SOMETHING HIS HIGH SCHOOL COACH SAYS SHOULDN’T COME AS A SURPRISE. >> HE IS A KID THAT EVERYTHING HE HAS, HE WORKED FOR AND LEARNED. HE IS A GREAT PERSON. >> CHUCK DINARDO WAS SKYY MOORE’S COACH AT SHADY SIDE ACADEMY. MOORE’S 29 YARD PUNT RETURN SET THE TABLE FOR THE CHIEFS GAME WINNING DRIVE AND IN HIS ROOKIE YEAR MOORE WILL BE PLAYING IN HIS FIRST SUPER BOWL. THE 22-YEAR-OLD HAS HAD AN UP AND DOWN ROOKIE CAMPAIGN BUT THRUST INTO A KEY ROLE IN THE BIGGEST GAME OF HIS LIFE MOORE DELIVERED. HE’S NOW SET TO BECOME THE FIRST SHADY SIDE ACADEMY ALUM TO PLAY IN A SUPER BOWL. DINARDO SAYS BOTH THE SHADY SIDE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY IN NEW KENSINGTON HAVE ALWAYS RALLIED AROUND MOORE AND IT WAS CLEAR PRETTY EARLY ON HOW MUCH POTENTIAL WAS THERE. >> HE WAS A SPECIAL GUY FROM THE BEGINNING. WHEN YOU GET TO THE LEVEL AND A GUY LIKE THAT, HE IS SELF MOTIVATING. HE IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS LIKE HE DOES THIS LIKE HE IS COMPELLED. HE IS DOING IT FOR SOMETHING BIGGER THAN HIMSELF. >> AND MOORE COULD BE IN LINE TO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE BIG GAME THREE OF HIS FELLOW WIDE RECEIVERS LEFT YESTERDAY’S GAME WITH INJURIES AND ANOTHER LOCAL STANDOUT SOUTH FAYETTE’S JUSTIN WATSON MISSED THE GAME DUE TO AN
New Kensington's Skyy Moore going to Super Bowl with Kansas City Chiefs
Former Shady Side Academy star came up big in AFC championship game
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Updated: 2:54 PM EST Jan 31, 2023
Skyy Moore, a New Kensington native and former Shady Side Academy star, is going to Super Bowl LVII in his rookie season with the Kansas City Chiefs."A special guy:" Watch the report from New Kensington in the video above."He's not a kid that won the genetic lottery. He's a kid that, everything he has, he worked for, he earned. And as great of a football player he is, he's an even better person," Shady Side football coach Chuck DiNardo told Pittsburgh's Action Sports.Moore delivered for the Chiefs in a crucial moment in the AFC championship game on Sunday, returning a punt 29 yards late in the fourth quarter. It set the Chiefs up with a good field position before they kicked the winning field goal moments later.Related: Four players with Pittsburgh ties will be in the Super Bowl this yearMoore wasn't even supposed to be on the field for that punt return. Benched earlier this season after fumbling three punts, he was only out there because of injuries during the game, but the 22-year-old made the most of it.DiNardo says the Shady Side and New Kensington communities have always rallied around Moore and that it was clear early on how much potential he had."He was really a special guy from the beginning, and when you get to this level, when you get a guy like that, it's going to be self-motivated," DiNardo said. "He's kind of one of these guys we talk about that he does this like he's compelled. He plays football with a love, and like he's doing it for something bigger than himself."Moore could be in line to play a big role in the Super Bowl. Three of his fellow wide receivers left Sunday's game with injuries. Another local standout, South Fayette's Justin Watson, missed the game due to an illness.
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. — Skyy Moore, a New Kensington native and former Shady Side Academy star, is going to Super Bowl LVII in his rookie season with the Kansas City Chiefs.
"A special guy:" Watch the report from New Kensington in the video above.
"He's not a kid that won the genetic lottery. He's a kid that, everything he has, he worked for, he earned. And as great of a football player he is, he's an even better person," Shady Side football coach Chuck DiNardo told Pittsburgh's Action Sports.
Moore delivered for the Chiefs in a crucial moment in the AFC championship game on Sunday, returning a punt 29 yards late in the fourth quarter. It set the Chiefs up with a good field position before they kicked the winning field goal moments later.
Related: Four players with Pittsburgh ties will be in the Super Bowl this year
Moore wasn't even supposed to be on the field for that punt return. Benched earlier this season after fumbling three punts, he was only out there because of injuries during the game, but the 22-year-old made the most of it.
DiNardo says the Shady Side and New Kensington communities have always rallied around Moore and that it was clear early on how much potential he had.
"He was really a special guy from the beginning, and when you get to this level, when you get a guy like that, it's going to be self-motivated," DiNardo said. "He's kind of one of these guys we talk about that he does this like he's compelled. He plays football with a love, and like he's doing it for something bigger than himself."
Moore could be in line to play a big role in the Super Bowl. Three of his fellow wide receivers left Sunday's game with injuries. Another local standout, South Fayette's Justin Watson, missed the game due to an illness.
