Greg Macafee stories, Page 25

Kiski Area football coach Sam Albert starts every practice the same way. He steps onto the field and yells the phrase, “It’s a great day to be a Cavalier.” But after a long layoff because of the coronavirus pandemic, the longtime coach was a little rusty when his team returned...

Because it is his home course, Franklin Regional rising senior Michael Wareham has played Willowbrook Country Club a time or two. So when he took to the 6,431-yard layout Wednesday for the 36-hole Tri-State Junior PGA Championship, he had a little extra confidence. “I mean, I know where to miss...

At last, the drivers can start their engines. Friday night will be an exciting time in Sarver because for the first time in 2020, race car drivers will take to the track at Lernerville Speedway. “Absolutely through the roof,” Lernerville track announcer Eric Westendorf said about the excitement level heading...

After helping the Mars girls soccer team win WPIAL and PIAA Class 3A titles last fall, junior Ellie Coffield has received another honor. On Wednesday, the 5-foot-7 midfielder was named the Pennsylvania Girls Soccer Gatorade Player of the Year for her play in the 2019 season. The Pitt recruit scored...

Allegheny Township resident Steve Vak knows his way around a golf course. Although he didn’t start playing the sport until he was in his 40s, Vak has had a lot of success on the links. Just last week, the 73-year-old former Kiski Area superintendent carded the sixth hole-in-one of his...

A West Virginia University football player has tested positive for covid-19. On Monday, the WVU athletic department announced a Mountaineer football player contracted the virus that has kept many athletic teams separated for the past three months. The player will enter a self-isolation period for the next 14 days. Voluntary...

There is good reason for the excitement surrounding the Young Township Westmoreland County American League baseball team. Made up of players from Sharpsburg, Apollo-Ridge, Armstrong and a few other small school districts, the team recently has struggled with numbers, playing with rosters of 10 or 11. But at the first...

Angela Baker’s journey through football has provided her with a lot of exciting experiences, but her most recent one might be the best yet. On Monday, Baker, a Carlynton alum and Pittsburgh Passion quarterback, started working with the Cleveland Browns through the Bill Walsh Diversity Coach Fellowship, a program that...

After a nearly three-month hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic, live harness racing is returning to the Meadows Racetrack. On Friday, The Meadows Racetrack & Casino announced live harness racing will be returning Monday, with a new first post of 12:45 p.m. The 10-race card will feature two carryover bets....

North Catholic’s Anthony Serventi decided where he will play college football. On Thursday, the 5-foot-11, 195-pound North Catholic senior announced his commitment to Dayton via his Twitter account. UD ‘24❤️? #GoFlyers @Coach_TO @DaytonFootball pic.twitter.com/gndvwfz75A— Anthony Serventi? (@aserventi_23) June 11, 2020 After a visit to Dayton’s campus in January, before the...

Athletes have been itching to return to their sports since the coronavirus pandemic shut down leagues and organizations around the country in mid-March. So when Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf elevated Allegheny County into the green phase of his reopening plan last Friday, sports organizations were ready to give their young...

Members of the Mt. Pleasant high school baseball team had a feeling they could accomplish something this spring with the experience and talent they had developed the past three years. When the coronavirus pandemic forced the PIAA to cancel all spring sports, the Vikings saw those hopes for a successful...

Throughout his baseball career, Will Bednar has created countless memories, which has made his past two seasons quite different. First, as a senior at Mars, Bednar was able to pitch only three innings because of biceps tendinitis. During his junior year he went 8-0 with a 0.64 ERA and 120...

Editor’s note: Trib HSSN is spotlighting WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. When the Laurel Spartans took on the No. 1 seeded Shenango Wildcats in last year’s WPIAL Class 2A playoffs, they had nothing to lose. They were a young team with no...

North Catholic’s Gabe Gallup has been working toward a dream for the past four years. Since he was in seventh grade, Gallup has wanted to sign with a professional soccer academy. Late last week, Gallup accomplished that goal when he signed his offer letter from MLS’s FC Cincinnati to play...

Last fall, Dom Reiter led the Quaker Valley boys soccer team to WPIAL and PIAA titles, and the accolades are still coming for the Pitt-bound forward. On Monday, six months after being named the Trib HSSN Boys Soccer Player of the Year, Reiter was named the 2019-20 Gatorade Pennsylvania Boys...

After an illustrious career at Kiski Area, Darren Miller already is starting make a name for himself at the collegiate level. The Bucknell freshman went 19-15 in his first season on the mat for the Bison and was also one of three wrestlers who started every dual while producing a...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Seton LaSalle’s Dan Boehme has created a lot of memories on the baseball field during his high school career, but none of them compare to last year’s WPIAL Class...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds are now one step closer to returning to competitive play in 2020. On Thursday, the USL Championship Board of Governors voted in favor of a provisional start date of July 11. Plans for competition format, scheduling, broadcast and other information has yet to be decided upon, but...

The Baldwin-Whitehall Educational Foundation is making the best of a bad situation. After the Baldwin-Whitehall Educational Foundation 80th Anniversary Gala was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year, the BWEF decided to switch the gala to a virtual format, which will take place Thursday via a YouTube video...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. As the South Park Eagles entered the playoffs last year, they had two of the hottest pitchers in the WPIAL. Kevin Vaupel, who is now playing collegiate ball at...

Although his freshman season was cut short, former Mars pitcher Will Bednar received postseason honors this week. After pitching 15⅓ innings this season for Mississippi State, the 6-foot-2, 229-pound right-hander was named to Collegiate Baseball’s 2020 Freshman All-American team. Bednar was one of 24 relief pitchers named to the team...

Will Carnevale has been fishing off his family’s dock in Allegheny Township off the Allegheny River for quite some time, but this past weekend he received quite the surprise … twice. After casting his line Friday night, the Fox Chapel senior said he walked into the house for a few...