Tag: Gateway

Big Game Hunting – Week Fourteen 2017

November 30, 2017

To the State Semifinals we go still with just five games to cover, this time it is not a bye but rather a loss for WPIAL 4-A champions Thomas Jefferson that chops down our normal six-pack to five. The Jags fell victim to Erie Cathedral Prep last week. We here at BGH salute Coach Cherp […]

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Plays of the Week – Week Thirteen

November 28, 2017

While the 3A through 6A Championship games took center stage last week at Heinz Field, this week, it was the 1A and 2A title bouts at Robert Morris University that were in the spotlight. Meanwhile, a pair of WPIAL teams, Gateway and Pine-Richland, advanced in the PIAA postseason. 1. Jeannette 35, Imani Christian 34 The […]

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Gateway’s Herman, Kromka make college choices official

November 26, 2017

November's NCAA national letter of intent early signing period has been fruitful for Gateway seniors the past couple of years. Jordan Edwards (Niagara, basketball) and

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2017 PIAA Football Playoffs: Road to Hershey Sites & Times

The Road to Hershey is headed to the Final Four and five WPIAL champions are still alive in search of state gold. Pine-Richland and Gateway head east for their second state playoff game while Quaker Valley, Washington and Jeannette make their Road to Hershey debuts. Here are ALL of the results through the Quarterfinals, plus the […]

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2017 WPIAL Football Playoffs: P-R, Gate, TJ, QV, Wash, Jean Win Gold

It took a pair of Championship Saturday’s, but the district football postseason is now in the books. Thomas Jefferson was the only repeat champion from a year ago as the Jaguars claimed a third straight WPIAL championship. The flip side of that was Quaker Valley winning gridiron gold for the first time in school history. […]

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Walker, Jackson Shine as Gateway Advances to PIAA Semifinals

By Philip Cmor for TribLive.com ALTOONA — Two days after Thanksgiving, Gateway football coach Don Holl still was giving thanks. Mostly for Brady Walker and Courtney Jackson. In the spirit of the holiday, the pair of them carved up Hollidaysburg on Saturday afternoon. Walker accounted for 462 yards of total offense, while Jackson caught 11 […]

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Walker, Jackson shine as Gateway advances to PIAA semifinals

November 25, 2017

ALTOONA — Two days after Thanksgiving, Gateway football coach Don Holl still was giving thanks. Mostly for Brady Walker and Courtney Jackson. In the spirit

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Big Game Hunting – Week Thirteen 2017

November 23, 2017

We are a game short for Week Thirteen as the 3 A Champion Quaker Valley Quakers enjoy a bye week and will next play either Forest Hills or Sharon in the PIAA Semifinals next Friday or Saturday. There are just five games involving WPIAL football teams this weekend. With a pair of WPIAL Titles still […]

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Gateway football prepared for 1st trip to PIAA tournament

November 22, 2017

Before Saturday, it had been 31 years since Gateway football won a WPIAL title. Unlike today, winning the WPIAL title in 1986 did not coincide

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Plays of the Week – Week Twelve

November 21, 2017

Although the Class 1A and 2A semifinals featured some thrilling contests that came down to the wire, the focus of this installment of Plays of the Week is the WPIAL title games at Heinz Field. In 5A, a fabulous freshman made the biggest plays for the Gators; the Quaker Valley Cinderella story in 3A was […]

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