Winning changes everything. Just ask Steve Spence. After guiding Chartiers Valley to a 7-4 record, complete with a playoff appearance, last fall, Spence enters his second season as coach with high expectations for the Colts. “We have raised the bar at CV,” he said. “By no means has it ...
Second-best doesn’t play well at Upper St. Clair. So after years of almost, the Panthers are prepared to finish this football season. “Expectations here never change,” said Mike Junko, who enters his eighth season as USC head coach. “Challenge for a conference title and find a way to ...
The 2026 high school football season gets underway with two of the WPIAL’s storied programs butting helmets in the Battle of the South Hills when Upper St. Clair hosts Mt. Lebanon at 7 p.m. Aug. 28. “This is a great way to start the season,” said USC skipper Mike Junko. “Both towns ...
The No. 2 pencil will be the most valuable piece of equipment in the Peters Township tool box this football season. “I threw the pens out,” said TJ Plack, who enters his 11th year as Indians head coach. “There are no pens in the office. We’re going to be doing a lot of ...
Bruce Fronk looks nothing like the young Arnold Schwarzenegger from “The Terminator” but the Upper St. Clair resident borrowed his legendary catchphrase upon returning to Mt. Lebanon in the capacity of varsity football coach. Yes, after a three-year hiatus, Fronk is back. In 2017, he ...
If experience equals success, then Bethel Park should be one of the football teams to beat in the Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference. “When you look at the people who return, I’m not sure there’s a team that returns as much (as we do) in the league,” said Phil Peckich, who enters his ...
