A good game plan, any coach will tell you, is necessary to achieve success.Game plans take time to devise, teach and implement. They need to be strategic, easy to follow and adaptable to unforeseen circumstances. They are often the difference between winning and losing.Coaches, especially those ...
The search for a new high school football coach began in late February for Charleroi High School athletic director Brady Barbero.It turned out that Barbero didn’t have to look farther than in the mirror to find the person to fill that job.Barbero will return to the sidelines as he was ...
Seth Phillis is hopeful he can kick again.The way things stand now, he won’t be doing so for Kent State, at least not this upcoming season.Phillis, who turned into one of the WPIAL’s best kickers in his four years at Burgettstown, was offered a walk-on opportunity at Kent State before the ...
A profession in need of an injection of youthful enthusiasm is facing a further decline in participation as umpires and referees sit idle as the country and world deals with the coronavirus pandemic.At the same time, those referees in football and basketball looking to advance to the next level ...
A major change to the annual BeeGraphix Football Classic nearly happened last year but time wouldn’t allow it.However, what will be a new-look all-star football game is scheduled for June 13 at Trinity Middle School’s Hiller Field, if it’s not wiped off the schedule by the coronavirus ...
The WPIAL can channel its inner Russell Crowe from the movie “Gladiator.”After the opening few weeks of nonconference play in high school football, which now will be played at the beginning of the season, board members who helped handpick the schedule can stand up on the table in a board ...
