Tag: Derry Area
Derry baseball team wants to build on ‘special year’
March 11, 2022
After a baseball season in which they notched their first WPIAL section title since 1992 and won their first playoff game since 2005, the Derry Trojans are looking for more.
Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer dominates en route to title at Class 2A Southwest Regionals
March 5, 2022
Complacency never is a problem for Mt. Pleasant senior wrestler Dayton Pitzer.
Westmoreland girls basketball notebook: Latrobe’s Blair is double-double machine
February 16, 2022
When the ball goes up, Emma Blair is ready for it to come down.
Westmoreland notebook: Work to upgrade Derry’s Trojan Stadium begins this summer
February 8, 2022
The entrance to Derry’s Trojan Stadium is going to look quite different in the near future.
Short-handed Derry perseveres through trying season
February 7, 2022
Down to seven players, a hobbled leading scorer and a section schedule wearing thin on opportunities, the Derry girls basketball team played on with flickering playoff hopes.
Westmoreland girls basketball notebook: Yough making major strides
January 19, 2022
Scores can be indicative of how far struggling programs have come — a measurement of improvement.
Westmoreland High School Athletes of the Week: Hempfield Briar Priest, Derry’s Tiana Moracco
January 15, 2022
Briar Priest
Westmoreland high school notebook: Jeannette girls hoops nears return
The Jeannette girls basketball team is hoping to return to the court soon after a week-long quarantine.
Derry coach Gene Brisbane hits 400-win milestone
January 13, 2022
Derry girls basketball coach Gene Brisbane reached a career milestone Thursday night in the Trojans’ 44-41 victory at Burrell.
Westmoreland high school girls basketball notebook: Greensburg Salem’s Mankins is ‘irreplaceable’
January 12, 2022
The Franklin Regional gymnasium fell silent for about 40 minutes Tuesday night when Greensburg Salem sophomore center Kaitlyn Mankins went down with a grim injury.
