Three WPIAL baseball champs lose ..... PIAA baseball highlights
Seventy-five percent of the WPIAL baseball champions are out of the state playoffs. Three WPIAL champs lost first-round games today in the PIAA playoffs. Class AAA champion West Allegheny lost to...
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Balouris, Malone go from WPIAL competitors to NCAA championships
Items that fell off my laptop In the fall of 2009, North Hills High School's Margo Malone and Hampton's Elaina Balouris finished 2-3 in the WPIAL Class AAA cross-country championships. Next week, they...
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PIAA brackets give Blackhawk long road trip ...... other notes
About 10 years ago, the PIAA effectively eliminated eastern and western brackets for the state playoffs in a number of sports. Some teams from eastern Pennsylvania play through the western wide of the...
View ArticleWPIAL shut out of state baseball, softball championships
The baseball and softball state championships are Friday at Penn State. The WPIAL will be a no show for the first time in decades. The Seneca Valley baseball team and the Greensburg Salem and...
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Freeport junior Thimons picks West Virginia
Another junior football player from the WPIAL has already made his college decision. Logan Thimons, a 6-foot-1, 210-pound junior linebacker at Freeport High School, has accepted a scholarship from West...
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PIAA rules on Redman ... Root Sports goes to Fridays ... South Fayette ranks
After some "R&R" the tank has been refueled and it's that time again. The official start of high school football practice is Monday, but it really starts tomorrow when most teams start "heat...
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Goin' campin' first stops: Baldwin and Central Catholic
Monday was the first day of "official" football practice in Pennsylvania. That means the return of "Goin' Campin'." What is that? Maybe it should be called "Goin' up camp" because we are in Pittsburgh,...
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Goin' Campin' stops: P-R, QV, NH and other notes
Goin' Campin' is Varsity Blog's series that hits the road to give you notes, quotes, anecdotes and everything else from district football preseason camps. Before we get to our stops today on Goin'...
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Goin' Campin': Even 88-year-old mother of coach helps at West Allegheny...
Goin' Campin' is Varsity Blog's series that hits the road to give you notes, quotes, anecdotes and everything else from district football preseason camps. I won't profess to know how every WPIAL team...
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Goin' Campin': Seton-LaSalle and coach talking state championship
Goin' Campin' is Varsity Blog's series that hits the road to give you notes, quotes, anecdotes and everything else from district football preseason camps. TODAY'S STOP: SETON-LaSALLE Before we get to...
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Predictions: WPIAL Class A playoff teams
This is first in a daily series on predicting what teams will make the playoffs in each conference. Today: WPIAL Class A TRI-COUNTY SOUTH 1. Beth-Center - This conference struggles big time in the...
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Predictions: WPIAL Class AA playoff teams
One in a daily series on predicting playoff teams in each conference: TODAY: CLASS AA Century Conference 1. South Fayette - The defending WPIAL and PIAA champion Lions have reigning P-G Player of the...
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Render rates nationally ..... Predictions: WPIAL Class AAA
Before we get to the Class AAA playoff predictions, this piece of information comes from Jim Stout of MaxPreps.com: Two of the top 20 winningest active coaches in the country are from Pennsylvania,...
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WPIAL AAAA playoff predictions ..... First state rankings released
The first state football rankings have been released and two WPIAL teams hold No. 1 spots. The Pennsylvania Football News, which has a new web site this year, published its state rankings today. South...
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Setting the record straight on Rowan ..... Showtime and football notes
Some items that fell off my laptop. Before we get to some football notes, let's address one basketball item. Can we set the record straight on some facts about Maverick Rowan? It seems there is plenty...
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WPIAL on display at Heinz Field ...... Two Brumbaughs will start ..... More...
Starting tomorrow night, WPIAL football will be showcased at Heinz Field. Before Thursday night's preseason game at Heinz, Steelers officials will unveil a new "WPIAL Champions" exhibit inside the...
View ArticlePredictions: A dozen to go ...... Live blog starts tonight
Varsity Blog programming note: High school football kicks off tonight and the live blog is back. Tonight, I will be at the P-G Game of the Week, North Allegheny at Seneca Valley. Follow the big game on...
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Live Friday night blog -- North Allegheny wins 14-0
Live blog from the Post-Gazette game of the week, North Allegheny at Seneca Valley. For score updates around the WPIAL, look to the right for scores from @PGVarsityXtra twitter account. If you have a...
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Mars RB Schultheis hurt, out for season ..... Friday night leaders and video...
See highlights below of a few top games Friday night. What is with the star running backs in the WPIAL, going down with injuries early in the season? It has happened again. Mars's Josh Schultheis was...
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Another Chizmar to hit WPIAL fields ..... other notes
It was almost 30 years ago that Brian Chizmar became only the fifth running back in WPIAL history to reach 4,000 career yards. Now his son is playing WPIAL football, although not at running back. The...
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