Tag: Gateway

Penn-Trafford seniors leave lasting impression on football program

November 19, 2017

Penn-Trafford left a lasting impression on its tomahawk-chopping fanbase by reaching the WPIAL football finals for the second time in three years and garnering the

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Gateway Holds Off Penn-Trafford Rally To Claim WPIAL Class 5A Title

By Bill Beckner for TribLive.com Derrick Davis said he didn’t try to do anything special in the WPIAL Class 5A football championship. Imagine if he had. The Gateway freshman put on a show on a big stage, intercepting two passes, including one to squash a pulsating final drive for Penn-Trafford, as the Gators bettered the […]

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WPIAL Class 5A final notebook: Gateway breaks Heinz Field jinx

November 18, 2017

After winning five WPIAL titles in an 18-year span between 1969-86, WPIAL gold has returned to Monroeville and Pitcairn. WPIAL Hall of Fame coach Walter

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Gateway holds off Penn-Trafford rally to claim WPIAL Class 5A title

Derrick Davis said he didn't try to do anything special in the WPIAL Class 5A football championship. Imagine if he had. The Gateway freshman put

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WPIAL football championship central: The Trib is live at Heinz Field

Welcome to Heinz Field, site of a quartet of 2017 WPIAL football championship games throughout the day Saturday. Follow along for game updates from the

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Twenty years after missing WPIAL title game-tying extra point, Penn-Trafford grad Topper uses experience as teaching point

November 17, 2017

Penn-Trafford is back in the WPIAL football final. That means one name instantly gets resurrected from the Warriors' championship game past. Kevin Topper. He remains

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WPIAL Class 5A championship primer: Penn-Trafford vs. Gateway

November 16, 2017

WPIAL football championship primer Class 5A No. 1 Penn-Trafford (11-1) vs. No. 2 Gateway (11-1) 5 p.m. Saturday, Heinz Field On the air: Tribhssn.triblive.com; 107.1-FM/ATandamp;T

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Chicks Picks – Week Twelve – 2017

Welcome to Week 12 of the high school football season. Chick’s Picks caught wind that there would be a special guest in the TV broadcast booth this Saturday at Heinz Field.  Neil Walker, a 2004 Pine-Richland grad and current MLB star, is said to be one of the commentators in the Class 6A championship when […]

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Big Game Hunting – Week Twelve

We take the off-ramp to Heinz Field here in Week 12 for the four WPIAL Championships to be decided in the mustard bowl, three of which are rematches as we continue with the déjà vu post season. We have the Semifinals in the two smallest classifications in the WPIAL as well. We also have a […]

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Longtime rivals Penn-Trafford, Gateway will relish WPIAL Class 5A final matchup

While their decades-old tradition was interrupted by changing times and school mergers, Penn-Trafford and Gateway revived their annual andquot;Victory Bellandquot; custom several years ago, wheeling

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