Tag: Rochester
PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Rochester, Washington, West A win ’01 titles
December 4, 2018
The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't
WPIAL football top 10: Most district titles
November 28, 2018
WPIAL football titles won With another round of WPIAL title games played, here is a list of the schools the have won the most WPIAL titles: School, Titles, First one, Most recent 1. Aliquippa, 17, 1952, 2018 2. Clairton, 13, 1929, 2016 3. New Castle, 11, 1924, 1998 4. Jeannette,
PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Central Catholic, Thomas Jefferson golden in ’04
November 25, 2018
The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't
PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Defense leads Rochester to ’98 title
November 23, 2018
The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't
PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Hopewell runs to title in ’02
November 22, 2018
The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't
WPIAL top 10: Championship appearances
November 21, 2018
Here is a list of the 10 most frequent WPIAL title game participants: School, Total, First time, Latest appearance 1. Aliquippa, 29, 1942, 2018 2. Clairton, 18, 1957, 2016 3. Jeannette, 15, 1939, 2017 4. Rochester, 14, 1921, 2018 5t. Upper St. Clair, 13, 1974, 2006 5t. Washington, 13, 1917,
PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Rochester opens new millennium with state gold in 2000
November 19, 2018
The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't
WPIAL Class A final notebook: OLSH’s Bradley moves up to No. 4 on career passing list
November 17, 2018
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart quarterback Tyler Bradley's 169 passing yards in Saturday's WPIAL Class A championship game victory over Rochester gave him 8,328 yards for his career, good enough for fourth place on the all-time WPIAL list. Bradley passed Pine-Richland's Phil Jurkovec, who accumulated 8,205 yards for the
OLSH defeats Rochester to capture 1st WPIAL Class A football championship
The WPIAL Class A championship game was a dichotomy of histories. On one sideline was Rochester, one of the WPIAL's more storied programs with its eight WPIAL championships and three state titles. Across the field was Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, a team that has only been in existence
Highway to Heinz culminates in Saturday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports
November 16, 2018
Eight teams are headed to the big house hoping to strike gold on the North Shore of Pittsburgh. For the 18th year in a row, the WPIAL will be holding four of its football championship games at Heinz Field. There are a couple of rookie teams tasting the title game
