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Obama Academy’s Tariq Francis celebrates a three-pointer during the first half of a PIAA Class 5A first round playoff game against Penn Hills Friday, Mar. 6, 2020, at Brashear High School.

Pittsburgh Public Schools postpones City League winter sports until January

December 3, 2020

Pittsburgh Public Schools has delayed the start of winter sports in the City League until at least January.

Westinghouse celebrate its City League victory over University Prep on Oct. 26, 2019.

Pittsburgh’s City League teams can start fall sports without delay

August 26, 2020

There will be City League sports this fall.

Westinghouse’s Tyrese Hicks brings down Brashear quarterback Sha’rron Steave during the second quarter of their City League game on Sept. 15, 2016, at Cupples Stadium.

Pittsburgh Public Schools plans to postpone fall sports in City League

August 6, 2020

Pittsburgh Public Schools announced plans Thursday to postpone fall sports in the City League, a move tied to the district’s decision to start classes exclusively online.

Obama Academy senior Sachin Thiagarajan, right, captured the 2019 City League boys tennis singles championship and competed in the PIAA tournament in Hershey. With Thiagarajan is 2019 City League runner-up Mike Varlotta from Brashear.

Senior Spotlight: Tennis success has led to teaching opportunities for City League singles champ

May 15, 2020

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic.

Plenty of PIAA playoff factoids as the 2nd round begins Tuesday

March 9, 2020

Like an amateur surfer on a giant wave, six WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball teams got wiped out in the first round of the state playoffs Friday.

Shaler Area’s Cam Mbalo competes in the boys Class AAA triple jump during the PIAA track and field state championships Friday, May 24, 2019, at Shippensburg University.

3 WPIAL indoor track athletes earn 1st-team PTFCA all-state honors

March 8, 2020

Indiana’s Kendall Branan, North Allegheny’s Casey Burton and Shaler’s Cam Mbalo earned first-team all-state indoor track honors from the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association.

Obama Academy’s Sean Snead celebrates a three-pointer in front of the Eagles bench during a PIAA Class 5A first round playoff game against Penn Hills Friday, Mar. 6, 2020, at Brashear High School.

Sean Snead’s 3-pointers lead Obama past Penn Hills in PIAA 1st round

March 6, 2020

A first-half shot can’t be called a game-winner, especially one that only ties the score, but the energy from Sean Snead’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer was felt long after halftime.