Tag: Jeannette

Jeannette’s Jalen Bass is one of the team’s returning starters.
Jeannette boys basketball looking to measure up to competition
November 20, 2022
Jeannette has featured strong guard play in recent years, but its strength this boys basketball season looks like the frontcourt.

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New coach keeps positive outlook as Jeannette girls basketball eyes rebound
The climb back to respectability is steep for Anna Leonard, the new girls basketball coach at Jeannette. But she is ready to scale the challenge and doesn’t plan to look down.

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Bundled-up fans at Forbes Field on Thanksgiving Day, 1947, watch Willie Thrower score a touchdown as Ken High won its second consecutive WPIAL title over Har-Brack, 27-0. Thrower intercepted two passes, ran for one and passed for another.
Through the Years: In 1947, Ken High shut out Har-Brack
November 17, 2022
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy.

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Greensburg Central Catholic’s Carlo Denis (left), a Grove City commit, led the WPIAL with 52 goals. He also made the all-state team.
High school notebook: Greensburg Central Catholic places 3 on All-WPIAL roster
November 13, 2022
Boys soccer season ended early with no local teams advancing past the WPIAL quarterfinals.

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Canevin quarterback Thomas Kole Olszewski throws during the Willie Thrower quarterbacks camp Saturday, July 16, 2022 at Valley High School.
WPIAL Class A football roundup: Top-seeded Bishop Canevin rolls past Jeannette
November 5, 2022
Lesae Lacks caught a touchdown pass and returned a punt 53 yards for another as No. 1 Bishop Canevin scored a 63-14 victory over No. 16 Jeannette (3-8) in the first round of the WPIAL Class A playoffs Friday at Peters Township. Kole Olszewski threw for 157 yards for the Crusaders (10-1).

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Franklin Regional’s Ayden Hudock pulls in a touchdown pass past Penn-Trafford’s Carmen Metcalfe last Friday.
Westmoreland County don’t miss high school football matchups for 2022 Week 10
November 2, 2022
Class 5A

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Southmoreland’s Kadin Keefer delivers a pass against Belle Vernon Oct. 22.
Meeting or no meeting, The Birdie is psyched to make Westmoreland County playoff picks
Last week: 8-3 (72.7%)

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Penn-Trafford’s Daniel Tarabrella celebrates with Carmen Metcalfe after Metcalfe’s touchdown against Franklin Regional in the second quarter Friday.
Playoffs begin for real for reigning WPIAL champion Penn-Trafford, Westmoreland County teams
October 29, 2022
The WPIAL released the pairings for the upcoming football playoffs Saturday, but the playoffs had already started for Penn-Trafford with its huge win against Franklin Regional on Friday.

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Fort Cherry quarterback Matt Sieg works out on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at the high school.
WPIAL Class A football roundup: Matt Sieg runs for 363 yards, 6 TDs in Fort Cherry win
Matt Sieg ran for 363 yards and six touchdowns and threw for 38 yards and a TD to lead Fort Cherry to a 48-34 victory over Burgettstown (6-3, 5-2) in the Class A Black Hills Conference on Friday night.

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Southmoreland senior Bailey Kennedy
Westmoreland County football players to watch in 2022 Week 9
October 26, 2022
Bailey Kennedy

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