By Nate Doughty  – Digital Producer, Pittsburgh Business Times Aug 21, 2020, 3:01pm EDT Updated Aug 21, 2020, 3:55pm EDT The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA), the Allegheny County Health Department and the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) issued statements Friday on high school fall sports and how they plan to ensure such activities meet state and county guidelines...Read More

BY MIKE WHITE PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, August 14, 2020 Nine years ago, it was the new Deal. After more than three decades on the high school and major-college level, Bryan Deal gave up football coaching, stepping down at Fox Chapel High School. He went cold turkey, giving up something he had done for almost two-thirds of...Read More

PRESS RELEASE – MECHANICSBURG, PA – FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020 The PIAA Board of Directors met this afternoon to review Governor Wolf’s statement strongly recommending no interscholastic and recreational sports until January 1st. As we have noted, our member schools have worked diligently to develop health and safety plans in accordance with the Department of...Read More

STEVE ROTSTEIN AND MIKE WHITE, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 31, 2020 The WPIAL has decided to push back the start of football season to Sept. 10 and also delay the start of a few other fall sports. The move was made because of concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic and comes after the PIAA voted Wednesday to...Read More

By: Greg Macafee |Monday, June 22, 2020 | TRIB-LIVE Fox Chapel’s Scott Bitar was one of the top golfers in the WPIAL last season. Now, he’s looking forward to seeing how he stacks up against a different level of competition. Before he heads to Miami (Ohio) to play Division I golf in the fall, Bitar...Read More