Tag: Yough

Yough girls remain youthful team this season

August 31, 2017

Even though Yough's girls soccer team relied heavily on freshmen last fall, the squad reached the postseason. The Cougars advanced to the quarterfinals too, as

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The Birdie viewed a good fight last week in Westmoreland County

August 30, 2017

After dishing out $100 from his piggy bank — he had a part-timer roll a big pile of change he dumped in the center of

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Week 1’s don’t miss matchups for Westmoreland County

Class 6A SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE ALTOONA (1-0, 0-0) at NORWIN (0-1, 0-0) 7 p.m. Friday Last week: Altoona rallied in the fourth quarter to edge past

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Freeport rides Romanchak to blowout victory over Yough

August 25, 2017

The WPIAL's first football game of the season was a statement-maker for Freeport junior Austin Romanchak. Romanchak showed why he's one of the area's top

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Week Zero’s don’t-miss matchups in Westmoreland County

August 24, 2017

NonCONFERENCE GREENSBURG C.C. (2-8 in '16) at TUSCARAWAS C.C., OHIO (5-5 in '16) 7 p.m. Saturday Last year: Greensburg Central missed the playoffs for the

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The Birdie offers Week Zero predictions for Westmoreland County

A few coaches asked the Birdie if he bumped his head before he put together his column for last Sunday's preseason andquot;Gameplanandquot; section that gave

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Westmoreland County players to watch for Week Zero

Jackson Daugherty Ligonier Valley, WR/DB, sr. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound wide receiver caught 44 passes for 743 yards and nine touchdowns despite missing the first six

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CTK ’17 – 3-A Interstate Conference Preview

August 22, 2017

For the majority of last season, all of the talk in the 3A classification revolved around the Beaver Valley Conference. While that conference did produce both finalists in the WPIAL title game at Heinz Field, the Interstate Conference had its fair share of compelling storylines. Chief among them was the unexpected rise to prominence of […]

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Overcoming mother’s death helps Yough lineman Houseman grow as leader

His mother's death in 2004 revealed inner strength he never knew he had. And the anguish that followed allowed Scott Houseman's once-fragile psyche to catch

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High school notebook: Yough’s Bach commits to Pitt for softball

August 17, 2017

Yough softball player Hannah Bach had interest from a few Ivy League schools and appeared to be close to committing to one of them. But

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