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Through the Years: Oakmont’s Chuck Wagner wins debut in 1961
Each Friday throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that are part of local scholastic history. Chuck Wagner won the first of 270 games as a head coach as Oakmont defeated Verona, 32-6, at Cribbs Field...
Former Central Catholic, Penn State OL Stefen Wisniewski retires from NFLVideo
Former Central Catholic and Penn State standout offensive lineman Stefen Wisniewski is calling it a career. The 32-year-old from Pittsburgh announced his retirement from the NFL in a video and statement posted to social media Thursday. “After 10 seasons in the NFL, I’m retiring,” Wisniewski said in the video. “(I)...
‘No way out’: Facing Taliban rule, at-risk Afghan women feel trapped
KABUL, Afghanistan — Her voice is steady and calm, but at times, talking of days just passed, she has the look of a person in the grip of vertigo. Or simple disbelief. “This is a very horrible moment,” she said. “All of a sudden you feel trapped. And there’s no...
Bethel Park students return to school
Students in Bethel Park School District returned to five days a week, in-person learning on Aug. 24. During a special meeting of the Bethel Park School Board on Aug. 23, the district’s health and safety plan was updated to require masking in all district buildings for the first semester....
Chick’s Picks ready for Week Zero, whatever that is
Welcome to Week Zero of the 2021 high school football season. For years now, Chick’s Picks has been trying to decipher the mystery behind Week Zero. What exactly is Week Zero? Does it even really exist? Chick’s Picks has heard of many other zeros — the Zero candy bar, Triple...
Plenty of options for Penn State’s 3rd wide receiver
Penn State football has one of the best wide receivers in the country heading into the 2021 season. Senior Jahan Dotson is the type of dynamic playmaker who defenses have to keep track of at all times. Otherwise, they’re at risk of finding him trotting into the end zone, ball...
2021 WPIAL football preseason rankings
Class 6A Rank, team, 2020 record 1. Central Catholic, 6-2 2. Mt. Lebanon, 4-3 3. North Allegheny, 6-1 4. Seneca Valley, 4-3 5. Canon-McMillan, 3-3 Class 5A 1. Gateway, 5-1 2. Penn-Trafford, 6-2 3. Pine-Richland, 11-0 4. Penn Hills, 4-4 5. Peters Township, 8-1 Class 4A 1. Thomas Jefferson, 10-1...
2021 Western Pa. high school football schedule for Week Zero
Friday Western PA vs. Everyone Showcase At Wolvarena Bishop Sycamore (Ohio) vs. Sto-Rox, 5 p.m. Imhotep vs. Central Catholic, 8 p.m. Nonconference Albert Gallatin at Yough, 7 p.m. Allderdice at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. (HSSN) Ambridge at Wheeling Central Catholic (W.Va.), 7 p.m. Armstrong at Freeport, 7 p.m. Avella at...
Letter to the editor: We should welcome our Afghan partners here
A continuing issue in Southwestern Pennsylvania is our aging population and loss of residents at a time when the situation in Afghanistan is terrible and perhaps broken beyond repair. This is an occasion for us in Pennsylvania to aid our evacuated Afghan partners and show a big welcome to new...
Opinion: Keep Quaker Valley High School in the Village
Just to be clear, I am 100% behind building a new high school. I am, however, against it being built outside of our village area that currently all of our schools are located within — especially since 625 Beaver St. was not given proper consideration as a new build site....
Letter to the editor: Penn Hills mask ruling decried
Penn Hills School District passed a mandate that includes masking all kids and visitors for the foreseeable future (“Penn Hills School District requiring masks for all students, staff at start of school year.”) Current science demands different policy, and this takes away my choice as a parent. The CDC states...
Cornell embraces positives from trying season
A mere glimpse at the standings could indicate that last season was a disappointing one for Ed Dawson and the Cornell Raiders. However, despite a 1-6 record and a next-to-last finish in Class A’s Big Seven Conference — which followed a 9-2 mark and an appearance in the WPIAL Class...
