Tag: Our Lady of the Sacred Heart

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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Five things we learned in H.S. football: Home teams rule

November 3, 2018

This was a good week to root for the home team. There were 38 playoff games Friday night, and only four road teams won, easily the fewest since the WPIAL expanded to six classifications. There were seven first-round road wins a year ago and 10 in 2016. In fact, only

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OLSH dominates Imani Christian in Class A quarterfinals

In the first two years Our Lady of the Sacred Heart made the WPIAL football playoffs, 2016-17, the Charters were sent home by Imani Christian. Behind Tyler Bradley's six-touchdown performance, OLSH overcame its playoff kryptonite and handed the No. 6-seeded Saints their worst loss since their first year in the

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5 things to watch in the opening round of the WPIAL football playoffs

November 1, 2018

South Fayette could've rematched New Castle in the WPIAL football playoffs, and Greensburg Salem could've visited conference foe Thomas Jefferson for the second time. Instead, the WPIAL avoided rematches. The football steering committee had historically avoided first-round rematches between conference opponents but nixed that unwritten rule three seasons ago when

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