CARMICHAELS – During a preseason practice, Carmichaels coach Ken Perkins stood on the back of a tackle sled while encouraging the offensive linemen going through drills. That’s been Perkins’ home as a coach for many years. Coaching the offensive and defensive linemen. Now he’s ...
It’s a good idea to stick together. The seniors on the Canon-McMillan football team have been doing as much for three years. Many of them were thrust into the starting lineup as sophomores and they suffered through a series of growing pains in a 3-7 season two years ago, and you can believe ...
The California Trojans were the Class A Tri-County South Conference champions in 2025, and head coach Ed Woods wants to see his team there again. “Our expectations and goals don’t change,” he said without him ever mentioning the Trojans being the defending conference champions. “Every ...
BURGETTSTOWN – Though there is truth in the popular saying that defense wins championships, it is high-scoring offenses that put the fun in high school football and pack the bleachers on Friday nights. There was a shortage of excitement at Burgettstown last year as the Blue Devils finished ...
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 ...
Tim Trump remembers what it used to be like to play football for Beth-Center. “It all started with Billy Connors, then Bart (Don Bartolomucci) and Eddie (Woods),” said the Bulldogs’ second-year head coach. “We want to reestablish that culture.” Trump, a B-C graduate who was a ...
