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PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
With enrollment cliff looming, Pittsburgh-area colleges are adapting
As enrollment chief at Point Park University, Marlin Collingwood is often asked to name the school’s top competitors. He doesn’t list other schools. “Our top competitor,” he said, is the idea of “not going to college.”. Parents and students have always considered how a degree...
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Westinghouse returns to top of City League mountain with 50-0 win over University Prep
Westinghouse coach Donta Green has now hoisted the City League championship trophy six times in eight seasons at his alma mater, but he admitted this one felt a bit more special — and you can bet his players felt the same way. Facing off against bitter rival University Prep...
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McKeesport leaves no doubt as to which team is tops in the Greater Allegheny Conference
It was a clash of the top two teams in the Greater Allegheny Conference on Friday night at Weigle-Schaeffer Memorial Stadium. McKeesport and Shaler entered the bout undefeated in section play, with the conference crown on the line. And while it was the top two teams in the conference, from...
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Defending champions Central Catholic, Avonworth earn top seeds for WPIAL football playoffs
Defending champions Central Catholic and Avonworth were awarded No. 1 seeds in Class 6A and 3A, respectively, for the 2026 WPIAL football playoffs Saturday. Top seeds also went to Pine-Richland (Class 5A), South Fayette (4A), Bishop Canevin (2A) and Washington (A) when the WPIAL released brackets for all six classifications.
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Upper St. Clair finishes unbeaten regular season with convincing win over West Allegheny
Upper St. Clair's Anthony Rozzo celebrates a first down catch against West Allegheny on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, in North Fayette. (Christopher Horner | TribLive) Friday’s clash between Upper St. Clair and West Allegheny, two top five teams in Class 5A, for the Allegheny Six Conference crown started as hot as it could, but after that, it was all Panthers.
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The Daily American
Windber football routed by Mount Union ahead of District 5 postseason
WINDBER — Senior running back Nasir Collins rushed for 293 yards and six touchdowns, leading unbeaten Mount Union past Windber 42-14, Friday, Oct. 30, wrapping up the regular season. "This is a great accomplishment for these kids," said Mount Union head coach Jamie Brumbaugh. "We had to cut our season short last year and did not play in the playoffs, so it is great to end the regular season like this. I am proud of them for how they prepared and played, but they are already focused on next week's game." Mount Union finished the regular season undefeated for only the third time in program history and will be the top seed in the District 6-2A playoffs. Week 10 highlights Pa. high school football, Somerset County Week 10 live score updates Comprehensive coverage Complete Somerset County high school football coverage for 2026 It was Collins' most rushing touchdowns in a single game and fourth-most yards in a contest of his career. "He's a phenomenal runner and a generational talent for us," Brumbaugh said of Collins. "We made some adjustments at half and it opened things up for us. If you have him in the ball game, you have a chance
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Hopewell makes statement, clinches Western Hills title with resounding win over Aliquippa
Hopewell delivered a statement performance Friday night, overwhelming Aliquippa, 42-10, to capture the Class 3A Western Hills Conference championship in the Steelers High School Showcase Game of the Week. The Vikings controlled the game on both sides of the ball, holding Aliquippa to just 167 total yards and three first...
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Pittsburgh Public Schools parents seek answers on school closures, student transitions
Parents in Pittsburgh Public Schools remain uncertain about the district’s plan to close and reconfigure schools next year, as officials continue a series of meetings to gather feedback and address families’ concerns. The second of five regional meetings on the district’s Future-Ready Facilities Plan was held Thursday at...
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Beaver County Times
Beaver Area football's Jaivin Peel ruled ineligible for PIAA postseason
After months of hearings and appeals, one of the Beaver Valley’s top quarterbacks finally had his playoff fate decided by the PIAA on Thursday, Oct. 29, with the association ruling Beaver Area senior quarterback Jaivin Peel ineligible for the 2026 postseason, Beaver Area athletic director Kevin Krzeczowski told the Times. Peel has had an impressive return to WPIAL competition. In nine games with the Bobcats, leads the Beaver Valley in completions (121) while ranking second in completion percentage (59.6), yards (1,533) and touchdowns (13). Along with his work through the air, Peel has solidified himself as a dual-threat quarterback, rushing for 611 yards and eight scores. Required Reading: Updated projections of the 2026 WPIAL high school football playoff field Required Reading: Beaver Valley Week 10 high school football power rankings Crunching the Numbers: Who are the Beaver Valley high school football stat leaders through Week 9? The decision comes following an offseason filled with hearing for the senior gunslinger. In July, the WPIAL granted Peel partial eligibility , allowing him to compete in the regular season but deeming him ineligible for postseason competition. Peel appealed the postseason eligibility with the WPIAL, but it was not approved. Prior to his time
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Teacher Feature: Mrs. Autumn Sprys
For today’s feature we talked to Ms. Autumn Sprys: SAHS’s very own Marketing, Business and Personal Finance teacher. A: I attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) for both my undergraduate degree and my master’s degree. Now my child is a senior at IUP, so it has really come full circle. I’m excited to go back for homecoming. I loved my time at IUP. My professors were great. When I was a graduate student, I even lived in one of my professor’s apartments over the summer while he went home to New York.
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2026 40 Under 40 Honoree: Alexander Sundermann (35)
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health. Before Alexander Sundermann was tracking hospital outbreaks through DNA, he was meeting patients in the back of an ambulance. He became a volunteer EMT as a high school senior, an experience that exposed him early to people whom health systems had failed. “I still carry so many of those patient stories with me today,” he says. “Behind every single data point I look at now is a person with a family and a life that matters.”