Tag: Hopewell

High school roundup for Jan. 19: North Hills boys upset No. 4 Butler

January 19, 2018

Kam Taylor scored 35 points, including 19 in third quarter as North Hills upset No. 4 Butler, 82-55, in a Section 1-6A boys basketball game

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PSFCA announces coaching staffs for Big 33, East-West all-star games

January 5, 2018

New Castle football coach Joe Cowart and Western Beaver athletic director Ryan Matsook, who formerly coached Beaver Falls, were named Friday as assistants on Pennsylvania's

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Hopewell denies Burrell on late touchdown run

September 1, 2017

After a spectacular 86-yard run by Burrell's Logan Bitar with 3 minutes, 58 seconds left in the fourth quarter, it looked like the Bucs and

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CTK ’17 – 3-A Beaver Valley Conference Preview

August 21, 2017

As many predicted, last year’s Beaver Valley Conference was so strong that, with the new classifications, at least one extremely qualified team would be left out of the postseason. Beaver went from first place to out of the playoffs altogether with one Week Nine defeat. With only two teams guaranteed to make the playoffs, every […]

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WPIAL football conference preview: Class 3A Beaver Valley

August 14, 2017

The favorite Aliquippa (10-3 overall, 5-1 Beaver Valley in 2016) Aliquippa's success is unmatched in the modern era of WPIAL football. The Quips have made

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2017 Diamond Studs Baseball All-Stars

June 24, 2017

Latrobe was the only team from the WPIAL to win a state championship in baseball this season - and Latrobe is the only team with two players on this year's MSA Diamond Studs all-star team. The Diamond Studs consists of the top 12 players in the entire WPIAL, regardless of position. It is picked by the MSA staff. The team has some players who made big impacts as two-way players - pitchers/position players. The team also includes five players who have committed to Division I colleges, including two who chose Virginia Tech. Seton Hill, a Division II school, has two recruits on the Diamond Studs team. Four of the players on this year's all-star team are juniors and the rest are seniors.

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WPIAL Baseball Recaps From Tuesday, May 30th

May 30, 2017

A second chance. That is what the consolation game is in the district playoffs. Yes, your dreams of a WPIAL title have been dashed with a Semifinals loss, but there is still gold to be had on the state level if you can win and advance to the PIAA postseason. Here are recaps from the three WPIAL consolation playoff games from Tuesday at Ross Memorial Park at the W&J College Sports Complex in Washington including a gem in the 4-A fray. A special thanks to Sean Meyers, Steve Nagler and Rob McKinney for their help on these recaps. WPIAL CLASS 5-A Consolation:

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Scholastic Notebook – 12/05/2016

December 5, 2016

Clairton’s Lamont Wade and Steel Valley’s DeWayne Murray have run their way into the WPIAL record book. They are two of only seven runners in WPIAL history to rush for 6,000 yards in a career. While the yards are impressive, maybe the thing that is most impressive about the two is how many yards they gain every time they touch the ball. The yards-per-carry average of both Wade and Murray is among the best in WPIAL history. Wade is now the third-leading rusher in WPIAL history with 7,005 yards while Murray is sixth with 6,418 yards. But what’s incredible is that both are averaging 11 yards a carry for their career. Wade has carried 604 times for an 11.6-yard average, while Murray has carried 576 times for an average of 11.1.

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Scholastic Notebook – 09/23/2016

September 23, 2016

At Mapletown, Rush rushes. A lot. Dylan Rush is a junior running back at Mapletown who has enjoyed a big season so far. He is the second-leading rusher in the WPIAL with 1,027 yards. The only running back who is ahead of him is Armstrong’s Zane Dudek, who has 1,201. Rush stands only 5 feet 9 and weighs 180 pounds. You have to wonder how strong Rush’s back is, because he is carrying the Mapletown team on it. Rush’s number of carries isn’t on the high side. It’s on the ridiculous side. In four games, Rush has carried the ball 147 times. That’s 36.8 times a game. The rest of Mapletown’s team has 31 carries. On top of that, Mapletown has thrown 22 passes – and Rush has attempted seven of them.

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Scholastic Notebook – 09/09/2016

September 9, 2016

Pine-Richland quarterback Phil Jurkovec has been all the rage of dual-threat quarterbacks in the WPIAL the past two seasons. Jurkovec has gotten many props and loads of publicity – rightly so – for his ability to throw and run. But up north at small Neshannock High School, there is another quarterback doing big things running and passing. Frankly speaking, he could finish with statistics you don’t see often from WPIAL quarterbacks.

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