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Chartiers Valley tops McKeesport, returns to PIAA girls basketball finals

Sometimes experience just matters and will conquer all, especially when it comes to the PIAA girls basketball playoffs. The senior-laden Chartiers Valley team showcased its resolve on the court in the second quarter, outscoring McKeesport by 12 points and holding a nine-point halftime lead. The Tigers were playing catch up...
North Catholic’s Maggie Foley takes 2nd at PIAA diving championships

LEWISBURG — North Catholic junior Maggie Foley placed second to Marple Newtown senior Alexandra Pastris at last year’s PIAA Class 2A diving championships at Cumberland Valley High School. Foley hoped that a return to Bucknell and a rematch with Pastris on Saturday afternoon would yield different results. They held the...
Leechburg baseball team loaded with pitching, bursting with enthusiasm

Hard work, positivity and optimism. Spend any length of time with first-year Leechburg baseball coach Heath Shimer and it’s obvious a new era of Blue Devils baseball about to begin. “I got an awesome group of kids right now,” said Shimer. “I am surprised that I have them where I...
A-K Valley HOF inductee Jeff Cortileso kept eye on Leechburg’s football resurgence

Jeff Cortileso was happy to see his alma mater, Leechburg, get back to becoming one of the area’s top football programs. It brought back memories of his time with the Blue Devils when Leechburg often was a contender for postseason play. “I think they had a great year,” said Cortileso,...
Plum softball has tools to get clear playoff hurdle

Plum’s softball team walked off the diamond last spring stunned. Fox Chapel, the No. 14 seed in the Class 5A playoffs, upended the Mustangs, 2-0, in the WPIAL first round, abruptly halting a promising season. “I don’t like to dwell in the past too much, because there’s not a whole...
With new field complete, Plum baseball looks to defend section crown

There are some things at Plum that need to be broken in. Late last season, the Mustangs unveiled a sparkling new baseball field but were able to play only three home games on the artificial turf. A year later, a talented — yet somewhat inexperienced group — hopes that a...
Norwin notebook: Young to play in East-West All-Star Game

Norwin senior football player Jacob Young was added to the West roster for the big-school East-West All-Star Game, set for May 29 at Bishop McDevitt in Harrisburg. Young is a two-way lineman who played center, tackle, guard and defensive tackle for the Knights, and also can handle long-snapping duties. The...
Rumpler 2nd-place finish at states a boon for North Allegheny girls wrestling team

North Allegheny didn’t have a girls wresting team two years ago, yet the Tigers saw a girl finish second in the state this winter. The team’s success is a credit to the athletes, coach Dan Heckert said, but also shows how far the program has come and how far the...
Hampton shatters expectations while winning back-to-back WPIAL swim titles

Four individuals — Will Retsch, Ben Sheets, Chris Belch and Zach Sutterlin — and all three boys relays at Hampton qualified for the PIAA Class 2A swimming championships, as did Pax Carslaw, a diving specialist. The leader of the pack was none other than Retsch, a senior who won WPIAL...
After rounding out game, Hampton’s Hoehler headed to Pitt-Greensburg

Hampton’s Kayla Hoehler has been playing basketball for more than half of her life. She started playing at around age 7, continued through her middle school days and was a four-year varsity starter for the Talbots from 2018-22. The 5-foot-8 senior guard plans to extend her career to the next...
WPIAL swimmers chasing more gold in championship heats at PIAA swim meet Day 2

LEWISBURG — After winning seven state titles on Day 1 of the PIAA Class 2A swimming championships at Bucknell, WPIAL swimmers are after more gold Saturday evening. Two Friday state champs will go head to head in the girls 100-yard freestyle as Mt. Pleasant freshman Lily King and Northgate sophomore...
WPIAL swimmers claim 7 state titles on 1st day of PIAA Class 2A championships

LEWISBURG — Friday was a banner day for WPIAL boys and girls swimmers at the PIAA Class 2A championships at Bucknell. The district took home seven individual state titles — four boys and three girls — out of the 12 contested events. Indiana freshman Preston Kessler got the party started....
Mike Wells shakes off sore elbow, leads New Castle to 1st PIAA finals since ’14

Mike Wells’ elbow was still hurting him, but that didn’t hide his happiness as New Castle fans rained Hershey’s Kisses on the Red Hurricanes’ postgame celebration. A day after falling hard at practice, Wells shook off the shooting-arm injury and scored a game-high 26 points Friday night with four 3-pointers...
High school sports scores, schedules for March 18, 2022

High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Saturday’s schedule Lower Merion (27-3) vs. Roman Catholic (22-4) at Coatesville, 4 p.m. Archbishop Wood (20-7) vs. Fox Chapel (27-1) at Chambersburg, 4 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Friday’s result New Castle 59, Gateway 39 Saturday’s schedule Chester (20-3) vs. Imhotep Charter...
Mt. Pleasant’s King is queen of the PIAA 50 freestyle, with a record time

LEWISBURG - Mt. Pleasant freshman Lily King familiarized herself with the top of a swimming medals podium at the WPIAL Class 2A championships earlier this month. She was there four times in the 50 and 100-yard freestyles and also as part of the Vikings’ 200 free and 400 free relays....
Freedom stuns WPIAL champion North Catholic to earn trip to PIAA basketball finals

As Freedom girls basketball coach John Kaercher would have it, “These dogs had their day.” Talk about March Madness. Instead of falling victim to highly touted North Catholic for a fourth time this season, Freedom decided to stun the Trojanettes, 46-39, in the PIAA Class 3A semifinals Friday night at...

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