Upper St. Clair (Pa.) at North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.)Expect
a physical battle in the trenches as these two Western Pennsylvania
powers get together in the final week before conference play begins.
Upper St. Clair has a pair of Northwestern recruits on its offensive
line in guard
Ian Park and tight end
Jack Schwaba. University of
Pittsburgh commit
Dakota Conwell is the Panthers' starting quarterback
and also a standout linebacker. Upper St. Clair was dominant in its
first two games, defeating Shaler Area (Pittsburgh) 49-0 in the opener
and Norwin (North Huntingdon, Pa.) 42-0 last week.
North
Allegheny returned only seven starters from a team that went 15-1 and
won the 4A state championship last season. The strength of this
year's squad is on the offensive and defensive lines, where the leader
is top-notch junior recruit
Patrick Kugler (6-4, 265). The Tigers are
2-0, with comfortable wins over State College and Butler to start the
year. They also defeated Upper St. Clair, 27-0, last season. It was only
the second win for the Tigers over USC in their last eight meetings.
Mitch Stephens: North Allegheny 21, Upper St. Clair 19
Steve Montoya: North Allegheny 21, Upper St. Clair 14
Stephen Spiewak: Upper St. Clair 31, North Allegheny 28
Kevin Askeland: North Allegheny 28, Upper St. Clair 21
Jamie DeMoney: Upper St. Clair 24, North Allegheny 21
North Allegheny doesn't have overall success vs. Upper St. Clair but did win last year.
Photo by Ron Siliani
