City League Football—Allderdice defeats Brashear for their first title since 1967!

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8 years ago

**KESHAWN TOWSOND** of Brashear, a prime-time player for the Bulls as they face Allderdice, Nov. 4, for the City League championship.

UPDATE as of November 6: Allderdice beats Brashear for the title, 35-7, Nov. 4 at Cupples Stadium!

ORIGINAL GAME PREVIEW STORY BELOW from Nov. 1 edition

One school has won the Pittsburgh City League High School football title two of the last three years.
The other hasn’t won since the first-ever Super Bowl—in 1967.

**RAQUAN CALDWELL**, fighting through Westinghouse tacklers as his Allderdice Dragons won, 21-14, Oct. 27. (Photos by Will McBride)

But don’t think it’s David vs. Goliath. Though the Brashear Bulls have tasted the title as recently as 2014 and 2015, it’s the Allderdice Dragons who are the City League’s top seed with a 4-1 regular season conference mark and a 6-4 overall record.
The two teams will battle for the coveted City League championship, Saturday, Nov. 4 at 2:15 p.m. at Cupples Stadium, South Side.

**ALLDERDICE CELEBRATES** their win over Westinghouse, Oct. 27. Now, it’s a matchup with Brashear, Nov. 4.

“The first game of the year we were down 14-0 right off the bat against Altoona,” Allderdice coach Jerry Haslett told the New Pittsburgh Courier after his team’s comeback win over Westinghouse, Oct. 27. “Before this game I said to my team, ‘don’t let anything bother you, no matter what happens. We could go down two scores right off the bat and we can’t let anything bother us,’ and that’s what happened.”
Westinghouse had the two-touchdown lead, only to see Allderdice battle back and win, 21-14, when the City League semi-final game ended. “There was no bickering or complaining, and they (the team) picked it up with each other. The kids stuck together and it just shows what they’re made of,” Haslett said.

**BRASHEAR EDGES USO**, 9-8, on Oct. 26. Now, it’s a tussle with Allderdice, Nov. 4.

Brashear edged the USO Eagles, 9-8, in the first semi-final game, Oct. 26 at Cupples. “We had a couple guys go down,” Brashear head coach Rick Murphy told the Courier. “Everybody just kept pushing through, they stuck it out and in the end, we overcame some things, and it showed that they really bought into what we’ve been trying to teach them.”
Now, the teams look ahead to Nov. 4. A chance for a title, a chance for bragging rights, a chance to be the last team standing on the Cupples Stadium field.

JAYON BLAIR of Brashear, right, fighting through a USO tackler. Brashear defeated USO, 9-8, Oct. 26.

“We’re looking forward to a tough contest,” Allderdice coach Haslett said. “You don’t expect to lose. We’re coming in expecting to win the game.”
As for the Bulls of Brashear, “We’ll give it our all,” Bulls’ coach Murphy said. “We’ve been there before, we’ll figure it out.”

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