TURTLE CREEK, Pa. – As has become seemingly old habit for Thomas Jefferson, if head coach Bill Cherpak feels he has a size advantage on the lines, he usually tries to exploit it by pounding the football. Too bad Cocoa snuffed out the Jaguars’ game plan. Cocoa (2-0) extended its winning streak to 26 consecutive [...]

The Richland Rams (0-1) and the Bishop Carroll Huskies (1-0) faced off at DeGol Field in Loretto, PA in their first Friday night contest. The Huskies beat the Rams 27-20 in a close contest that saw the Huskies lead most of the game. Leading the way for the Huskies was senior RB/DB Ryan Woo who [...]

Last season the Richland Rams had only their second winning season in a decade, posting a 9-3 record, the Rams best since going 7-4 in 2007. The Rams are looking to continue this success with team full of new face as the Rams will only be returning two offensive starters and three defensive. John Rizzo, [...]

We are very proud to announce a new show Friday nights during the regular season. Come and chat about HS Football with Dave and Dean on Cover it live Friday nights from 6:45pm to 8:30pm during the regular season. Each week we will talk about some of the key games and post scores Friday night [...]

Alex Miller, Senior LB, Huntingdon Area – Miller will be one of the key returners to the Bearcat linebacking corps in 2010 after posting 99 tackles, 1.5 sacks, an interception, a forced fumble and three fumble recoveries. Miller averaged 11 tackles per game, and finished with 17 tackles against Saint Marys, 15 stops against Clearfield, [...]

The Lezzer Lumber Classic isn’t filled with division 1 all stars but the players chosen for this game play like D1 recruits. And this year was no exception. Heart, strength and the love of the game are what drives these central PA players, and this year there was something else….memory. That being the memory of [...]

POY: Mike Caputo, West Allegheny – It would be one thing to give Caputo the Player of the Year Award for his exploits out of the backfield. Caputo finished 2009 running for over 2,600 yards and 34 touchdowns. But he turned in quite the all-around effort on the football field, and was easily the Indians’ [...]

HERSHEY, Pa. – In talking with a Philadelphia reporter following the “AAAA” state championship game, Sam Feleccia said he was thinking about a major in some area of business.   Speaking of business, LaSalle College (14-1) was very businesslike in handling District 6 champion State College (12-3), holding the Little Lions to just 120 yards [...]

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Woodland Hills Woodland Hills blanked the high scoring Gateway Gators 10-0 to win the WPIAL 4A championship. Woodland Hills made their seventh title game appearance and claimed their fifth championship. Woodland Hills forced four turnovers. Mike Caparara and Dahrayl Smith both had interceptions in the fourth quarter. Jayron Polk scored on a 14-yard run and [...]

MANHEIM, Pa. – Football is more than just the X’s and O’s and Johnny’s and Joe’s. The numbers are fun to crunch. 465 – total number of victories in Manheim Central’s history. 10 – number of 500-point scoring teams to the Barons’ credit. 42 – number of District 3 playoff victories. But tonight, the number [...]

There are many reasons to like the final week of November. Many like it because it is the start of the Holidays, some like it because of all the deals they can get during the busiest shopping weekend of the year, while others enjoy stuffing themselves ten times over on Thanksgiving. While next Friday to [...]

BROCKWAY, Pa. – When the Clarion Area Bobcats’ 2009 football season concludes, so will the 20+ year career of its coach, Larry Wiser.   But the 144-game winner’s career has lived to see another week.  It was Cameron County’s three-year, 33-6 overall record that was cut short.   “They’ve got a good football team,” said [...]

PORTAGE, Pa. – As Marion Center head coach Dave Malicky addressed his team after the Stingers’ District 6 class “A” quarterfinal match with Portage, a freight train rumbled up the tracks behind the stadium. Moments earlier, the Stingers felt the force of a different type of freight train – the Portage Wing-T offense – and [...]

