7 players named all-conference for both offense, defense on Big 8 football team
December 1, 2020
Belle Vernon’s Devin Whitlock and McKeesport’s Colin Lyons were among seven players who earned first-team all-conference honors on both sides of the football in the Class 4A Big Eight.
Finalists announced for Bill Fralic Memorial Award
November 12, 2020
Six finalists, one from each classification, have been selected for the second Bill Fralic Memorial Award, which honors the best senior football lineman in the WPIAL.
Plum shuts down McKeesport to reach first WPIAL semifinal since 1996
October 30, 2020
The Plum and McKeesport football teams were no strangers to each other when they met Friday at Plum’s Mustangs Stadium for a berth in the WPIAL Class 4A semifinals.
Familiar foes Plum, McKeesport set for marquee opening-round matchup
October 29, 2020
The playoffs are a time when some teams are meeting for the first time, but when No. 3 Plum and No. 6 McKeesport face off in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 4A football playoffs Friday, that won’t be the case.
After the result came in Friday and fans throughout the WPIAL raised a collective eyebrow, one had to wonder what McKeesport coach Matt Miller said to motivate his Tigers prior to their big Class 4A Big Eight Conference showdown at Thomas Jefferson.
The victory in Week 7 for Clairton to seal the deal on another outright Eastern Conference championship came against a playoff-bound team and was historically significant.
McKeesport hands Thomas Jefferson its first home loss in 5 years in Class 4A shocker
October 23, 2020
The final two and a half minutes of Friday night’s showdown with Thomas Jefferson was arguably the most stressful of Matt Miller’s coaching career at McKeesport.