McDONALD — In a game featuring two-high powered passing attacks, South Fayette was unable to overcome Upper St. Clair’s defense in the end in a 36-32 loss.
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NEW CASTLE -- Jackson Clark rushed for 152 yards on 18 carries and scored twice as Union downed Burgettstown, 36-22, in a Big 7 Conference game Friday.
FREDERICKTOWN — Jared Johnson scored three touchdowns and McGuffey wrapped up the outright Class AA Century Conference championship Friday night with a 48-20 win over Beth-Center.
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CANONSBURG — Though his team won convincingly, Canon-McMillan coach Mike Evans was not all pleased with his team’s performance, especially on offense.
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Prexies hold Frazier vaunted running game to zero yards
HOUSTON — Jimmy Sadler ran for six touchdowns and Chartiers-Houston's defense blanked Waynesburg in the second half as the Bucs pulled away for a 41-14 victory in a Class 2A Century Conference game Friday night.
IMPERIAL — Peters Township knocked off West Allegheny 23-7 Friday night to head into the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs undefeated.
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AVELLA — A pair of second-quarter touchdowns were all that Avella needed Friday night as the Eagles played terrific defense and dominated the field position to stun Carmichaels 14-7 and clinch a WPIAL Class A playoff berth out of the Tri-County South Conference.
WAYNESBURG — Freshman Colin Brady ran for 273 yards and four touchdowns, Corey Wise had a hand in three scores, and West Greene's offense rolled in a 54-28 victory over Jefferson-Morgan in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game played at Waynesburg University's John F. Wiley Stadium.
McDONALD — Chase Belsterling scored two touchdowns and Jake Tkach had a hand in two other scores as Fort Cherry rolled over Cornell 41-6 in a Class A Big Seven Conference game Friday night at Jim Garry Stadium.
MAPLETOWN — Sophomore Landan Stevenson rushed for 214 yards and three touchdowns on 32 carries, returned an interception 68 yards for a score and a punt 22 yards for a fifth TD Friday night as Mapletown ended the season with a 40-29 victory over Bentworth in the Class A Tri-County South Conference.
When Mike Blainefield resigned before this season, the status of Monessen High School’s storied football program was in jeopardy.
MONONGAHELA -- West Mifflin scored a late touchdown to pull away from Ringgold, 20-8, in a Big 8 Conference game Friday.
WAYNESBURG – If these two teams played 100 times, the split would be 50-50. That’s how close they are in talent.
Not all WPIAL football playoff scenarios will be determined by the close of play Friday night.
Ringgold's Ryan Pajak and Belle Vernon's Grace Henderson set the pace Wednesday afternoon with both runners crossing the finish line first in the AA race at White Oak Park to take home TSTCA Invitational individual honors.
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High-scoring Trinity boys soccer forward is the Observer-Reporter Athlete of the Week
The boys and girls soccer teams at Peters Township High School hit the daily double Wednesday.
YORK – Jefferson-Morgan’s Kyle Clayton finished tied for 42nd place in the PIAA Class AA Golf Championships held Monday at Heritage Hills Golf Resort.
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To many, he is known as or referred to as Coach Bob.
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California running back has hand in 6 touchdowns as Trojans win the Tri-County South title.
Belle Vernon’s defense forced six turnovers and quarterback Devin Whitlock continued his stellar play with five touchdowns.
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Peters Township gave its best, scoring 28 points in the first half and cruising to a 45-7 Senior Night/Homecoming win.
Highlanders score on each of their seven first-half possessions and cruise to lopsided victory.
CHARLEROI – In what was a slugfest early, Washington scored 25 second-half points to pull away for a 39-0 victory over Charleroi in a Century Conference game Friday night.
ROGERSVILLE — West Greene running back Corey Wise needed only four carries to rack up 101 yards and two touchdowns, and Wesley Whipkey completed 5 of 5 passes for 79 yards and three touchdowns, as the Pioneers pounded visiting Brownsville 53-12 Friday night.
McDONALD — Charley Rossi caught a pair of first-half touchdown passes and added a fourth-quarter interception return for another score as South Fayette never trailed in a critical 38-14 victory Friday night over West Allegheny.
