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Chick’s Picks reaches out to The Boss for advice on Week 12 predictions
November 15, 2018
Welcome to Week 12 of the high school football season. After struggling with last week's predictions, Chick's Picks decided to call a meeting with The Boss in hopes of salvaging her stellar overall season record. The Boss reluctantly agreed, and the two met for lunch. Chick's Picks did not want

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Westmoreland County football Q&A: Derry’s Justin Flack
November 14, 2018
Justin Flack saw the pass rush, saw teammate Dom DeLuca hurry North Catholic quarterback Zack Rocco into a panicked throw, and made his move. Acting on instinct and charged by pure adrenaline, Flack jumped the route, intercepted the errant pass and turned it into perhaps the greatest play in Derry

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Scouting Derry in advance of WPIAL Class 3A final
DERRY Player to watch Onreey Stewart Senior, 5-8, 155, RB/DB Stewart missed numerous games with a shoulder injury but has recovered to play a key role in the offense. He's 16 yards shy of reaching 1,000 rushing yards (984), and he's coming off a 203-yard performance against North Catholic. He's

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WPIAL Class 3A final preview: Derry set to face perennial contender Aliquippa in title-game debut
One team is one of the most decorated football programs in WPIAL history. The other is attempting to make history. That's whats's on tap for the WPIAL Class 3A championship game, set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Heinz Field when perennial power Aliquippa, seeded No. 1, battles No. 2 Derry.

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Comeback win creates special moment for Derry football team
November 11, 2018
The scene Friday at Hempfield's Spartan Stadium after Derry's improbable comeback against North Catholic in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals was surreal. The 'Blue Wave' that overwhelmed North Catholic during the final 17 minutes, engulfed the field as players, cheerleaders, band members and fans celebrated Derry's crazy 36-29 win that

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Derry scores 21 in final quarter to rally past North Catholic
November 9, 2018
Things looked bleak for Derry midway through the third quarter of Friday's WPIAL Class 3A semifinal at Hempfield's Spartan Stadium. Derry (11-1) trailed Big East Conference rival North Catholic by three touchdowns, and its season was slipping away in the cold, damp night. But the Trojans didn't blink and pulled

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Chick’s Picks winning the popular vote with her prognostication prowess
November 8, 2018
Welcome to Week 11 of the high school football season. Chick's Picks is glad the midterm elections are in the books. Campaigning during the season requires the utmost dedication and organization. Chick's Picks needed to remain focused on her weekly predictions, while ensuring she was a shoe-in for re-election --

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Westmoreland County football players to watch for Week 11
November 7, 2018
Bastien Anderson Derry, sr., RB/MLB The 5-foot-10, 160-pound senior likes to be in the middle of the action. He's one of the leading tacklers on the team. He has one interception and one strip sack for a defense that blanked North Catholic this season. He also has rushed for 95

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North Catholic looks to avenge regular-season loss to Derry
Don't expect North Catholic to look past Derry this time around. That's because North Catholic learned a valuable lesson on Sept. 21 when Derry won 27-0 in a first-place showdown in the WPIAL Class 3A Big East Conference. andquot;We gained a lot of respect on how they play,andquot; North Catholic

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WPIAL releases sites for football quarterfinal, semifinal games
November 5, 2018
Norwin will host the WPIAL Class 5A championship game Nov. 23, but two weeks before that a pair of teams hoping to reach that game will meet at Knights Stadium. No. 1 Gateway and No. 9 Franklin Regional will play their WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal at Norwin, the WPIAL revealed

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