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Live Friday blog -- Highlights and interviews from Belle Vernon victory...
Live blog from tonight's Post-Gazette game of the week - Ringgold at Belle Vernon. Follow along and look to the right for updates, notes and photos from other games, courtesy of @PGVarsityXtra twitter...
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Week 6 rewind: New Castle has to deal with ejections ...... new WPIAL, state...
Notes, anecdotes and thoughts after Week 6 of the high school football season. New WPIAL and state rankings are at the end. The pregame was costly to New Castle Friday night. Before the Central Valley...
View ArticleWPIAL to have hearing with New Castle-Central Valley ..... West A. - Woody...
Items that fell from my laptop The WPIAL board of directors has to step in and investigate another fight between football teams. The WPIAL has decided to have a hearing Monday with representatives from...
View ArticleNew Castle suspends six more of its own players ....... This Week High School...
Seven New Castle High School players and coach Joe Cowart were already suspended from this Friday's game against Ambridge. But New Castle administrators have added six more players and one assistant...
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Blood drive for Bronaugh ..... Ford headed to Pitt? ..... A dozen predictions...
Tonight's live blog will come from the P-G Game of the Week - West Allegheny at Woodland Hills. Follow along, and look to the right of the blog for score updates, notes and photos from other games...
View ArticleLive Friday blog - Woodland Hills wins, 22-15
Live blog from the Post-Gazette Game of the Week - West Allegheny at Woodland Hills. For score updates and reports on other games, look to the right of this blog at the @PGVarsityXtra Twitter account....
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Week 7 wrap: QB Wise reaches 1,000 yards ...... new WPIAL-state rankings
Notes, anecdotes and thoughts after Week 7 of the high school football season. Latest rankings are at the end of this blog. One of the leading rushers in the WPIAL is a quarterback - and a Wise guy....
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Aliquippa's Pugh picks Pitt ..... Knoch QB Shinsky done for season with injury
Items that fell off my laptop Pugh to Pitt Shazam!!!!! In the span of four days, Pitt has landed two top WPIAL recruits. Aliquippa senior linebacker Kaezon Pugh made a verbal commitment to Pitt Monday...
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Is WPIAL out of bounds in scheduling of Allderdice soccer playoff game?
In soccer terms, Allderdice feels the WPIAL deserves a yellow card for its decision on site selection for Allderdice's boys soccer playoff game. Melissa Friez, Allderdice's school principal, used the...
View ArticleA dozen predictions to go for Week 8 ..... Central gets nod over Pine
Tonight's live blog will come from the Post-Gazette Game of the Week - Central Catholic at Pine-Richland. For score updates, notes and photos from other games, look to the right of this blog at...
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Live Friday blog - Central Catholic beats Pine-Richland, 35-28
Live blog from the Post-Gazette Game of the Week - Central Catholic at Pine-Richland. For score updates and notes from other games, check to the right of this blog at @PGVarsityXtra on Twitter. If you...
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Week 8 rewind: Successful or not, Pine-Richland should have tried for two
Notes, thoughts, anecdotes from the eighth week of the high school football season. The latest Post-Gazette WPIAL and state rankings are at the end of the blog. For Pine-Richland and Central Catholic,...
View ArticleWPIAL changes gears, gives Allderdice boys soccer home game
The WPIAL has done an about face, and now the Allderdice boys soccer team gets a home game. The WPIAL has decided to change the site of tonight's Class AAA first-round playoff game. Instead of...
View ArticleDozen predictions to go for Week 9 - Quips get edge over Beaver Falls
Tonight's live blog will come from the showdown of undefeated teams - Aliquippa vs. Beaver Falls. It is the Post-Gazette Game of the Week. Follow along and also check to the right of the blog for...
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Live Friday night blog - Aliquippa wins, 44-21
Live blog from the Post-Gazette Game of the Week - Aliquippa vs. Beaver Falls. Look to the right for scores and notes from other games, via @PGVarsityXtra on Twitter. If you have a score, tweet with...
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Bracketology: WPIAL football playoff projected pairings
You wanna know the matchups for the WPIAL playoffs? Supposedly, you'll have to wait until tomorrow night. But my football steering committee already has met. The committee has a total of one - me. And...
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GCC's Cartwright goes for state record ..... WPIAL football playoff predictions
Tonight's live blog will come from Hampton at Montour in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs. Look to the right of this blog for scores and notes from other WPIAL playoff games, courtesy of...
View ArticleLive Friday playoff blog - Hampton defeats Montour, 19-14
Live blog from tonight's Hampton at Montour game in first round of WPIAL Class AAA playoffs. For score updates and notes from other games, look to the right of this blog at the Twitter account for...
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Quips' Pugh questionable ..... ND offers Jurkovec ..... New rankings ........
Items that fell off my laptop .... Latest WPIAL-state rankings are at the end The WPIAL Class AA quarterfinal game Friday between Aliquippa and Seton-LaSalle is supposed to feature Pitt recruits on...
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Steel Valley opens Schifino's coaching position
The official start of high school basketball is five days away, and Steel Valley High School is looking for a new boys coach. The Steel Valley school board voted, 5-0, tonight to open Drew Schifino's...
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