Tag: Fox Chapel

Central Catholic’s Gannon Carothers hurdles Mt. Lebanon’s Tommy Boehner during their game on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, at Mt. Lebanon High School.

An educational course might help Chick’s Picks improve high school football prognosticating

November 11, 2021

Welcome to Week 11.

Springdale’s Legend Ausk is a member of the 2021 football team.

A-K Valley football players to watch for 2021 Week 11

November 10, 2021

Legend Ausk

Fox Chapel’s Zidane Thomas reaches out to stiff-arm Franklin Regional’s Logan Donnelly on Sept. 17.

The Birdie learns an important football lesson, picks A-K Valley playoff games

Last week: 4-3 (57.1%)

Fox Chapel’s Zidane Thomas reaches out to stiff-arm Franklin Regional’s Logan Donnelly on Sept. 17 at Franklin Regional High School.

Fox Chapel will try to outfox No. 2 Penn-Trafford in WPIAL quarterfinals

Fox Chapel has already pulled off a playoff upset this season, but can it outfox Penn-Trafford in the quarterfinals Friday?

Penn-Trafford’s Jack Jollie pulls in a pass that was intended for Franklin Regional’s Roman Sarnic on Oct. 22.

‘Tis the season for Westmoreland County playoff picks from The Birdie

Last week: 4-2 (66.7%)

Pine-Richland’s Rylie Wollerton plays against Hempfield Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021 at Pine-Richland High School.

Coaches announce 2021 WPIAL field hockey all-stars

Days after winning WPIAL titles, the Pine-Richland, Penn-Trafford and Shady Side Academy field hockey teams had another reason to celebrate Wednesday. Combined, the three WPIAL champions had 15 players honored as WPIAL all-stars.

Knoch’s Andrew Rumburg-Goodlin escapes West Allegheny tacklers in a first round Class 3A playoff game on Nov. 4, 2011 won by the Knights, 28-7. The senior running back dedicated the game to his girlfriend, Alexis Summers, who died in an auto accident three days earlier.

Through the years: With heavy hearts, Knoch topped West Allegheny in 2011

November 4, 2021

Each week 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.