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Pine-Richland graduate wins national architecture contest

By Deborah Deasy
Tyler Mikita, 18, of Richland wonders whether to become an engineer or an architect. He has almost $20,000 in scholarships to study engineering at the …

Hampton girls lacrosse star McGrath headed to Allegheny College

Both the sport of girls lacrosse and Hampton low attacker Christine McGrath have come a long way in the past couple of years. Growing up in a house where her dad and three brothers played lacrosse, McGrath could not help …
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Pennsylvania team set to reignite rivalry with Maryland in annual Big 33 Football Classic

After two decades of battling Buckeyes, Pennsylvania will welcome another neighbor to Hershey for Saturday’s Big 33 Football  Classic. Maryland has replaced Ohio as the …
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WPIAL Hall of Fame welcomes Class of 2013

During his career at Donora High School in the 1940s, Bimbo Cecconi accomplished more than most WPIAL athletes. He won medals in track (high hurdles …
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Pine-Richland standout Sullivan going Division I

After a year out of the WPIAL playoff chase, the Pine-Richland baseball team made another statement this season by advancing to the final four of the WPIAL baseball bracket and getting into the PIAA play-in game. There are many reasons …
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Hughes helps Shaler baseball team competethis season

In a season that may not have opened up with high expectations for the Shaler varsity baseball team, but it ended with a vision of …
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PIAA notebook: Vincentian coach’s appeal denied

Vincentian Academy football coach Tim Storino had his WPIAL-issued suspension upheld by the PIAA at an appeals hearing Wednesday in Mechanicsburg. But Storino, who was punished for recruiting grade school players, said he’d still like a better explanation about how …
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