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LaVar Arrington comments on Jack McCurry
LaVar Arrington is one of the greatest high school football players to come out of Western Pennsylvania. A 1997 graduate of North Hills High School, Arrington was Parade magazine's national player of...
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Pitt was "right" for Blackhawk's Omogrosso
One of the top sophomore girls basketball players in the WPIAL has already decided she wants to play for Pitt. Chassidy Omogrosso, a standout 10th-grade point guard at Blackhawk High School, accepted a...
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State basketball rankings ...... About Tyler Boyd and WVU
Below are some items that fell off my laptop, but first some Varsity Blog news on "commenting." **** In case you haven't noticed, the "comments" on Post-Gazette blogs are now different. We have...
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Garrity will walk on at Penn State ..... Boyd will probably visit Tennessee
The last time someone named Gregg Garrity walked on to the Penn State football team, it turned out to be a big success story. Could it happen again with another Gregg Garrity? Gregg Garrity Jr....
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Pine-Richland's Baranowski, Blackhawk's Chiappialle will walk on at Penn...
With NCAA sanctions against Penn State and a limited number of scholarships to give, it looks like coach Bill O'Brien is going to be big on "walk-ons." Or as O'Brien likes to call them - "run-ons."...
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Boyd visits Tennessee, but coach says Pitt is still No. 1
Clairton High School football star Tyler Boyd made an official visit to the University of Tennessee this weekend, but a Clairton assistant coach who has been involved in Boyd's recruiting said he...
View ArticleSchedule full of big games ...... State rankings ..... Other notes
I'm just sayin' Clairton football star Tyler Boyd said on his Twitter account tonight that "never said I was down to 2 schools still the same 3 #pitt #UT #WV" Then a little while later he tweeted...
View ArticleTyler Boyd "confused" about college decision
Clairton coach Tom Nola said Tyler Boyd will definitely sign with a college tomorrow. But apparently not even Boyd knows who college he will choose. It's just another chapter in Boyd's recruiting soap...
View ArticleClairton's Boyd signs with Pitt
For Tyler Boyd, it was Pitt before - and it's Pitt now. Boyd, a Clairton High School football standout and the Post-Gazette Player of the Year, signed his letter of intent with Pitt a few minutes ago....
View ArticleOnly 18 from WPIAL sign Division I-A ..... Comments on Pitt class ..... Other...
Two years ago, only 21 football players from the WPIAL signed with Division I-A colleges. At the time, that was possibly the lowest number of Division I-A signees from the WPIAL ever. But this year's...
View ArticleEast Allegheny makes WPIAL playoffs ..... Gregory close to 2,000
East Allegheny is in the WPIAL basketball playoffs. That is a sentence you haven't read in 17 years. The last time East Allegheny qualified for the WPIAL postseason was 1996. This season, the Wildcats,...
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Jeannette's Gregory reaches 2,000
Jeannette senior guard Ciara Gregory scored her 2,000th career point this afternoon. Gregory (pictured) scored 27 points in a 69-41 victory against Derry in the Westmoreland County Hoopfest, held at...
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WPIAL bracketology dilemma: What to do about Hampton
The WPIAL basketball committee meets Monday to discuss playoff brackets and seedings, and the playoff pairings will be announced Tuesday night. The biggest question the committee might face is: What...
View ArticleWPIAL basketball bracket predictions
The WPIAL basketball committee is meeting today to determine playoff seedings and pairings. Pairings will be announced tomorrow night (Tuesday). But the basketball committee members could have saved...
View ArticleBaldwin votes against hiring Seton-LaSalle's Perry and hires assistant coach
Baldwin High School hired Pete Wagner as football coach tonight. His hiring was part of a strange turn of events at a Baldwin school board meeting tonight. Wagner has been a Baldwin assistant coach....
View ArticleWPIAL basketball notes and predictions
The WPIAL basketball playoffs start tonight - my favorite time of the sports year. By the time we get to the quarterfinals, gyms start to get packed, student sections come out in full force, fans are...
View ArticleNorth Hills hires Carey ..... Montour, Vincentian showing "Harlem Shake" moves
North Hills High School stayed in house to find Jack McCurry's successor. Pat Carey was hired tonight as North Hills' new football coach. It is no surprise. He was the logical candidate since McCurry...
View ArticleState basketball rankings ..... live blog tonight
Varsity Blog "programming" note. I will have a live blog from tonight's West Mifflin vs. South Fayette WPIAL basketball playoff game, and from tomorrow's Fox Chapel-Hempfield game. I like to include...
View ArticleLive WPIAL playoff blog -- South Fayette beats West Mifflin
Live blog from tonight's WPIAL Class AAA playoff game between the West Mifflin and South Fayette. We'll have score updates from other playoff games. If you have a note or score to report, post on...
View ArticleLive WPIAL playoff blog - Fox Chapel beats Hempfield,
Live blog from tonight's WPIAL Class AAAA first-round boys game between Fox Chapel and Hempfield (at Gateway). We will have scores and updates from other games. If you have a score, tweet me...
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