Tag: Highlands

Highlands’ Bradyn Foster averaged 20.7 points, 11 rebounds and 4.2 blocks per game in 2022-23.
Division I recruiters come calling for Highlands’ Bradyn Foster
October 9, 2023
With high school boys basketball season lurking around the corner, it means one last chance for the Class of 2024 to showcase its potential for the next level.

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Pine-Richland’s Ethan Pillar carries for a first down against Penn Hills on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in Pine.
WPIAL Class 6A, 5A football roundup: Pine-Richland upsets top-ranked Central Catholic
October 7, 2023
Ethan Pillar ran for 300 yards and three touchdowns as Class 5A No. 5 Pine-Richland pulled off the upset of the season, shocking Class 6A No. 1 Central Catholic, 26-19, in a nonconference game Friday night.

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Trinity coach Dan Knause talks with quarterback Jonah Williamson during practice on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, at Hiller Stadium.
WPIAL Class 4A football roundup: Trinity upsets No. 2 Thomas Jefferson
Jonah Williamson threw for 54 yards and ran for 104 yards and three touchdowns as Trinity scored a 23-6 upset victory over No. 2 Thomas Jefferson (6-1, 2-1) in the Class 4A Big Seven Conference on Friday night.

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West Deer end Rich Cale catches a conversion pass – worth just one point at the time – from quarterback Dave Kashlak on Oct. 2, 1963 as an overflow crowd at Richland watched the Braves win the “Battle of Bakerstown Road,” 14-12.
Through the Years: In 1963, West Deer earned bragging rights vs. Richland
October 5, 2023
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that have shaped local scholastic history.

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Riverview’s Carlo Buzzatto hurdles over Jeannette players last Friday.
A-K Valley high school football matchups for 2023 Week 6
October 4, 2023
Class 5A Northeast Conference

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Clairton’s Jaece Booker blocks the pass attempt of Leechburg’s Jayden Floyd on Sept. 22.
The Birdie offers homecoming advice, A-K Valley Week 6 picks
The Birdie has noticed some things that have changed since he was in high school.

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Highlands and Mars face off in a Greater Allegheny Conference game Sept. 29, 2023, at Mars.
Mars jumps on Highlands early to claim conference win
September 29, 2023
Gabe Hein lifted a whole planet Friday night. Many of them, actually.

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Kittanning wide receiver Alek Schaffer outruns Burrell defenders Cody Wolfe (5) and Andrew Fisher (25) en route to a touchdown at Buccaneer Stadium in Lower Burrell on Sept. 27, 2013.
Through the years: Kittanning stayed unbeaten at Burrell’s expense in 2013
September 28, 2023
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that have shaped local scholastic history.

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Burrell’s Cooper Hornack is a member of the 2023 football team.
A-K Valley football players to watch in 2023 Week 5
September 27, 2023
Player of the week

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Leechburg’s Jayden Floyd makes one-handed diving interception on a ball intended for Clairton’s Taris Wooding in the second quarter Friday at Leechburg High School.
A-K Valley high school football matchups for 2023 Week 5
Class 5A Big East Conference

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