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Plum’s Oravitz prepares for next phase of hockey career
As Cole Oravitz prepared for the Madison Capitols in their United States Hockey League weekend series against Green Bay, part of his focus was tuned to Buffalo, N.Y, and the NCAA Frozen Four. The Plum junior committed to UMass last month, and the Minutemen were taking part in Thursday’s national...
Quaker Valley girls lacrosse hopes to keep winning streak intact
The Quaker Valley girls lacrosse team exploded for 19 goals in a rout of Trinity on Monday. The Quakers go for their third win in a row Thursday evening as they travel to Chartiers Valley for a 7:30 Section 2-AA matchup. QV’s defense was on point against Trinity as it...
Deer Lakes’ Cutright faces challengers in defense of 300 hurdles title
Last year, Kiera Cutright was the hunter. Now, the Deer Lakes senior is the hunted. After placing sixth in the 300-meter hurdles at the WPIAL Class AA track and field championships as a sophomore, Cutright ascended to the top last year as champion. She hopes defend her title this spring,...
Quaker Valley baseball goes for fifth straight win to begin season
The Quaker Valley baseball team hopes to stay undefeated in Section 2-4A and overall when it hosts section foe Blackhawk on Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. at Esmark Field at Bouchard Family Park. The Quakers are 4-0 overall and 1-0 section play. QV has outscored its opponents 30-6 and toppled 5A...
Bedi qualifies for return to WPIAL singles tournament
Sewickley Academy’s Arjan Bedi qualified for the WPIAL Class AAA singles tournament with a pair of pro-set victories Monday at the Section 2 tournament. The top four from each of the four AAA sections punch tickets to WPIALs next Monday and Tuesday. Bedi remains alive Tuesday afternoon for the section...
Looking ahead important for softball teams needing to replace standout pitchers
Even before Leechburg’s Morgan Pierce, a four-year starter in the circle, graduated, plans were in place to find her successor. Enter sophomore Emma Ritchie, who has taken the pitching reins for the Blue Devils as they seek a 33rd straight playoff appearance. Ritchie, who pitched mostly in junior varsity games...
Deer Lakes softball gets 10-run victory over Valley
Auveonna Perkins connected on a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth to put the Vikings ahead of Deer Lakes in Monday’s Section 1-3A softball matchup at Valley. But the visiting Lancers responded in a big way when they returned to the plate. Deer Lakes scored eight runs in...
Volleyball coaches association releases WPIAL boys rankings for Week 3
The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its Week 3 boys rankings Monday, and North Allegheny and Derry remain at the top in Class AAA and AA, respectively. Each set of rankings is compiled through a vote of the WPIAL’s 39 head coaches. Also in Class AAA, Bethel Park, Shaler...
Passion outlast Cleveland to win season opener
The Pittsburgh Passion women’s football team rallied twice in the first half of Saturday’s season opener against Women’s Football Alliance foe the Cleveland Fusion. The Passion extended a lead in the third quarter and held off the Fusion challenge the rest of the way to score a 26-20 victory at...
Riverhounds top Louisville City for first win this season
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds scored just once in Saturday’s United Soccer League Championship matchup at Louisville City. But that was all that was needed as the Riverhounds scored a 1-0 shutout victory. The win was the first of the season for Pittsburgh, which owned a loss and two ties over its...
Passion women’s football team begins season against Cleveland
The Pittsburgh Passion women’s semi-pro football team will face the Cleveland Fusion on Saturday to kick off its 17th campaign. The game, set for West Allegheny’s Joe P. DeMichela Stadium, will kick off at 6 p.m. Gates open at 5:30. Tickets for all Passion home games are $15 for adults...
Riverhounds go for first win of 2019 at Louisville City
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds will try to break into the win column Saturday evening as they will visit Louisville City for a United Soccer League Championship matchup. The Riverhounds own two draws in three matches this season. Included in the start was last Saturday’s 2-2 tie against Bethlehem. Saturday’s game, set...
