Tag: Bethel Park

Bethel Park clinches Southeast Conference title with win over rival Mt. Lebanon

October 28, 2017

Bethel Park went to Mt. Lebanon on Friday and proved it is the beast of the Southeast. The Black Hawks topped the Blue Devils, 34-24,

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Big Game Hunting – Week Nine

October 25, 2017

I often think how funny it is to see all the work that goes into figuring out playoff scenarios, especially some of the deep-down tiebreaker stuff. The procrastinator in me just says, “week nine is coming, it will all be sorted right out there, so why bother doing the actual math?” Once again, as it […]

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High school football notebook: WPIAL playoff field filling up

October 18, 2017

With two weeks left in the regular season, the WPIAL playoff field is already more than 70 percent set. In all, 46 of the 64

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WPIAL Friday Night HighLights – Week Seven – 2017

October 14, 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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WPIAL Friday Night HighLights – Week Five 2017

September 30, 2017

Week Five marked the midway point of the WPIAL football regular season and it also was the first Friday night precipitation was involved as most of the games throughout the district had to deal with showers right before or in the early part of the game. However there was nothing middle of the road about […]

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Big Game Hunting – Week Four

September 25, 2017

The celebration continues with the announcement this week that the MSA Sports Network will soon become the Trib Live High School Sports Network. A lot of very happy people in southwestern Pennsylvania when that news broke Monday, none more happy than I, but, there is work to do. Onward we march into the 2017 campaign. […]

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With Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly watching, Pine-Richland dominant again in win over No. 3 Bethel Park

September 23, 2017

There will be a close contest somewhere down the road, predicted Pine-Richland quarterback Phil Jurkovec, whose teammates have WPIAL- and state-title aspirations. That's why, with

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5 things to watch in Week 4: Pine-Richland heads to Bethel Park for battle of unbeatens

September 21, 2017

Battle of the unbeatens Bethel Park has linemen with some size, an offense that controls the football and a defense that has allowed just four

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No. 3 Bethel Park manhandles mistake-prone Norwin

September 15, 2017

Bethel Park senior Tanner Volpatti plays bigger than his size. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound running back-safety rushed for three touchdowns and 141 yards and recovered a

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Big Game Hunting – Week Three

September 14, 2017

After Friday a third of the 2017 season will be in the books. For some teams they will have played four games. Some teams are still sorting things out, others are dealing with devastating injuries to key players, while still others are figuring things out and kicking it into high gear. Hope remains strong for […]

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