Tag: Belle Vernon
High school notebook: Yough’s Shoaf in elite company after record-breaking performance
October 21, 2017
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
Westmoreland County’s WPIAL boys soccer 1st-round playoff capsules
October 19, 2017
Class 4A First round No. 8 Penn-Trafford (11-3-2) vs. No. 9 Butler (13-5) 3 p.m. Saturday at Norwin On the air: Tribhssn.triblive.com Winner plays: No.
Big Game Hunting – Week Eight
The penultimate weekend of the regular season is here and there is still so much to decide. There were some big upsets last week and some things got sorted out. Just two playoff spots remain in 6-A entering week eight and a single spot remains unclaimed in 5-A. Meanwhile in the smaller classifications things are […]
Breaking down the 2017 WPIAL boys soccer playoffs
October 18, 2017
CLASS 4A Favorite: Peters Township is the only unbeaten team in Class 4A and for good reason; the Indians are loaded with talent. They have
Westmoreland County players to watch for Week 8
Nick DiAndreth Hempfield, sr., WR The senior had two touchdown grabs in Hempfield's near upset of Penn Hills last week. DiAndreth (5-foot-6, 162 pounds) hasThe 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
Week 8’s don’t-miss high school football matchups in Westmoreland County
Class 5A Big East Conference Kiski Area (1-7, 1-5) at 1-5A Penn-Trafford (8-0, 6-0) 7:30 p.m. Friday Last week: Kiski Area lost to Gateway, 61-21.
WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week Seven 2017
October 17, 2017
The seventh week of the WPIAL football season officially begins the “stretch run” of the campaign. While some teams have already punched their tickets to the postseason, several games this past week had major implications on playoff positioning. Among the notable plays were a touchdown pass that fueled an upset of the top team in […]
High-scoring Apodiakos leads Belle Vernon boys into WPIAL playoffs
As the regular season ends and the WPIAL boys soccer playoffs get ready to commence, the field of contenders have narrowed. In Class AAA, four
Five things we learned from Week 7 of WPIAL football season
October 14, 2017
Turnovers will hurt any team, even a dominant WPIAL title favorite. Friday night was proof. Top-ranked Thomas Jefferson lost the football four times, two fumbles
