Tag: Central Catholic

Central Valley coach Mark Lyons gestures on the sideline during the 2021 WPIAL Class 3A championship game.
For Chick’s Picks, making WPIAL football predictions just like riding a bike
October 20, 2022
We have reached the stretch run – that point in the season where teams either make it or break it into the postseason.

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Central Catholic’s Connor Walker celebrates with teammates after finishing his round during the WPIAL team golf championships on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, at Cedarbrook Golf Course.
Rocco Salvitti fires 4-under par round to lead Central Catholic to PIAA Class 3A title
October 19, 2022
Central Catholic captured the team’s third PIAA Class 3A boys golf championship Wednesday at Penn State’s White Course.

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Burrell’s McKayla Courey celebrates her goal against Freeport on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, at Burrell High School. Burrell won, 1-0.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 17, 2022: Teams battle for final postseason berths
October 16, 2022
Forty-nine WPIAL girls soccer teams have clinched a WPIAL playoff berth, but as the end of the regular season is near, there are still several postseason berths up for grabs.

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The Central Catholic student section cheers on its team during a game last season.
5 things we learned in Week 7: Central Catholic blocked FG touchdown scorer: ‘I heard no whistle’
October 15, 2022
As a 6-foot-4, 270-pound offensive lineman, Anthony Shovlin says he’d accepted the fact that scoring touchdowns wasn’t in his future, but that changed dramatically Friday night.

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Central Catholic lines up for the game-winning field goal on the last play Friday night against Penn Hills.
Central Catholic beats Penn Hills on improbable blocked field goal for TD
Trailing by a point with one second left, Central Catholic lined up for a 49-yard field goal that would have won its nonconference game with Penn Hills on Friday night.

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McKeesport senior Bobbie Boyd (right) returns an interception during the fourth quarter of the Tigers’ 19-7 victory over Penn-Trafford on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at Warrior Stadium in Harrison City.
5 things to watch in Week 7 of high school football
October 14, 2022
Football coaches will always say Week 7 isn’t the time for nonconference games, since the playoffs are less than a month away and nobody wants to get hurt now in a “meaningless” game.

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Central Catholic’s Rocco Salvitti lines up his putt on Hole 15 during the WPIAL Class 3A boys golf championship on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, at Allegheny Country Club in Sewickley Heights.
24 teams set to compete for WPIAL golf championships
October 12, 2022
WPIAL team golf championships

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North Allegheny quarterback Logan Kushner (7) celebrates his touchdown with teammates during the fourth quarter against Central Catholic on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at West Mifflin High School.
WPIAL Class 6A/5A football roundup: No. 1 North Allegheny tops Mt. Lebanon
October 7, 2022
Logan Kushner and Khiryn Boyd ran for touchdowns and Jack Yatchenko scored on a fumble recovery as top-ranked North Allegheny earned a 20-6 victory over No. 3 Mt. Lebanon (2-5, 1-2) in a Class 6A football game Friday night.

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Washington quarterback Davoun Fuse throws a pass on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, in Washington.
5 things to watch in Week 6 of high school football
This could be a make-or-break week for some teams with conference title hopes.

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Laurel Highlands’ Rodney Gallagher is tackled by Belle Vernon’s Braden Laux on Sept. 2.
5 things we learned in Week 5: Rodney Gallagher makes history again
October 1, 2022
Laurel Highlands’ Rodney Gallagher was 0-3 against conference foe Thomas Jefferson, and his Mustangs were outscored 160-3 in the first three years of his high school football career.

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