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Another win for Fort Cherry, record for Sieg

By Joe Smeltzer For the Observer-Reporter newsroom@observer-reporter.com McDONALD – At this point, Matt Sieg breaks records as frequently as The Beatles made them. In a year where he broke the WPIAL record for scoring and total yardage, the Fort Cherry legend became the all-time leading ...

Laurel blanks Jefferson-Morgan

NEW CASTLE - Luca Santini threw two touchdown passes to Ethan Hamilla and ran for another score as Laurel defeated short-handed Jefferson-Morgan 35-0 in a Class A first-round game Friday night. Laurel (10-1) scored in every quarter and led 21-0 at halftime. Santini threw a 15-yard TD pass ...

Jeannette pulls away in second half, beats Bentworth

By Joe Tuscano For the Observer-Reporter newsroom@observer-reporter.com ELLSWORTH – The Bentworth Bearcats have not won a WPIAL football playoff game since 2005. The Bearcats thought this might be the night but will have to wait another season to break that string. Jeannette used a ...

Clairton blanks Monessen for 10th straight shutout

CLAIRTON - Jeff Thompson III threw for 159 yards three touchdown passes and No. 2 Clairton posted its 10th consecutive shutout in a 50-0 win over No. 15 Monessen in a Class A playoff game Friday night. Thompson threw a 28-yard touchdown to Donte Wright in the first quarter, a 45-yarder to ...

Prexies get back on winning track with dominant victory

By Dave Whipkey For the Observer-Reporter newsroom@observer-reporter.com If the Washington Prexies were suffering any kind of malaise after losing out on winning the Class 2A Century Conference title and a first-round playoff bye last week, they hid it well as they went to work Friday ...