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Now that the final cuts are over, Woodland Hills still lays claim to having the most alums in the NFL of any high school in the nation, with seven. And that’s despite three former Wolverines not making an NFL roster. Miami Dolphins linebacker Jason Taylor, San Francisco 49ers cornerback Shawntae Spencer, Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Steve Breaston, [...]

The Trib’s 2011 Preseason Team The following team was selected with a finite number of players — 30 offensive players (4 QBs, 8 RBs, 6 WRs, 2 TEs, 10 OLs) plus 4 kickers and 30 defensive players (10 DLs, 10 LBs, 10 DBs) plus 4 punters. No player was put on the team at more [...]

You have to know Deuce Skurcenski to understand what makes him a unique character to high school sports in Western Pennsylvania, if not across the state. It’s not just his trademark catchphrases – calling games “frays,” turning Fridays into “Fray-days” – but that he’s a walking, talking historian of the City League and WPIAL. Deuce knows [...]

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, [...]