Tag: Gateway

Breaking down the 2019 WPIAL girls basketball playoffs

February 12, 2019

Here is a breakdown of the 2019 WPIAL girls basketball playoffs: Class 6A Favorite: Last season's WPIAL runner-up, Peters Township made it through the regular season unscathed at 22-0, posting signature wins over Class 4A top seed North Catholic, defending PIAA Class 5A champion Mars and section rival Bethel Park,

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WPIAL girls basketball rankings for week of Feb. 10, 2019

February 9, 2019

Rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Peters Township, 21-0, 1 2. Norwin, 20-1, 2 3. North Allegheny, 20-1, 3 4. Bethel Park, 19-2, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 15-6, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 22-0, 1 2. Oakland Catholic, 19-2, 2 3. Gateway, 18-3, 3 4. Penn Hills,

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Gateway’s Jackson ready to defend WPIAL girls basketball title

February 8, 2019

Lexi Jackson wants another WPIAL championship. Satisfaction with just one doesn't register with Gateway's 6-foot-3 junior forward. andquot;We just need to go out, be aggressive, play hard every possession and go from there,andquot; said Jackson, a second-year starter for a Gators team poised to again challenge for the Class 5A

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Gateway boys basketball uses disappointing season as motivation

In the moments following Monday's 44-38 loss to Albert Gallatin, the stinging reality of missing the playoffs for the first time in a decade started to set in for the Gateway boys basketball team. In his postgame talk, Gators coach Alvis Rogers told his players to soak in the moment

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Western Pa.’s top 10 football prospects for the Class of 2020

February 6, 2019

1. Michael Carmody Mars 6-5, 290, offensive tackle Carmody is in the midst of basketball season for top-ranked Mars, but his college future is on the offensive line. Rivals ranks Carmody as a four-star recruit and the 29th-best offensive tackle nationally. He is rated second overall among Pennsylvania recruits. Nearly

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WPIAL football players sign with Division I FBS programs

Class of 2019 Twenty-one senior football players from the WPIAL accepted scholarships from Division I FBS schools. Three signed letters of intent Wednesday: Division I FBS Tyler Brennan, North Hills, WR/RB, Army* Dante Cephas, Penn Hills, WR, Kent State* Mike Coleman, Woodland Hills, DB, Toledo* M.J. Devonshire, Aliquippa, DB, Kentucky

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WPIAL girls basketball rankings for week of Feb. 3, 2019

February 2, 2019

Rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Peters Township, 19-0, 2 2. Norwin, 17-1, 4 3. North Allegheny, 18-1, 1 4. Bethel Park*, 15-2, 3 5. Seneca Valley, 13-6, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 19-0, 1 2. Oakland Catholic, 17-2, 2 3. Gateway, 15-3, 3 4. Penn Hills,

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Gateway avenges Section 1-5A loss to Greensburg Salem, stays in hunt for playoff berth

February 1, 2019

Mark Zahorchak used the word discouraging after Friday night's game. Actually, the Greensburg Salem boys basketball coach had a discouraging feeling before, during and after visiting Gateway took down his undermanned Golden Lions, 61-42, in a Section 1-5A game. Greensburg Salem (8-11, 3-8) couldn't punctuate senior night with a victory

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Gateway bowlers ‘just don’t let the other team win’

After last season's mass departure of talent, there weren't very many people who gave the Gateway boys bowling team much of a shot this season. But here the Gators are, locked in at second place in the Western Pa. Interscholastic Bowling League's East Division standings and on the cusp of

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Gateway boys basketball aims for strong finish

The Gateway boys basketball team scored a 39-36 victory over Section 1-5A foe Laurel Highlands on Jan. 29. The win snapped a six-game losing streak and kept the young Gators squad alive for the WPIAL playoffs. andquot;We needed that,andquot; junior R.J. Stevenson said. andquot;The goal is to get the fourth

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