BURGETTSTOWN — Burgettstown's Shane Kemper and Cole Shergi combined to rush for 222 yards and four touchdowns as the Blue Devils rolled to a 27-7 Class A Big Seven Conference victory Friday night over Northgate.
WAYNESBURG — Hayden Sierocky ran for three touchdowns and passed for another as Ligonier Valley defeated Waynesburg 42-7 in a nonconference game Friday night.
Unbeaten Thomas Jefferson did all its scoring in the first half and cruised to a 41-0 victory over Ringgold in a Class 4A Big Eight Conference game at Joe Montana Stadium Friday night.
WEXFORD — Greg Phillips threw four touchdown passes, Mason Kress and J.R. Burton each had two scores and undefeated North Allegheny blanked Canon-McMillan 35-0 in a Class 6A Quad County West Conference game Friday night.
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Under normal circumstances, Ron Gallagher, the first-year head football coach at Carmichaels, would have spent last Friday night at California High School scouting the Mikes’ opponent for this week. Carmichaels had last week off because it received a forfeit from Monessen.
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The WPIAL announced changes to its postseason formats for fall sports Wednesday and several of them are major, the result of the coronavirus pandemic that has wreaked havoc on the seasons.
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BELLE VERNON – Third-place garners no trophies or medals during WPIAL team championships but don’t tell the Carmichaels or Peters Township boys golf programs that their finish Thursday at the Cedarbrook Golf Course wasn’t worthy of being bronzed.
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The Monessen High School football team’s season is over. The Greyhounds will not play again.
Peters Township quarterback Logan Pfeuffer knows his playing days are as fleeting as the the scoring strikes he tossed to teammates Breylan Carrington and Corban Hondru during the Indians' recent 26-3 victory over Moon.
ELLSWORTH – Seth Adams threw two touchdown passes in the first four minutes of Bentworth’s 26-point second quarter, Owen Petrisek had three touchdown runs and Trevor Richardson booted two field goals as the Bearcats defeated Avella 41-31 Thursday night in a Class A Tri-County South Conferenc…
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CORAOPOLIS – One of the only lowlights of Peters Township’s 2019 season took place out by the airport.
CORAOPOLIS — Jackson LaRocka passed for two touchdowns and ran for another, and Burgettstown's defense held Cornell scoreless for the first three quarters Friday night as the Blue Devils defeated the Raiders 29-14 in a Class A Big Seven Conference game.
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Trinity unleashed 21 years of frustration on Washington in the renewal of the City Series.
McDONALD -- Maddox Truschel scored on a 10-yard quarterback draw with 47 seconds remaining as Fort Cherry stunned previously undefeated Rochester 21-19 at Jim Garry Stadium Friday in a Class A Big 7 game.
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Frazier stays in playoffs race by edging Chartiers-Houston in defensive struggle.
McGuffey head coach Ed Dalton earned his 200th victory Friday night as the Highlanders rolled past Waynesburg 54-8 in a Class 2-A Century Conference game.
Noah Markle had two short touchdown runs, including the game-winner with 7:42 remaining, as Avella pulled out a 13-7 victory over Mapletown in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game Friday night.
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Big Macs had too many turnovers and not enough of a ground game.
CALIFORNIA — California running back Jaeden Zuzak had a season in the first half Friday night against Jefferson-Morgan.
BETHEL PARK — Naman Alemada passed for 200 yards and two touchdowns Friday night as South Fayette downed Bethel Park, 26-7, in an Allegheny Six Conference in Class 5A.
BELLE VERNON — Devin Whitlock rushed for 120 yards on just three carries and scored four touchdowns as Belle Vernon shut out Ringgold, 54-0, in a Big 8 Conference game in Class 4A.
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WEXFORD – Kat Wang and Marra Bruce are trouble for tennis doubles players in the district and the state but the Peters Township duo do have their own trials when it comes to defending their domain.
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It has taken 21 years, but Washington and Trinity will finally play it again tonight at Hiller Field.
OAKMONT – It didn’t hit her at first but then Caroline McConnell began to think about it.
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Winless Monessen, facing a player shortage, forfeits game to unbeaten Carmichaels.
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CHARLEROI – The Charleroi boys soccer program inched closer to a potential fourth straight section title with a 10-1 win over Waynesburg Tuesday night.
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