The 2026 high school football season gets underway with two of the WPIAL’s storied programs butting helmets in the Battle of the South Hills when Upper St. Clair hosts Mt. Lebanon at 7 p.m. Aug. 28. “This is a great way to start the season,” said USC skipper Mike Junko. “Both towns ...
The No. 2 pencil will be the most valuable piece of equipment in the Peters Township tool box this football season. “I threw the pens out,” said TJ Plack, who enters his 11th year as Indians head coach. “There are no pens in the office. We’re going to be doing a lot of ...
Bruce Fronk looks nothing like the young Arnold Schwarzenegger from “The Terminator” but the Upper St. Clair resident borrowed his legendary catchphrase upon returning to Mt. Lebanon in the capacity of varsity football coach. Yes, after a three-year hiatus, Fronk is back. In 2017, he ...
South Fayette football is going back to the future to regain its rank in athletics at the high school. Since winning back-to-back state championships in 2013 and 2014 and a WPIAL title in 2018, the program has become stagnant. Since the turn of the decade, the Lions have enjoyed only one ...
If experience equals success, then Bethel Park should be one of the football teams to beat in the Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference. “When you look at the people who return, I’m not sure there’s a team that returns as much (as we do) in the league,” said Phil Peckich, who enters his ...
Max Novak relates to Tom Brady, but not because the Bethel Park quarterback compares himself to the NFL’s greatest signal caller. “Definitely, his story’s stuck with me,” said Novak. “When (Brady) wasn’t the best and nobody wanted him, picked him last, I feel like he overcame a ...
