Tag: Belle Vernon

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

October 18, 2017

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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No. 3 Belle Vernon stuns top-ranked Thomas Jefferson

October 13, 2017

Every team in the WPIAL Class 4A Big 9 Conference strives to be like the Thomas Jefferson program. Belle Vernon took a step at closing

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Chicks Picks – Week Seven – 2017

October 12, 2017

Welcome to Week 7 of the high school football season. Among other things, Chick’s Picks has been described as superstitious.  Needless to say, she has been on edge this week with Friday the 13th looming.  Chick’s Picks tried everything in an attempt to squash her concerns over this unfortunate day.  After all, 13 is just a […]

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Big Game Hunting – Week Seven

We head into the stretch run and, as with every other year, it feels to me as if the season has only just started two weeks ago. Some fantastic performances last week have set up some amazing match-ups for this coming Week Seven. Hopefully, none of you suffer from triskaidekaphobia, as we make our way […]

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Revenge a factor for unbeaten rivals Belle Vernon, Thomas Jefferson

October 11, 2017

Belle Vernon and Thomas Jefferson high schools are separated by only 131⁄2 miles. When the unbeaten rivals square off Friday for first place in the

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