Tag: Yough

High school football notebook: Norwin defense among WPIAL’s best

October 26, 2017

Talk to coaches who have played Norwin and their first point of emphasis is defense. Norwin (4-5 overall, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) is no knock-off of

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Girls soccer quarterfinal playoff preview capsules for the Alle-Kiski Valley

October 25, 2017

Class AAAA WPIAL quarterfinals No. 12 Kiski Area (11-6) vs. No. 4 Norwin (15-1-1) 8 p.m. Thursday, Gateway Winner plays: No. 1 Pine-Richland or No.

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Week 9’s don’t-miss high school football matchups for Westmoreland County

Class 6A Southeastern CONFERENCE Norwin (4-5, 2-3) at Hempfield (0-5, 1-8) 7 p.m. Friday Last week: Norwin lost to Central Catholic, 35-14. Hempfield lost 63-28

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The Birdie scares up Week 9 picks for Westmoreland County

Halloween is the Birdie's favorite holiday. andquot;It's nice because I get to dress up and step out of character,andquot; he said, wearing a Groucho Marx

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Girls soccer quarterfinal playoff preview capsules for Westmoreland County

Class AAAA WPIAL quarterfinals No. 2 Penn-Trafford (14-3-1) vs. No. 7 Fox Chapel (13-5-1) 8 p.m. Thursday at Norwin Winner plays: No. 11 Upper St.

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WPIAL Friday Night HighLights – Week Eight 2017

October 21, 2017

Some of the performances below were critical for teams fighting for playoff positioning or just a berth into the district high school football playoffs. Others were just for old fashioned team and school pride as dreams of the ‘second season’ have been dashed this fall. Whatever the case, here are some of the brilliant performances […]

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High school notebook: Yough’s Shoaf in elite company after record-breaking performance

Yough football coach Scott Wood predicted a few weeks ago that Cougars' junior running back Dustin Shoaf had the potential to break the school's single-game

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Yough’s Dustin Shoaf sets school record with 428 yards rushing in win vs. Southmoreland

October 20, 2017

There was no WPIAL postseason playoff berth at stake at Southmoreland's Russ Grimm Field on Friday night, but someone neglected to tell the participants, as

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Breaking down the 2017 WPIAL girls soccer playoffs

October 18, 2017

Class 4A Favorite: Norwin, despite drawing the No. 4 seed, has won back-to-back WPIAL championships and has more than enough talent to three-peat. The Knights

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The Birdie sets a gold standard in Westmoreland County

When the cleaning crew came in late one night this week, they found The Birdie pounding nails into new gold-colored carpet he had just rolled

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