GROVE CITY — When Westminster and Grove City College met head-on Saturday in a President’s Athletic Conference football matchup, it  took 60 minutes to complete the game, but less than three minutes to determine the final outcome. When the issue was finally decided, the Wolverines walked off the field with a hard-fought 38-31 win over [...]

McKEESPORT, Pa. – As Gateway’s football team readied for a much-anticipated tussle with McKeesport, the Gators’ marching band blasted the strains of Michael Jackson’s hit “Thriller.”    The game turned out to be a laugher.    Gateway (9-0) claimed the Foothills Conference championship with a dominating 35-14 victory over the homestanding Tigers (7-2) Friday night from [...]

GIBSONIA, Pa. – 12:00, Separated Pine-Richland from an 11 straight trip to the WPIAL Postseason, as the scoreboard at Pine-Richland High School had became a countdown to the end of Seneca Valley’s 2009 season. That clock would eventually run out, however it was what happened in those twelve minutes of play, could be considered one [...]

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Joe Paterno says he’s always been a fan of instant replay. In fact, he said that he clamored for it well before video replay was instituted just a few seasons ago. Against Minnesota, the Nittany Lions benefitted from two video reviews, and both calls ultimately put the game out of reach. [...]

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Leaving Beaver Stadium Saturday afternoon, three tiny Schnouser dogs chased this writer for a short distance.   “Are you a mailman?” the dogs’ owner asked.   No, not quite, but moments earlier, Penn State (5-1, 1-1) did their best impersonation of the postal service, delivering a 52-3 wallop to Eastern Illinois’ [...]

A closer look at Bishop McCort’s impressive victory over Richland The statistics show that Bishop McCort defeated Richland 69-35 in a rainstorm Friday night at Point Stadium. In that game, the Crushers tallied 485 rushing yards, averaged 10.5 yards per carry, had 20 first downs, and racked up 509 yards of total offense. Impressive, to [...]

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Josh Seidel stood aside from the Bishop McCort huddle to do an interview with the local TV station as rain fell steadily from the night sky.   Just knowing that the local TV station wanted to do an interview meant the Crimson Crusher senior had a pretty special performance.  Seidel did have [...]

Huge cross-class showdown in the LHAC Friday night Undefeated Bishop McCort, three-time defending District 6 champions (2 AA, 1 A), square off with Richland, a school from the southeastern suburbs of Johnstown, Friday night. It should prove to be quite the interesting matchup. McCort likes to run, run, run, but can pass if it has [...]

Not even Mother Nature could stop the Thomas More Saints Saturday afternoon in their PAC clash with the Westminster Titans at Harold Burry Stadium. Following a lightning delay of nearly one hour produced by a thunderstorm that passed through the area, Titan kicker Trevor Young finally put his foot on the ball for the opening [...]

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – A soaking wet Joe Paterno sat in front of a packed Penn State media room, the lone man on the podium. “It was going to be a tough football game,” the 386-game winner said. “I think we played a strong game defensively.” But offensively? “We just didn’t get it done,” Paterno [...]

Portage Area (Part 1) – Will anybody slow the Mustangs down? It’s been three weeks. Three opponents up, three opponents down. All fell by margins greater than 30 points. It begs the question: is there anybody in District 6 that will slow down Portage’s offense? Bishop McCort proved in last year’s district title game that [...]

JEFFERSON HILLS-  The game between Thomas Jefferson and Trinity was most likely one of the most highly anticipated games of the season.  Besides being both teams’ first conference game of the season, Trinity was also ranked #2, directly behind Thomas Jefferson, #1. If anyone could beat TJ, Trinity would be first in line. However, despite [...]

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Big plays many times be the determining factor in winning or losing a football game. Friday night at Jack LaMarca Stadium, the Punxsutawney Chucks (1-2) put the big plays to good use as they cruised to a 45-16 win over the Moniteau Warriors (1-2) for their first win of the season. The Chucks [...]

