Football
Football coaches often talk about one season beginning shortly after the previous one ends. Offseason work or lack of it, especially in the weight room, will show up in o...
August 01, 2025
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Gabe Hein entered last high school football season as a known commodity in Eric Kasperowicz’s Mars offense, then turned heads with a Week 1 eruption.
The rising senior re...
June 18, 2025
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Seneca Valley's football team was winning early in the 1989 season, but the offense needed a spark.
In the third game that year against Highlands, head coach Terry Henry ...
February 16, 2025
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When he joined Seneca Valley’s football coaching staff in 2023, Don Barclay had an end goal, one he reached at Monday night’s school board meeting.
Barclay, who graduated...
February 04, 2025
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Every football team in the Butler County area had its own offensive identity this season.
Karns City followed a well-tested rushing blueprint to a District 9 Class 2A tit...
December 13, 2024
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Disruptive is a word often used to describe a defensive lineman who has a knack of foiling an offensive game plan. In reality, every position on a defense has the potenti...
December 13, 2024
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Ron Butschle had been through difficult seasons before as a high school football coach.
This fall, his Seneca Valley team struggled to a 3-7 record, but performance on th...
November 14, 2024
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ELIZABETH — After trading offensive blows all night, somebody from North Catholic or Elizabeth Forward needed to produce a key defensive play.
Enter Andrew Grese.
The War...
November 09, 2024
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The District 9 and WPIAL football playoffs continue tonight, with five Butler County teams in action across Western Pennsylvania.
The Butler Eagle photo team was at the f...
November 09, 2024
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MONROEVILLE — Field position matters.
Unless, like McKeesport, you have running backs who pretend playoff football games are track meets.
Mars punter Mason Childress ...
November 09, 2024
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