fort cherry senior matt sieg commits to west virginia

Fort Cherry's Matt Sieg runs off to the sideline after scoring a touchdown against Laurel in the WPIAL Class A semifinals. Sieg committed to play collegiately at West Virginia. Josh Rizzo/Pittsburgh Preps and Colleges

Forry Cherry senior Matt Sieg caught many offguard by committing to play football at West Virginia University Wednesday morning. The Rangers standout had originally committed to play at Penn State and many people believed he would follow James Franklin to Virginia Tech. But the desire to stay close to home led the Washington County star to Morgantown.

Sieg led the Rangers through the most successful period in their program's history. Fort Cherry won the WPIAL football championship in 2023 and 2024. The Rangers reached the PIAA final in 2023 before losing to Steelton-Highspire. During Sieg's career, he piled up 7,958 rushing yards, which broke the school record set by Mike Vernillo.

Sieg also passing for more than 4,600 yards in his career.

Sieg finished his career as the WPIAL's second all-time leading rusher beyond former Hopewell standout Rushel Shell, who went on to play at Pitt and WVU.

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