Tag: McKeesport

Week 4’s don’t-miss high school football matchups in A-K Valley

September 20, 2017

Class 5A Allegheny Nine CONFERENCE 4-5A Upper St. Clair (3-1, 3-0) at Fox Chapel (1-3, 1-2) 7 p.m. Friday Last week: Upper St. Clair remained

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Chicks Picks – Week Two – 2017

September 7, 2017

Welcome to Week 2 of the high school football season. Chick’s Picks is the proud owner of two beautiful boxer dogs, Ursa and Stella.  Like any good dogs, Ursa and Stella really enjoy long walks with their humans.  Earlier this week, Chick’s Picks packed up her trusty crystal ball and her dogs, and headed out […]

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Big Game Hunting – Week Two

Week two gets us into the thick of the 2017 WPIAL football season with some dandy matchups on the MSA sports network. In fact there are so many dandy match ups that we find ourselves in the unique situation of having all six games in BGH feature a battle of Top Ten teams. So let’s […]

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WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week One 2017

September 5, 2017

After Week Zero whet the appetite of many high-school football fans, this past Friday served as the official start of the 2017 WPIAL campaign. For most teams, that marked the beginning of conference play, as well. Out of thousands of snaps from the games, just four plays made this last. These highlights included a top-ranked […]

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Franklin Regional upsets Class 5A No. 1 McKeesport

September 1, 2017

Franklin Regional football coach Greg Botta conditioned his players a little harder the week prior to Friday's game against No. 1 McKeesport. Conditioning along with

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Big East Conference heavyweights McKeesport, FR set to square off

August 30, 2017

Franklin Regional coach Greg Botta spent most of Tuesday watching the McKeesport offense on video. Then he sat his defense down in front of a

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CTK ’17 – MSA Sports Preseason Top Ten – Class 5-A

August 28, 2017

Each and every Monday during the regular season, the MSA Sports Network will rank the Top Ten football teams in each of the six classifications. With days to go before the 2017 WPIAL football regular season kicks off with Week One, we present our Preseason Top Ten teams…with the Top Ten in Class 5-A. WPIAL […]

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WPIAL teams slotted among top teams in preseason state rankings

August 22, 2017

Western Pennsylvania high school football teams were well-represented on the preseason state rankings, released by PennLive.com on Tuesday. Pine-Richland is ranked No. 2 in Class

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CTK ’17 – WPIAL Saturday Football Schedule

August 21, 2017

While there is little doubt that high school football is king on Friday nights in Western Pennsylvania, Saturday high school football in the WPIAL is still enjoyed by many, although sadly it is becoming a dying breed with only five schools that play a majority of their home games on Saturday afternoons or evenings. Last […]

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HS football position by position breakdown: Scouting the safeties

August 20, 2017

Western Pennsylvania once was the cradle of quarterbacks. Now, it more often is home to great defensive backs. From Aliquippa's Ty Law and Darrelle Revis

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