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Trib HS Insider Q&A: Gateway’s Darin Franklin
By Chris Harlan, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewGateway’s Darin Franklin has scored five times in the past three weeks, including a 74-yard touchdown run Friday that proved to the WPIAL that the ...
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Gorman: This clash of Titans, Planets will be out of this world
By Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewA word to the wise for those planning on attending the WPIAL Class AAA quarterfinal game between Mars and West Mifflin at Fox Chapel: “If ...
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High school football notebook: Fantastic finish might earn Clairton’s Boyd...
By Chris Harlan, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewClairton senior Tyler Boyd would need to score 22 more times to reach the PIAA’s career touchdown record, an enormous number that few score during ...
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TJ, Franklin Regional to showcase high-scoring offenses
By Josh Yohe, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe longtime king of Class AAA football, Thomas Jefferson, is the No. 1 seed in the WPIAL playoffs but was done no favors by the ...
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Conference supremacy could be better determined by WPIAL quarterfinals
By Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewMike Zmijanac doesn’t know what to make of it that Aliquippa beat Class AA Midwestern Conference rivals Beaver Falls by 59 points and Beaver by ...
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Mt. Pleasant faces daunting challege against Aliquippa in quarterfinals
By Jason Black, Daily CourierThere’s no doubt that Mt. Pleasant’s first-round playoff win over Burrell last week was significant for a number of reasons. Prior to the 48-28 victory, ...
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Another Pennsylvania deer diagnosed with CwD
By Bob Frye, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewA second Pennsylvania deer has been found to have had chronic wasting disease. A buck was found on the same captive deer farm in New ...
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Injuries don’t keep Karns City from earning top seed
By Bill West, Leader TimesWhen Karns City met St. Marys 10 weeks ago in the season opener, Gremlins coach Ed Conto anticipated some miscues, if only because his team ...
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High school notebook: Season will be remembered for running backs
By Bill Beckner Jr.Local football teams have taken heat for their early departure from the WPIAL playoffs, but some regular-season accomplishments — particularly those of running backs — ...
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Talbots battle hard until the end behind senior leadership
By Jerry ClarkEntering the 2012 WPIAL playoffs, the Hampton Talbots brought a tough, stingy defense balanced by a dynamic offense. In a hard-hitting opening-round game, the Talbots ...
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Legendary coach leaves behind lasting legacy
By Jerry ClarkThe final game of his storied high school coaching career was bittersweet for Hampton Lady Talbots coach Frank Christy. The all-time winningest coach in the ...
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Steelers notebook: Taylor named AFC defensive player of week
By Alan Robinson, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewSteelers cornerback Ike Taylor has been chosen as the AFC defensive player of the week for the second time in his career. Taylor made the ...
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Titans ready to forge ahead this season with young squad
By Jerry ClarkA 6-0 loss to Canon-McMillan is not necessarily the way Shaler hockey coach Curt Hetz wanted to start his season, but the play in the ...
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Pine-Richland Rams bow out of WPIAL; PIAA title chase
By Jerry ClarkThe Pine-Richland boys soccer team tore through the regular season, dropping only one virtually meaningless game after the section title was already safely tucked beneath ...
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Schwartz takes third at PIAA meet
By Jerry ClarkThere was no local runner hotter than Shaler’s Brianna Schwartz this season. The sophomore stalwart won the tri-state invitational, the WPIAL championship and this past ...
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Pine-Richland Rams looking strong as season gets underway
By Jerry ClarkPine-Richland hockey coach Mike Bagnato lost three talented seniors to graduation, but the loss will force more players to step up and produce, something Bagnato ...
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Starkey: How the Steelers stabilized
By Joe Starkey, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewNobody expected the Steelers’ season to hit a crossroads in the third week of October. But it did. Coming off a dreadful loss at Tennessee ...
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Mt. Lebanon, Seneca Valley passing attacks take center stage
By Chris Harlan, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewMt. Lebanon’s Mike Melnyk and Seneca Valley’s Don Holl aren’t from Pittsburgh, which might explain the coaches’ affinity for wide-open, pass-oriented offenses....
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Senior Farrell fulfilling destiny on Penn State’s offensive line
By Scott Brown, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe senior class held Penn State’s football program together when NCAA sanctions threatened to tear it apart, and it has propelled the Nittany Lions to ...
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Seton Hill runner qualifies for nationals
By Staff ReportsJon Bogert has become the first Seton Hill University cross country runner to qualify for the NCAA Division II National Championships. A sixth-place finish on ...
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