UNIVERSITY PARK — Nothing spectacular, but successful in recording yet another Nittany Lion win. That is what the Penn State Nittany Lion fans have become accustomed to watching their team do on Saturday afternoons. In workmanlike fashion, the Lions won their second game in as many starts Saturday afternoon as they methodically controlled the Syracuse [...]

PUNXSUTAWNEY — When Karns City visited Punxsutawney Phil territory Friday night, the final score was Gremlins 20, Chucks 13, that was only part of the story. While Karns City has realized a lot of success for many seasons, the Chucks have struggled for many of those same seasons. Coming into the 2009 campaign, Karns City [...]

WHEELING, W. Va. – Remember that old saying about not waking the sleeping giant?  Youngstown Ursuline poked Pittsburgh Central Catholic pretty hard, and the Vikings didn’t take too kindly.   Central Catholic (1-0) rattled off 21 unanswered points in the second quarter, 28 total, and outscored Ursuline 49-6 after the 3:15 mark of the 1st [...]

The game: Akron Buchtel (OH Div. III, 0-1) vs. Wheeling Central Catholic (WV Class “A”, 1-0) When: Saturday Sept. 5, 2009 @ 10:00 a.m. Where: Wheeling Island Stadium, Wheeling, W. Va. About the game: This is the inaugural game of a five-games-in-one-day event of the Wheeling Hospital’s Rally in the Valley (last year called the [...]

T-10. Karns City (9) – Some things in life are just automatic, and in District 9, you’ll usually find Karns City hoisting a District 9 “AA” championship trophy in November. The Gremlins are 116-31 since 1997, and won its first ever PIAA inter-district playoff game last year when it defeated District 5 champion North Star. [...]

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HERSHEY, Pa. – Of all the big plays made in the 52nd Annual Big-33 Football Classic, the biggest came from one of Ohio’s offensive linemen. Adam Replogle (Centerville HS) scored the game-winning touchdown on a 1-yard fullback dive with :20 left in the game, and then Ohio held off a late Pennsylvania rally to win, [...]

Tyler Wehner, Senior QB, Thomas Jefferson High School Talk about what a difference a year makes.  Wehner was one of the catalysts of a Thomas Jefferson offense which set a school record for points scored in a season (616) and lit up scoreboards all across the state.  Wehner completed 119-of-211 passes for 2,654 yards and [...]

HERSHEY, Pa. – Andre Campbell’s first two passes in the Class “A” state championship game weren’t exactly perfect.  His sixth one, though, was a thing of beauty.  Campbell’s 59-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Smith down the Roller sideline, coupled with a bad Clairton punt deep in its own territory, helped Steel-High (16-0) claim its second [...]

Archbishop Wood, in the terms of the “AAA” landscape, is one of the new kids on the block.  But in terms of the Philadelphia Catholic League, the Vikings’ program has established itself as a player year in and year out. Now, the black and gold find themselves playing a 16th game (Wood previously had played [...]

The Game: PIAA “AAAA” Western Final Date: Saturday, Dec. 6th, 2008, from Memorial Stadium in State College At stake:Winner will play either North Penn or Bethlehem Liberty for the “AAAA” state championship, Saturday, Dec. 13th, at Hersheypark Stadium. When it comes to the PIAA “AAAA” Western Finals, the WPIAL has dominated.  The district is 17-3 [...]

PITTSBURGH – Standing in the tunnel near the home locker room after the “AAAA” WPIAL final, you could have heard a pin drop.  Aside from cleats hitting concrete, and an occasional sniffle, there was no sound.  Just disappointment.  Just shock.  That was the reaction after arguably the biggest upset in these 2008 playoffs and what [...]

The Game: Aliquippa (7 AA) @ Beaver Falls (7 AA) Date: Saturday, Nov. 22nd, 2008, from Heinz Field in Pittsburgh 2008 Record: Aliquippa (10-2), Beaver Falls (12-0) About the WPIAL “AA” championship: This match-up is not only a rematch of a Week 3 FSN-Pittsburgh Thursday night showcase game, but also an all-Beaver County match-up, which [...]

