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Class of 2024 to be inducted into Franklin Regional Athletic Hall of Fame
The Class of 2024 is set for the Franklin Regional Athletic Hall of Fame. This year’s inductees include: • Andrew Cohen (Class of 2004, track & field) • Brian Grimm (1984, cross country/track & field) • Tyler Smith (2014, wrestling) • Gay Eyles Stock (1977, swimming) • Pam Miklasevich Sumner...
Gateway bowlers cap season with successful trip to national tournament
The Gateway boys bowling team finished fourth overall at the Pennsylvania State Championships in March at Leisure Lanes in Lancaster. But it wasn’t the final event of the season for the team, which returned to Leisure Lanes on June 8-10 for the U.S. High School Bowling Foundation’s National Championships. “We...
Monroeville Junior Legion team working toward strong finish to season
The Monroeville Junior Legion baseball team concluded the 2023 season in the Pennsylvania state playoffs, capping a successful summer that saw them win 19 of 30 games. Post 820 started the run by surviving a rugged regular season and playoff tournament in the Westmoreland County League. Monroeville coach Mark Rawls...
With doubles teams leading the way, Quaker Valley tennis competes with state’s best
Quaker Valley’s boys tennis team hit the daily double in 2024. The Quakers had a banner season thanks in large part to the performance of their doubles players. “In PIAA high school tennis, you only need a 60% to win,” QV coach Christi Hays said. “That would not even be...
‘Courage and grit’ propel Eden Christian to baseball season to remember
The Eden Christian Academy baseball season escalated from outstanding status to an awesome experience June 6 with the Warriors’ 11-4 playoff win over Avella in the PIAA Class A quarterfinals at Ross Memorial Park at the Washington & Jefferson Sports Complex. It then moved from awesome to sensational thanks to...
Passion for WPIAL basketball leads North Allegheny grad Hailey Zeise to Pine-Richland job
Hailey Zeise spent the last year coaching in college at George Washington, but in her heart, she knew high school basketball was where she wanted to be. Seven years ago, Zeise helped lead North Allegheny to a WPIAL title and now she hopes to do the same as a coach...
Junior Legion players show Plum pride during busy summer of baseball
Members of the Plum Junior League baseball team are playing a lot this month between their community team and travel baseball. It is keeping them on their toes, and second-year coach Markus Cestra hopes that by the end of the month, his team, with players mostly from seventh through 10th...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 15, 2024
High schools Lacrosse PIAA playoffs Championships Saturday’s schedule At Panzer Stadium, Penn State Boys Class 3A Radnor 9, LaSalle College 6 Class 2A Marple Newtown 11, Mars 9 Girls Class 3A Conestoga 10, Radnor 4 Class 2A Archbishop Carroll 16, Twin Valley 7 Volleyball Boys PIAA playoffs Championships Saturday’s schedule...
Shaler boys volleyball sweeps Parkland to avenge loss, claim program’s 1st state title
STATE COLLEGE — Shaler dropped last year’s PIAA Class 3A championship to District 11 champion Parkland in three straight games and wanted revenge. They got it with a complete team victory and a three-game sweep Saturday at Penn State’s Rec Hall. Game scores were 25-21, 25-15, and 25-20, giving the...
Mars boys lacrosse falls to Marple Newtown in deja vu PIAA championship game
STATE COLLEGE — There were no smiles. Just some consoling handshakes and hugs. The Mars Fightin’ Planets didn’t come here Saturday to play second fiddle again. They came to win their second state title in boys lacrosse, and they almost pulled it off. But for the second time in a...
Division I players from A-K Valley come together for high-level summer soccer
Gabe Norris and Michael Sullivan have been friends for close to 16 years as they got to know each other on the soccer pitch at 5 or 6 years of age. No matter the travels through life on and off the field, it has been a bond that’s hard to...
Championships highlight banner school year for Norwin sports
It started with a bang in the fall. It ended with a surprise in the spring. With a bounty of success, Norwin’s 2023-24 sports year called for more space on the gymansium walls as athletic director Mike Burrell placed orders for championship banners. Fall The boys soccer team used its...
Murrysville Star notebook: Franklin Regional grad finds game at WPGA event
After changing his college allegiances, Franklin Regional graduate Chuck Tragesser continues to sharpen his golf game over the summer. Tragesser was medalist at a recent Western Pennsylvania Golf Association Amateur Championship qualifying tournament, finishing with a flourish to advance. A member at Willowbrook Country Club, he made two birdies and...
