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Steel Valley can’t hold lead in first-round loss

 By Keith Barnes
Throughout the regular season, Steel Valley made a living out of playing the underdog role and coming from behind in clutch situations. When the Ironmen hit the playoff stage, they could neither hold onto a the lead nor come back. Chartiers-Houston (12-7) erased an early three-run deficit and scored a …
High school notebook: PIHL stars highlight Team Pittsburgh roster for America’s Showcase
By Staff Reports
Pittsburgh will have the attention of plenty of hockey fans this week thanks to the NCAA Frozen Four being held at Consol Energy Center. Those fans also can head west to Robert Morris University’s Island Sports Center on Neville Island and see some additional high-level hockey. Some of the nation’s …
WPIAL softball powers find themselves in new classifications
By Bill Hartlep
Neshannock won its first PIAA Class AA softball title last season with a team made up mostly of talented underclassmen that went 24-1 and outscored …
21 WPIAL wrestlers reach PIAA Class AA quarterfinals
By Bill West
HERSHEY — After he endured the first two losses of his season in one afternoon, Charleroi junior Nick Gavazzi left Johnstown last Saturday with the …
South Fayette advances to WPIAL wrestling final against Burrell
By Paul Schofield
South Fayette disbanded its wrestling program in 1999, but the school district brought it back five years ago. Now the Lions find themselves wrestling for …
Chartiers-Houston’s decorated senior tandem raising bar for team
By Chris Adamski
The results of the Powerade wrestling tournament two weeks ago at Canon-McMillan have no direct bearing on a team’s record or its section standing. When …
Hounds brace for desperate Bucs
By Jeremy Sellew
Chartiers-Houston comes into Friday’s game at Monessen as a desperate team. The Buccaneers (3-4, 3-4) have been playing for their playoff lives, winning the past …
Gorman: Chartiers-Houston experiencing a flip-side to Avella storyline
By Kevin Gorman
Avella is the most amazing reversal-of-fortune story in Western Pennsylvania this season, going from 0-9 last year to 5-0 for the first time since 1994. Almost as incredible is the circumstances of Chartiers-Houston. Only one team has played Clairton closer during its 52-game winning streak than the Bucs did in …
Seton-La Salle, South Fayette to clash at Baldwin Stadium
By Ray Fisher
It’s “Brumbaugh vs. Brumbaugh” this week at Baldwin Stadium. Seton-La Salle (4-0, 4-0) will host rival South Fayette (4-0, 4-0) in a Century Conference football …
Clairton survives scare
By Josh Yohe
At one point, Clairton coach Tom Nola threw his headphones into the air. He hung on to the headphones before they hit the ground, just like his team held on. Barely. Clairton won its 48th consecutive game in stunningly unconvincing fashion, beating a Chartiers-Houston team, 22-20, that it usually handles …
Chartiers-Houston planning to quicken the pace this year
By W. Jonathan Cyprowski
The Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers are picking up the pace in preparation for what promises to be a daunting road to the playoffs in the Black Hills …
Two-run walk-off gives Chartiers-Houston WPIAL softball crown
By George Guido
Chartiers-Houston junior Piper McLaughlin wasn’t about to be denied a second straight WPIAL Class A softball title. With two outs in the bottom of the …
Previewing the WPIAL softball championships
By Staff Reports
Class AAAA Canon-McMillan vs. Hempfield 7 p.m. Thursday, California (Pa.) University’s Lilley Field Radio: WJPA-AM (1450) How they got here: No. 5 seed Canon-McMillan beat …
Pitching still strength for top-ranked Char-Houston
By Jason Mackey
Kayla Briggs earned all-state honors as a freshman first baseman in 2010 and as a right fielder last spring before becoming the top-ranked Chartiers-Houston softball …
Girman struggles with weather but stays unbeaten for Serra Catholic
By Mark Kaboly
It may have taken the better part of three years, but even Alain Girman ran into something more dominant than his perfect 27-0 career pitching …