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Mike White's high school sports chat: 04.28.20
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DaBears15
11:43
Hi Mike.  What do you know about this Brett Birch from Jeannette.  Don't remember him but he received a D1 offer for football.  Think he will be a junior??
Mike White
11:44
Don't know much about him other than he's a WR-DB. That offer came from Central Michigan in the winter. We shall see what he does this season.
Alli Quippa
11:44
Have you heard anything about WPIAL football playoff brackets
Mike White
11:45
Not yet. WPIAL still waiting for PIAA to approve state brackets. That will probably be May. I know. It's a shame this stuff wasn't done earlier. Honestly, PIAA delays are holding things up.
Hoop Fan
11:45
Anything new on basketball section realignments?
Mike White
11:48
Well, they were supposed to be released maybe this week or next. But hold on. Lincoln Park was supposed to be bumped up in class under new PIAA competition formula. But Lincoln Park is probably going to appeal that because they don't think it's fair. Other teams might have been bumped up also, but weren't because season wasn't completed. Personally, I don't think Lincoln Park has a prayer of winning that appeal. It's pretty much case closed. I don't know how you can appeal a rule from PIAA? But WPIAL now says it won't release alignments until that is settled. Me? I'd release everything now. One alignment if Lincoln Park is 4A. One alignment if Lincoln Park is 3A.
Alli Quippa
11:49
Have you heard anything about WPIAL football playoff format and number of team qualifying?
Mike White
11:49
I answered above.
ridley
11:49
Which football do we see first, NFL, NCAA or WPIAL?
Mike White
11:49
NFL
Happy Day
11:49
So with golf courses opening any possibility the WPIAL has a golf season ?
Mike White
11:50
I sure hope so. And I sure hope Mike White has a golf season now starting.
Happy Day
11:50
Do you ever see a time when the WPIAL sanctions Hockey ?
Mike White
11:51
It doesn't appear that way. And it would have to be the PIAA sanctioning it, not the WPIAL. In the past, school superintendents have let it be known that they don't want to sponsor hockey because of the costs. RIght or wrong, that's what superintendents said.
ridley
11:52
football in Mar-Apr?  No way, not the XFL.  Besides kids with college aspirations would take quite a pounding right before fall football camp starts.
Mike White
11:53
Well if it's no football, or football in March or April, what do you think teams will choose?
The Riddler
11:53
Riddle me this, Mike...you harp on not having D1 — power 5 more specifically — football recruits. PT’s Donovan McMillon has what, about 50 offers, and he wasn’t on the Fab 22. Yeah, yeah, you can give me the whole answer about there are so many kids blah blah blah. Sounds like yinz at the PG just need to recognize talent better...
Mike White
11:55
Yep, bunch of blind idiots in this here high school department at P-G. Donovan McMillon is the greatest player ever! Who doesn't know that?
Coach Z
11:55
Just wanted to say thanks for keeping this chat going.  It has provided a bit of normalcy in a time when we really need it.  Awesome stuff as always
Mike White
11:56
Thanks Coach Z. I actually enjoy doing it. Questions sometimes are worth a good laugh.
Dee
11:56
Do you think the AAU basketball season is lost at this point?
Mike White
11:57
Again, personally I wish people would stop trying to predict things three months from now. It's so hard to say.
Missing bball
11:57
I am missing basketball practices. Hope guys are working out. Just curious how they are doing interviews? All on zoom? Skype?
Mike White
11:58
Are you talking about schools interviewing for coaching jobs? Yes, they are being done on zoom or other video platforms.
Dee
11:58
Any idea where some of those Vincentian players are going to end up?
Mike White
11:58
Good question. I think we might have to wait a little longer.
Coach Z
11:59
Any word on if Kathy McConnell Miller is looking at getting back into college?  Same with Suzie McConnell?  USC and Trinitys programs are really fortunate to have such great basketball minds working with their teams
Mike White
12:01
Agree wholeheartedly. But I seriously doubt whether Kathy McConnell is looking to get back to college right now. She has a daughter at Mt. Lebanon. Plus, Trinity gave her a job in the school. So I think she is pretty happy. Suzie has said she would never rule out being a head coach again, but it would have to be the right situation and I think she likes being in Pittsburgh. Her husband just has to keep her in line on that Upper St. Clair bench. Ha ha.
baller
12:01
If Carney does go to NA next year with his dad possible coaching who do you like in that section?  Can Central take another step, is Butler done without EM, or will North Hills surprise some people with their young roster?
Mike White
12:04
Who knows what will happen with NA job and Butler. Even if Carney would leave, Butler will still be good. They have players back and Matt Clement has always made them competitive - even before Ethan Morton. Look for Central to move out of the North section and go to the east section with Fox Chapel. That's not  a definite, but look for that to happen. Pine-RIchland will still challenge for the section. North Hills did start three sophomores last year, and maybe they will be a "sleeper" team for next year.
BOnes
12:04
Mike, Love the insight you bring to the chat...and to the paper...Love the "where are they now" legacy series...Dad and I always talk about that...lots of families grew up on HS sports..
Mike White
12:06
Thanks Bones. Maybe you will like the two coming out Friday. It's the "spirit of 1980." The North Hills 1980 softball team and the 1980 Shaler baseball battery of Wayne Schuckert and Doug Maggio. Both were taken in the first nine rounds of the MLB draft. No WPIAL team has ever had two players from the same school class taken in the first nine rounds of the draft in the same year. And both North Hills and Shaler won state titles in 1980. In my mind, Shaler 1980 is greatest WPIAL baseball team ever. Five players drafted in top 20 rounds, either in high school or college.
12:07
Hey, that's it for now. Gotta get to work on those "Where Are They Now" stories. Let's do this again next Tuesday at 11.
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