QUARTERBACK DAI’MERE ADAIR AND RECEIVER ZION HAUSER WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN USO’S 26-0 WIN OVER WESTINGHOUSE, OCT. 25, TO WIN THE CITY LEAGUE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AT CUPPLES STADIUM. (PHOTOS BY MARLON MARTIN)
USO! CHAMPS!
Usually, this space is reserved for Westinghouse.
After all, they’ve been the dominant program in the City League for years. The football team had won the City League title for three years in a row.
But reporters all across the region had to make an edit to their stories, thanks to USO.
The team, named after University Prep Milliones, Sci-Tech and Obama Academy, decided to kick butt and take names at Cupples Stadium, Oct. 25. They told everyone that they are now the new top dog in town, and with the final score of 26-0, it looks like they’re correct.
It was USO’s first Pittsburgh City League football title since 2016. Since then, it’s been an Allderdice or Westinghouse team that’s won the title. But USO are champions again.
THE ENTIRE USO TEAM, WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AFTER THE BIG WIN, OCT. 25. (PHOTOS BY MARLON MARTIN)
Several players at the end of the game told the New Pittsburgh Courier that they were “counted out” prior to the contest. USO took an early 12-0 lead in the first half and never looked back.
Sophomore quarterback Dai’Mere Adair threw two touchdowns to the elusive Zion Hauser, and Me’Laun Stamper put his stamp on the game with two rushing touchdowns.
USO RECEIVER ZION HAUSER WAS HARD TO CATCH ON THIS DAY, SHOWN ABOVE AND BELOW…(PHOTOS BY MARLON MARTIN)
On the field, was it really an upset, though? On Oct. 10, about two weeks before the City League title game, USO defeated Westinghouse, 20-14, at Cupples. However, there were far fewer people in attendance for that game compared to the City League championship game. But on Oct. 25, the fans of both teams soon found out that USO was indeed the better team in 2025.
THROW UP THE “U’s”….