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Washington can't stop Avonworth's Jax Miller in championship loss to Avonworth.
Peters Township's Donovan McMillan has gone from diminutive to dominant, helping lead the Indians to their first ever WPIAL championship and having Power 5 schools interested.
Thomas Jefferson wins its 9th WPIAL football championship by beating Belle Vernon in the Class 4A title game at Heinz Field.
Peters Township forces five turnovers, including four in the second half, to take down top-seeded Penn-Trafford.
Peters Township and Penn-Trafford will both get a second chance at something Friday night. How some of the WPIAL's best defenses could play a big part in determining a winner.
With an opportunity to advance to the WPIAL Class 2A title game on the line, Washington will look to impose its will on fifth-seeded Brentwood.
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The WPIAL announced sites for the Class 2A and 5A high school football semifinal games Friday night. The district championships for Class 6A, 4A, 3A and A will all be played Saturday at Heinz Field.
The wildcat offense. West Greene's Ben Jackson breaks another record. A local lineman is named as a finalist for a WPIAL award. Five things from the week that was in high school football.
While some local football teams continue their postseason runs, Carmichaels and Fort Cherry will begin searches for new head coaches.
West Greene was 24 minutes from playing at Heinz Field, but turnovers and missed opportunities doomed the Pioneers in a 24-7 setback to Sto-Rox on Friday in the WPIAL Class A semifinals at Trinity Middle School.
Defense delivers a shutout as Washington moves on to WPIAL Class 2A semifinals.
Josh Casilli caught two passes for 54 yards and a touchdown, and ran for 159 on 15 carries and another score, as Peters Township avenged its only loss of the season.
Belle Vernon scored 20 points in the fourth quarter as the Leopards beat South Fayette in a WPIAL Class 4A semifinal thriller.
Fast starts in the first half been huge for both South Fayette and Belle Vernon. It very well could make the difference when the two meet in a WPIAL Class 4A semifinal game Friday.
Peters Township and Moon meet for the second time in 35 days in the WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals. It is one of 5 playoffs games involving local teams.
The PIAA has released its classification parameters for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years and there will be significant changes for several local schools, especially in football.
The WPIAL released the sites for the next round of the high school football playoffs set for Friday.
There are only five local high school football teams remaining in the WPIAL playoffs.
Despite being down by two scores three different times, including a 15-point second-half deficit, Riverside roared back to stun the host Blue Devils, pulling off the upset of the first round.
BELLE VERNON – Heading into the season, Belle Vernon head football coach Matt Humbert said one of his team’s goals was to get back to the WPIAL Class 4A semifinals.
ROGERSVILLE – The last time West Greene won a football playoff game was all the way back in 1993, when the team made it to the WPIAL championship game.
McGuffey ends its streak of 24 years without a postseason victory, defeating South Side Beaver Friday night in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs.
McMURRAY – If Peters Township was looking ahead to a rematch with Moon, it sure did not look like it Friday night.
WEXFORD — Ben Petschke completed completed six of 11 passes for 140 yards and four touchdowns, and also ran for a score as North Allegheny took advantage of a fast start and defeated Canon-McMillan 48-7 in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs Friday night.
McDONALD — Naman Alemada passed two two touchdowns, Andrew Franklin ran for two scores and South Fayette's defense delivered a shutout as the Lions overwhelmed West Mifflin 52-0 Friday night in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs.
IMPERIAL — Savon Wilson's 27-yard touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter gave Cornell a 32-27 victory over California in a Class A first-round game played Friday night at West Allegheny High School.
FREEDOM — Cole Beck threw a tiebreaking one-yard TD pass to tight end Noah Valles in the third quarter and the Freedom defense held Charleroi to negative yardage in the second half as the Bulldogs won 21-14 in a Class 2A first-round game Friday night.
Seven local high school football teams will open the postseason in the confines of their own home stadium.
There was a lot lost from South Fayette's championship-winning team from a season ago. That hasn't stopped the Lions from being back where they usually are – in the hunt for another title in Class 4A.
In Class 2A, it's not just crowded at the top. How it could make for a fun, unpredictable playoff.
The battle of the Century Conference brought out a great atmosphere for a regular-season finale. That and much more on the high school football postseason.
HOUSTON — Anthony Lento threw two touchdown passes and Jimmy Sadler scored twice as Chartiers-Houston used a big third quarter to defeat Riverview 20-13 in a non-conference game Friday night.
PERRYOPOLIS — Frazier scored 13 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to defeat Beth-Center, 19-18, in a Class 2A Century Conference game Friday night.
UNIONTOWN — Jax Banco threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Phillips with 31.4 seconds remaining, giving Trinity a wild 28-25 come-from-behind win over Laurel Highlands in the Class 4A Big Eight Conference finale Friday night.
GLASSPORT — Burgettstown rallied from an early deficit to defeat South Allegheny, 24-14, in a Class 2A Three Rivers Conference game.
NEW CASTLE — Ben Jackson rushed for 367 yards and eight touchdowns on 17 carries, powering West Greene to a 59-26 victory over Union in a non-conference game on Friday night.
BELLE VERNON — Jared Hartman completed seven of eight passes for 143 yards and three touchdowns and Nolan Labuda scored three times, powering Belle Vernon to a 63-6 victory over Ringgold in the Class 4A Big Eight Conference on Friday.
CANONSBURG — Ryan Angott rushed for 138 yards and two touchdowns — all in the first half — and Deuce Lyons ran for a score and passed for another as Canon-McMillan prepared for the upcoming Class 6A playoffs with a 35-7 victory over winless Butler on Friday night.
MONESSEN — Jalen Brice and Antwon Tucker each scored twice in Monessen's 48-14 victory over Avella in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game on Friday night.
REPUBLIC — Bailey Jones and Kevin Kelly each scored two touchdowns as Carmichaels defeated Brownsville, 26-0, in the Class 2A Century Conference finale on Friday night.
McDONALD – For two quarters, it looked like South Fayette was going to run away with an easy win against Montour.
APOLLO — Riding three consecutive first-quarter touchdowns, including a 45-yard fumble return from Malik Nails, Charleroi held off Apollo-Ridge, 43-33, in a nonconferecne game Friday night.
BALDWIN – With a conference title in sight, Peters Township rolled up their sleeves and went to work Friday night at Baldwin High School.
ELLSWORTH — Jonathan Wolfe rushed for 216 yards on 45 carries and scored four touchdowns, the last one a 51-yarder in the fourth quarter as Jefferson-Morgan outscored Bentworth, 46-39, in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game on Friday night.
MAPLETOWN — Playoff-bound California returned a punt, interception and kickoff for touchdowns, each in the first half, and defeated Mapletown 41-6 in the Class A Tri-County South Conference on Friday night.
DORMONT — It went all downhill for Waynesburg after scoring the opening touchdown as it surrendered 40 unanswered points and fell to Keystone Oaks, 40-7, in a Class 3A Tri-County West Conference game Friday night.
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