Buches was a tight end at Pitt and Central Catholic 20 years ago
Pine-Richland 2024
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I believe what Coach K is doing at Mars in such a short period of time is very impressive..
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6-5
10-3 with win over Central Valley and loss to the state champs..
6-5
10-3 with win over Central Valley and loss to the state champs..
won't be much easier- Latrobe has some real studs, mckeesport, now Belle Vernon, i think is 3A
yep kinda crazy, little disappointing- Woody was good competition, cool place to play- Quippa gonna be interesting
he was the best overall football player in 2025 at pr. one of the reasons he quit football, was the disaster of PR admin ripping apart the program
Spencer wanted to follow in his brothers footsteps as the QB at PR. Is in same grade as Kasper’s kid - was also a QB.
Spencer had the perfect setup to do after Coach K and family left, and after Boyd graduated. Maybe be a 3 years starter (Palmeiri to RB??). Start mostly as a runner and grow into a passer over time - which was the new staff’s “system” (smash mouth, run first, etc).
Still chose to leave. I’m sure injuries had something to do with it too, but this family spans *generations* of PR football and kid still quit.
Spencer had the perfect setup to do after Coach K and family left, and after Boyd graduated. Maybe be a 3 years starter (Palmeiri to RB??). Start mostly as a runner and grow into a passer over time - which was the new staff’s “system” (smash mouth, run first, etc).
Still chose to leave. I’m sure injuries had something to do with it too, but this family spans *generations* of PR football and kid still quit.
each of the new coaching staffs in 21 and 22 barely knew anything about Vaughn- this kinda led to him being "undervalued" and they used him as a "blocking back" in 22, really kinda stupid- that cause some of his injuries
yes maybe, who knows, situation still bugs me- could have won another state and 2 more wpials in the last 3 yrs
another random thought- rumor is Cole Spencer might be playing football for Penn- New- do some digging!!
PR schedule release. Same teams as last year practically but kiski swapped with quippa. Some of the other teams in pr’s conference have some interesting cross-class non conference games. North hills playing Central Valley and mars particularly. Definitely thought if pr had any 4A cross class games mars would be excellent opponent with several interesting storylines going in (biggest being coach k and jr on mars sideline) and would renew the rivalry from the 2000s-early 2010s. Also looks like quippa avoided cross class games with the 6A powers.
Anyone have any word on week 0?
the "replacement" for Kiski is zippo- lost a non-conf game. Section has gone from 6 to 7 teams- now we got all 6A- iron sharpens iron!
week zero might be a problem- don't have anyone yet- word is if Quips were 4A, LeDonne was gonna play them in week zero- cannot imagine wpial changing now- but might be court-ordered is the rumor- wheels of justice!!!
Pine should play lebo
Also Central Catholic will play St. Frances out of Maryland week zero
Also Central Catholic will play St. Frances out of Maryland week zero
phew-
wpial 6A runner-up (PCC)- away- game 1
wpial 5A semi-finalist (PH)
2-time wpial 4A champ / PIAA champ (quips)
2-time wpial 6A champ / PIAA runner-up (NA) - game 8
1 more 6A team (SV)
yipes
at least we "trade woody for plum"
quips could easily be 5-1 when they face us- would be surprised if they don't win at least 9 games
wpial 6A runner-up (PCC)- away- game 1
wpial 5A semi-finalist (PH)
2-time wpial 4A champ / PIAA champ (quips)
2-time wpial 6A champ / PIAA runner-up (NA) - game 8
1 more 6A team (SV)
yipes
at least we "trade woody for plum"
quips could easily be 5-1 when they face us- would be surprised if they don't win at least 9 games
Yeah Central will get mercy ruled. St. Frances is SJP level
But they are at least reaching out to get that recognition of playing top ranked team. The prep had their share of bumps years ago doing the same.
I saw a few weeks ago they were playing Massillon originally this year. Guess that fell through? Yeah dodging Ed’s was weird and weak, Ignatius hasn’t really been a strong program in some years.
They’ll be competitive in wpial 6A regardless but definitely a little rebuilding year coming up for them especially w/ moon and brooks transferring out. Have to replace 4 year starter at qb, new wr, new linemen on both sides.
i don't know i saw video of him working out, looked a bit slow and chunky
Don't know if this could potentially be a problem depth-wise, but according to the updated MaxPreps roster (which was wiped clean from the summer additions earlier today) there are 52 players listed.
This includes Strader being backed up by two freshmen QB's and 8 linemen that I see who are big enough to play 5A football. Perhaps more will be added? If this is the final roster, boy, have numbers fallen drastically post-Kasper!
This includes Strader being backed up by two freshmen QB's and 8 linemen that I see who are big enough to play 5A football. Perhaps more will be added? If this is the final roster, boy, have numbers fallen drastically post-Kasper!
Not really. Check out this pic/roster of the 2014 team. I count about 53. https://www.maxpreps.com/pa/gibsonia/pine-richland-rams/football/14-15/roster/
https://www.maxpreps.com/pa/gibsonia/pine-richland-rams/football/17-18/roster/ 2017, I count 64. Pr has never been like Na, pcc, etc putting out 80+ man rosters, and not sure where you guys are getting that they had a ton of kids under coach k. You’d be surprised some of the names that quit and played other sports under coach k, for various reasons but a lot of the time couldn’t handle the rigors of the program.
they did last year, I know a decent bit get moved up to fill out the roster a little the past few years.
In recent years Pine-Richland, and a lot of other teams, are not fielding true freshman teams. They are calling them JV B teams, I think they will put sophomores on that team as well as freshman. The JV games are played Saturday mornings and the JV B games usually on Monday or Thursday.
imo its a bad trend- seems like all schools are doing this, cuz of low numbers- you got 9th graders playing against 11, not good for development
jacky-- you seem to have some good inside knowledge- i appreciate you being a supporter of the program- but it is a big problem- less numbers. Lack of depth hurt us late in the season last year. Between about 2017 and 2020, PR had similar numbers as PCC and NA. Not now. This year, we will have 48 high school FB kids, in 2020 we had 78. It's a growing problem. Some good athletes at PR are walking away from football.
