Chris Harlan stories, Page 101
Football coach Loran Cooley leaves Baldwin after 3 years for college job
Loran Cooley wants to become a full-time football coach once he retires as a Pennsylvania state trooper, a transition that’s not too far in the future. So, when a college coach offered him a job, he couldn’t say no. Cooley, 41, resigned as Baldwin’s football coach after three seasons to...
WPIAL bracketology: Chris Harlan, Don Rebel predict 2020 boys basketball playoff pairings
It’s that time of year, WPIAL bracketology 2020. As a public service, Don Rebel and Chris Harlan share their thoughts on what the basketball steering committee should do when putting this year’s postseason tournaments together. Sometimes it’s a struggle to choose between what the committee should do and what it...
Pine-Richland schedules Week Zero football game in New Jersey
Twice, Pine-Richland’s football team used Week Zero to play out-of-state opponents from Ohio, and once the team faced a school from Florida. This year, the Rams are headed east. Pine-Richland will open its 2020 football season in New Jersey, the team announced Saturday on Twitter. The Rams will play at...
Trib WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Feb. 8, 2020
WPIAL rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Bethel Park, 19-1, 1 2. North Allegheny, 18-3, 2 3. Norwin, 17-4, 3 4. Mt. Lebanon, 17-4, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 13-6, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 22-0, 1 2. Woodland Hills, 18-4, 2 3. Oakland Catholic, 15-5, 3...
Trib WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Feb. 8, 2020
WPIAL rankings Boys basketball Class 6A Team, record, Previous 1. Butler, 15-4, 2 2. Upper St. Clair, 17-3, 4 3. Fox Chapel, 20-1, 1 4. Mt. Lebanon, 15-5, 3 5. Pine-Richland, 14-6, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 17-4, 1 2. Penn Hills, 17-4, 2 3. Mars, 16-4,...
Western Pa.’s top 10 football prospects for the Class of 2021
If you wanted to spot some of the top college football coaches in the country, there was no need to fly to Clemson, S.C., or Ann Arbor, Mich. Just go to Gateway High School. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney and Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh planned visits on the same day last week...
WPIAL football recruits make commitments official on signing day
The addition of an early signing period in December has reduced the number of Division I recruits using the traditional early-February date, but a handful of WPIAL football seniors waited it out. Those who signed Wednesday and the schools who signed them took to social media to share their official...
Quaker Valley defeats Blackhawk, creates 1st-place tie in unpredictable Section 2Video
The WPIAL’s wildest section won’t tame easily. Four teams are within a game of first place and there’s now a two-way tie at the top after Quaker Valley defeated host Blackhawk, 71-59, Tuesday night in Section 2-4A. This section is traditionally one of the WPIAL’s deepest, but there’s been very...
WPIAL approves 2 GCC transfers; Bailey Kuhns remains ineligible for basketball playoffs
Girls basketball standout Bailey Kuhns is immediately eligible to join Greensburg Central Catholic’s lineup, but the sophomore won’t be allowed to take part in the upcoming playoffs. The WPIAL reversed earlier decisions and ruled Kuhns and football player Mark Mizerak eligible for the regular season after separate hearings Monday in...
WPIAL finds no evidence of racial taunts in Leechburg-Propel Andrew Street game
The WPIAL found no evidence a Propel Andrew Street boys basketball coach was the target of racial taunts during a game last month, but Leechburg will take proactive steps anyway. Representatives from the two schools and on-court officials attended a closed-door hearing Monday at the WPIAL office in Green Tree...
WPIAL to hold hearing for Leechburg basketball game, Greensburg CC transfers
The WPIAL wants to know why the Propel Andrew Street vs. Leechburg boys basketball game was cut short Jan. 17 and whether anyone in attendance used racially charged taunts. Representatives from the two schools will attend a hearing Monday at the WPIAL office in Green Tree. The section game was...
Trib HSSN WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Feb. 1, 2020
WPIAL rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Bethel Park, 14-1, 2 2. North Allegheny, 16-3, 3 3. Norwin, 15-3, 1 4. Mt. Lebanon, 16-3, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 11-6, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 20-0, 1 2. Woodland Hills, 17-3, 2 3. Oakland Catholic, 15-4, 4...
Trib WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Feb. 1, 2020
WPIAL rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Fox Chapel, 19-0, 1 2. Butler, 15-4, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 15-4, 3 4. Upper St. Clair, 17-3, 5 5. Pine-Richland, 13-6, 4 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 15-4, 1 2. Penn Hills, 15-4, 2 3. Mars, 14-4, 3 4. McKeesport,...
