The high school football season kicks off Friday night with four games pitting local teams against each other. All 16 area teams will be involved in non-conference action, including Albert Gallatin which hosts Burrell. The Colonials, under coach Drew Dindl, return to the WPIAL riding a ...
There were two major changes with the Connellsville football team during the offseason. The Falcons have opted to reenter the WPIAL after two years as an independent and their trio of head coaches who worked together for the past four years has been reduced to one. Jace McClean enters his ...
John Menhart played football for Carmichaels in the 1970s and coached them in the 1990s into the 2000s. He鈥檚 been a part of good teams, some great teams and a few not-so-good teams so has experienced both sides when it comes to lopsided games. Menhart, the Mikes鈥� all-time winningest coach ...
Whenever the WPIAL releases its new alignments for each sport every two years there are always a few schools that get caught on the wrong side of the enrollment numbers. For the 2026 football season that team is Waynesburg Central. The Raiders played in the Class 2A Century Conference in ...
Aaron Raffle returned to his alma mater at Laurel Highlands to coach its football team last year with high hopes, saying at the time he was "excited to be back and looking for some big things coming forward." Raffle wound up only having one season to achieve his vision. The 1992 LH graduated ...
Last season Laurel Highlands first-year football coach Aaron Raffle reflected back to his time with the Mustangs when he was asked about the rivalry with crosstown rival Uniontown, which was scheduled as the 2025 opener. "Laurel Highlands-Uniontown has always been the big game so to me it鈥檚 ...
