scary about these top performances as broken mirrors, walking under […]

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Video: Belle Vernon upsets No. 1 Thomas Jefferson

Belle Vernon remained undefeated after defeating No. 1 Thomas Jefferson on Oct. 13, 2017, in a Big 9 Conference game. Belle Vernon coach Matt Humbert

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