Tag: Jeannette
Jeannette’s Marcus Barnes commits to William & Mary
December 3, 2018
Marcus Barnes is glad he waited. So is William andamp;amp; Mary. Barnes, a football standout at Jeannette, held true to his word by waiting until after the season to commit to a college, announcing Monday night he will attend William andamp;amp; Mary in Williamsburg, Va. He chose the FCS school
PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Pine-Richland, QV, Jeannette win state gold in ’17
The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't
PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Central, TJ, Jeannette all claim gold in ’07
December 1, 2018
The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't
WPIAL football top 10: Most district titles
November 28, 2018
WPIAL football titles won With another round of WPIAL title games played, here is a list of the schools the have won the most WPIAL titles: School, Titles, First one, Most recent 1. Aliquippa, 17, 1952, 2018 2. Clairton, 13, 1929, 2016 3. New Castle, 11, 1924, 1998 4. Jeannette,
Jeannette girls basketball team has new look
November 25, 2018
The Jeannette girls basketball team has a new coach and a new attitude this year. Jonathan Bass, who spent the past two seasons as an assistant under Jeanine Vertacnik, is hoping to help turn things around in 2017-18. Vertacnik was hired as Monessen's coach. andquot;I'm a breath of fresh air
Jeannette boys basketball team needs balance to be successful
When a team loses 80 percent of the offense from a squad that reached the WPIAL Class A semifinals and won two games in the PIAA tournament, it might expect a down season. Jeannette boys coach Adrian Batts doesn't see it that way. In fact, he thinks the team could
WPIAL top 10: Championship appearances
November 21, 2018
Here is a list of the 10 most frequent WPIAL title game participants: School, Total, First time, Latest appearance 1. Aliquippa, 29, 1942, 2018 2. Clairton, 18, 1957, 2016 3. Jeannette, 15, 1939, 2017 4. Rochester, 14, 1921, 2018 5t. Upper St. Clair, 13, 1974, 2006 5t. Washington, 13, 1917,
Westmoreland high school notebook: Jeannette basketball players get early start
Jeannette boys basketball coach Adrian Batts feels spoiled this preseason. For the first time since 2014, he had his entire team available for the start of practice. Deep playoff runs in football have limited what the basketball team could do several weeks into the past several seasons as two-sport players
PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Upper St. Clair captures state crown
November 12, 2018
The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't
Five things we learned from Friday’s WPIAL playoffs
November 10, 2018
This was a tough week for the favorites. Three No. 1 seeds were upset Friday night in the WPIAL football playoffs, a break from the predictability seen previously under the new six-classification format. Consider, in the past two seasons combined, 10 of the 12 top seeds reached the WPIAL finals.
