Tag: Baldwin

Gateway coach Mark Wardzinski talks to the players on his high school team March 10.

Western Pennsylvania Baseball League sets plans for season with 20 teams on board

June 10, 2020

Bob Johnston was trying to find a league where Gateway high school players could play this summer.

North Allegheny’s Khalil Dinkins catches a touchdown pass over Seneca Valley’s Ethan West during the second quarter Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, at Nextier Stadium in Jackson.

Will June be busy or quiet for 2021 WPIAL football recruits?

May 31, 2020

June can be a busy month for college football commitments, but will this year be different?

Baldwin’s Jimmy Dulya (17) moves the puck against Mars’ Nikolai Osborne (18) during their PIHL Class AA semifinal game March 11, 2020, at the Robert Morris Island Sports Center.

PIHL cancels remaining playoff games from 2019-20 season

May 17, 2020

In a move it hoped to avoid, the PIHL on Sunday afternoon canceled the remainder of the unplayed playoff games from the 2019-20 season.

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

Air Force Academy football makes recruiting push into Western Pa.

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.