GIBSONIA, Pa- There were only three words that needed to be said to get fans to show up to last nights WPIAL Class AA, Semi-Final. Beaver Falls-Jeannette. Which is up from last year, being that only two words needed to be said for the game between the Tigers and the Jayhawks a season ago, as in Terrelle Pryor. [...]

PITTSBURGH, Pa- On an overcast fall afterernoon in the city of Pittsburgh the 2008 City League Championship was on the line today at Couples Stadium as Brasher (10-1) took on Perry (9-2). Brasher had been on the wrong side of the Championship in past seasons to a once power house in Perry, but this year they won their second [...]

Bill Cherpak is good.  In fact so good he received votes in the election as a write-in on Tuesday all of which came from the Jefferson Hills area. If you think about it, Cherpak and his Jaguars are on a little campaign on their own and not hesitating to slotter any candidate that thinks they [...]

ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. – Entering their 10th and final game of the 2008 football season, the Riverside Panthers only dressed 30 players, were outnumbered by District 9 “AA” juggernaut Moniteau by a 2:1 ratio, and were easily outweighed on the lines by 20 pounds per man. But the 3-6 Panthers weren’t intimidated. It wasn’t pretty, [...]

The WPIAL will not announce its actual seedings for the upcoming WPIAL playoffs until tomorrow evening at the Embassy Suites, Thorn Run Road in Moon Township.  So, for fun, I decided to paint a potential scenario as to where exactly the 64 qualifying teams will be seeded less than 24 hours from now.  The pairings [...]

MONACA, Pa- The year was 1915, the city was Monaca, a small industrial town that sits along the Ohio River in Beaver County. Across that very body of water is Rochester, which was also a small town that relied heavily on steel manufacturing. Every October the two towns would meet; not for dinner, or a [...]

The Game: Rochester Rams (7-A) @ Monaca Indians (7-A) Date: Friday, Oct. 24th, 2008, from Monaca Stadium. 2008 Record: Rochester (8-0), Monaca (7-1) The Second season of the Pittsburgh Sports Weekly high school football games of the week will rap up this weekend as week 9 of the WPIAL regular season is already here. What [...]

BOSWELL, Pa. – The game felt like a marathon. That’s because it was one. Three hours and fifteen minutes long, 35 first downs, 751 yards of offense, 77 points, and even the officials left their mark, flagging Portage and North Star a combined 26 times for 268 yards. In the end, it was the Mustangs [...]

The Game: Ridgway (9 A) @ Elk County Catholic (9 A) Date: Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, from Dutch Country Stadium in Saint Marys 2008 Record: Ridgway (2-5), Elk County Catholic (5-2) About Ridgway: The Elkers started off the season right, winning two of their first three games via the mercy-rule by a combined margin of [...]

By BILL ALBRIGHT Western PA Writer       GROVE CITY — Anyway you look at it, it was a case of complete domination.     That is the best way to describe what took place Saturday afternoon at Robert E. Thorn Field as the Grove City College Wolverines (4-2) overwhelmed the Geneva Golden Tornadoes for a [...]

The Game: North Catholic (Pittsburgh) (7 A) @ Riverview (7 A) Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, from Riverview HS in Oakmont 2008 Record: North Catholic (5-1), Riverview (3-3) About North Catholic: The Trojans enter this contest on a three-game winning streak, and are averaging 53 points per game in their last two games, which were [...]

By BILL ALBRIGHT Western PA Writer NEW WILMINGTON — Although it is only the sixth week of the regular season, Friday night’s meeting between Wilmington and Sharon just might have been for the District 10 Region 3-AA championship. Going into the tilt, the Tigers had never defeated the Greyhounds at Wilmington Stadium. Combining a solid [...]

The Game: Bishop Carroll (6 A) @ Greater Johnstown (6 AAA) Date: Saturday, Oct. 4, from Greater Johnstown HS in downtown Johnstown 2008 Record: Bishop Carroll (3-2), Greater Johnstown (3-2) About Bishop Carroll: Not much has been heard from Bishop Carroll since it won the 2005 District 6 “A” championship.  The four-time PIAA semifinalists and [...]

