Football
Young players thrown into deep end for Penn Hills’ matchup with Central Catholic
October 22, 2023
Interrupting the Northeast Conference schedule to play Central Catholic was a tough spot for the Penn Hills football team.
Pine-Richland grad jumps into Slippery Rock starting lineup as freshman
Slippery Rock football coach Shawn Lutz has seen the landscape of college recruiting change over the last few years with the transfer portal and NIL becoming prominent parts of the process.
Chartiers Valley football looking to build culture, battle for playoff spot
Belief. Trust. Resilience.
Alle-Kiski Valley high school football notebook: Final week has playoff implications galore
October 21, 2023
Playoff spots are coming down to the wire in the Class 3A Allegheny 6 Conference.
WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Oct. 22, 2023
WPIAL football rankings
Westmoreland high school football notes: 3 more teams clinch playoff berths
Three more Westmoreland County teams clinched spots in the WPIAL football playoffs with wins Friday night.
School-record rushing effort part of special season for Riverview’s Carlo Buzzatto
It was a bittersweet feeling for senior tailback Carlo Buzzatto on Oct. 14 after Riverview football’s heartbreaking 29-28 loss to Leechburg in a rivalry game at Riverside Park that had huge playoff ramifications.
After series of tough losses, Plum football aims to finish strong
The Plum football team, for the second year in a row, will cap its season Friday with a nonconference matchup against Indiana.
City League football roundup: Westinghouse heads back to championship game
Lloyd Penn caught a pair of touchdown passes from Khalil Green to lead defending champion Westinghouse to a 42-18 victory over No. 4 Allderdice (1-8) in the City League semifinals Friday night at Cupples Stadium.
WPIAL Class A football roundup: Kole Olszewski tosses 4 TDs as No. 3 Bishop Canevin clinches playoff berth
Kole Olszewski threw for 325 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 3 Bishop Canevin to a 41-7 Class A Black Hills Conference win at OLSH (4-5, 3-3) on Friday night.
WPIAL Class 2A football roundup: Keystone Oaks upsets No. 1 Washington
Dimajio Locante scored his second touchdown of the game on a 2-yard run in the fourth quarter to lift Keystone Oaks to a 21-14 upset win over top-ranked Washington (8-1, 4-1) in the Class 2A Century Conference on Friday night.
WPIAL Class 3A football roundup: West Mifflin freshman Armand Hill runs for 495 yards, 5 TDs
Freshman Armand Hill ran for 495 yards and five touchdowns to lead playoff-bound West Mifflin to a 42-7 victory over Hopewell (1-8, 0-5) in Class 3A Western Hills Conference play Friday night.
WPIAL Class 4A football roundup: Jack Fennell scores 6 times in North Catholic victory
Jack Fennell ran for 252 yards and five touchdowns and returned a kickoff 82 yards for another TD to lead North Catholic to a 42-6 Class 4A Greater Allegheny Conference win against Indiana (2-7, 0-6) on Friday night.
South Side wins 1st Big 7 Conference title since 1999
October 20, 2023
South Side coach Luke Travelpiece was unsure what the correct strategy would be against Union to start the game. Do the Rams kickoff and put their stellar defense up against the high-powered offense of the defending WPIAL champions? Or do they put their offense on the field and set the tone trying to score first?
Elizabeth Forward maintains undefeated record in victory over Greensburg Salem
Elizabeth Forward’s Ryan Messina found success through the air and on the ground Friday night against Greensburg Salem.
Highlands makes late stand to hang on for victory against Armstrong
Playoff fates were on the line when Highlands faced Armstrong in a Class 4A Greater Allegheny Conference battle Friday, and the game came down to the last second as Highlands (5-4, 2-3) survived a late drive by Armstrong (5-4, 2-3) to emerge with a 17-15 win.
Freeport eliminates Valley from playoff contention
A funny thing happened Friday night at Freeport Area Athletic Stadium: Two winless high school football teams in conference play squared off with the winner still in the hunt for a WPIAL Class 3A playoff berth entering the final week of the regular season.
Greensburg Central Catholic survives scare vs. Riverview
Sophomore Landon Honick didn’t want his team’s playoff hopes to stretch into Week 9.
Derry outlasts Burrell, clinches playoff spot
Derry and Burrell both were held off the scoreboard in the third quarter of Friday’s Allegheny Conference clash on senior night at Burrell’s Buccaneer Stadium.
Imani Christian cruises, eliminates Ligonier Valley from playoff contention
Imani Christian Academy didn’t play a perfect game Friday at Ligonier Valley, but the No. 4-ranked Saints had enough firepower to pull out a victory on the road.
