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Chicks Picks – Week Six – 2017
October 6, 2017
Welcome to Week 6 of the high school football season. As many of you are aware, the MSA Sports Network has now become the TribLive High School Sports Network. Chick’s Picks was thrilled with this news, and was particularly excited when one of her counterparts, The Birdie, mentioned her on Twitter earlier this week. At […]
Big Game Hunting – Week Six
October 4, 2017
There was a bit of a shocker last week in 1-A with Imani knocking off Clairton. Maybe not everyone was stunned that the Saints were able to knock off the Bears, but short five kids who were suspended made it was quite an accomplishment and a signature win for Imani. The other top ranked teams […]
WPIAL Friday Night HighLights – Week Five 2017
September 30, 2017
Week Five marked the midway point of the WPIAL football regular season and it also was the first Friday night precipitation was involved as most of the games throughout the district had to deal with showers right before or in the early part of the game. However there was nothing middle of the road about […]
WPIAL Saturdays Scholastic Starz – Week Three
September 17, 2017
Week Three of the 2017 WPIAL football season concluded on the warmest game day of the campaign. While cramps were a big concern in the three afternoon Class 1-A contests, these three ‘wise’ men laughed at the warm temps and humidity in leading their teams to either remain undefeated or claim a first victory of […]
Chicks Picks – Week Three – 2017
September 15, 2017
Welcome to Week 3 of the high school football season. When Chick’s Picks received a call from The Boss late last week, her first thought was – Uh oh! The Boss never summons her this early in the season, unless there is a problem. Chick’s Picks packed up her trusty crystal ball and headed to […]
Big Game Hunting – Week Three
September 14, 2017
After Friday a third of the 2017 season will be in the books. For some teams they will have played four games. Some teams are still sorting things out, others are dealing with devastating injuries to key players, while still others are figuring things out and kicking it into high gear. Hope remains strong for […]
High school football notebook: WPIAL’s highest-scoring teams set to square off
September 13, 2017
If California averages 67 points and Imani Christian Academy averages 62, what will be the combined score when they face each other Saturday Maybe more
5 things we learned in Week 2: In defensive stalemate, Central Catholic offense shows big-play potential
September 9, 2017
Central Catholic and North Allegheny traditionally win with defense, but will either have the offense to keep up with WPIAL favorite Pine-Richland The two Northern
CTK ’17 – 1-A Tri-County South Conference Preview
August 25, 2017
The Tri-County South Conference has been much maligned over the years for its lack of success in winning WPIAL playoff games. But the Tri-County South this year features a running back with more than 4,000 career yards rushing and a 6-foot-4 quarterback who had nearly 2,000 yards offense last season. Suffice it to say there […]
WPIAL football conference preview: Class A Tri-County South
August 21, 2017
The favorite Fort Cherry (9-2 overall, 6-1 Tri-County South in 2016) The Tri-County South runner-up last season, Fort Cherry returns a talented offensive attack that
