KARNS CITY — Karns City senior Luke Cramer has one major goal for the 2023 season.
Make it count.
The 6-foot-2, 230-pound Cramer tore his ACL late in the Gremlins’ second...
MIDDLESEX TWP — A 6-foot-1, 230-pound fullback hitting the defense like a wrecking ball ... bodies flailing as opposing players did their best to bring him down, but fail...
SUMMIT TWP — Anthony Becoate’s job doesn’t resemble that of most other high school football coaches.
His roster turns over annually. A portion of the players haven’t wor...
KARNS CITY — For a lot of teams, six wins is a healthy high school football season.
Such a total doesn’t sit well at Karns City — and a lack of health played a factor in ...
BUTLER TWP — A budding football career at Miami (Ohio) University awaits Braylon Littlejohn.
But first, the Butler senior wants to close out his high school career in sty...
BUFFALO TWP — There are a lot of wannabe T.J. Watts.
A side-eye and a “Sure, kid” might follow when Freeport senior outside linebacker Colton Otterman says he models his ...
ADAMS TWP — No pain, no gain.
It’s a phrase often used to motivate athletes in the weight room, but for Mars’ Evan Wright, the words represent his ability to keep his jun...
Experienced Schwartz back to pace SR’s receivers
SLIPPERY ROCK — No. 23 leaves a void at No. 2.
More importantly, he fills one at No. 1.
Senior Sam Schwartz was Slippery ...
JACKSON TWP — Little things often amount to something big and for the Seneca Valley football team in 2022, they conspired to keep the Raiders out of the postseason for th...
CHERRY TWP — Logan Campbell used to play guard.
He’s much happier to be positioned where he is now.
The Moniteau senior is penciled in as the Warrior’s primary ball carr...
CLARION — Connor Lyczek is used to being busy on the football field, which made for a very frustrating fall of 2022 for the Seneca Valley High School graduate.
Due to an ...
SLIPPERY ROCK — As the days get shorter and the floodlights start to brighten at Slippery Rock High School’s Troy-Alan Stadium, a number of variances will be illuminated....
BUTLER TWP — 42.
That’s the name of the Jackie Robinson movie. It’s also how many points per game Butler’s football team wants to average per game in 2023.
“I know that’s...
CRANBERRY TWP — Chris Rizzo logged a lot of miles in the air after being named varsity football coach at North Catholic eight months ago.
"I was living in Arizona and did...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University knows all about winning championships.
It also knows what it has to do to get there.
SRU enters the 2023 season having reached th...
JEFFERSON TWP — The 2022 football season did not have a good feel for Knoch from the start.
With artificial turf being installed, the Knights were forced to play all but ...
CHERRY TWP — Late last season, Moniteau coach Bob Rottman called on the expertise of former Karns City and A-C Valley coach Ed Conto to help with a short-handed staff.
“...
BUFFALO TWP — Graduating what Freeport did from its WPIAL Class 3A semifinal team, the defending Allegheny Six Conference champion Yellowjackets figure to take a step bac...
FOXBURG — The top priority for Union/A-C Valley's new head coach Dan Reed is to settle on a starting quarterback.
His choices are senior Brody Dittman and junior Owen Bis...
ADAMS TWP — There were two sides to the Mars football team's defense in 2022.
First, the impressive: end Connor Hartle, linebacker Jacob Maple and safety Mason Childress ...
JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley's four losses last year were due to, in head coach Ron Butschle's opinion: "Being out-matched, not out-played.“
The Raiders lost all three gam...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Beeeeep. Beeeeep. Beeeeep.
Most mornings, with the sun still rising, Slippery Rock seniors William Mokel and John Sabo woke up to an unyielding ring. The...