Optimism reigns after solid season for Hampton boys lacrosse
The Hampton Talbots compete in one of the tougher classifications in the WPIAL — Class 2A boys lacrosse, where Mars has won eight straight WPIAL titles and reached the PIAA finals four consecutive years. Hampton is trying to compete with the Fightin’ Planets and return to the program’s glory days,...
Already honored for soccer, Fox Chapel grad makes conference all-decade team in lacrosse too
Fox Chapel graduate Jessie Thiessen was honored to be named to the North Coast Athletic Conference 40th anniversary all-decade team in two sports. Thiessen, who played lacrosse and soccer, starred for both teams during a busy four years at Allegheny. Thiessen, a 2017 graduate, was chosen for the award, which...
Shady Side Academy senior overcomes injuries to cap career with state track gold
Chelsea Hartman wanted to run more, but she wasn’t sure if her body would allow it. The Shady Side Academy senior was plagued by chronic pain during her freshman and sophomore seasons. First, Hartman battled shin splints. Then, she dealt with stress fractures in her feet. But Hartman persisted, winning...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Franklin Regional cornerback pops up on Division I radar
Jaymier Austin transferred to Franklin Regional when he was a freshman, leaving Penn Hills to play at another WPIAL Class 5A program. “It’s felt like home ever since,” Austin said. While the scenery changed, the expectations did not. Colleges probably would have found the budding football prospect wherever he played....
4th Tre Cunningham Memorial Basketball Tournament is biggest yet
Tre Cunningham’s memory gleams on in Jeannette, and the summer varsity basketball tournament in his name keeps growing because of it. The fourth annual Tre Cunningham Memorial Basketball Tournament, presented by the Jeannette Educational Foundation, is set for June 20-22 at Jeannette High School and Jeannette McKee Elementary. “This is...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for June 14, 2024
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Championships Friday’s results At Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, Penn State Class 5A Governor Mifflin 2, Hollidaysburg 1 Class 3A Neumann-Goretti 12, Avonworth 0 Class A Faith Christian 4, Eden Christian 1 Lacrosse PIAA playoffs Championships Saturday’s schedule At Panzer Stadium, Penn State Boys Class...
Avonworth says disputed call in PIAA finals shifted momentum in 12-0 loss to Neumann-Goretti
STATE COLLEGE — Every bit of momentum was on Neumann-Goretti’s side when Andrew Dankanich bounced a game-ending grand slam off the left-field foul pole, handing Avonworth a 12-0 loss in five innings. What shifted that momentum in the PIAA Class 3A final is maybe up for debate. Avonworth coach Jeff...
Blue Mountain stops Elizabeth Forward in PIAA Class 4A championship game
STATE COLLEGE — Elizabeth Forward lost the PIAA Class 4A softball championship game 4-0 to Blue Mountain on Friday afternoon at Penn State’s Beard Field. The Warriors (23-2) managed five singles but never got a runner to third base. The Eagles (27-1), who won their second-straight state title, scored single...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 15, 2024: Mars lacrosse, Shaler volleyball seek gold on last day of season
Welcome to the final day of the 2023-2024 high school sports season featuring the PIAA lacrosse and boys volleyball state championship matches. The final day of this school year looks a lot like the final day of the 2022-2023 school season for two district teams. Fightin’ finals again The Mars...
GoFundMe posted for former Norwin football player Josiah Pastories, who was killed in auto accident
A GoFundMe page is set up for the family of Josiah Pastories, a Norwin graduate and former football player and wrestler who was killed in a one-vehicle accident Thursday morning in northern Butler County. Donations can be made here. Pastories, who was 19, was traveling to his welding job when...
Mt. Pleasant duo eager to compete with best at U.S. Olympic swimming team trials
When the U.S. Olympic team trials begin Saturday, two girls from the Mt. Pleasant swimming program will be competing for a trip to Paris in August. Heather Gardner, a 2020 Mt. Pleasant graduate and a recent graduate of Liberty University, and senior-to-be Lily King will be making their first appearances...
7-time WPIAL champion coach Spencer Stefko steps down at North Allegheny
One of the most successful and unique coaches in WPIAL girls basketball history has resigned. Spencer Stefko has stepped away after 18 years on the sidelines, the past nine as girls basketball coach at North Allegheny. “I hate to lose him,” North Allegheny athletic director Bob Bozzuto said. “He was...
