Doug Gulasy stories, Page 3

Tori Radvan wanted another shot at Deer Lakes, given what happened the last time she threw a pitch against the Lancers. And Freeport’s ace took full advantage of her second chance. Radvan pitched a two-hit shutout, striking out eight and hit a solo homer to lead Freeport over Section 1-3A...

Fox Chapel’s senior class proved over the last three years it belonged in a different class than their Class AAA competitors. And with three WPIAL championships in hand, the Foxes can finish up a clean sweep. The top-seeded Foxes (12-0) began the WPIAL Class AAA tournament Wednesday against Latrobe with...

Sachin Thiagarajan kept Obama Academy’s City League tennis dominance going. Thiagarajan, a junior, claimed his first City League singles championship Tuesday with a straight-sets victory over Brashear’s Michael Varlotta at the Mellon Bubble. The finals performance capped a dominant run for Thiagarajan, the tournament’s top seed. He won his first...

Aaron Albert used some recent indoor practice time to put Kiski Area’s baseball reality in writing. The Cavaliers’ first-year coach grabbed a marker and jotted down the Section 1-5A standings on a whiteboard, showing his players in black (or color) and white what lay in front of them in the...

The WPIAL Class AA doubles final Tuesday turned into something of a Quaker Valley intrasquad scrimmage, pitting the Quakers’ tournament entrants against each other. Zach Albert and John Watters won the team bragging rights, beating Potter Oliver and Will Sirianni in straight sets (6-3, 6-2) at Oxford Athletic Club to...

Fox Chapel will go for a WPIAL tennis four-peat from the top line of the Class AAA tennis bracket. The three-time defending WPIAL Class AAA champion Foxes drew the top seed in the playoffs and will host Latrobe in the first round at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Shady Side Academy, which...

The Atlanta Falcons on Monday released offensive lineman Brandon Fusco, a Seneca Valley and Slippery Rock graduate, after an injury-marred 2018 season. Fusco started the Falcons’ first seven games at right guard before suffering a season-ending injury in October. The team released him with the designation of a failed physical....

Penn State added a big piece to its 2020 recruiting class Monday, getting a verbal commitment from four-star offensive line prospect Aaryn (A.J.) Parks. Parks, who attends National Christian Academy in Fort Washington, Md., became the fifth offensive lineman to commit to the Nittany Lions and is the highest-ranked of...

Nathan Dua and Colin Gramley can double up in WPIAL doubles. Shady Side Academy’s doubles tandem, the defending champions, advanced to the finals of the WPIAL Class AAA doubles tournament, which will take place Tuesday at Oxford Athletic Club North in Wexford. Dua and Gramley will square off against Peters...

Charlie Confer put it succinctly: Even when Burrell is down, the Bucs are up. Put enough comebacks together, as Burrell is doing this softball season, and a team develops a comfort when the game is on the line. Burrell provided another example Monday, as Confer’s go-ahead, two-run double in the...

Lynne Szarnicki Rau helped put Washington & Jefferson women’s golf on the map during her time with the Presidents, and the Springdale graduate is getting a prestigious honor from her alma mater. Washington & Jefferson last week announced Szarnicki Rau as one of the selections to its athletic Hall of...

Springdale is attempting to find a silver lining in the storm clouds that are hampering its breakout softball season. The Dynamos last played April 10, the day of a 19-11 Section 3-A loss to Leechburg. Since then, weather and other factors forced several postponements. “At least we’re well-rested,” coach Anthony...

Monday Softball • Burrell and Deer Lakes already played one thriller, and the Section 1-3A rivals will see if the rematch can live up to it as they meet with first place on the line. Sara Clark’s three-run walk-off homer gave Burrell (8-2, 6-1) a 10-9 win in the first...

Debbie Young heard the murmuring around Leechburg begin recently: The Blue Devils are back at it. Tax day just passed, and another April certainty appears ready to hit within the next week: another Leechburg softball playoff appearance. The No. 2 Blue Devils (10-0, 8-0) still are awaiting their clinching victory,...

The WPIAL individual track and field championships are looming next month at Slippery Rock, and some of the Alle-Kiski Valley’s top athletes are ramping up for the competition. Freeport hosted a Section 7-AA championship meet for the fifth consecutive year Wednesday, with seven teams competing. Nine athletes claimed a pair...

Makenna Marisa and Bert Kendall helped Peters Township make history during a perfect girls basketball season, and Friday they received the ultimate capper. Marisa, the Penn State-bound star who led Peters Township to the first PIAA championship in school history, was named the state Class 6A Girls Basketball Player of...

Blackhawk got coach Bob Amalia his 300th career victory in style. Chris Deluca fired a no-hitter, and John Malagise hit a two-run homer as the No. 1 Cougars rolled to a 10-0, five-inning victory over Section 2-4A opponent Ambridge that gave their 20-year coach a new milestone. Congratulations to Coach...

Krystyna Burdelski’s strong week earned conference recognition. The Westminster freshman, a Fox Chapel graduate, was named Presidents’ Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week on Monday after leading the Titans to two wins last week. Burdelski pitched a one-hit shutout, her second of the season, in a 9-0 win over Bethany....

Wednesday was Patriots Day for Deer Lakes senior Josh Yourish, as the Lancers’ standout distance runner announced a commitment to the George Mason track and field program. Excited to announce that I will continue my academic and athletic career at George Mason University DL—>>GM#Committed #masonnation @GeorgeMasonTFXC pic.twitter.com/jI8vHg9K0b— Josh Yourish (@JYourish3)...

Jarrett Heilman didn’t require much offensive support, but his Freeport teammates gave him plenty — and made sure to do it early. No. 4 Freeport staked Heilman to a three-run lead, and the Yellowjackets ace responded with his latest gem, pitching them to a 6-3 victory over No. 5 Burrell...

Mark Spohn didn’t know how to explain the third inning of Burrell’s nonsection game last week against Highlands. Neither did Golden Rams counterpart Jeff Campbell. How best to describe the 20 runs Burrell scored in the frame, erasing a 6-1 deficit in what became a 24-12 victory? “It turned into...

The recruiting process continues to pick up for Baldwin’s Dorien Ford. The Highlanders’ sophomore defensive end announced a scholarship offer Tuesday from Syracuse and Wednesday from Nebraska, bringing his total to seven. Blessed to receive an offer from Syracuase University ?@CuseFootball pic.twitter.com/5wz1uZ0ZYm— Dorien Ford (@DorienFord_21) April 23, 2019 Blessed to...

A continuing trial into corruption in NCAA basketball took a turn into college football Tuesday, when a former Pittsburgh financial adviser said he paid players from several major football programs, including Pitt and Penn State. Marty Blazer, an informant for federal investigators into their probe of payments made to college...

WVU’s all-time leading shot blocker is taking a shot at the NBA. Junior center Sagaba Konate declared for the NBA Draft, the university announced Monday. Although Konate plans to sign with an agent, he still would remain eligible to withdraw by May 2019 to return for his senior season under...

The same result kept happening to Deer Lakes during the early stages of baseball season. A one-run loss to Reading’s Berks Catholic in a season-opening tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Another against Knoch, in walkoff fashion, in the Lancers’ first game back in Pennsylvania. Still another in their next game,...