EMPORIUM, Pa – Cameron County has always prided itself on its defense.  And after this latest triumph, the red and black can thank senior linebacker Jarek Holjencin for his efforts. Holjencin picked off two Falcon passes, and the Red Raiders (5-0 overall, 1-0 AML North) stopped the Falcons at the CC 7 yard line with [...]

The Game: Warren (10 AAA) @ Erie Strong Vincent (10 AAA) Date: Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, from Veterans Stadium in Erie 2008 Record: Warren (1-3), Erie Strong Vincent (4-0) About Warren: If you are a fan of the Dragons, life hasn’t been good.  Warren has only been a winner in three of its past 14 [...]

Central Catholic proves once again that kickers are apart of the team. Upper St. Clair, PA- Not many games in high school football are moved with in four days of gameday, however for the game between Upper St. Clair and Pittsburgh Central Catholic that was the case. A crowd of 6,000 packed into Panther Stadium [...]

By Bill Albright Western PA Writer WEST MIDDLESEX — Going into Friday night’s matchup between Sharpsville and West Middlesex, one might have had the feeling that it would be a tough, physical football game. As it turned out, the game certainly lived up to the pre-game billing as the Blue Devils came back from two [...]

The Game: Erie Strong Vincent (10 AAA) @ Franklin Area (10 AAA)   Date: Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, from Franklin Area HS   2008 Record: Erie Strong Vincent (2-0), Franklin Area (1-1)   About Strong Vincent: The Colonels love to run the football, as evidenced by their average of 349 rushing yards per contest.  But [...]

Tonight in Bellwood David almost beat Goliath again but on this night, David (Played by Sr. qb Bradley Swindell) threw his rock JUST a bit off the mark and as that stone landed in Goliaths (played by the Bellwood-Antis Blue Devils) hands with 3 minutes to go in the fight this great Warrior comeback fell [...]

The Game: Sto-Rox (7 AA) @ Bishop Canevin (7 AA)   Date: Saturday, Sept. 6, 7:30 p.m. kickoff   2008 Record: Sto-Rox (1-0), Bishop Canevin (1-0)   About Sto-Rox: Sto-Rox enters this game after routing Cornell 53-19.  Paul Jones, a future Division-1 prospect who will likely be one of the best quarterbacks in the 2009 [...]

By KIM MOERSCHBACHER kim@lockhaven.com LOCK HAVEN – One sensational play after the other. That seemed to be the theme for Central Mountain and Jersey Shore’s clash at Lock Haven University Friday night. In the end, the Wildcats’ plays were just a little bit more spectacular. Up 30-22 in the fourth, a series of three consecutive [...]

It’s not a game that features a Pennsylvania football team, but, in the nightcap of the inaugural Friends of Coal Classic, it’s a game the provides plenty of intrigue.   The “local” match-up of the day pits Steubenville Catholic Central against four-time defending West Virginia Class “A” state champion Wheeling Central Catholic at 6 p.m. [...]

The Greyhounds begin 2008 with a killer non-league slate of games in Rochester and Clairton in weeks one and two, respectively.  Combined, Rochy and Clairton have won 12 WPIAL football championships.  If Monessen can survive the early tests, it could be a second straight perfect regular season.  16 starters return from Monessen’s 11-1 team in [...]

The 2008 Pennsylvania High School Football season is right around the corner. It is time to go through your hoodies, shirts & hats to see if you need anything new. Perfect timing. Our growing network of websites now introduces our very own retail store. The Pennsylvania Prep Football Super Store. Our superstore carries merchandise to [...]

BRADFORD, Pa. – If there were any Pop Warner football coaches in attendance at Saturday night’s Big 30 All-Star Classic from Parkway Field in Bradford, you witnessed how to run the Wing-T offense to perfection. You also witnessed how NOT to run the wishbone offense, but that’s a different story for a different date and [...]

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