WESTINGHOUSE CELEBRATES THEIR 2024 CITY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP, OCT. 26, AT CUPPLES STADIUM. (PHOTO BY JOEY BOVA)
The Chicago Bulls did it. The Los Angeles Lakers did it.
And now the Westinghouse Bulldogs have done it.
Three championships in a row, a “three-peat” is what they’re saying—or something to that effect —in Homewood as their Westinghouse Bulldogs football team pulled away from the Allderdice Dragons, 40-12, to win their third City League championship in a row. The title game was played at Cupples Stadium, Oct. 26, where more than 70 percent of the fans who attended were Bulldogs fans.
WESTINGHOUSE HAS NOW WON FIVE OF THE LAST SIX CITY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS. THEY DEFEATED ALLDERDICE, 40-12, ON OCT. 26, 2024. (PHOTOS BY JOEY BOVA)
At this point, you could call this era of Westinghouse football a dynasty. They’ve won 5 of the last 6 City League championships, have made it to back-to-back state title games, and play a tough brand of football that’s efficient in all three phases —offense, defense and special teams.
WESTINGHOUSE CELEBRATES!
Add “battle-tested” to Westinghouse’s resume, too. The team opened the 2024 football season with a loss to Beaver Area, 28-26, on Aug. 24 at the Wol varena (Woodland Hills High School). Then the mighty Bulldogs watched Allderdice in the City League title game come back to tie the tilt at 12 at halftime.
“That was probably the worst half of football we played all year,” Westinghouse head coach Donta Green said after the championship win. He said he reminded his team at the half to play their brand of football in the second half, which he called “fast, physical, family football.”
Westinghouse outscored Allderdice 28-0 in the second half, forced ‘Dice into just 39 yards in the half and two interceptions. Meanwhile, Westinghouse quarterback Khalil Green connected with teammate Lloyd Penn for two more touchdowns, for four total on the afternoon. Westinghouse’s Khalil Mitchell and Dameon Hill ran for touchdowns in the half, too. Any thoughts of upset on the minds of Allderdice were wiped away by the fourth quarter.
The loss to start the season “humbled us,” Donta Green said postgame. “We had some kids where the only loss they had was the state championship game two years in a row. It was a great opportunity for us to learn from it, prepare better, which we have since then, and it’s put us on the right track.”
The Bulldogs love winning City League titles; 2024’s version was their 40th such championship. But it’s been 35 years since a City League football team won a state championship. The Perry Commodores won it all in 1989 (20-8 over Berwick Area) and went to the state title game in 1997, but fell short that year, 17-14, to Berwick Area.
Westinghouse made it known that this year, the title belongs to them. Westinghouse will play in PIAA Class 1A for these playoffs after playing in Class 2A the past two years, falling in the title game each time to Southern Columbia, a powerhouse team located between State College and Philadelphia.
“We comin’,” Donta Green said.
“A win, no more runner up trophies,” voiced Penn.
“We’re gonna win it this year,” Khalil Green said. “We lost the last two years, but this year we’re winning it all.”
ABOVE AND BELOW: ALLDERDICE PLAYERS PLAYED THEIR HEARTS OUT, BUT CAME UP SHORT IN THE END.
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