Tag: Our Lady of the Sacred Heart

Five things to watch in Saturday’s WPIAL football championships

November 16, 2018

Saturday could be a historic night at Heinz Field for the WPIAL, Thomas Jefferson and coach Bill Cherpak. If his Jaguars win the WPIAL Class 4A title, Cherpak would tie West Allegheny coach Bob Palko for the most titles in WPIAL history and TJ would become only the third team

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WPIAL Class A football final capsule: Rochester vs. OLSH

WPIAL Class A championship No. 5 Rochester (11-1) vs. No. 3 OLSH (11-1) 11 a.m. Saturday, Heinz Field On the air: KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh the CW-TV; 1230 AM, 1460 AM; TribHSSN.triblive.com Coaches: Gene Matsook, Rochester; Dan Bradley, OLSH Winner plays: The winner gets a bye in the PIAA quarterfinals and will

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Chick’s Picks reaches out to The Boss for advice on Week 12 predictions

November 15, 2018

Welcome to Week 12 of the high school football season. After struggling with last week's predictions, Chick's Picks decided to call a meeting with The Boss in hopes of salvaging her stellar overall season record. The Boss reluctantly agreed, and the two met for lunch. Chick's Picks did not want

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WPIAL Class A final preview: Rochester chasing 9th district title, while OLSH is making 1st appearance

November 13, 2018

Author Thomas Wolfe once wrote, andquot;You can't go home again.andquot; Gene Matsook is hoping Wolfe's turn of a phrase has nothing to do with football. Well, it isn't exactly home that Matsook will be returning to Saturday when he takes his Rochester football team on a bus ride along Ohio

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Five things we learned from Friday’s WPIAL playoffs

November 10, 2018

This was a tough week for the favorites. Three No. 1 seeds were upset Friday night in the WPIAL football playoffs, a break from the predictability seen previously under the new six-classification format. Consider, in the past two seasons combined, 10 of the 12 top seeds reached the WPIAL finals.

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OLSH heads to 1st WPIAL title game after upset of No. 2 Clairton

November 9, 2018

Noah Campalong was perhaps an unexpected hero Friday. The senior running back clinched third-ranked Our Lady of the Sacred Heart's first trip to the WPIAL championship game with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns in the Chargers' 27-7 victory over No. 2 Clairton at Dormont Stadium. andquot;I can't even describe it;

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WPIAL high school football don’t-miss matchups for Week 11

November 8, 2018

Class 6A Semifinals No. 3 Mt. Lebanon (6-5) at No. 2 Pine-Richland (8-2) 7:30 p.m. Friday at Pine-Richland Stadium On the air: TribHSSN.triblive.com Last week: Mt. Lebanon 38, Canon-McMillan 31; Pine-Richland, bye Winner plays: Winner of No. 1 North Allegheny (10-0)/No. 5 Seneca Valley (8-3) Coaches: Mike Melnyk, Mt. Lebanon;

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Chick’s Picks winning the popular vote with her prognostication prowess

Welcome to Week 11 of the high school football season. Chick's Picks is glad the midterm elections are in the books. Campaigning during the season requires the utmost dedication and organization. Chick's Picks needed to remain focused on her weekly predictions, while ensuring she was a shoe-in for re-election --

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WPIAL football players to watch for Week 11

November 7, 2018

Here's a look at four players to watch this week during the second week of the WPIAL playoffs: Legend Davis Charleroi, Jr., WR/S Davis (5-11, 185) caught six passes for 110 yards and a touchdown and also had two interceptions to help No. 4 Charleroi earn a 35-21 win over

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WPIAL releases sites for football quarterfinal, semifinal games

November 5, 2018

Norwin will host the WPIAL Class 5A championship game Nov. 23, but two weeks before that a pair of teams hoping to reach that game will meet at Knights Stadium. No. 1 Gateway and No. 9 Franklin Regional will play their WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal at Norwin, the WPIAL revealed

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