http://www.post-gazette.com/highschoolsports/ High school sports coverage en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:33:33 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014968-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Woodland Hills coach George Novak always believed Richard Gray eventually would be a standout football player. It just took a while. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014802-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Today is the official start of high school basketball practice in Pennsylvania, and Phyllis Jones will be coaching her Westinghouse girls' team after all. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014804-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Twenty-seven years ago, Jack McCurry viewed himself as the bad guy, an up-and-coming coach at North Hills who could rub fans the wrong way, but who was trying to complete an improbable championship run. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014813-117.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml The Fumbler noticed the PIAA released its new sports classifications this week, and he wanted to know where he fit among the new classes. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014814-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Freshmen on Thomas Jefferson's football team were fifth-graders the last time the Jaguars lost to a WPIAL opponent. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014815-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml West Allegheny and Thomas Jefferson students sound off on tonight's Class AAA playoff game ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014834-362.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml If the end justifies the means, then none of the previous seven losses will matter to Seton-LaSalle if it can win the PIAA Class A boys' soccer title tomorrow against Christopher Dock, the District 1 champion. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014835-362.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml South Park's magic against Springdale from the previous two seasons has apparently run its course. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014838-362.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml A year after staying home at the end of the regular season, the Hampton High School boys' soccer team is headed to Hershey. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014839-362.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Springdale's dream season became twice as nice Tuesday night after the Dynamos beat former nemesis South Park, 2-1, for a second time this month in the PIAA Class AA girls' soccer semifinals at Chartiers Valley. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014840-362.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Getting closer to his team ended up being one of the keys to getting his team further for Greensburg Central Catholic boys' soccer coach Tom Kennedy. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014841-362.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml The 2009 Norwin High School girls' soccer team did not win the section championship. Nor were the Knights WPIAL champions or PIAA champions. They were not runners-up for either title. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014842-362.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Throughout the offseason West Allegheny coach Kevin Amos was preaching to his team about "spreading the wealth." Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014843-362.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml More than any of its 14 regular-season or three playoff wins, the two games that define the Beaver Area girls' soccer season are its two postseason losses. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014961-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml The Sto-Rox school board last night did not open up the head football coaching position despite rumors that the decision was a done deal. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014433-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml For the past decade, one could pretty much pencil Rochester into the WPIAL Class A semifinals as soon as the brackets were released. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:15:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014446-298.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Plays have been a mainstay each spring at local high schools, but fall productions are becoming more commonplace -- and complex. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014381-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml There are a lot of talented teams left in the WPIAL playoffs. But a lot of talented teams have been left behind, too. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014384-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Fueled by the grit and desire of a defending WPIAL champion, Bethel Park marched down the field on a potential game-winning drive against another talented team on a warm night less than two months Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014385-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml It may have been the biggest upset of the regular season ... and it came the first weekend. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014395-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Don't expect to see too many footballs zipping throw the air at Elizabeth Forward High School tomorrow night. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014429-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Pay no attention to that odd-looking number prefacing Aliquippa in this year's WPIAL Class AA playoff bracket. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014430-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Can the Hampton High School football team record a third consecutive upset? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014431-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, the governing body for high school athletics in the state, has released the classification breakdowns for sports for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014432-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml It would not be a stretch to call tomorrow night's Thomas Jefferson-West Allegheny WPIAL Class AAA semifinal matchup a golden contest. Golden for a couple of reasons. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014440-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml It's delightfully simplistic, but what else needs to be said? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014442-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, the governing body for high school athletics in the state, has released the classification breakdowns for sports for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014687-116.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml The Post-Gazette's High School Athletes of the Week. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014688-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml The WPIAL Class AAA semifinal at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow between No. 14 seed Hampton (7-4) and No. 2 seed Hopewell (11-0) features a team led by the hottest running back in the league ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014273-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml And now the WPIAL football semifinal matchup between ... relatives? OK, so maybe Aliquippa and Beaver Falls aren't related. It just seems that way because they get together so often. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014066-365.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Ever since Laurel knocked off the highly touted Clairton Bears on the first night of the season, Laurel has listened to many critics who said the win was a fluke. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:49:00 -0500