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Aliquippa head coach Mike Zmijanac shares a lighter moment with quarterback Kwantell Raines after he flipped into the end zone against Beaver Falls Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 at Geneva College.
Ringgold names Mike Zmijanac new football coach
April 18, 2018
Mike Zmijanac wasn't ready for retirement. Eight weeks after the Aliquippa school board surprisingly voted him out, Zmijanac was hired Wednesday night as Ringgold's new

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Freeport baseball rallies past Knoch for Section 1-4A victory
Freeport first baseman Matt Charlton used the word andquot;resilientandquot; multiple times to describe his team following a five-run outburst in the seventh inning that led

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North Hills' Joey Pusateri delivers a pitch against Fox Chapel on April 18, 2018, at Fox Chapel.
Pusateri tosses complete game as North Hills baseball tops Fox Chapel
Joey Pusateri did it with his bat and his arm Wednesday afternoon as North Hills defeated Fox Chapel, 8-3. The senior was 2 for 3

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Hempfield's Isaiah DiAndreth
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Hempfield’s Isaiah DiAndreth, Monessen’s Dana Vatakis
Isaiah DiAndreth School: Hempfield Sport: Baseball Class: Senior Claim to fame: DiAndreth, who is batting .440 with five doubles, five RBIs and eight runs scored

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Winchester Thurston's Tristan Forsythe crosses the finish line to win the WPIAL boys Class A championship race Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, at Cooper's Lake Campground.
21 athletes picked for WPIAL scholarships
The WPIAL announced its annual scholarship winners Wednesday with 21 student-athletes receiving $1,000 apiece. The boys winners were Mars' Robby Carmody, Thomas Jefferson's Garret Fairman,

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Former New Castle High School boys basketball coach John Sarandrea, pictured in 1998, sends in some instruction from the bench during his team's victory over Shaler.
WPIAL superintendents urge PIAA to split public, private school playoffs
Splitting public and private schools into separate postseason tournaments is an idea worth exploring, New Castle superintendent John Sarandrea told the WPIAL board of directors

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WPIAL annual meeting, boys tennis tournament on Wednesday’s schedule
Wednesday is a busy day for WPIAL administrators. First on the schedule is the WPIAL annual meeting at the DoubleTree in Green Tree, where PIAA

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Sewickley Academy seeks 15th consecutive WPIAL boys tennis title
When was the last time someone other than Sewickley Academy won the WPIAL Class AA boys tennis tournament Before some of Sewickley's freshmen were born.

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East Allegheny's Amani Johnson scores over Bishop Canevin's Gillan Gustine in the WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball final Saturday, March 3, 2018, at Petersen Events Center.
Amani Johnson, Lauren Wasylson earn All-Pennsylvania honors from USA Today
April 17, 2018
East Allegheny's Amani Johnson and Mars' Lauren Wasylson, two of the WPIAL's top girls basketball players, earned All-Pennsylvania honors from USA Today on Tuesday. Johnson,

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Shortstop Mackenzie Lake takes part in Plum softball practice April 10, 2018, in Plum.
Plum’s Lake continues to shine in sophomore season
Mackenzie Lake didn't wait. She knew what she wanted. When St. Francis (Pa.) landed on the Plum sophomore's recruiting radar, it was a process that

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Latrobe's Gage Handwork leaps for a spike against Hempfield during boys' volleyball at Greater Latrobe High School on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.
High school scores, schedules for April 17, 2018
High schools Baseball Tuesday's results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland at North Allegheny, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Kiski Area at Obama Academy, ppd.

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Fox Chapel, Valley set to begin boys tennis playoffs
The WPIAL boys team tennis pairings for Class AAA and AA were released Tuesday, and Fox Chapel and Valley hope to make deep runs in

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Hempfield's Kelsey Tobin dives into third base under a tag by Norwin's Carly Cook during their game Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at Hempfield High School.
Blackhawk baseball, Hempfield softball stay atop Trib 10 power rankings
Every Tuesday during the 2018 WPIAL baseball and softball season, the TribLive High School Sports Network will release weekly Power Rankings. These rankings have zero

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Hempfield's Gavin White celebrates with his teammates after scoring against Latrobe during boys' volleyball at Greater Latrobe High School on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.
Hempfield volleyball blanks Latrobe to move to 5-1 in Section 3
Halfway through the high school volleyball season, the Hempfield boys team is rolling along at a high rate of efficiency. The Spartans shrugged off a

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Dizon hired as Kiski Area girls basketball coach
Nick Dizon built a basketball coaching philosophy and gained experience at the high school level as an assistant coach the past three seasons with the

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Albert Gallatin head coach Shawn Liotta talks with his players during the Alle-Kiski Football Challenge at Kiski Area High School on Thursday, July 28, 2016.
Burrell hires Shawn Liotta as football coach
There are 160,000 miles on Shawn Liotta's six-year-old vehicle, but he and his trusty Chrysler won't make quite as many road trips anymore. Not since

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Ligonier Valley's Robert Patrick wrestles against Susquenita's Dalton Group in the 170 pound semifinal bout for class 2A during the PIAA state championships Friday, March 9, 2018 at the Giant Center in Hershey. Patrick won the semifinal and moves on to the state championship final.
Heritage Conference announces winter all-conference teams
Members of the Ligonier Valley boys basketball team and senior wrestler Robby Patrick headlined the Heritage Conference winter all-conference teams, which were released Tuesday. Patrick,

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Belle Vernon junior pitcher Cole Naylor threw a no-hitter last week against South Park.
Westmoreland County pitchers take the spotlight early in season
andquot;This one's for you, dad.andquot; Belle Vernon junior righthander Cole Naylor said he uttered those words to himself seconds before he took the mound Saturday

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Bishop Canevin's Diajha Allen is pressured by Neumann-Goretti's Diamond Johnson during the PIAA Class 3A girls state championship game Monday, March 26, 2018, at Giant Center in Hershey.
George Guido: PIAA, state Senators to meet next week
A meeting is planned next Tuesday between PIAA executive director Bob Lombardi and members of the state Senate. The two bodies meet every couple of

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Quaker Valley football coach Ron Balog
Quaker Valley hires Ron Balog as football coach
Quaker Valley's new football coach is more focused on next season rather than last. Ron Balog, a former youth coach and Central Catholic assistant, was

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