High School football in Fayette County has been in a downward spiral for well over a decade.
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High School football in Fayette County has been in a downward spiral for well over a decade.
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Uniontown will host Laurel Highlands next Wednesday in the first of two boys basketball clashes this season, but the Red Raiders and Mustangs haven't met on the football field since 2017, although that will change this fall.
The honors kept rolling in for West Greene's Ben Jackson with the senior named the co-PFN Coaches Select Class A Player of the Year.
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Benjamin Jackson and Jared Hartman both had record-setting seasons.
West Greene’s Ben Jackson had a rather eventful final few months in 2019.
Benjamin Jackson sat down at a table with family, coaches and friends on Wednesday afternoon, took pen in hand and made it official.
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Belle Vernon’s tremendous season came to an end Saturday night at Heinz Field in a 41-7 setback to rival Thomas Jefferson in the WPIAL Class AAAA Championship.
Brendan Parsons threw four touchdown passes Saturday to lead Clairton to a 41-19 victory over Sto-Rox in the WPIAL Class A Championship at Heinz Field.
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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 in the Herald-Standard Game of the Week.
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Belle Vernon scored 20 points in the fourth quarter as the Leopards beat South Fayette in a WPIAL Class 4A semifinal thriller.
Central Valley led 35-0 at halftime Friday night and the Warriors didn't look back for a 42-6 win over visiting Mount Pleasant in the WPIAL Class AAA quarterfinals.
ROGERSVILLE -- West Greene's 25-year, winless playoff drought came to an end Friday evening as Kolin Walker, Ben Jackson and the Pioneer defense dominated Greensburg Central Catholic from start to finish, rolling to a 36-0 victory to advance to the Class A semifinals.
Cole Beck's third touchdown pass of the game was the difference Friday night as Freedom held off Charleroi, 21-14, in the first round of the WPIAL Class AA playoffs.
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Zaier Harrison had been the focal point of Cornell's offense all game, so when the Raiders fell behind California in the fourth quarter of their WPIAL Class A playoff game on Friday night all eyes were on the senior quarterback.
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ROSTRAVER TWP. -- 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 AAAA semifinals.
The semifinals are exactly where the Leopards are headed following their 49-6 win over New Castle Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Class AAAA playoffs at James Weir Stadium.
Southmoreland turned the ball over seven times Friday night and lost on the road at Avonworth, 41-0, in the first round of the WPIAL Class AA playoffs.
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Elizabeth Forward battled Aliquippa tooth-and-nail for the first half, but big plays and turnovers proved to the difference in the Warriors’ 27-7 setback on Friday in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs at Ambridge Area High School.
Bentworth's Owen Petrisek reset the school record for touchdowns in a season Friday night in the Bearcats' 46-39 loss to visiting Jefferson-Morgan in Tri-County South Conference action.
Charleroi withstood a late charge from Apollo-Ridge to return home Friday night with a 43-33 non-conference victory in the regular season finale.
Nolan Labuda set the school record for touchdown receptions in a season as Belle Vernon closed the regular season Friday night with a 63-6 non-conference victory over visiting Ringgold.
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Connellsville found its stride in the second quarter Friday night behind running back Ky'ron Craggette to defeat visiting Albert Gallatin, 30-6, Friday night in the season finale for both teams.
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Trinity scored with 31 seconds remaining to rally for a 28-25 Big Eight Conference game against Laurel Highlands on Friday at Mustang Field.
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Playoff-bound Mount Pleasant used a strong rushing attack and stellar defense in a 35-8 over Uniontown on Friday night at Bill Power Stadium.
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REPUBLIC -- Friday night’s Century Conference game between Carmichaels and Brownsville didn’t carry much weight in terms of next week’s playoffs with both teams staying home when the postseason gets underway.
Waynesburg Central scored the first touchdown of Friday's non-conference game, but that's all the visitors would score with Keystone Oaks securing a 40-7 victory.
Jaedan Zuzak scored the first two touchdowns of the game Friday night and visiting California didn't look back as the playoff-bound Trojans returned home from Mapletown with a 41-6 Tri-County South Conference victory.
Southmoreland will enter the WPIAL playoffs on a losing note after falling Friday night at Greensburg Central Catholic, 34-14, in non-conference action.
Elizabeth Forward scored the final 31 points of the Big East Conference game Friday night for a 38-6 road victory at Yough.
West Greene's Ben Jackson entered Friday's non-conference game at Union needing four touchdowns to break the single-season record.
Monessen led 34-14 at halftime Friday night as the Greyhounds closed the Tri-County South Conference schedule with a 48-14 win over visiting Avella.
Bailey Jones rushed for 269 yards and Carmichaels rallied from deficits of 14-0, 20-16 and 26-24 to pull out a 32-26 victory over visiting Frazier in a Century Conference football battle Friday night.
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Elizabeth Forward scored touchdowns on offense, defense and special teams in its 28-0 victory over Uniontown on Friday in Big East Conference play at Warriors Stadium in the Herald-Standard Game of the Week.
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ROGERSVILLE -- There was plenty on the line for West Greene when it played host to Greene County and Tri-County South Conference rival Jefferson-Morgan on Friday night.
