A visit with WPIAL football champion Tyler Bradley


Background Info: Tyler Bradley has had a season for the ages, and the OLH quarterback isn’t quite done yet. Heading into the PIAA Class 1A tournament, the Chargers senior has completed 201 of 303 passes for 3,244 yards, 45 touchdowns and just eight interceptions. In the WPIAL finals against Rochester, he completed 13 of 22 for 169 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran for a score, just his second of the season.

Tyler Bradley on what winning the WPIAL title was like.
"You know, I was at the WPIAL championship games when I was a ball boy for the Sto-Rox teams when my dad (Dan( coached them and it was definitely a fun experience. Getting there at the high school level just proves all the hard work that me and my teammates put in for the last three years that we were able to come together and it was and awesome experience and I think it’s going to be one we cherish for the rest of our lives.”

Tyler Bradley on playing for his head coach father.
"You know it was pretty cool and it’s still pretty cool because we’re not done yet. It’s a pretty cool experience that I feel a lot of of kids don’t have because not a lot of dads can coach their kids. We watch a lot of film together, we talk a lot of football together and it’s only making me a better football player having him around me 24/7. He makes sure I have my reads down, have my signals in. Football has become more round-the-clock and I wouldn’t have it any other way."

Tyler Bradley on being the first to quarterback OLSH to a football title.
“It really hasn’t hit me yet and we’re just trying to live in the moment and cherish the times we have together as seniors. That would be awesome to be able to talk about this for the rest of our lives and, when we’re older and we have kids, we’ll be able to tell them we won a WPIAL championship. Even if we don’t live in the area we’ll be able to tell them about how hard it is to win a WPIAL championship with the talent that the WPIAL has and how hard it is to make it out of the WPIAL. It’s meant so much for the team, the school and the community and it’s like a brotherhood and I know me and my teammates, we’re not done yet and we want to win that, too."