Sports reporter: @PittsburghPG; Co-host: @WPIAL_Insider Podcast | Past: @ThePUPNews | Husband. Dog father. Godfather. Former elite beer pong player.
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What if a WPIAL championship game ended like that?? Wait, that’s already happened. Before there was Jalen Suggs, there was Lance Jeter.
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What Aliquippa is doing, I don't think it's talked about enough. This is a Class 1A school. A Class 1A public school. And it will play for a WPIAL Class 4A title for the second year in a row. Quips don't back down from anyone.
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Man, this is a really cool pic. The GOAT Ed Reed and Pitt star Paris Ford. #WPIAL (h/t @DC5StarAthlete)
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How great is this? Darrelle Revis made arrangements for Aliquippa players & coaches to attend his Hall of Fame induction today in Canton. Who knows, there might be a future HOF on that team. The Quips will now have the most players in there of any high school in the country.
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Former WPIAL guys shined brightly Sunday in the NFL —
Aaron Donald - 2 sacks, fumble rec
Tyler Boyd - 10 rec, 125 yards
James Conner — 149 total yards, TD
Miles Sanders - 107 total yards
Jesse James - TD catch
Gronk - 6 catches
Chase Winovich - sack, FF
Jordan Whitehead - sack
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Five WPIAL teams advanced to the state championships. Pitt won the ACC championship. Steelers rallied to beat the Ravens. I’d say that’s a pretty good weekend for Western Pa. football.
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Malik Hooker now going as high as No. 2 overall in some mock drafts. Three years ago this weekend, he led New Castle to a WPIAL hoops title.
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Cool moment for North Allegheny grad Cole Young, who gets a big ovation from the Seattle crowd as he steps to the plate for his first MLB at-bat. Swung at the first pitch he saw and flew out to right. Big things expected out of the 21-year old. #WPIAL
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This isn’t cool. Following Chartiers Valley's upset win over Montour, a fan came out of the stands and appeared to shove Chartiers Valley star Jayden Davis before security stepped in.
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Greg Gattuso grew up in Beechview, coached at Seton LaSalle, spent more than a decade as Duquesne’s coach, and was an assistant at Pitt. Tonight he picked up one of the biggest wins of his long coaching career, guiding his Albany team to the FCS semifinals. #WPIAL
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Mt. Lebanon coach Joe David on his team playing Kennedy Catholic in Saturday's PIAA Class 6A quarterfinals: "They’re obviously a very, very good team. They’re from all over the world. We’re from Mt. Lebanon." #WPIAL
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🚨New mascot alert🚨 The Mars Fightin’ Planets! I like it! A planet who certainly appears ready to fight! Has some dance moves, too. #WPIAL #OutOfThisWorld @SickosCommittee
MASDMAEPRIN
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Talk about cool stadiums. This is where Thomas Jefferson will play its season opener Sunday morning. The Jaguars play Millville, N.J. in the Battle at the Beach in Ocean City. #WPIAL
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Please pray for former South Fayette basketball standout Ava Leroux, who was involved in a serious car accident. Great girl and great family. 🙏
I wrote about the relationship she has with her father, former Penguin Francois Leroux, earlier this year. unionprogress.com/2023/01/29…
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Meet Isaiah “Zay” Mason. He’s only 6!! Already quite a talent. Son of Micah Mason, one of the greatest shooters in WPIAL history.
Mason Elite Basketball
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Two WPIAL all-time greats went head to head today. Continue to make their hometowns proud. #Jeannette #Aliquippa
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Devin Carney, boys and girls. His 3-pointer at the buzzer gives Butler a 58-55 overtime win against Penn-Trafford. Wow! #WPIAL
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Vinnie Cugini was honored at Aquinas Academy tonight for becoming the WPIAL's all-time leading scorer Tuesday. And guess who showed up? None other than previous record-holder Tom Pipkins! Very cool! Pipkins didn't show Tuesday because he wanted to let Cugini "have his moment."
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The 1976 Fifth Avenue basketball team is considered one of the best teams ever from Western Pa. The school closed later that year, but a local team will have Fifth Ave. on there jerseys this season — Central Catholic. 🔥🏀🔥🏀
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“Woodland Hills High School, stand up!” - Trey Wingo ... Miles Sanders just taken #53 overall by the Eagles. #WPIAL
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Upper St. Clair’s Josh Matheny is an Olympian‼️ 🇺🇸 Just finished second in the 200 breaststroke at the trials. What a moment for Matheny, a former WPIAL and PIAA champion‼️ 🏊🏆
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Robert Morris leads FBS foe Utah State, 14-10, at the half. Bethel Park grad Anthony Chiccitt has a TD pass for Bobby Mo, which also got this ridiculous INT by Rob Carter.
