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Join Telegram ChannelFROM PLAYERS, PARENTS AND FANS TONIGHT. WESTINGHOUSE PROVING THEIR VICTORY TONIGHT. 68 TO NOTHING. AND THEY DID SO WITH JUST 11 PLAYERS. YEP 11. NOW THIS COMES AFTER MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM WERE SUSPENDED FOR AN ON THE FIELD ALTERCATION THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK. IT WAS LAST WEEK THAT PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS ANNOUNCED THE PIAA RULED SEVERAL PLAYERS ON THE WESTINGHOUSE TEAM WERE SUSPENDED FOR ONE GAME AFTER LEAVING THE BENCH DURING A GAME INCIDENT. DURING A GAME AGAINST USO. WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK? YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A IT WAS JUST AN ALL OUT BRAWL. YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS SOMETHING WE DIDN’T WANT TO DO. BUT IT’S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED. THE STATEMENT CONTINUED TO SAY THE BULLDOGS WOULD PLAY WITH A SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED ROSTER, LIMITED TO PLAYERS NOT INVOLVED IN THE FIGHT. THAT BROUGHT THE ROSTER DOWN TO JUST 11 PLAYERS. WELL, I WAS A BIT SAD AND ESPECIALLY WITH FINDING OUT HOW MANY OF THE TEAM HAS BEEN SUSPENDED AND EVERYONE FROM PARENTS, PLAYERS AND EVEN ALUMNI ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THAT DECISION. I’M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THAT. I FEEL LIKE THEY WERE ROBBED. THE PUNISHMENT WAS NOT CHESS. IT HURT US, BUT IT HELPED US TOO. PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS ALSO ANNOUNCING THAT TEN USO PLAYERS WOULD BE SUSPENDED, BUT WESTINGHOUSE SAYS THE SEVERITY OF THE PUNISHMENT WAS NOT FAIR. I FEEL LIKE IT WAS POINTLESS BECAUSE THAT TEAM IS STILL FIGHTING DOWN, SO SOMETIMES THE INNER THE URBAN AREAS, THE INNER CITY, YOU GET POUNCED ON A LITTLE BIT HARDE
Westinghouse plays shorthanded, still cruises to 68-0 win in City League football playoffs
All but 11 Bulldogs players were suspended for semifinal game against Perry
Updated: 1:00 AM EDT Oct 19, 2024
The Westinghouse Bulldogs got a big win in the City League football playoffs on Friday night — and they did it with just 11 players.The 68-0 victory over Perry came with multiple members of the Westinghouse team suspended for an on-field altercation during last week’s game against USO. “What happened last week, you know, it was just an all-out brawl. It was something we didn’t want to do, but it was something that happened,” Westinghouse junior Josiah Collins said.Pittsburgh Public Schools announced that the PIAA ruled several Westinghouse players were suspended for one game after leaving the bench during the incident, and the Bulldogs would play with a significantly reduced roster in Friday’s semifinal matchup against Perry.Players, parents and alumni who spoke with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 at Cupples Stadium were not happy with the PIAA’s decision.”I was a bit sad, and especially with finding out how many of the team has been suspended,” said Mattie Woods, a Westinghouse graduate.”I’m very disappointed in that. I feel like they were robbed,” said Tamara Williams, the mother of a suspended player.”It hurt us, but it helped us too,” said Collins.PPS said that 10 USO players would also be suspended, but Westinghouse says the severity of the punishment was not fair.”Sometimes the urban areas, inner city, you get pounced on a little bit harder than anyone else,” said Woods.Westinghouse now moves on to the City League championship game Oct. 26. The Bulldogs will face the Allderdice Dragons, who defeated a shorthanded USO 14-6 in the other semifinal.
The Westinghouse Bulldogs got a big win in the City League football playoffs on Friday night — and they did it with just 11 players.
The 68-0 victory over Perry came with multiple members of the Westinghouse team suspended for an on-field altercation during last week’s game against USO.
“What happened last week, you know, it was just an all-out brawl. It was something we didn’t want to do, but it was something that happened,” Westinghouse junior Josiah Collins said.
Pittsburgh Public Schools announced that the PIAA ruled several Westinghouse players were suspended for one game after leaving the bench during the incident, and the Bulldogs would play with a significantly reduced roster in Friday’s semifinal matchup against Perry.
Players, parents and alumni who spoke with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 at Cupples Stadium were not happy with the PIAA’s decision.
“I was a bit sad, and especially with finding out how many of the team has been suspended,” said Mattie Woods, a Westinghouse graduate.
“I’m very disappointed in that. I feel like they were robbed,” said Tamara Williams, the mother of a suspended player.
“It hurt us, but it helped us too,” said Collins.
PPS said that 10 USO players would also be suspended, but Westinghouse says the severity of the punishment was not fair.
“Sometimes the urban areas, inner city, you get pounced on a little bit harder than anyone else,” said Woods.
Westinghouse now moves on to the City League championship game Oct. 26. The Bulldogs will face the Allderdice Dragons, who defeated a shorthanded USO 14-6 in the other semifinal.
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