Tag: Woodland Hills

Chicks Picks – Week Three – 2017

September 15, 2017

Welcome to Week 3 of the high school football season. When Chick’s Picks received a call from The Boss late last week, her first thought was – Uh oh!  The Boss never summons her this early in the season, unless there is a problem.  Chick’s Picks packed up her trusty crystal ball and headed to […]

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WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week Two 2017

September 12, 2017

While Week One set the tone for an exciting football campaign, this past week was filled with key matchups and fantastic finishes. To that point, the top four plays include a touchdown run and ensuing extra point in the final seconds for an upset in 5A, an interception return to seal the outcome in a […]

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Late score leads Fox Chapel past Woodland Hills

September 8, 2017

Fox Chapel seemed to have lost composure and gone on its way to 0-3 with less than 10 minutes to go, but the Foxes made

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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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Gateway holds off Woodland Hills rally after former Wolverines coach is honored

August 25, 2017

In 14 seconds, Gateway's Courtney Jackson put a damper on Woodland Hills' celebration. The junior fielded the opening kickoff, found a hole between the hash

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CTK ’17 – 5-A Allegheny Nine Conference Preview

August 21, 2017

Look on the sidelines in games involving Allegheny Conference teams and you might want to often say, “Hey, new guy.” The Allegheny Nine is full of new head coaches. Of the nine teams, four have new head coaches. One team, Woodland Hills, has changed head coaches twice since the end of last season. The new […]

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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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CTK ’17 – New WPIAL Football Coaches

August 17, 2017

New Faces – New Places – New Hopes – New Dreams. There are six more coaching changes this off-season then before the 2016 campaign. There are a lot of rookie head coaches getting their first crack, some coaches who are just changing hats and addresses and one who has gone back to the future. Whatever […]

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WPIAL football conference preview: Class 5A Allegheny 9

August 10, 2017

The favorite West Allegheny (13-1 overall, 8-0 Allegheny 9 in 2016) Though standout skill players Kenny White (Pine-Richland), a Division I-bound defensive back, and all-conference WR Brandon Lipford (Montour) transferred and six other first-team all-conference players graduated, the defending WPIAL Class 5A champion Indians have plenty of talent remaining. Back

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Former Woodland Hills coach Novak plans to stay retired after his replacement resigns

August 9, 2017

This is the first August in 40 years that George Novak won't spend on a football field, so instead the WPIAL Hall of Fame coach

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