Tag: North Allegheny
Defending champions Gateway, TJ, Jeannette draw top seeds for WPIAL football playoffs
October 29, 2018
Three defending champions earned a No. 1 seed Monday night when the WPIAL released pairings for its postseason football playoffs at the DoubleTree Hotel in Green Tree. Gateway (10-0) in Class 5A, Thomas Jefferson (9-0) in Class 4A and Jeannette (10-0) in Class A received the top seeds in their
Seven football teams in TribHSSN state rankings lose, three fall out
October 28, 2018
As the regular season concludes and district playoffs begin, we have a shakeup in the TribHSSN state rankings. Seven ranked teams lost in Week 9: Four remained ranked, but three fell out. For the first time since early in the season, a top-ranked team lost as Aliquippa was stunned by
Sewickley Academy captures program’s 2nd PIAA girls tennis title
October 27, 2018
Members of the Sewickley Academy girls tennis team sat in the basement of the Hershey Racquet Club after a PIAA semifinal loss to Lower Moreland last fall. There was plenty of disappointment and some tears shed. There also was a resolution to return in 2018 and leave Hershey victorious. On
WPIAL football rankings for week of Oct. 28, 2018
WPIAL football rankings Class 6A 1. North Allegheny, 10-0, 2 2. Pine-Richland, 8-2, 1 3. Seneca Valley, 7-3, 4 4. Mt. Lebanon, 4-5, 5 5. Central Catholic, 7-2, 3 Out: none Class 5A 1. Gateway, 10-0, 1 2. Penn Hills, 10-0, 2 3. Peters Township, 8-2, 3 4. Penn-Trafford, 8-2,
Run-heavy North Allegheny wins conference title, hands rival Pine-Richland ‘humbling’ loss
October 26, 2018
North Allegheny's Sam Gelosh carried for nine yards, Ben Petschke fought for the next three, Gelosh ran for five more, Percise Colon added six -- and on they went. It wasn't a quick strike that sparked NA's offense Friday night but rather a long, slow, steady touchdown drive in the
WPIAL girls soccer semifinals on tap in Saturday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports
In this decade, Peters Township and Norwin have each captured two WPIAL girls soccer championships. On Saturday, the Indians and Knights square off for a spot in the Class 4A district title game. The match at Elizabeth Forward is one of eight semifinals as eight teams will be one step
North Allegheny, Sewickley Academy, Knoch advance to PIAA girls tennis semifinals
Three WPIAL girls tennis teams earned a trip to the PIAA semifinals with quarterfinal wins Friday at Hershey Racquet Club. In Class AAA, Ashley Huang and Ella Sinciline earned singles victories to lead WPIAL champion North Allegheny to a 3-2 victory over WC Henderson from District 1. The Tigers will
With Heinz Field rematch possible, might Pine-Richland, North Allegheny hold back in regular-season finale?
It's possible that Pine-Richland and North Allegheny will play one another twice in the span of a few weeks. The two top-ranked rivals are favorites to rematch in the WPIAL Class 6A final, so might that affect how NA coach Art Walker and Pine's Eric Kasperowicz approach Friday's matchup in
North Allegheny’s Huang commits to play tennis at Cornell
North Allegheny senior Ashley Huang will be seeking a repeat of the PIAA Class AAA girls singles tennis title Nov. 2-3 in Hershey with an important decision out of the way. Huang, the WPIAL champion, committed recently to the Cornell women's team for the 2019-20 season. andquot;I chose Cornell for
Embarrassing encounter doesn’t shake Chick’s Picks’ Week 9 high school football predictions
October 25, 2018
Welcome to Week 9 of the high school football season. Chick's Picks headed back to her hometown for a special event this week. Throughout the course of the day, Chick's Picks ran into many former acquaintances that she had not seen in quite some time. During one conversation in particular,
