<body><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And then the 11 entered.<br><br>Westinghouse will have only 11 players for tonight’s City League playoff game. And here they come for warmups.<a href="https://t.co/WlkghGPtcF">pic.twitter.com/WlkghGPtcF</a></p>— Mike White (@mwhiteburgh)<a href="https://twitter.com/mwhiteburgh/status/1847398166947099062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is good stuff. About 30 Westinghouse players who can’t play tonight because they left sideline during altercation in last week’s game, are here tonight cheering on their “elite 11” teammates who will play.<a href="https://t.co/DNn0F3PBJ4">pic.twitter.com/DNn0F3PBJ4</a></p>— Mike White (@mwhiteburgh)<a href="https://twitter.com/mwhiteburgh/status/1847401657962745965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4STSFs_0wFl8DDR00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4STSFs_0wFl8DDR00" width="1920" height="1080" ></figure><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Check this out: Westinghouse actually is resting a player some on defense. So Westinghouse is actually playing sometimes with only 10 on defense.<br><br><br><br>With only 10 players, Westinghouse just stopped Perry and forced turnover on downs.</p>— Mike White (@mwhiteburgh)<a href="https://twitter.com/mwhiteburgh/status/1847416181210120194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Westinghouse defeats Perry 68-0 in City League semifinals.</p>— Mike White (@mwhiteburgh)<a href="https://twitter.com/mwhiteburgh/status/1847439164381229419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><p>Pittsburgh's Westinghouse Academy had about 30 players suspended for its game last Friday night after an altercation in the school's previous contest, meaning the Bulldogs would have to play Perry Academy with just 11 players.</p><p>Westinghouse's 11-man team went out there and won 68-0. It was 60-0 at halftime when the teams agreed to play six-minute quarters in the second half.</p><p>Now, this is a remarkable story, but I'm actually not really all that interested in Westinghouse. They're obviously very well-coached and have built a program the right way to be able to sustain something like this. I want to learn about the team over at Perry Academy that gave up 68 points and couldn't score against a defense that played most of the game with 10 players to rest a lineman each drive.</p><p>The 11 players Westinghouse had were apparently the Bulldogs' starting offense, so it's at least somewhat defensible for Perry to give up some points — probably not 68, but maybe Westinghouse really opened up the playbook. But then 10 of those 11 were going right back out onto the field to play defense, giving Perry a conditioning advantage as well as the de facto power play and they couldn't even find the end zone once. That's about as demoralizing as it gets.</p><p>Perry is 1-7 this season and has been outscored 318-64 in its eight games. I'm now maybe even more interested in the team Perry beat 28-6 than either of these teams.</p><p>Shoutout to the Westinghouse Elite 11, though. I'd hate to see what this score would have been with a full team and playing all 48 minutes.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s one of the 11 strong for Westinghouse tonight. Senior WR-LB Lloyd Penn. Like most of other 11 he hadn’t played defense until tonight.<a href="https://t.co/riN24IqoAF">pic.twitter.com/riN24IqoAF</a></p>— Mike White (@mwhiteburgh)<a href="https://twitter.com/mwhiteburgh/status/1847454649088901463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote></div></body>

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A Pittsburgh High School Won Its Football Game 68-0 With Just 11 Players and Only Using 10 on Defense

Pittsburgh's Westinghouse Academy had about 30 players suspended for its game last Friday night after an altercation in the school's previous contest, meaning the Bulldogs would have to play Perry Academy with just 11 players. Westinghouse's 11-man team went out there and won 68-0. It was 60-0 at halftime when...