Tag: Highlands

Riverview’s Lily Bauer (right) was selected to play in the Cager Classic.
Rosters announced for 28th Cager Classic all-star festivities
March 19, 2025
The 28th annual Cager Classic, featuring senior basketball players from Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler and Westmoreland counties, will be held at Highlands High School.

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Valley’s Julian Danko watches a pitch against Shenango last season.
A-K Valley baseball preview: Section champ Valley among teams adjusting to new surroundings
March 13, 2025
Realignment presents challenges for many baseball teams around the WPIAL. That will be the case for some of the teams in the Alle-Kiski Valley this season.

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Third baseman Addyson Caruso is one of Freeport’s seven returning letterwinners.
Plenty of changes for A-K Valley softball teams ahead of 2025 season
March 12, 2025
Change is the theme for many of the Alle-Kiski Valley softball programs heading into the 2025 WPIAL season — changes in class, sections, head coaches and players.

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Elizabeth Forward’s Julia Resnik celebrates her RBI triple against Hampton during the WPIAL Class 4A championship game on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at Cal (Pa.).
2025 WPIAL Class 4A softball preseason breakdown
March 11, 2025
Since the expansion to six classifications in softball in 2017, three schools have reigned atop the WPIAL in Class 4A: Belle Vernon, Elizabeth Forward and Beaver.

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Eddie Teorsky on steak night before a Highlands football game. Teorsky brought his own utensils and laughed as the players broke their plastic silverware.
Highlands fixture Eddie Teorsky to receive Courage Award from A-K Valley Sports Hall of Fame
March 3, 2025
Harrison native Eddie Teorsky was a fixture at Highlands High School athletic events for nearly 40 years before his death at age 57 on Jan. 15.

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Knoch’s Braylee Ireland is a junior on the 2024-25 girls wrestling team.
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Knoch’s Braylee Ireland, Highlands’ Javeon Chambers
February 22, 2025
Braylee Ireland

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Elizabeth Forward’s Cy Hercelroath drives on Highlands’ Troy Bielak in a WPIAL Class 4A first-round game on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.
Elizabeth Forward holds off pesky Highlands to end playoff drought
February 15, 2025
Elizabeth Forward coach Nolan Larry couldn’t have asked for a better birthday or Valentine’s Day gift from his team Friday.

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The Highlands defense surrounds Yough’s Brooke Wieland during a WPIAL Class 4A preliminary-round playoff game Thursday.
Yough girls outlast Highlands in 2OT to end postseason win drought
February 13, 2025
In a game filled with twists and turns — turnovers, fouls, momentum shifts and clutch moments — Yough battled through adversity and came from behind to secure a grueling 53-47 double-overtime win over Highlands in a preliminary-round game of the WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball playoffs Thursday.

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Shaler guard Bayleigh Perez (left) attempts to stop Plum’s Taylie Auth from getting off a clean shot Dec. 20, 2024, at Plum High School.
A-K Valley WPIAL basketball playoff capsules: Games for Friday, Feb. 14, 2025
WPIAL basketball playoffs

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Freeport’s Elena Jenkins fights for a loose ball with Highlands’ Tyarah Woody earlier this month.
A-K Valley high school basketball playoff preview capsules for Feb. 13, 2025
February 12, 2025
WPIAL basketball playoffs

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