New coach hopes to help Connellsville get its swagger back
When Bill Maczko took the job as the new head coach of the Connellsville football team back in February, he knew the position would come with plenty of challenges. However, Maczko and his coaching staff are excited to meet those challenges head on as they try to transform the Falcons...
Union has big goals despite small roster
Union coach Stacy Robinson knows that football can be a numbers game. Right now, however, he just is not seeing the numbers he would like to see. Robinson, entering his 25th season at the helm of Union’s program, will be dealing with a thin roster this season. Union’s enrollment and...
After 2020 emergence, Shenango banking on experience
Jimmy Graham has watched his crop of seniors grow in a major way. And now it may be time for the harvest. Shenango went 1-9 in Graham’s first season in 2018. That was followed by a 6-4 campaign in which the Wildcats fell just short of the postseason. In 2020,...
Well-rounded roster has Rochester back on track
Gene Matsook did not waste much time righting the Rochester ship. And now the final destination is much more in focus. Matsook, Rochester’s 22nd-year coach, led the Rams to a bounce-back season in 2020, going 7-2 and reaching the WPIAL Class A semifinals a year after winning just three games....
Defensive tune-up could get OLSH back in title mix
Very few coaches in the WPIAL have turned around their program like Dan Bradley has at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. But now Bradley, the sixth-year coach of the Chargers, will look to bounce his team back from an up-and-down 2020. It is not as if OLSH was bad....
Northgate’s seniors look to end streak
When Northgate ran the final play of its 2020 season, coach Mike Fulmore looked at his sideline and had to be in near disbelief of what he saw. There were no remaining players available, just the 11 on the field. Poor numbers, followed by injuries, had decimated the Flames. That...
The Stroller, Aug. 26, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Family fun day planned Saturday at Vandergrift church First United Methodist Church, Vandergrift, will sponsor a free family fun day from...
Editorial: For Westmoreland workers, a confusing new math on raises
Percentages can be confusing things. They might seem simple at first blush. A penny is just 1% of a dollar. How hard is that to figure out? But anyone who has tried to figure out exactly how much their $100,000 house will cost over the lifetime of a mortgage and...
Letter to the editor: Congress must invest in our communities
Too many families in Westmoreland County and communities across Pennsylvania were suffering before the pandemic. For too long, we have seen tax cuts for corporations while investments in our local communities are blocked. As a longtime resident of West Newton, I see firsthand the need for investment in our community....
Pirates farm report for Aug. 25, 2021: Liover Peguero delivers 3 hits, homer for Greensboro
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 45-52) lost to Louisville (Reds), 6-2. RHP Miguel Yajure (1-2, 3.51) gave up two runs on four hits with no walks and three strikeouts in his second appearance with Indianapolis coming off a forearm injury. RHP Tanner Anderson (3.86) was tagged for four runs on four hits in...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Aug. 25, 2021
WPIAL Wednesday’s results Golf Boys Class 2A Section 2 Derry 208, Greensburg Central Catholic 225 Medalists: Hunter Jurica, Antonio Hauser (D) 38, Wade Boyle (GCC) 38 Nonsection Butler 208, Knoch 231 Medalists: Parker Worsley (B) 39, Cory Voltz (K) 42 Ringgold 219, Bentworth 275 Medalist: Nathan Coski (B) 46 Valley...
Report: Brother of Betsy DeVos, Erik Prince, offers $6,500-a-seat flights from Afghanistan
DETROIT — Michigan-born military contractor and former Navy SEAL Erik Prince is offering chartered flights out of Afghanistan at $6,500 a seat, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Prince, who is the brother of former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and grew up in west Michigan, told the Journal it...
Texas Gov. Abbott continues ban on vaccine mandates, wants Legislature to make it law
AUSTIN — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is continuing to prohibit local governments, state universities and public hospitals from requiring anyone to get a covid-19 shot, despite this week’s approval by the Food and Drug Administration of Pfizer’s vaccine. On Wednesday, Abbott, who is still isolating after testing positive for the...
