Tag: West Allegheny

Westmoreland County’s don’t-miss matchups for the opening round

November 1, 2017

Class 6A First round 8-Norwin (5-5) at 1-Pine-Richland (10-0) 7:30 p.m. Friday Last week: Norwin defeated Hempfield, 24-14. Pine-Richland rolled past North Allegheny, 48-28. The

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What to watch in Week 9 of high school football: Tiebreaker coin flip could be in play

October 26, 2017

In WPIAL football, the last-resort tiebreaker is a coin flip. If head-to-head results, Gardner Points and the WPIAL's margin-of-victory formulas can't break a tie, chance

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Pittsburgh athletes of the week: West Allegheny’s Fletcher Amos, Pine-Richland’s Lauren Freyvogel

October 25, 2017

Fletcher Amos School: West Allegheny Class: Sophomore Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Amos scored a hat trick in West Allegheny's 9-0 WPIAL first-round playoff win

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WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week Eight 2017

October 24, 2017

Unbelievably, the 2017 football regular season is already nearing a conclusion, as last Friday marked the penultimate week. As the stretch run continued, the playoff picture throughout the WPIAL became much clearer. Several key plays proved instrumental to the outcomes, including a Cinderella team standing tall defensively to close out a wild shootout, a long […]

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WPIAL boys soccer quarterfinal preview capsules for Westmoreland County teams

Quarterfinals Class 4A No. 3 Franklin Regional (16-2) vs. No. 11 Canon-McMillan (11-6) 8 p.m. Wednesday at Gateway On air: Tribhssn.triblive.com Winner plays: No. 2

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Chicks Picks – Week Eight – 2017

October 19, 2017

Welcome to Week 8 of the high school football season. Late Wednesday night, Chick’s Picks was sitting back, relaxing, and enjoying some TV.  Suddenly, out of the blue, a Twitter war broke out among local prognosticators.  Although Chick’s Picks had done nothing but mind her own business, one of her rivals called her out – […]

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Breaking down the 2017 WPIAL boys soccer playoffs

October 18, 2017

CLASS 4A Favorite: Peters Township is the only unbeaten team in Class 4A and for good reason; the Indians are loaded with talent. They have

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WPIAL releases boys, girls soccer playoff pairings

The Highway to Highmark is about to be well-traveled. The WPIAL released pairings for the postseason boys and girls soccer tournaments on Wednesday afternoon. Peters

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WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week Six 2017

October 10, 2017

Choosing just four plays from this past week was particularly difficult, as nearly a dozen games were tightly-contested and featured prominent action. However, two-point conversation attempts were the common theme for this compilation. Three of the top plays consisted of conversation attempts – one successful, and two which failed – that directly determined the outcome […]

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Upper St. Clair upsets No. 1 West Allegheny in OT after failed 2-point conversion

October 7, 2017

Your luck finally ran out, Upper St. Clair's Jim Render told West Allegheny's Bob Palko with a lighthearted chuckle, as the two coaches embraced. Palko

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