Tag: McKeesport
From BLM to rallying teammates, how McKeesport grad Johnasia Cash found her voice with Penn State women’s basketball
January 1, 2021
Johnasia Cash realized in July that she wanted more out of her experience as a college basketball player.
Thomas Jefferson trio earns all-state honors in Class 4A
December 23, 2020
The Thomas Jefferson football team added to an already crowded trophy case this season by capturing WPIAL and PIAA championships.
WPIAL football players sign with Division I FBS, FCS programs
December 16, 2020
Division I FBS
Pine-Richland’s Miguel Jackson named 2020 Bill Fralic Memorial Award winner
December 5, 2020
Pine-Richland teammates gave Miguel Jackson the nickname, “Smoke,” when he was a sophomore because they often caught him saying, “They don’t want no smoke.”
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.
‘Tis the season for playoff football in the A-K Valley and the Birdie is psyched
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