93.7 The Fan High School Football Preview 2016 Class 3A: Beaver Falls
The Tigers are coming off a 9-2 season in which they lost in the WPIAL Class AA quarterfinals but this year they are dreaming big things.
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The Tigers are coming off a 9-2 season in which they lost in the WPIAL Class AA quarterfinals but this year they are dreaming big things.
There are a lot of great football programs in Western Pennsylvania. There is only one Aliquippa.
The Titans are annually a strong team but if they want to return to being a contender for the WPIAL title, they will need to do better against the best teams on their schedule.
Bill Cherpak has built the Jaguars into one of the premier programs in the state of Pennsylvania and there are no signs that it going to regress any time soon.
The Lions have been dominant over the last four seasons as they are 55-2 and have won two WPIAL and PIAA titles in that span.
To say last year was a rough one for the Golden Lions would be a massive understatement as they plummeted to 1-8 and finished winless and in last place in the Greater Allegheny Conference.
Thomas Jefferson is a heavy favorite to win both the Big Nine Conference and the WPIAL Class 4-A title.
The Wolverines, like many teams, are moving to a different conference in a different classification.
The Indians under Bob Palko have been one of the best programs in the WPIAL as they have won seven WPIAL titles since 1997 and three of them have come since 2009.
The good news for John Ruane and the Warriors is that there is no chance they will be knocked out of the WPIAL playoffs by Central Catholic for the fifth year in a row.
The good news is that the Indians have a lot of returning talent from a team that finished 3-4 in the rugged Northern Eight conference.
The legendary George Smith retired as the Tiger's coach in January after 31 seasons, 226 wins, 2 WPIAL and 2 PIAA titles and that means there is change in the air at McKeesport.
Jeff Metheny has been on the sidelines as the Black Hawks coach for seemingly forever and the one thing that each of his teams have had in common is toughness.
The Blue Devils haven't won a WPIAL title since 2000 and while there are some tough teams at the top of 6-A this year, there is no question they are a legitimate contender
The Tigers will likely need to beat either Pine-Richland or Central Catholic to get back to Heinz Field for the first time since 2012, but they are clearly capable of getting it done.
The Indians have been a fixture in the WPIAL playoffs but they haven't been much of a factor once they get there in recent years and that is something head coach John Peterman is looking to change heading into this season.
Last year the Rams finished 10-2 and lost in the semifinals to Penn-Trafford, but in the process one of the WPIAL's brightest stars emerged in quarterback Phil Jurkovec.
This should be a bounce back year for the Panthers, though, as they have a lot of returning starters on both sides of the ball.
It's natural to believe that a team with many key personnel losses is going to have to rebuild a little bit and is ripe to take a step back.
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Landry Jones threw four interceptions and the Philadelphia Eagles capitalized.
After giving James Harrison an ultimatum to either meet with them or be suspended, the Steelers linebacker has reportedly agreed to an interview with the league over accusations that he has used performance enhancing drugs.
Pitt football has unveiled throwback uniforms dating back to the glory days, and a long ago national championship.
Steelers insider Ed Bouchette thinks James Harrison should just meet with the NFL about an alleged PED link to avoid a possible suspension.
The NFL has said Steelers linebacker James harrison and 3 other NFL linebackers being investigated for an alleged link to performance-enhancing drugs will be suspended, if they don't agree to be interviewed by the league in the next 10 days.
