Tag: Upper St. Clair

WPIAL soccer players named to All-America, All-Region teams

November 29, 2018

The WPIAL received substantial recognition from the United Soccer Coaches -- the former National Soccer Coaches Association of America -- on Thursday. Four players from the district were lauded as All-Americans, and five more were named to All-Region II East teams. West Allegheny senior midfielder Nathan Dragisich and Butler senior

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WPIAL football top 10: Most district titles

November 28, 2018

WPIAL football titles won With another round of WPIAL title games played, here is a list of the schools the have won the most WPIAL titles: School, Titles, First one, Most recent 1. Aliquippa, 17, 1952, 2018 2. Clairton, 13, 1929, 2016 3. New Castle, 11, 1924, 1998 4. Jeannette,

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WPIAL top 10: Championship appearances

November 21, 2018

Here is a list of the 10 most frequent WPIAL title game participants: School, Total, First time, Latest appearance 1. Aliquippa, 29, 1942, 2018 2. Clairton, 18, 1957, 2016 3. Jeannette, 15, 1939, 2017 4. Rochester, 14, 1921, 2018 5t. Upper St. Clair, 13, 1974, 2006 5t. Washington, 13, 1917,

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PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — South Park strikes gold in ’97

November 17, 2018

The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't

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Peters Township, West Allegheny lead Allegheny Eight all-conference honors

November 12, 2018

Co-champions Peters Township and West Allegheny combined for 12 first-team all-Allegheny Eight players when conference honors were announced Monday. Peters Township, celebrating its first title since 1975, led with seven players and the Indians' T.J. Plack was named the conference's top coach. West A had five first-team players. Chartiers Valley

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PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Upper St. Clair captures state crown

The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't

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PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — USC, Perry claim titles in ’89

November 8, 2018

The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't

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WPIAL top 10: Playoff streaks

November 7, 2018

THE TOP 10 Playoff streaks Does it seem like a number of schools always make the playoffs Here is a list of the 10 longest playoff appearance streaks in WPIAL history: Schoolandamp;#0010;Number, Yrs. qualified 1t. Aliquippaandamp;#0010;24, 1995-2018 1t. Thomas Jeffersonandamp;#0010;24, 1995-2018 3. Woodland Hillsandamp;#0010;23, 1996-2018 4. McKeesportandamp;#0010;21, 1998-2018 5. Upper

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PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — WPIAL teams snow swept in 1992

November 5, 2018

The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't

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Gaskins scores twice as No. 7 McKeesport ousts Upper St. Clair

November 2, 2018

McKeesport quarterback Konota Gaskins felt like time sped up, while his coach watched the world stand still. For a split second, a fumbled snap was lying at Gaskins' feet in the final 2 minutes of a deadlocked playoff game. andquot;It was like slow motion,andquot; coach Matt Miller said. andquot;It was:

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