Football
Belle Vernon’s “Beach” makes MaxPreps “amazing turf fields” top 10
August 30, 2019
MaxPreps captured birds-eye views of what it calls “10 amazing high school football turf fields” from around the country and a local venue made the list.
Randy Rovesti retires as Gateway athletic director
Randy Rovesti thought he’d be Gateway’s interim athletic director for maybe two or three months, just long enough for the district to find someone else.
Encouraging signs for Yough boys soccer
August 29, 2019
The numbers in boys soccer are up this season at Yough, where coach Chris Duda is encouraged by increased interest in his playoff-starved program.
Through the Years: A-K Valley brothers squared off 75 years ago
Each Friday throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that are part of local scholastic history.
Chick’s Picks worked out the kinks during Week Zero ‘preseason’
Welcome to Week 1 of the high school football season. Week Zero was a rough one for Chick’s Picks, to say the very least.
Trib HSSN high school football players to watch in Week 1
Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 1:
Trib HSSN debuts football power rankings for ’19 season
August 28, 2019
Every Thursday during the 2019 WPIAL football season, the TribLive High School Sports Network will release weekly Trib 10 power rankings.
Westmoreland County high school football don’t-miss matchups for Week 1
Class 6A
The Birdie is on the clock picking Westmoreland County football games
The Birdie is on the clock.
A-K Valley football Q&A with Apollo-Ridge’s Logan Harmon
Leechburg was on Apollo-Ridge’s 4-yard line and trailing by a touchdown with a minute left in the first half of a Week Zero matchup.
A-K Valley football players to watch in Week 1
Seth Fischbach
A-K Valley high school football don’t-miss matchups for Week 1
Class 5A Big East
The Birdie puts his faith in A-K Valley teams
When the Birdie came into the office Monday he was as mad as a fantasy football team owner who had just drafted Andrew Luck with his first-round pick five minutes before he made his retirement announcement.
High school football schedule for Week 1
Thursday
Westmoreland football Q&A with Greensburg Central Catholic’s Brandon Brown
Teammates and coaches like to call Brandon Brown “Slow-mo” when he practices.
Westmoreland County football players to watch in Week 1
Anthony Giansante
Championship contenders Gateway, Penn-Trafford to Battle for the Bell
For whom will the bell chime late Friday night at Warrior Stadium — No. 1 Gateway or No. 3 Penn-Trafford?
Derry, Freeport coaches expect another battle in Big East Conference opener
If you were to compare the Derry and Freeport football teams this season, you might not find many differences, and both coaches take pride in that sentiment.
Penn-Trafford honoring late coach John Yaccino with helmet decals
Penn-Trafford players are wearing a “JY” decal on the back of their helmets this season to remember former head coach John Yaccino. The Warriors’ leader from 1988-95, Yaccino died in March at age 78.
