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3 WPIAL Stars Make Super Bowl LVII

PITTSBURGH — The Super Bowl has been known to include stars from WPIAL as far back as Beaver Falls’ Joe Namath calling the New York Jets victory in Super Bowl III to as recent as Penn Hills’ Aaron Donald sacking quarterback Joe Burrow to win last year’s iteration of the classic championship game.

It’s nearly a tradition in the region to see WPIAL players in the game, so much so that they’ve contributed significantly to the Big 33′s streak – a high school all-star game featuring players from Pennsylvania and Maryland – of having a representative in every Super Bowl in history.

This year the WPIAL will be represented by three players in Kansas City Chiefs wide receivers Skyy Moore (Shadyside Academy) and Justin Watson (South Fayette) going against Philadelphia Eagles running back Miles Sanders (Woodland Hills).

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