CHARLEROI – What happens when one of the best running backs in the WPIAL takes on the best defense in the league? That was the question facing the football teams from California and Clairton Friday evening.at Charleroi High School. California, which has the services of tailback Lee ...

Only one local high school football team has made it to the WPIAL quarterfinals in each of the last two years. That accomplishment belongs to California, which knocked out seventh-seeded Laurel, 22-6, last week in the first round of the WPIAL Class A playoffs. Lee Qualk, the WPIAL’s ...