WPIAL releases football schedules for 2020 season
The loudest complaints from WPIAL football teams were about travel and blowouts. So the WPIAL released schedules Thursday for the 2020 and ‘21 seasons tailored specifically to address those concerns, WPIAL associate executive director Amy Scheuneman said. The schedules differ from years past because the WPIAL handpicked most nonconference opponents...
Central Valley trio announces 1st FBS offers from same MAC schoolVideo
Central Valley teammates Ameer Dudley, Stephon Hall and Myles Walker celebrated a WPIAL football championship last fall at Heinz Field. Now, one college wants to keep them together. The juniors announced offers Tuesday from Central Michigan, giving them their first Division I FBS options. Dudley, the team’s quarterback, earlier announced...
Gateway wideout Chamor Price adds 9th FBS offer this month
Gateway wideout Chamor Price had a breakout season last year and college coaches have taken notice. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound junior announced nine Division I FBS offers this month including his first Power 5 offer from Syracuse. He added Central Michigan on Wednesday to a list that already had Akron, Ball...
PIAA rejects Quaker Valley wrestler Hunter Robison’s request to compete in postseason
Quaker Valley transfer Hunter Robison’s hopes to wrestle this season were dashed by the PIAA. The WPIAL previously ruled the state-ranked sophomore ineligible for the postseason and the PIAA agreed with that decision Tuesday, leaving him unable to compete in team or individual tournaments this winter. The WPIAL Class 2A...
Butler clinches 1st boys basketball section title since 1992
Basketball coach Matt Clement was a junior on the team’s roster the last time Butler won a section title, but he watched Tuesday night as that 28-year wait finally ended. Clement, his players and the school’s large student section all celebrated as Ethan Morton made two free throws with 5.6...
Two-way Gateway football standout Tui Brown commits to UConnVideo
Gateway senior Tui Brown, a two-way standout for the WPIAL champion, committed Sunday to UConn. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound linebacker and tight end caught a team-best 45 passes for 587 yards and nine touchdowns. He also had 45 tackles, three sacks, an interception and a fumble recovery for a Gateway team...
Thomas Jefferson’s Shane Stump commits to DuquesneVideo
Thomas Jefferson’s Shane Stump, who led the Jaguars to undefeated WPIAL and PIAA football titles, committed Monday to Duquesne. Stump announced his decision on Twitter. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound senior was a two-way standout at quarterback and defensive back. Stump passed for 2,664 yards and 36 touchdowns, and rushed for 546...
Colgate football adds another recruit from Mt. LebanonVideo
Mt. Lebanon senior Evan Jones, an all-conference running back for the Blue Devils, announced his commitment Sunday to Colgate. Jones is the second Mt. Lebanon recruit in three years to pick the Raiders. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound senior led the Blue Devils with 17 touchdowns while playing various positions last fall,...
PIAA considers significant change for football heat acclimatization weekVideo
Heat acclimatization week might become a little more eventful for PIAA football teams. After finishing five days of mandatory heat acclimation, two schools could join together on that Saturday for a non-contact scrimmage, according to a football steering committee idea discussed this week by the PIAA board. “They can go...
Trib WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 25, 2020
WPIAL rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Norwin, 13-2, 2 2. Bethel Park, 14-1, 1 3. North Allegheny, 13-3, 3 4. Mt. Lebanon, 14-3, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 9-5, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 17-0, 1 2. Woodland Hills, 15-2, 2 3. Trinity, 13-2, 3 4....
Trib WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 25, 2020
WPIAL rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Fox Chapel, 17-0, 1 2. Butler, 13-4, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 13-4, 3 4. Pine-Richland, 11-5, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 14-3, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 12-4, 2 2. Penn Hills, 12-4, 1 3. Mars, 12-3, 4 4. Shaler,...
Former WPIAL star recruits Montour lineman George Padezanin to LehighVideo
Montour lineman George Padezanin committed Saturday to Lehigh, recruited to the Patriot League school by a former WPIAL football standout. Lehigh’s recruiting coordinator is Anthony DiMichele, a 2007 Sto-Rox graduate. Padezanin, a 6-foot-4, 285-pound tackle, earned all-conference honors on both sides of the football this past fall. He listed more...
