Tag: Mt. Pleasant

Derry’s Cason Long pitches against Belle Vernon during a 2025 WPIAL playoff game. (Mike Darnay | Mon Valley Independent)
Westmoreland County baseball notebook: Derry playing Long ball
April 2, 2026
Cason Long had one of those days at the ballpark.

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Jeannette’s Kymon’e Brown scores against Northern Cambria during their PIAA Class 2A first round playoff game March 7 at Jeannette. (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
Nominees announced for 70th annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete banquet
March 25, 2026
This year’s nominees for the Judge Michael J. Stewart 70th annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete banquet is a mixture of PIAA and WPIAL champions and outstanding individuals on and off the field.

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Connellsville begins play in the 2026 Chipotle USA Hockey High School National Championships on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Plymouth, Minn. The team includes players from Southmoreland and Mt. Pleasant. (Courtesy of Ian J. Zimmerman/Limitless Marketing)
‘Quite an honor’: Connellsville hockey to vie for national title in Minnesota
March 17, 2026
The Connellsville hockey team set some lofty goals this winter.

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Belle Vernon’s Chace Petrosky stiff-arms Trinity’s Anthony Giorgi in October. (Mike Darnay | Mon Valley Independent)
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Belle Vernon football on the move to 3A
March 15, 2026
The WPIAL released football conferences and schedules for the next two-year alignment cycle.

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Hampton’s Gabriella Elk won the PIAA Class 2A girls diving title March 14, 2026, at Bucknell. (Michael Love | TribLive)
Hampton’s Gabriella Elk successfully defends PIAA Class 2A diving title
March 14, 2026
LEWISBURG — Gabriella Elk left quite a lasting impact on diving at the PIAA-championship level.

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Beaver’s Isaac Burtt competes at the PIAA Class 2A diving championships March 13, 2026, at Bucknell. (Michael Love | TribLive)
Beaver’s Isaac Burtt takes 9th at PIAA Class 2A diving championships
March 13, 2026
LEWISBURG — Isaac Burtt made his PIAA diving debut at last year’s Class 2A championships and placed 13th overall.

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Norwin’s Trevor Vitsas (22) is mobbed by teammates after the Knights defeated Butler in nine innings in a WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinal May 19, 2025, at North Allegheny. (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
Westmoreland County high school baseball preview: ‘Tight-knit bunch’ planning encore at Norwin
March 12, 2026
It was quite a year for Westmoreland County high school baseball teams in 2025 as 11 qualified for the WPIAL playoffs.

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Penn-Trafford pitcher Allyson Paulone delivers against Greencastle-Atrim during the 2025 PIAA Class 5A championship game. (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
Westmoreland County softball preview: Plenty of new faces at Penn-Trafford but the standard remains high
March 11, 2026
Sometimes, sentimentality gets the best of Denny Little.

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Mohawk celebrates with the trophy after beating South Park during the WPIAL Class 3A softball championships May, 29, 2025 at Lilley Field. (Chaz Palla | TribLive)
2026 WPIAL Class 3A softball preseason breakdown
Could there be a WPIAL championship three-peat in Class 3A softball this spring?

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Mark Katarski was hired as Mt. Pleasant’s boys basketball coach Wednesday.
Mt. Pleasant hires Katarski as athletic director; will remain as boys basketball coach
March 5, 2026
Mark Katarski already reunited with his high school alma mater when he became the boys basketball at Mt. Pleasant.

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