Tag: Derry Area

Derry’s Sophia Mazzoni takes second in the girls javelin during the PIAA Class 2A track and field championships last year.
In 1st meet of season, Derry junior fires off state’s best javelin throw
March 28, 2024
After winning a WPIAL Class 2A championship and finishing second in the state last year in the javelin, Derry junior Sophia Mazzoni brought high expectations into this track and field season.

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Latrobe coach Matt Basciano watches from the third base box during the WPIAL Class 4A championship game against Hopewell last season.
Westmoreland County high school baseball notebook: Latrobe heads west for opener
Tradition never graduates, as the saying goes.

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Plum pitcher Riley Stephans delivers against Derry on Monday, March 25, 2024.
Plum softball team bounces back from opening loss to blank Derry
March 25, 2024
The Plum softball team’s season debut against Ligonier Valley on Friday was, in the eyes of the coaches and players, not their best outing.

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After busy tournament weekend, Shaler, Mars remain atop coaches’ volleyball polls
Shaler captured the Meadville Tournament championship Saturday, and the victory strengthened the Titans’ hold on the No. 1 spot in the latest Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association Class 3A poll released Monday morning.

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Latrobe quarterback John Wetzel scores on a reception against Aliquippa during their WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinal in November.
Westmoreland high school notebook: More Division I offers for Latrobe’s Wetzel
March 23, 2024
The number of Division I colleges interested in adding John Wetzel to their defensive backfield keeps growing.

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Earning medals at the PIAA Class 2A girls diving championships March 16, 2024, at Bucknell were, from left, Lilia Mackenzie, Kaitlyn Blackmer, Ruby Olliffe and Gabby Elk.
Hampton’s Gabby Elk takes 2nd at PIAA Class 2A diving championships
March 16, 2024
LEWISBURG — Hampton sophomore Gabby Elk sat in fifth place after the second round of dives Saturday afternoon at the PIAA Class 2A championships at Bucknell University’s Kinney Natatorium.

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Avonworth pitcher Alivia Lantzy delivers against Southmoreland during the WPIAL Class 3A championship game on Thursday, June 1, 2023, at Lilly Field.
2024 WPIAL Class 3A softball preseason breakdown
March 13, 2024
Avonworth won a second consecutive WPIAL Class 3A title and a third in four years last spring, and the Lopes again have the look of a team worthy of hoisting a championship trophy.

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Riverside pitcher Christian Lucarelli celebrates an inning-ending strikeout during the PIAA Class 3A championship game June 15, 2023, at Penn State.
2024 WPIAL Class 3A baseball preseason breakdown
It is easy to run out of superlatives to describe the 2023 Riverside baseball season.

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Frazier’s Jackson Angelo holds Derry’s Brady Brown from escaping in their 189-pound match during the PIAA Class 2A quarterfinals March 8, 2024, at at Hershey Giant Center.
8 WPIAL wrestlers advance to PIAA Class 2A semifinals
March 8, 2024
HERSHEY — Eight wrestlers from the WPIAL have reached the semifinals at the PIAA Class 2A tournament at the Giant Center following wins in the quarterfinals Friday morning.

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Derry Area freshman Stanley Rajkovich battles Burrell’s Macky Bennis for the ball Jan. 26.
Westmoreland County high school basketball playoff preview capsules for March 9, 2024
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