Tag: Mt. Pleasant
The Birdie delves into tiebreakers before picking Westmoreland County games
October 24, 2018
Last week: 14-1 (.933) Season: 95-23 (.805) On the morning of a rare day off, the Birdie pushed around his scrambled eggs at breakfast, scraping his fork against Mrs. Birdie's fancy plate, causing her to cringe. He then used the fork to flip his pumpkin spiced pancakes and sent them
Westmoreland WPIAL boys soccer playoff preview capsules for Oct. 22, 2018
October 21, 2018
Boys soccer Class 4A No. 11 Latrobe (10-6-1) vs. No. 6 Butler (10-4-2) 7 p.m. Monday at Butler Winner plays: No. 3 Upper St. Clair (11-3-2) Coaches: Tom Kennedy, Latrobe; Troy Mohney, Butler Players to watch: Marshal Kalning, Sr., MF, Latrobe; Tate Mohney, Sr., F, Butler Corner kicks: After losing
Freeport clinches playoff spot with rout of Mt. Pleasant
October 19, 2018
Freeport, mired in last place in the Big East Conference after three games, won its fifth straight Friday, 41-7, over visiting Mt. Pleasant. The victory qualifies the Yellowjackets for the WPIAL playoffs for the 28th time in school's history. Austin Romanchak ran for 115 yards and two touchdowns. He added
Franklin Regional draws No. 1 seed in WPIAL Class 3A boys soccer playoffs
October 17, 2018
Franklin Regional coach Rand Hudson hoped his team would get the No. 1 seed in the WPIAL Class 3A boys soccer playoffs. All right, he just about expected it. How could he not The Panthers put together the most dominating regular season in program history. The Panthers (14-0-1) have allowed
Tennis, soccer, volleyball on tap in Tuesday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports
October 15, 2018
A rainy Monday is expected to give way to a sunny Tuesday when the district continues its 2018 girls team tennis playoffs. The WPIAL postponed all eight quarterfinal matches Monday and re-scheduled for the same higher seed home sites on Tuesday at 3 p.m. The second round matches in Class
Westmoreland high school football notebook: Big East coaches praise Penn-Trafford
October 11, 2018
Ask coaches from the Class 5A Big East Conference if they're surprised to see Penn-Trafford in the thick of the conference-title chase and you'll get the same answer presented a few different ways. Nope. No way. Of course not. Penn-Trafford has one of the most respected programs around, a sentiment
Westmoreland County’s don’t-miss high school football matchups for Week 7
October 10, 2018
Class 6A Canon-McMillan (2-4, 1-4) at Norwin (3-4, 2-3) 7 p.m. Friday, Norwin Knights Stadium, North Huntingdon On the air: 1450 AM; andamp;#0010;TribHSSN.triblive.com Last week: Pine-Richland 38, Canon-McMillan 7; Central Catholic 35, Norwin 16 Coaches: Mike Evans, Canon-andamp;#0010;McMillan; Dave Brozeski, Norwin Top players: Joshua O'Hare, andamp;#0010;Canon-McMillan (Sr., 6-0, 185, RB);
Deer Lakes rallies past Mt. Pleasant to capture Section 2-2A boys soccer title
October 9, 2018
Colton Spence probably has been tackled and fouled in the box a lot harder in his budding soccer career, but he had never had a follow-up penalty kick that carried so much significance. Spence, a sophomore from Deer Lakes, knocked in a PK to the left of reaching Mt. Pleasant
Defending champs Central Catholic, Sewickley Academy advance to WPIAL golf finals
Central Catholic and Sewickley Academy will get a chance to defend their WPIAL boys golf team titles. Central Catholic, the defending Class AAA champion, and Sewickley Academy, the defending Class AA champion, both advanced to Thursday's WPIAL finals at Cedarbrook Gold Golf Course after placing in the top three at