Franklin Regional rallies past Fox Chapel in extra-inning battle
The Franklin Regional baseball team fell behind by four runs after three innings of Friday’s Section 1-5A matchup at Fox Chapel. The Panthers took the lead in the sixth and saw the Foxes tie it in the bottom of the seventh. But a one-out RBI single from Bryce Harper in...
Quaker Valley 6th-grader Reiner invited to elite hockey tournament
Emily Reiner wears a No. 13 jersey for her Pens Elite and Arctic Foxes 12U girls hockey teams. But the number selection is not bad luck for the sixth grader at Quaker Valley Middle School. Reiner, 11, a Glenfield resident, is one of 100 female 2007 birth-year players from around...
CCAC Boyce baseball ready to defend conference title
The Community College of Allegheny County’s Boyce campus baseball team ended a long drought last year as it won its first Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference title since 1985. St. Bernards also advanced to the Region XX tournament with a chance to go to nationals. The team saw its season end...
Quaker Valley track teams to compete at Knoch Relays
The Quaker Valley track and field teams will test their mettle Saturday at the 6th annual Knoch Relays at Knoch High School in Saxonburg. The event features the regular relay events seen at invitationals and duel meets and some additional ones such as the 800-meter relay, the 1,000 sprint medley,...
Quaker Valley boys lacrosse aims to stay undefeated against Big Macs
The Quaker Valley boys lacrosse team added to its early-season winning ways with a close 8-7 win over Moon on Tuesday. The Quakers now will put their 3-0 overall record on the line when they take on Class AAA Canon-McMillan in a nonsection game Thursday at 7 p.m. at Big...
Plum grad Zezza to take part in professional basketball combine
Courtney Zezza, a Plum graduate and senior center/forward on the St. Francis (Pa.) women’s basketball team, will take part in a professional combine Saturday at Tampa Prep High School in Tampa, Fla. Zezza joins Red Flash senior teammate Jess Kovatch at the combine and will be evaluated by more than...
Golden Gloves championship finals set for Monroeville
The Golden Gloves Boxing Western Pennsylvania finals are set for Sunday afternoon with the Pennsylvania state finals April 13. Both events will be at Pro Sport Monroeville, 856 Macbeth Drive, under the direction of the Western Pennsylvania Police Athletic League. Sunday’s card will start at 2 p.m., and the April...
Kiski Area runner Shreffler has singular focus: PIAAs
Kierra Shreffler is on a mission to get to the PIAA Class AAA track and field championships. The Kiski Area senior hoped to break through last year in the 1,600-meter run, her main event, but she fell just short of her goal at the WPIAL championships. Now, she has a...
Springdale softball rolls past St. Joseph, improves to 3-0
The Springdale softball team scored a pair of runs in the second inning of Tuesday’s Section 3-A opener with St. Joseph at Kotecki Memorial Park in Lower Burrell. Those runs were enough for Dynamos freshman standout Alexis Hrivnak, who gave up one unearned run, scattered three hits and walked one...
North Allegheny, Derry lead WPIAL boys volleyball rankings
The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its Week 2 boys rankings Monday, and North Allegheny remains at the top in Class AAA. In Class AA, there is a new No. 1 as Derry moves up from No. 3. Each set of rankings is compiled through a vote of the...
IUP women No. 4 in final WBCA coaches poll
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team finished its season ranked fourth in the final Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll released Sunday. The Crimson Hawks found themselves in the top five 15 of the 18 weeks and spent three weeks at No. 1. IUP...
Coffman hopes to lift Burrell to early-season victory against rival Freeport
Lea Coffman remembers the moment all too well. Early last season, the Burrell softball team was one inning away from an important section victory over rival Freeport. The Bucs built a 6-0 lead over the first six innings, and Coffman contributed to the advantage in the big way with four...
Sewickley Academy baseball scheduled for game action Monday
The Sewickley Academy baseball team hopes to begin its season Monday against Quigley Catholic at 4:30 p.m. at Nichols Field. Adverse weather and field conditions have postponed or cancelled games on the Panthers’ schedule. Included in that was a cancelled nonsection game from Saturday against South Side Beaver. Sewickley Academy...
