Sports
Shaler Area notes: Unified bocce team competes at state competition
March 21, 2019
The Shaler unified bocce team wrapped up its season last Wednesday at the state championships in Hershey.
Injuries slow Hart’s bid for state championship
Hampton wrestling coach Chris Hart preaches it: You always can take more from a loss from a win.
Hampton baseball to rely on small, talented senior class
When first-year coach Kellen Wheeler sat down his five baseball seniors after he accepted the job last winter, he had a message: They’re going to play, and they’re all going to lead.
Talented senior class helped guide Penn Hills girls basketball to PIAA tournament
After an early exit in the WPIAL playoffs last season, the Penn Hills girls basketball program had its sights on a championship run with a talented, veteran team.
Penn Hills girls bowlers build off state tournament appearance
It’s been five years since the Penn Hills girls bowling team qualified for the state team championships.
North Allegheny swim team revels in PIAA 3-peat
The North Allegheny boys swimming team got the three-peat at the PIAA Class AAA championship meet March 15-16 at Bucknell with some new faces.
High school scores, schedules for March 21, 2019
High Schools
It will be mom vs. son as Petruskas face off in Cager Classic All-Star game
No one ever picked up an easy win around the Petruska household, and those who were lucky enough to do so know they earned it.
St. Joseph softball seeking 3rd straight WPIAL playoff appearance
St. Joseph is coming off the two most successful softball seasons in school history, campaigns that established the Spartans as a high-caliber playoff team in WPIAL Class A, and they come into the spring with an important goal.
St. Joseph baseball team motivated to reach postseason
The smallest margin possible kept St. Joseph from reaching the WPIAL baseball playoffs last season, an excruciating result for a program that last reached the postseason at the turn of the millennium.
WPIAL Class A softball preseason breakdown
West Greene is coming off back-to-back WPIAL and PIAA titles and finds itself again as the favorite in Class A.
WPIAL Class A baseball preseason breakdown
In the world of Class A baseball in 2018, the Royals were kings.Former Penn-Trafford, Norwin football coach John Yaccino dies at 78
Former Penn-Trafford and Norwin football coach John Yaccino died suddenly in Florida on Wednesday. He was 78.
Vincentian falls to Philadelphia’s Sankofa Freedom Academy in PIAA Class A final
HERSHEY — While preparing for the state finals, Vincentian Academy coach Tim Tyree studied two separate game films of Sankofa Freedom Academy.
Robert Morris commit Garver set to lead Ligonier Valley softball
She throws a wicked curveball, a high-speed fastball and a rise that leaves batters swinging at air.
Pieces in place for Ligonier Valley baseball
There are batters at the top of the order with speed who regularly get on base and cause problems.
Don Rebel: District 12 continues decade of basketball dominance
It really has been a decade of dominance.
Peters Township’s trip to Hershey was 6 years in the making
When Peters Township girls basketball coach Bert Kendall took over the program in the 2013-14 season, the Indians were coming off a winless campaign in Section 2-4A and only managed to win six games.
PIAA Class A boys championship breakdown: Vincentian vs. Sankofa Freedom
PIAA Class A boys championship
Cager Classic All-Star Basketball Game offers final chance for teammates to share court
March 20, 2019
Deer Lakes’ Julia Hollibaugh walked off the floor a few weeks ago after the Lancers’ WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal loss to South Park with her high school basketball career in limbo.
