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Monessen flexed its defensive muscle Friday night and was opportunistic on offense in a 44-0 rout of Mon Valley rival Charleroi in the “Battle of the Bridge” at Myron Pottios Stadium. The Greyhounds (1-0) scored on their opening two drives and never looked back. The defensive front seven was stout...

Clairton’s Taris Wooding made a turning grab at the goal line on a 19-yard catch that’ll go down as the first touchdown scored at newly named Tyler Boyd Stadium. Even Boyd liked the effort. “It was kind of underthrown, and he had to come back for it,” said the Bears...

Visiting Jeannette stunned Mt. Pleasant with a pair of long passes that led to touchdowns early in Friday’s Week Zero game at Viking Stadium. The Jayhawks scored on their first four possessions. But the Vikings rallied for a wild 29-23 win. Jeannette struck first by driving out of a third-and-20...

Moments after Derry’s season-opening 33-14 victory over visiting Ligonier Valley on Friday night, Trojans coach Mike Arone implored junior running back Max Doherty to acknowledge the team’s massive offensive linemen. Doherty, who shined in his first test as the Trojans’ featured running back, stood up from the team’s postgame huddle...

Norwin was that close to another second-half comeback, but Penn-Trafford held on this time — barely. Tristyn Tavares pushed forward on first-and-goal from th 2-yard line with 1 minute, 22 seconds left and appeared to cross the goal line. But the ball came out, and Lucah Butler recovered for the...

In last year’s Week Zero rivalry game between Leechburg and Apollo-Ridge, the Blue Devils rallied from a touchdown behind in the fourth quarter to score a five-point victory. Friday night, the Vikings returned the favor. Trailing by nine in the third quarter, Apollo-Ridge fought back, scoring the final 13 points...

Not a bad start for Kiski Area and new coach Colin Haugh. It wasn’t as clean as they would have liked, but the Cavaliers (1-0) persevered through their mistakes in a 21-0 win over Class 4A foe Knoch (0-1) at Richard Dilts Field at Kiski Area High School. Despite miscues,...

Plum junior quarterback John Nonnenberg believed in offensive coordinator Marty Steele. That’s why Nonnenberg didn’t fret when the Mustangs didn’t touch the ball for nearly nine minutes after halftime as Franklin Regional shaved its deficit from 21 points to eight. When Taivon Rupert and the defense gave the ball back...

Southmoreland took no time to get settled into the season, defeating Valley, 40-0, in Week Zero action Friday at Valley. New quarterback, new coach but no problem. Dawson Wolfe completed 8 out of 14 passes for 111 yards and two touchdowns. He also tallied rushing 28 rushing yards and a...

Two big-school powerhouses representing Pittsburgh and Philadelphia will meet at the Wolvarena as part of a multi-game Week Zero event at Woodland Hills’ stadium. The highlight of the five-game schedule is a matchup of La Salle College and Central Catholic at 8 p.m. Friday in Turtle Creek. Both are highly...

Last season didn’t go as planned for the Brashear football team, but there’s excitement surrounding the program heading into the 2025 season. After a year in which they battled with low numbers and took just 24 players to their Week Zero matchup against Cornell, coach Andrew Moore and the Bulls...

Allderdice’s players and coaches were left with a bad taste in their mouths after the 2024 season. The Dragons started 4-1, earning wins over Fox Chapel, Perry Traditional Academy, Uniontown and Brashear by a combined score of 115-24 while pitching two shutouts. Their only loss in that stretch came against...

The Carrick football team is looking to build off its best season in quite some time, but the Raiders will have to address some holes left by a large and talented senior class. The Raiders won three games last season, beating Brashear and Brownsville by a combined score of 80-2...

Butler is ineligible for the playoffs again this season, but the Golden Tornado still have a lot at stake. Returning eight starters on each side of the ball, Butler is hoping to build on an encouraging 2024 season and aims to post the program’s first winning season since 1997. “Everyone...

Cody Castor wants competition. Whether it’s in the weight room, battling for a starting position during practice or smacking pads with an opponent under the Friday night lights, Brownsville’s first-year coach is seeking competitive fire from the Falcons. As the old adage says, “Competition breeds success.” It will be a...

It’s been seven years since Albert Gallatin played a WPIAL schedule in the Class 5A Big East conference. Since moving out of the WPIAL and into an independent schedule in 2019, consistency has been the goal of coach Drew Dindl. The Colonials have had at least five wins in four...

The Westinghouse Bulldogs may have lost starting quarterback Khalil Green and a talented senior class that helped them capture their 40th City League title and fifth in the past six seasons, but don’t expect them to take a step backward. The Bulldogs have reloaded and are preparing to put together...

The University Prep Panthers felt like they were on the verge of accomplishing something special a year ago. They put together a 4-6 overall record and went 3-1 in City League play. However, an unfortunate incident in their final regular season game against Westinghouse, which resulted in several University Prep...

Perry Traditional Academy didn’t have the success it would’ve liked last season, but the Commodores are ready to build on what they did accomplish. Perry (1-6, 1-3) was shut out in two of its first three games and scored just six points. In their final three games, the Commodores scored...

It’s not often that an opportunity like the one the Kiski School Cougar football team will experience comes along. The coaches and players understand that, and the excitement at the school is palpable. “I’ve never been outside the country,” said junior Levi Porter. “It’s pretty cool to get the chance...

High schools Football Friday’s schedule KDKA Kickoff Classic (at Wolvarena) North Allegheny at Woodland Hills, 5 p.m. LaSalle College vs. Central Catholic, 8 p.m. Nonconference Allderdice at Fox Chapel, 7 p.m. Baldwin at Thomas Jefferson, 7 p.m. Blackhawk at Beaver Falls, 7 p.m. Brashear at Cornell, 7 p.m. Brownsville at...

Clairton has officially renamed its football stadium in honor of Bears great Tyler Boyd, so it’s fitting that the first game played there is between two teams with WPIAL title hopes. Remember, Boyd won four WPIAL and four state championships in his high school days. Imani Christian visits Clairton in...