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Today I learned this will be my last week working at the paper I grew up reading. Telling the stories of high school athletes all across Western PA has truly been a privilege and a joy.
Thank you all for following along for the ride. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did ✌️
Steve Rotstein retweeted
Donovan Mitchell:
"Everybody in here deserves to give Meleek Thomas a round of applause"
James Harden: "No conscious."
Peyton Watson: "Talk about it."
Shenango became one of three WPIAL schools to create a unified strength and conditioning team this fall, allowing special education students to partner up with volunteer students in a competitive athletic setting for the first time.
Story for the NC News: tinyurl.com/57p9jsjy
Steve Rotstein retweeted
So proud of Meleek Thomas. He did not play for two games but was prepared for when his number was called!! Cleveland won in overtime and Meleek scored 16 points in an overtime win and went 4 of 5 from the three point line!
Two days ago my comment to him was to continue to prepare for games like you are going to play 30 minutes. Obviously he did that tonight, proud of you Meleek!
Steve Rotstein retweeted
Remembering Coach Dawson: An emotional candlelight vigil was held in Coraopolis to honor the life of head Cornell High School football coach Ed Dawson, who collapsed during Friday's game & later died.
"He had a way of being tough & loving at the very same time."
@KDKA story ⬇️
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Bode Marlow took some pretty lopsided losses against Dylan Evans when they were younger.
The redshirt freshman turned the tables at the @Pitt_WRES Blue-Gold match, defeating the returning NCAA qualifier in SV-1.
Marlow talks about how much he’s grown since joining Pitt. #H2P
Life is so precious.
To the great Ed Dawson; a coach, mentor, father, and friend to so many — you will be missed but your legacy will live on forever.
The WPIAL lost a good one tonight 💔
Steve Rotstein retweeted
I’m gutted right now. Ed Dawson was a great friend, great coach and just one of the best people I have meet not just in coaching but in life. He cared so much about every kid. I looked up to him and admired how he coached his boys, he was so proud of them. God bless you my friend
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Absolutely gutted to
hear of the passing of Cornell football head coach Ed Dawson @Coachdawson17.
Coach Dawson was rushed to the hospital during tonight’s game against Rochester, and the game was ultimately stopped. Prayers to the Dawson, Cornell, and Aliquippa families.
He was a great friend of @TheWPIALEdition, and will be dearly missed.
“I just need to play better.”
That’s a real quote from Hopewell QB James Armstrong after the PSU recruit accounted for 323 total yards and four TDs in a 42-14 rout vs. OLSH.
No wonder this kid is such a special player.
Full game story for @TribLiveHSSN: tinyurl.com/bdhznekn
Hear from our final Player of the Game at the 412 Football Classic, Hopewell junior QB and four-star Penn State recruit James Armstrong.
“Booboo” completed 14 of 23 passes for 243 yards and four TDs while rushing for 80 yards in a 42-14 mercy-rule win over OLSH:
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FINAL SCORE: Class 3A No. 2 Hopewell 42, OLSH 14.
James Armstrong: 14-23, 243 yards, 4 TDs; 11 carries, 80 yards
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TOUCHDOWN: OLSH backup QB Eli Nestor runs somebody over, then tosses a 10-yard TD pass to Ben Groom to make it a 42-14 game with 53 seconds left.
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TOUCHDOWN: Backup quarterback Eli Nestor makes sure OLSH won’t be going home empty handed, punching in a 2-yard TD to make it 42-7 midway through the fourth quarter:
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TOUCHDOWN: Brody Rock with a TJ Watt-esque INT for a 25-yard pick six, and Hopewell now leads OLSH by a score of 42-0 midway through the third quarter.
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TOUCHDOWN: Have mercy.
Tamar Tisdale rushes up the middle for a 13-yard score to activate the mercy rule by giving Hopewell a 35-0 lead against OLSH:
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HALFTIME: Hopewell 28, OLSH 0.
James Armstrong: 13-21, 222 yards, 4 TDs; 7 carries, 40 yards
Tre Cameron: 4 catches, 70 yards
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