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CTK ’17 – MSA Sports Preseason Top Ten – Class 4-A
August 29, 2017
Each and every Monday during the regular season, the MSA Sports Network will rank the Top Ten football teams in each of the six classifications. With days to go before the 2017 WPIAL football regular season kicks off with Week One, we present our Preseason Top Ten teams…with the Top Ten in Class 4-A. WPIAL […]

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WPIAL semifinalists last season, Highlands girls put focus on possession, foot skills
August 25, 2017
Jaci Bowser has the attitude first-year Highlands girls soccer coach Rick Tamburri seeks. Despite graduation and a lack of numbers leading to the Golden Rams

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Highlands' Cris White moves the ball past Valley defenders during a scrimmage on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017 at Highlands Middle School.
Teammwork to guide Highlands boys soccer in Section 1
Gabriel Norris never needed to venture far from Oakwood Place in Natrona Heights to find a practice partner. When Norris, an incoming freshman at Highlands,

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Isiah Bauman calls for a pass during heat acclimation practice at Freeport High School on August 9, 2017
Guido: A-K Valley teams benefit from Week Zero
August 23, 2017
The 118th season of high school football in the Alle-Kiski Valley is just a day away, so let's set the stage for the new season.

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CTK ’17 – 4-A Northwest Nine Conference Preview
August 21, 2017
Throughout the WPIAL, it is tough to imagine a conference more diverse than the 4A Northwest Nine. One team with a prolific spread offense passing attack, another with a team that threw the ball on average just over six times per game, and a couple of teams with quality dual-threat quarterbacks. Each week is a […]

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CTK ’17 – New WPIAL Football Coaches
August 17, 2017
New Faces – New Places – New Hopes – New Dreams. There are six more coaching changes this off-season then before the 2016 campaign. There are a lot of rookie head coaches getting their first crack, some coaches who are just changing hats and addresses and one who has gone back to the future. Whatever […]

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Highlands senior Jermaine Jett takes a handoff during practice on Aug. 14, 2017, at Highlands Golden Rams Stadium.
Highlands senior RB Jermaine Jett poised for big final season
August 16, 2017
For the past three seasons Highlands senior running back Jermaine Jett played the role of groomsman. But after patiently waiting his time behind standouts Elijah

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Highlands coach Dom Girardi works with his team on the opening day of training camp Monday August 14, 2017.
First day of football practice brings energy, hope for A-K Valley teams
August 14, 2017
As Deer Lakes players sprinted to midfield Monday afternoon, the last warm-up drill before breaking into defensive work, coach Steve Sciullo broke away from a

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South Fayette's Drew Saxton throws the ball downfield to a receiver during the game against Central Valley in the WPIAL Class 4A Week Zero matchup at South Fayette Stadium on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016.
WPIAL football conference preview: Class 4A Northwest Nine
August 12, 2017
The favorite South Fayette (10-1 overall, 8-0 Northwest Nine in 2016) South Fayette rode a high-powered offense to an undefeated regular season and Northwest Nine

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Chicks Picks for Week Six
October 6, 2016
Welcome to Week 6 of the high school football season. Chick’s Picks attended her favorite yearly golf outing last week.  Though the event is for charity, Chick’s Picks – a scratch golfer – often gets bored rather easily with the lackluster play of average golfers.  While driving to the 16th hole, a very brief rain shower passed through, but then rewarded the golfers with a rainbow.

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