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After suffering season-ending injuries the past two seasons as Chartiers Valley’s starting quarterback, Wayne Capers Jr. was looking forward to moving to slot receiver this fall. But the dynamic senior will be back under center when his Colts open the season at home Friday against Class AAA No. 1 Montour. Christian Kuntz, the apparent leader in the Colts’ offseason quarterback competition, ruptured his [...]

Plum senior basketball standout Nolan Cressler has verbally committed to continue his playing career at Cornell University.
The 6-foot-4, 185-pound combo guard also had Division I scholarship offers from Boston University, Holy Cross and St. Francis (Pa.).

FSN is picking up the local telecast of a top WPIAL high school football season opener.

Make sure to pick up a copy of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Greensburg Tribune-Review and Valley News Dispatch on Sunday for this year’s high school football preview edition. The 200-page tabloid features season previews and schedules for all 126 WPIAL teams, as well as the City League and Heritage Conference, plus preseason rankings, classification breakdowns, players [...]

Five WPIAL seniors have been invited to the inaugural Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl in Phoenix on Jan. 3 Not surprisingly, Hopewell’s elite running back Rushel Shell was chosen for the all-star event that will bring 100 of the nation’s top prep players to Phoenix for an East-West matchup. Joining Shell from the WPIAL are Sto-Rox linebacker Deaysean Rippy, Jeannette quarterback/safety [...]

Seton-La Salle senior Dylan Boccella was injured Saturday by a blow to the head that his football coach called “frightening.” You know the ones the NFL has been banning? This was similar. “If this was in the NFL, they’d probably consider it helmet-to-helmet and they’d probably fine the guy,” Seton-La Salle coach Greg Perry said, [...]

The rich are getting richer in WPIAL wrestling. Cody Wiercioch, who won WPIAL and PIAA wrestling titles as a 152-pound freshman with Charleroi in 2010, is transferring to two-time defending WPIAL Class AAA team champion Canon-McMillan this year, school officials confirmed Thursday. While neither Canon-McMillan athletic director Guy Montecalvo or wrestling coach Chris Mary have spoken to Wiercioch yet, [...]

ESPN released its schedule of high school football games the network will televise this fall, and as expected two WPIAL games made the list: =On Sept. 4, Central Catholic plays Philadelphia’s Archbishop Wood at 2 p.m., on ESPN2. =On Oct. 14, Hopewell plays Central Valley at 6 p.m., on ESPNU. – Chris Harlan (charlan@tribweb.com)

No local schools were present in USA Today’s first Super 25 poll of the season, but a pair of traditional WPIAL powers were included in the East rankings. Reigning Class AAAA state champion North Allegheny and preseason WPIAL favorite Central Catholic and were ranked No. 6 and No. 7, respectively, in the region. Central Catholic’s Week 1 opponent, Archbishop Wood, [...]

Root Sports announced its plans Wednesday to broadcast a seventh season of McDonald’s High School Football, and a pair of changes are in store. The network formely known as Fox Spots Net Pittsburgh will broadcast on Friday nights this season instead of Thursday, and flexible scheduling is being introduced in order pick the best matchups each week. As of now, only two broadcasts are scheduled: Week [...]