Tag: Gateway
Gateway boys basketball uses disappointing season as motivation
February 8, 2019
In the moments following Monday's 44-38 loss to Albert Gallatin, the stinging reality of missing the playoffs for the first time in a decade started to set in for the Gateway boys basketball team. In his postgame talk, Gators coach Alvis Rogers told his players to soak in the moment
Western Pa.’s top 10 football prospects for the Class of 2020
February 6, 2019
1. Michael Carmody Mars 6-5, 290, offensive tackle Carmody is in the midst of basketball season for top-ranked Mars, but his college future is on the offensive line. Rivals ranks Carmody as a four-star recruit and the 29th-best offensive tackle nationally. He is rated second overall among Pennsylvania recruits. Nearly
WPIAL football players sign with Division I FBS programs
Class of 2019 Twenty-one senior football players from the WPIAL accepted scholarships from Division I FBS schools. Three signed letters of intent Wednesday: Division I FBS Tyler Brennan, North Hills, WR/RB, Army* Dante Cephas, Penn Hills, WR, Kent State* Mike Coleman, Woodland Hills, DB, Toledo* M.J. Devonshire, Aliquippa, DB, Kentucky
WPIAL girls basketball rankings for week of Feb. 3, 2019
February 2, 2019
Rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Peters Township, 19-0, 2 2. Norwin, 17-1, 4 3. North Allegheny, 18-1, 1 4. Bethel Park*, 15-2, 3 5. Seneca Valley, 13-6, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 19-0, 1 2. Oakland Catholic, 17-2, 2 3. Gateway, 15-3, 3 4. Penn Hills,
Gateway avenges Section 1-5A loss to Greensburg Salem, stays in hunt for playoff berth
February 1, 2019
Mark Zahorchak used the word discouraging after Friday night's game. Actually, the Greensburg Salem boys basketball coach had a discouraging feeling before, during and after visiting Gateway took down his undermanned Golden Lions, 61-42, in a Section 1-5A game. Greensburg Salem (8-11, 3-8) couldn't punctuate senior night with a victoryGateway bowlers ‘just don’t let the other team win’
After last season's mass departure of talent, there weren't very many people who gave the Gateway boys bowling team much of a shot this season. But here the Gators are, locked in at second place in the Western Pa. Interscholastic Bowling League's East Division standings and on the cusp of
Gateway boys basketball aims for strong finish
The Gateway boys basketball team scored a 39-36 victory over Section 1-5A foe Laurel Highlands on Jan. 29. The win snapped a six-game losing streak and kept the young Gators squad alive for the WPIAL playoffs. andquot;We needed that,andquot; junior R.J. Stevenson said. andquot;The goal is to get the fourth
WPIAL girls basketball rankings for week of Jan. 26, 2019
January 26, 2019
Rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. North Allegheny, 17-0, 1 2. Peters Township, 16-0, 2 3. Bethel Park*, 14-1, 3 4. Norwin, 16-1, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 11-5, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 18-0, 1 2. Oakland Catholic, 15-2, 3 3. Gateway, 14-3, 4 4. Penn Hills,
Gateway’s Whiteside looks to build of solid finish at Allegheny County tournament
January 25, 2019
It didn't take Evan Whiteside long to dispatch his first opponent at the recent Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament. The Gateway junior 113-pounder pinned Bethel Park sophomore Kevin Collins in 38 seconds. It started Whiteside on a five-match journey Jan. 18 and 19 at Fox Chapel that would lead to his
Ball State, once unfamiliar to Western Pa., offers 6 more WPIAL juniors
January 24, 2019
Ball State wasn't always a familiar name for WPIAL football recruits. Not until Cardinals coach Mike Neu made inroads into Western Pennsylvania over the past year and signed two recruits from the WPIAL's senior class last month. Now, his staff has focused on some WPIAL juniors. Montour lineman George Padezanin,
