PART III – THE FINAL VERDICT Fort Hill football was forced to forfeit five wins this season for using an ineligible player. This is Part III of the story. In the very beginning of this process, Fort Hill head coach Zack Alkire requested that the BOE decision to enroll the West Virginia transfer be checked…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports So there you have it: The Kansas City Chiefs will play the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl, with the Chiefs looking to become the first team to win three Super Bowls in a row. That’s not the first to win three NFL championships in a row – Super Bowls,…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Though the rivalry has never been Redskins-Cowboys from the day, or Eagles-Giants or even 76ers-Celtics, Washington vs. Philadelphia has always been a hotly-contested and oftentimes heated sports rivalry between two cities going back to 1964 when the Eagles traded quarterback Sonny Jurgensen to the Redskins for quarterback Norm Snead and…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Either Mark Twain or Charles Dudley Warner, depending on who you talk to, was to have said, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” Kind of like NFL officiating, particularly when it comes to the Kansas City Chiefs and their quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Oh, we’ve been…
Just received this from Todd Helmick. Part 2 of the full story. PART II – THE FATHER’S SIDE OF THE STORY Fort Hill football was forced to forfeit five wins this season for using an ineligible player. This is Part II of the story. In this segment the father of the player ruled ineligible, at…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The season began with tight end Isaiah Likely being out of bounds by a toe on a two-point conversion try that would have tied the season-opener in Kansas City against the Chiefs. The season ended with tight end Mark Andrews dropping a pass going into the end zone on a…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports This time it was sealed with a fortuitous doink shot off the right upright that dropped over the crossbar with no time left for a 37-yard field goal by Zane Gonzalez, giving the Washington Commanders a 23-20 road victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And with it, the Commanders take…
Story received from writer Todd Helmick THE ORIGIN OF INELIGIBILITY If you live in Cumberland and are not in the loop of high school football happenings you are one of few. This community has always loved its high school football. Whether a sports fan or not, this fall opened the door for something…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports A lot of us here are Baltimore Ravens fans; but all of us here are Ty Johnson fans, and it is a beautiful thing. Where were you on Sunday when Ty Johnson made The Catch? And if you go anywhere on social media you’ll understand it to be the current-moment…
MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Nearly two months ago, the headline here read, “When your rival has your number.” Somebody tell the Pittsburgh Steelers to check their speed dial. They’ve lost the Baltimore Ravens’ number. Since beating the Ravens, 18-16, despite not scoring a touchdown on November 17, the Steelers went 2-6 and lost four…