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North Allegheny shortstop Cole Young was just selected No. 21 overall by the Seattle Mariners in the MLB draft. He’s the seventh player from a WPIAL school taken in the first round since 1965. Highest pick Mariners have used on a shotstop since a guy named Alex Rodriguez in 1993.
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Central Catholic grad Donovan Hinish closes out the Sugar Bowl with this sack. #WPIAL
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“My city is the city of legends. The only high school in America with three hall of famers.” OK, Mayor Walker! Aliquippa mayor Dwan Walker speaks at the DNC! Good dude. Wrote about him and his family of leaders last fall. ⬇️
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BREAKING: City League fall sports are ... ON! Pittsburgh Public Schools just voted to begin the football season and the seasons of other fall sports.
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Steel Valley's Makhai Valentine scored 63 tonight!!! Wow! I believe that's No. 3 in WPIAL history behind only Mohawk's Larry Hardesty (71 in 1959) and Highlands' Micah Mason (64 in 2011). Wild!!
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TJ coach Bill Cherpak with a good quote this week when asked what makes this team unique: “We don’t have any assholes.”
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With today being the 15th anniversary of 13-9, me and the fellas asked a certain someone to remind our WVU buddies of the occasion.
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Hailey Zeise is expected to be named Pine-Richland’s new girls basketball coach tonight, pending board approval. North Allegheny graduate played at Stony Brook and spent last season as an assistant at George Washington. 🏀🔥
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Check this out: A Western Pa. guy will play with the NBA champion Warriors this summer. Congrats to former Montour & Shippensburg standout Dustin Sleva, who will play for Golden State in the California Classic summer league July 2-5. Sleva played this past season in France.
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Hall of Famer and Aliquippa legend Darrelle Revis was at Moon High School Friday for son Jayden’s Senior Night. Here’s Jayden, accompanied by Darrelle and mom Carly. (Photo courtesy of Moon sophomore Kam White). @WPIAL_Insider @Revis24
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Two WPIAL greats on the field tonight in Los Angeles. Both made the Post-Gazette’s Fabulous 22 team. Sean Lee was also Fab 5 in hoops.
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“The shot heard around Greene County.” West Greene’s Lane Allison, the starting QB on the school’s football team, used that strong arm to make the shot of the year in the WPIAL tonight. His shot/throw helped the Pioneers beat Chartiers-Houston, 52-51. Wow!
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The Big Baller Show could be coming to Pittsburgh. LaMelo Ball's new team is scheduled to play in the Pine-Richland tip-off tournament the opening weekend of the season. #WPIAL
LaMelo Ball is leaving professional basketball in Lithuania and plans to return to high school basketball, where he will enroll at Spire Institute in Ohio.
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Wow! Nine teams from the WPIAL will play for state titles next week: New Castle, Quaker Valley, Aliquippa, OLSH and Bishop Canevin boys; Mt. Lebanon, Chartiers Valley, Freedom and Neshannock girls. Impressive!
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Three NFL Hall of Famers from the same high school is nuts and ... unprecedented. Aliquippa is the first! Congrats, Darrelle! And congrats, Quip Town! Unreal. #WPIAL
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National record‼️Butler’s Drew Griffith wins the PIAA Class 3A 1,600 in an amazing time of 3:57.08‼️
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Aliquippa running back Tiqwai Hayes has rushed for 3,538 yards and 42 touchdowns in his high school career ... and he still has one or two games left in his sophomore season! That's nuts! #WPIAL
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Some recruiting news: Hampton 6-9 senior forward Liam Mignogna just informed us that he will be walking on at Pitt next season. That’s a nice addition to the Pitt frontcourt. He had 23 points (including the 1,000th of his career) tonight. Cousin of former Pitt player Ryan Luther.
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Final — Montour 10, Holy Ghost Prep 9 in a wild PIAA Class 4A championship. Spartans rally by scoring four runs in the seventh. First PIAA baseball title for Montour. Congrats!
