CHAMPS!!!
63 and 4!!!! The Clairton Bears from the WPIAL, owner of the nations longest current high school winning streak at 63 games, won their 4th consecutive Pennsylvania state title in convincing fashion beating the Dunmore Bucks at Hersheypark Stadium 20-0. Tyler Boyd ran for 117 yards on 20 carries and scored the Bears first touchdown, [...]
Slick Nick’s Picks for the WPIAL Quarterfinals Playoffs
We’re down to the quarterfinals of the WPIAL PLayoffs, going 26 – 6 in the first round playoff games. Here’s our picks for the quarterfinals: CLASS AAAA North Allegheny over Bethel Park Gateway over Woodland Hills Seneca Valley over Mt. Lebanon Upper St. Clair over Pittsburgh Central Catholic CLASS AAA Montour over West Allegheny Thomas [...]
Slick Nick’s Picks for the WPIAL First Round Playoff Games
It’s WPIAL playoff time! Here is Slick Nick’s official picks for the first round of the 2012 playoffs to see what teams get to go to Heinz Field for the championship games. The top seeds for each classification are as follows: Class AAAA – North Allegheny, Class AAA – Thomas Jefferson, Class AA – Aliquippa, [...]
Slick Nick’s Picks for Week 9 in the WPIAL
Well, it’s the last game of the regular season. Playoffs begin next week. Last week, we upped the ante and made picks in 65 games…our most ever. And we came out with a respectable 49-16 record, just missing on a half dozen really close games. The hard games are this week with several really big [...]
Nations Longest Current Winning Streaks
The nation’s longest current high school football winning streaks as of 10-12-2012: Clairton (PA) 53 Hornell (NY) 46 Waunakee (WI) 43 Webb City (MO) 37 Maryville (TN) 36 Regina (IA) 35 Boylan (IL) 35 Ithica (MI) 35 Trinity (KY) 32 Bellevue (WA) 32 Norfolk Catholic (NE) 32 Source: Maxpreps.com
Slick Nick’s Picks for Week 5 in the WPIAL
Well, not a great week but a very good one. Added an extra 10 games and went 9-1 to finish 41-9 overall for the week. Not bad, but I have to do better and I will! So here’s this week’s picks: 1. Gateway over Hempfield. Hempfield is much improved this year, but Gateway may well [...]
Football news from across the country
Also from Texas: A recordsetting passing performance by a Texas high school quarterback. Mike Richardson of Marble Falls HS passed for 722 yards in a 62-55 victory over Boerne Champion HS which would be a new record in the state of Texas. Richardson also threw for 7 touchdowns and ran another in, but fell 40 [...]
Streaks, Streaks, and More Streaks
Big game tonight!! The Clairton Bears, 3-0, put their winning streak on the line when they travel to Monessen, who is also 3-0, to battle the Greyhounds. Clairton, with it’s 3 Division I prospects in Titus Howard, Terrish Webb, and all-everything player Tyler Boyd will face perhaps their biggest obstacle to keeping their 50 game [...]
Slick Nick’s Picks for Week 3 in the WPIAL
Another stellar week of successful picks in the books! An outstanding 35 out of 40 correct picks. Slick Nick has hit midseason form early this year! Week 3 looks to be a little tougher challenge, but Slick Nick is pumped and ready to go! So, here are Week 3 picks for 40 games in the [...]
Pennsylvania High School Football News
Former head coach at Berwick High School, George Curry, is back and the Berwick Bulldogs are 2-0. Curry, 5th on the national wins list with a record of 415-93-5 and 6 state titles, has come out of retirement to take over a team that was 9-3 last season. The latest victory was a 41-0 shutout [...]
Slick Nick’s Picks for Week 2
Great start to the 2012 high school football forcasting season! Out of 30 games picked, we finished with a 27-3 record and have decided to up the picks this week to include 40 games. Lot’s of good games this week and some really tough ones to pick, but here goes: 1. Central Valley over Montour [...]
Slick Nick’s Picks for Week 1 in the WPIAL
Okay, it’s the start of the 2012 season and Slick Nick, after last year’s successful picks of WPIAL high school football games, is ready to do it again! So, without any further fanfare, here we go with 30 games to start off Week 1: 1. Avella over Vincentian 2. Aliquippa over Ambridge 3. North Allegheny [...]
