Sports
Matt Humbert builds Belle Vernon football into regular contender
August 9, 2018
Matt Humbert built Ringgold football into a regular winner, something the Rams hadn't been the decade before he became coach in 2010 after a two-game
Woodland Hills hires Von Pitts as girls basketball coach
Former Clairton boys basketball coach Von Pitts, who led the Bears to the WPIAL playoffs four years in a row, was hired Wednesday by WoodlandLeechburg hires new girls basketball coach
August 8, 2018
Andre Carter considered football his first love as a player, but basketball became his coaching passion. Leechburg hired Carter as its new girls basketball coach
State champion Freeport girls volleyball team completes busy, successful off-season
Freeport took some time to celebrate its 2017 PIAA volleyball championship, including the installation of a road marker in the borough's downtown and a trip
Soccer standout JoJo Schwerha could be leaving GCC for MLS academy
JoJo Schwerha may have played his last soccer game at Greensburg Central Catholic. The incoming senior forward is spending two weeks training and essentially trying
WPIAL sees wave of transfers ahead of PIAA deadline
The WPIAL office faced a wave of paperwork in recent days as transfers hurried to avoid a new PIAA rule that would force them to
George Guido: A-K Valley teams set coaching staffs with camp set to begin
August 7, 2018
The 120th season of Alle-Kiski Valley high school football is set to begin with the opening of training camps Monday. Three new head coaches will
Mt. Pleasant’s Gardner achieves All-American status
Heather Gardner earned a big honor recently on the Mt. Pleasant girls swimming team that she knew nothing about until about halfway through the season.
Latrobe’s Trent Holler narrows college choices to 3
Trent Holler pared down his lengthy list of college choices to a top three, and the rising senior lineman at Latrobe plans to announce his
WPIAL track championships leaving Baldwin for Slippery Rock University
After three decades, Baldwin no longer will host the WPIAL track and field championships. The WPIAL board voted Tuesday to move the individual track championships
Kiski Area ready to christen new on-campus stadium, Richard J. Dilts Field
August 6, 2018
As Kiski Area began its first workout of the PIAA's football heat acclimatization week, Sam Albert looked around the brand-new Richard J. Dilts Field and
A-K Valley notebook: Teams endure high temps during opening heat acclimatization workouts
The PIAA's mandated heat acclimatization period for football began Monday, and Mother Nature obliged. With temperatures reaching into the upper 80s and lower 90s inSt. Joseph hires Susan Sullivan as new athletic director
St. Joseph High School will have a new athletic director in place in time for the 2018-19 school year. Susan Sullivan will begin her new
A-K Valley football program borrow rugby philosophies, players
August 5, 2018
Andrew Bigler didn't play football for two years, but he doesn't expect to feel too rusty when he returns to the field for his senior
MLB controversies teach WPIAL players to exercise caution on social media
August 4, 2018
Skyy Moore lives by a pretty simple social media philosophy. andquot;I try to not put anything on that I wouldn't share to my grandma,andquot; Moore
Westmoreland high school notebook: Top punter, heat week and more
Belle Vernon would like to avoid fourth-down situations and keep the ball moving forward this football season. But punting shouldn't be an issue, not withKnoch baseball’s Dylan Swarmer commits to Youngstown State
August 3, 2018
Dylan Swarmer played travel ball this summer in a Youngstown, Ohio, league. Turns out he'll stay there a bit longer. The recent Knoch graduate committed
Pine-Richland’s Armstrong to play baseball at High Point
Pine-Richland rising senior J.D. Armstrong has cemented his college plans by announcing his commitment to play baseball at High Point. The Rams shortstop is the
Fox Chapel soccer players compete at national tournament
Four soccer players from Fox Chapel recently competed in the U.S. Youth Soccer championships with their club teams in Frisco, Texas, from July 23-29. This