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Ethan Morton has been really good tonight. Getting a lot of minutes. Playing great defense. Just hit a big 3. Knows his role and plays it well. Awesome seeing him play on a big stage. #WPIAL
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Little Johnny or Janie isn't playing. Their parents get upset. Parents get in ear of school board members. Coach gets pushed out. It would be a shame, but not at all shocking, if this is another example of that. From @mwhiteburgh ... post-gazette.com/sports/high…
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Meleek Thomas chopping it up with Jeff Capel’s family following Lincoln Park’s win against North Catholic tonight. Will Thomas be a future Panther just like teammate Brandin Cummings?
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Pine-Richland administrators when on social media today ... or reading @PGVarsityXtra ... or watching the news ... or listening to the radio.
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Lots of local guys to root on in the NCAA tourney ...
Nelly Cummings (Lincoln Park/Colgate)
Ethan Morton (Butler/Purdue)
Puff Johnson (Moon/UNC)
Isiah Warfield (Central Valley/Liberty)
Coletrane Washington (Quaker Valley/Drexel)
Naim Miller (Allderdice/First Love/Mo. St. Mary's)
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This is amazing! A true BIG BOY touchdown (88 yards ‼️) by Aliquippa 6-foot-3, 340-pound lineman Naquan Crowder. Quips headed to the WPIAL final for the 15th year in a row.
GameChangers Training
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Yeah, Obi Toppin’s pretty good, but how many WPIAL titles has he won?!?! Congrats to Mt. Lebanon grad Sean Loughran, who was doing some net cutting for A-10 champ Dayton, too. He’s a freshman walk-on.
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The Pirates select Liberty RHP and Montour grad Dylan Mathiesen in the 13th round (383rd overall). Mathiesen led the WPIAL in strikeouts his senior season in 2022 when he helped Montour win its first PIAA title. ⚾️🏆
Liberty Baseball
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Western Pa. basketball community: Please keep Chartiers Valley's Emma Reynolds in your prayers. 🙏
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Gino Palmosina, ladies and gentleman!! #PIAAChamps #Canevin
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Vinnie Cugini tonight became the first boys player in WPIAL history to reach 3,000 career points!
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T.J. McConnell got his first start of the season tonight and finished with 19 points on 8 of 9 shooting and added 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Ranks 12th in the NBA in assists. The 11 guys ahead of him are all former All-Stars, including Harden, Doncic, Westbrook, LeBron, Lillard.
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Rochester 92, Cornell 3 ... That was the final score of a WPIAL girls basketball game tonight. Rochester was up 68-1 at the half.
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I can't say I enjoyed writing this ... An obit on Central Catholic graduate Jamain "Juice" Stephens. A great kid gone way too soon. He died today of COVID-19 complications, two weeks before his 21st birthday. post-gazette.com/news/obitua…
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Peters Township’s Alison Riske has just advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals after upsetting No. 1 Ashleigh Barty, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Riske could play Serena Williams next.
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Have seen some people comment today on how much talent there was on that '07 Fab 5 team. It's crazy that four of those guys started on the same AAU team -- Blair, Pope, Pryor, Kennedy. But let's not forget the fifth starter on that J.O.T.S. team, the great "Onion" Bryant. #Legend
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Some cool 🏀recruiting news. South Fayette grad Ava Leroux is transferring to Robert Morris. A 6-4 center, she played at Elon the past two seasons. Great comeback story. She and a friend were nearly killed by a drunk driver in December 2023. Now playing again & coming back home‼️
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🤣🤣 Gotta love it. Pitt target Cam Lindsey of Aliquippa was named first-team all-state in hoops today, just as he was in football. And then Pat Narduzzi shoots out this tweet.
First Team All-State (Football) ➡️
First Team All-State (Basketball) ➡️
PITT ➡️ NFL ➡️ Hall of Fame.
Sometimes it’s just meant to be 🟨🟦
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Mt. Lebanon’s Ian Happ and Mars’ David Bednar both named MLB All-Stars for the first time. The two played travel ball together when they were young. Now they will be all-star teammates. Very cool. #WPIAL
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Adou to the Lakers (via trade from Nets)‼️Congrats to Quaker Valley grad Adou Thiero, who was just selected in the second round (No. 36 overall). Joins Schenley’s DeJuan Blair (2009) & OLSH’s Cam Johnson (2019) as the only WPIAL or City League players drafted this century!
