It's a good bet Ron Wabby will retire as Brashear's football coach after this season. But Wabby will be helping coach another team come spring time.

Wabby and two of his former star players will make up the staff of the new Washington Steam indoor football team that will play in the newly formed Mid-American Football Association. The Steam will play its home games at the Iceoplex at Southpointe. Wabby will be the team's offensive coordinator.

The Steam's head coach will be Major Harris, a 1986 Brashear graduate who went on to star at quarterback at West Virginia University and twice placed in the top five in Heisman Trophy voting. Harris is an assistant coach under Wabby at Brashear.

The Steam's defensive coordinator will be Mike Booth, a Parade All-American linebacker at Brashear in 1988. Booth also went on to play at West Virginia and is the defensive coordinator at Gateway.

"It's pretty neat, really," Wabby said of the Steam job. "It's something I can do if I'm done here. I'm sure it will be interesting and fun."

But this isn't the first time Harris, Wabby and Booth have coached indoor football together.

"We coached a Wheeling (W.Va.) team three years ago and went from last place the year before to losing in the semifinals," Wabby said. "So we'll see what happens this time."

The Steam will have an open tryout from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Iceoplex. Players must be at least 18 years old. For more information, go to www.washingtonsteam.com.

But Wabby, Harris and Booth aren't close to focusing their attention to the indoor team. Brashear is 9-0 and Gateway 8-1.

Catching on

Ford City receiver Ryan Young doesn't catch many passes. But when he does, it usually means a touchdown.

In what has to be one of the most unusual statistics in WPIAL football this season, Young has caught only 11 passes, but nine have been for touchdowns. He also returned an interception for a touchdown.

Nine is enough

WPIAL teams that do not make the playoffs have the option of playing a 10th game. When the WPIAL started this idea in 2000, almost all of the teams that did not make the playoffs elected to play a 10th game, a non-conference contest against another non-playoff team.

But over the years, more and more teams have considered the 10th game useless. This season, only nine teams that did not make the postseason have decided to play a 10th game. That means 51 teams decided against the idea.

Wehner update

The status of Thomas Jefferson quarterback Tyler Wehner is still up in the air. He was suspended from the team the past two games for breaking team rules, and coach Bill Cherpak said earlier this week he did not know if Wehner would return. But even if Wehner is brought back to the team, he will not be ready to play for at least a few weeks because he has been diagnosed with mononucleosis.

Clinic time

Duquesne University men's basketball coach Ron Everhart will conduct a coaches clinic at the Palumbo Center after the game Saturday against Seton Hill.

The clinic, in conjunction with the Western Pennsylvania Basketball Coaches Association, is open to boys' and girls' coaches from elementary to high school.

For information, call 412-337-3691 or 724-229-9320.