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Hartman’s style never gets old

 By Jeff Oliver
As I held a recorder in Don Hartman’s face immediately after his California baseball team lost a tough 2-1 verdict to Our Lady of the …
‘Little things’ beat California
By Jeff Oliver
Every year, when Don Hartman gathers his California baseball team for the first time in the gymnasium to get ready for a new season, he …
Cal’s Clancy finds track stardom quickly
By Jeff Oliver
When the PIAA Track and Field Championships are held Friday and Saturday at Shippensburg University, California Area’s Kailyn Clancy will be there competing for the …
Riverview baseball falls to California in windy Class A quarterfinal
By George Guido
The wild winds of West Mifflin helped do in the Riverview Raiders on Wednesday afternoon. Seven balls hit high into the air by California players caught a hilltop gust and was one of the factors in a 6-4 Trojans victory in a WPIAL Class A quarterfinal. Nine walks by Riverview’s …
California baseball to meet Riverview at West Mifflin
By Jeff Oliver
The site for California’s WPIAL Class A quarterfinal playoff game today is set. It will be played at 4:30 p.m. at West Mifflin. The Trojans (16-4) will meet third-seeded Riverview (15-2) in the second game of a doubleheader. The first game at West Mifflin will pit top-seeded Serra (17-1) against …
Cal comes back to beat S. Academy
By Jeff Oliver
The California Trojans haven’t failed to make the Final Four in Class A the last four years. Cal coach Don Hartman is hoping to make …
No big surprises locally in WPIAL playoff brackets
By Jeff Oliver
The WPIAL released its baseball and softball playoff brackets and there were no real surprises for local teams. In baseball, Belle Vernon Area (11-8) will meet fourth-seeded Chartiers Valley (16-4) at 4:30 p.m. Monday at Upper St. Clair, and Elizabeth Forward (13-6) takes on fifth-seeded Keystone Oaks (14-4) at 2:30 …
Trojans respond to Hartman’s challenge; win, 8-7
By Jeff Oliver
Going into the bottom of the third inning of Monday’s Section 1 A finale with section champion Carmichaels, California baseball coach Don Hartman was not …
Cal’s Tanner Huffman going to W&J
By Jeff Oliver
It’s going to be strange watching California’s boys basketball team play next season without Tanner Huffman running the offense. That’s because Huffman was a four-year …
Big innings carry California baseball team past Mt. Pleasant
By Jason Black
When the Mt. Pleasant baseball team was compiling its schedule for 2013, the Vikings were more than willing to add California to their list of …
Cal faces rebuilding
By Jeff Oliver
There is good news and bad news for California Area baseball fans this season. The bad news is five starters are gone from last season’s …
California girls are low on numbers, not expectations
By Bill Hughes
Third-year California Area head softball coach Earl Doman knows his team is facing the same problem as many other Class A schools. “Staying healthy will be a key since we only have 11 players,” Doman said, who served as an assistant for five years prior to taking over the program. …
Monessen’s Ward, other girls to cap ‘grand’ basketball careers at Roundball Classic
By Jeff Oliver
Getting picked to play in a prestigious all-star game could certainly be called a grand experience. And for four of the six area girls who …
California tabs Teets as head coach
By Jeff Oliver
California has a new head football coach and one of the Trojans’ long-time rivals lost a few assistants in the process. William “Bo” Teets is …
Cal duo, Levine in Roundball Classic
By Jeff Oliver
Tanner Huffman and Brian Fisher have played basketball together for so long, it would seem strange to see one on the court without the other. …
Greensburg Tribune-Review athletes of the week: Uniontown’s Jordan Pratt, California’s Courtnee McMasters
By Andrew John
Jordan Pratt School: Uniontown Year: Junior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Pratt scored 21 points to lead Uniontown (16-3, 10-2) to a 67-53 win against …
California wraps up 5 AA crown
By Naz Victoria
On senior night at California Tuesday, the Trojans earned the outright Section 5 AA title by drubbing Beth-Center, 83-44. It is California’s first section championship since the 2007-2008 season. The game started out tight, with the teams tied at 6-6 with 3:45 remaining in the first period. The Trojans (18-2, …
California outlasts Brownsville, 76-72
By Naz Victoria
When California and Brownsville get together on the hardwood, you know the game will be filled with the passion and intensity that only an intense …
Davidson, McMasters top area scoring lists
By Jeff Oliver
So, who are the top boys and girls basketball scorers in the area so far this season? The answers are simple, but both races are …
Tanner leads Cal Area past Frazier, 74-41
By The Valley Independent
California Area rebounded from its second loss of the season by thrashing Frazier, 74-41, in a Section 5 AA contest. The Trojans (14-2, 9-0) started …
Role players accent standout scorers for California boys
By Dave Mackall
At California High School, two career 1,000-point scorers are the main attraction. That doesn’t mean the rest of the team doesn’t get involved. Literally, everyone. …
Rare meeting of legendary cage coaches
By Tribune-Review
When Monessen hosted California in a boys’ basketball game Sunday afternoon, the contest was billed as a non-section game. In reality, it was a lot more than that. That’s because on the bench were two of the winningest active coaches in the WPIAL. Between California’s Phil Pergola and Monessen’s Joe …
Barbero giving up California football post
By Jeff Oliver
California is in the market for a new football coach. Brady Barbero, who guided the Trojans the last four seasons, submitted his resignation at Wednesday’s …
Trojans seize section lead
By The Valley Independent
Section 5 AA belongs to the California Trojans. For now. The Trojans knocked off visiting Charleroi in a battle of section unbeatens, 55-52, after outscoring …