Bill Hartlep stories, Page 32

Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 10: Derrick Davis Gateway, Jr., RB/SS Davis (6-1, 185), who has dozens of Division I offers, is among the highest scoring players in the WPIAL. He has found the end zone 25 times while rushing for 1,227 yards on...

Some of the winningest football programs in WPIAL history are favored to claim another title. WPIAL officials released the 2019 playoff pairings Monday night at the DoubleTree Hotel in Green Tree, and the top seeds were a who’s who of perennial powers. The group includes Class 6A top seed Central...

Here’s a look at the teams that have qualified for the WPIAL football playoffs. The playoffs begin next Friday, and pairings will announced Monday night. Class 6A (6 teams) 1. Central Catholic+, 2. Pine-Richland+, 3. North Allegheny, 4. Mt. Lebanon, 5. Seneca Valley, 6. Canon-McMillan Class 5A (16 teams) Allegheny...

Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 9: Tui Brown Gateway, Sr., WR/LB Brown (6-3, 200) caught three passes for 100 yards in last week’s 48-7 win over Connellsville. The Division I prospect will lead the No. 2 Gators (7-2, 4-1) into battle against host McKeesport...

For the second straight year, hundreds of high school runners will gather at the Roadman Park Course at Cal (Pa.) on Thursday to compete in the WPIAL cross country championships. The Class A girls race kicks everything off at 12:45 p.m., followed by the Class AA girls (1:30 p.m.), Class...

Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 8: Curtis Foskey North Hills, Jr., RB/LB Foskey (5-9, 192) ran for 178 yards and four touchdowns on just 14 carries in last week’s blowout win over Armstrong. He and the Indians (5-3, 4-1) will try and keep that...

Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 7: Dorien Ford Baldwin, Jr., OL/TE/DE The Fighting Highlanders (4-3, 3-2) are in the hunt for a WPIAL playoff berth in the Class 5A Allegheny 8 Conference, and Ford is a big reason why. At 6-foot-4, 290 pounds, the...

Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 6: Ryan McGuire South Fayette, Jr., WR/CB McGuire (6-0, 170) caught seven passes for 112 yards last week as South Fayette knocked off Blackhawk, 34-14, in a Class 4A Northwest 8 Conference game. The No. 2-ranked Lions (5-1, 3-0)...

Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 5: Dante Clay Moon, Sr., QB/P Clay completed 7 of 10 passes for 190 yards and two scores and also ran for 180 yards and three TDs on 10 carries last week, as Moon routed Chartiers Valley. Clay (6-1,...

Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 4: Anthony Chiccitt Bethel Park, Sr., QB/FS The senior signal-caller threw for 160 yards and three scores in a nonconference win over Shaler last week. The Black Hawks (3-0) will be tested again this week with a nonconference matchup...

Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 3: Griffin Beattie Chartiers Valley, Sr., QB Beattie shined in last week’s nonconference victory over Armstrong. He ran for 191 yards and three TDs on 17 carries and also threw for 46 yards and a score. The Colts will...

Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 2: Naman Alemada South Fayette, Jr., QB The junior signal caller has thrown for 542 yards and three touchdowns this season, second best in the WPIAL behind Sto-Rox’s Eric Wilson. He completed 11 of 15 passes for 181 yards...

Class 6A North Allegheny (2-0, 1-0) at Central Catholic (2-0, 1-0) 7:30 p.m. Friday, Titans Stadium, Glenshaw On the air: TribHSSN.triblive.com; 1020 AM Coaches: Art Walker, North Allegheny; Terry Totten, Central Catholic Players to watch: Percise Colon, North Allegheny (Sr., 5-6, 165, RB); Dom Pieto, Central Catholic (Sr., 6-0, 195,...

Pirates closer Felipe Vazquez was named National League Reliever of the Month after recording three saves and earning three wins in 10 appearances in August. Vazquez allowed four hits, one walk and struck out 11 in 10 1/3 innings. It was the first career Reliever of the Month Award for...

Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 1: Ben Jackson West Greene, Sr., RB/LB After running for 253 yards and six scores on just 15 carries Monday night in a win over Cameron, W.Va., Jackson will try for an encore against Bentworth on Friday night. John...

Pine-Richland’s title defense begins tonight. The Rams football team, winners of the past two WPIAL Class 6A titles, open the 2019 season against defending PIAA Class 5A champion Penn Hills. The game will begin at 7 p.m. at Pine-Richland Stadium. There will be a live video stream on the TribLive...

Here’s a look at some of the top matchups for Week Zero of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. ••• Class 6A vs. 5A Class 6A No. 5 Mt. Lebanon at Class 5A No. 1 Gateway 7 p.m. Friday, Antimarino Stadium, Monroeville Coaches: Bob Palko, Mt. Lebanon; Don Holl, Gateway...

Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week Zero: Josh Casilli Peters Township, Sr., WR/DB Casilli (6-0, 180) returns as a playmaker for the Indians, who won the first conference title in 43 years last season. Casilli had 50 catches for 880 yards and 11 touchdowns. The...

Friday Western Pa. vs. Everyone Showcase At North Allegheny Friendship Collegiate Academy (D.C.) at North Allegheny, 8 p.m. Theodore Roosevelt (D.C.) vs. Erie, 5 p.m. At Wolvarena Avalon vs. Baldwin, 5 p.m. York William Penn vs. Central Catholic, 8 p.m. Nonconference Allderdice at Kiski Area, 7 p.m. Apollo-Ridge at Leechburg,...

Members of the Carmichaels football team took their lumps last season. A year more experienced, the Mighty Mikes hope to be delivering those lumps this fall. After enduring a 2-7 season with a 1-6 mark in the Class 2A Interstate Conference, Carmichaels returns 10 starters on both sides of the...

The Waynesburg backfield will have some familiar faces in it this fall; they just might not be lined up in the same places. Senior Caleb Shriver will shift from quarterback to tailback, as junior Darnell Johnson moves back under center after recovering from a knee injury that cost him his...

It was a repeat performance for three teams at the WPIAL competitive spirit championships in January. After claiming district titles in 2018, Bethel Park, Elizabeth Forward and Chartiers-Houston again stood atop the podium at the 2019 championship meet. Bethel Park edged Butler by less than half of a point on...

PARADE OF CHAMPIONS Here’s a look at state champions from the WPIAL during the 2018-19 school year: Boys basketball Moon (5A) Lincoln Park (3A) Girls basketball Peters Township (6A) Chartiers Valley (5A) Competitive spirit Bethel Park (small division) Butler (coed division) Boys cross country North Allegheny (3A) Greensburg Salem (2A)...

2019 Valley News Dispatch Softball All-Stars Player of the Year Amanda Fischer, Junior, Pitcher, Knoch Amanda Fischer was one of the WPIAL’s top pitchers this spring. It’s no coincidence her Knoch Knights were one of the district’s top softball teams. The junior right-hander was 13-3 with a 1.73 ERA and...

Dan Miller gathered his Warriors in right field at Wild Things Park moments after they watched Pine-Richland receive the WPIAL Class 6A championship trophy. The Rams were celebrating, taking photos and dousing coaches with ice water after a 7-2 victory Thursday that clinched the program’s sixth title. It was in...