Tag: Baldwin

Upper St. Clair’s Luke Banbury (25) added a college offer from Air Force.

Air Force Academy football makes recruiting push into Western Pa.

May 17, 2020

Two military service academies have successfully recruited Western Pennsylvania football players for years. Combined, Army and Navy had seven former WPIAL athletes on their rosters last fall.

Baldwin girls basketball coach Kyle DeGregorio coaches against Connellsville on Dec. 19, 2019, at Baldwin.

Baldwin fires girls coach Kyle DeGregorio after defeating state’s top-ranked basketball team

May 8, 2020

Exactly two months after Baldwin’s girls basketball team upset the No. 1-ranked team in the state, coach Kyle DeGregorio lost his job.

Jeff Ackermann talks with official Paul Skirtich during a game against Butler on Jan. 28, 2020, at Pine-Richland. Ackermann was hired by Baldwin on Wednesday.

Baldwin hires 5-time WPIAL champion Jeff Ackermann as boys basketball coach

May 6, 2020

Until this week, Jeff Ackermann coached basketball at Pine-Richland, lived in South Fayette and taught at Chartiers Valley, a commute that saw him and his family crisscross the county.

Pine-Richland coach Jeff Ackermann hands out gold medals to his players after the WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball championship at Petersen Events Center on March 4, 2017.

Could coach Jeff Ackermann turn around another basketball program in Baldwin?

May 4, 2020

Baldwin’s boys basketball team hasn’t won a WPIAL playoff game since 2003. The Highlanders reached the postseason only four times in the 17 years since, with four first-round losses.

North Hills’ Lirion Murtezi (Center) holds the Big 33 trophy with teammates Monday, May 27, 2019.

Big 33, East-West all-star football games canceled

April 14, 2020

Organizers for the Big 33 Football Classic and East-West Game hoped the annual all-star games could be played over Memorial Day weekend.

Chartiers Valley’s Megan McConnell (right) and Aislin Malcolm battle Trinity’s Riley DeRubbo for a loose ball during the WPIAL Class 5A championship game against Trinity Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, at Petersen Events Center.

PIAA officials cancel spring sports season, winter sports championships

April 9, 2020

For nearly a month, high school student-athletes held out hope they could return to normalcy on the fields, courts and track.

Derry head coach Tim Sweeney stands in the wind, as he watches his team warm up before a game against Mount Pleasant Friday, Sept.13, 2019, at Derry Area High School.

Successful football coach Tim Sweeney leaves Derry for Baldwin

April 8, 2020

Tim Sweeney had a big job ahead of him when he took over as football coach at Derry in 2013.

Central Catholic’s Gus Sunseri (2) plays against Seneca Valley on Aug. 30, 2019, in Jackson.

Big 33, East-West football all-star games still planned for Memorial Day weekend

April 1, 2020

The Big 33 Football Classic and East-West Game remain scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, according to Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association executive director Garry Cathell.