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In France this morning, Puerto Rican decathlete Ayden Owens-Delerme celebrates after running the 100-meter dash and the moment is captured by Getty photographer Steph Chambers. Both are North Allegheny High School grads. Pretty cool. #Olympics
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The legend Cam Saddler getting some face time while in Greensboro rooting on his Pitt Panthers‼️@csaddler5
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All North Allegheny coach Spencer Stefko does is win, win, win. He has now guided teams to the WPIAL final 10 times in 11 seasons. Has won six WPIAL titles and two PIAA titles. He's 196-24 (89%) at NA and 383-87 (81%) overall. And on top of that, a really good dude.
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STATE CHAMPS!!! Bethel Park holds on to defeat Red Land, 4-2, in the PIAA Class 5A championship. Second PIAA title for Bethel. First in 33 years!
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This is an impressive young man right here. The moment wasn’t too big tonight for West Mifflin freshman QB Zahir Ismaeli, who used some big plays with his legs (25-yard TD and 60-yard scramble) to help the Titans get past Elizabeth Forward, 17-16.
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Incredible. North Allegheny grad Ayden Owens-Delerme just won an NCAA title in the decathlon. Tied two-time Olympic gold medalist Ashton Eaton's meet record. Congrats to one of the best athletes to ever come out of Western Pennsylvania. #WPIAL
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Big girls hoops recruiting news: Chartiers Valley junior guard Aislin Malcolm has committed to Pitt. One of the best players in the WPIAL and the state. Has never lost a high school game. Huge get for the Panthers.
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Man, a 56-yard field goal is a heckuva kick, especially for a high school junior‼️ Check out Hopewell’s Rocco Marcantonio’s blast from Friday that is a new WPIAL record, breaking the old record of 55 set 22 years ago! (video courtesy of @jarma72)
Coach Mottes
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Brashear’s Ta’Mere Robinson learning some pass rushing moves from some guy who played high school ball at Penn Hills. (via @210ths) #NotABadDudeToLearnFrom
2Tenths Speed & Agility
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Mt. Lebanon coach Dori Oldaker has been in the coaching game for nearly 25 years, but she hasn’t lost a step. One of the best around.
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Sean Gilbert. Darrelle Revis. Now MJ Devonshire. Aliquippa dudes have made their mark on the Backyard Brawl over the years.
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Lauryn Williams ... 18 years ago ... Still amazing #Rochester #WPIAL
.@RasheedMarshall —
This is still the most real “ran you down” video ever.
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Pretty big night for the Cummings brothers. Nelly scored a team-high 15 points in Pitt’s NCAA tournament win and Beebah scored 23 in Lincoln Park’s PIAA tournament win.
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Two 5 ⭐️s‼️ Rivals just released its basketball rankings for the sophomore class, and two of the nation’s top 13 recruits hail from WPIAL schools — Imani Christian’s Alier Maluk (#12) and Lincoln Park’s Meleek Thomas (#13).
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Upon further review, Waynesburg's Daniel Layton WILL run in the 110-meter hurdles at Thursday's WPIAL championships. PIAA overturned WPIAL ruling this morning. "We're celebrating and breathing a huge sigh of relief," said his father, Rick. Story coming soon.
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Only one WPIAL or City League player is committed to play football at an SEC school. It’s this kid, North Allegheny senior kicker Peter Notaro, who is headed to Alabama. BIG-TIME leg who can boom them … made one from 65 into the wind at a workout last month.
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The amazing Big 33 streak will continue for another year. Chad Henne of the Chiefs (he might have played in the inaugural Big 33) & Quinton Jefferson of the Bills are alums, meaning one will make the Super Bowl. Each of the 55 Super Bowls will have included a Big 33 alum. #Big33
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Caught up with Juju Leroux and Ryan Oldaker, who just led South Fayette to its first PIAA title courtesy of a 45-37 win against four-time defending champ Archbishop Wood in the 5A final.
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Pine-Richland, Aliquippa, Belle Vernon, Westinghouse and Union will all play for PIAA football titles next weekend. Western Pa., stand up!!!
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South Allegheny is headed to its first state final after rallying to defeat Aliquippa, 36-31. Ya think the Gladiators and their fans are happy? This is what high school sports are all about. 🏀
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Meleek Thomas doing his thing tonight in the McDonald’s All-American Game. First Western Pa. guy to play in the game in 31 years. 🏀🔥
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