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Ford City in position for playoff berth but Sabers need Burrell loss

 By Matt Grubba
Ford City took care of its part to stay in the baseball playoff race Monday. Tuesday, the team finds out if it was enough. The …
Big tests await West Shamokin volleyball
By Matt Grubba
West Shamokin is heading toward rematches with the powerhouses of Section 2-AA, and the Wolves are going into those big contests on a roll. After …
Ford City sophomore Bower stays hot as Sabers rally for win
By Matt Grubba
Two late runs allowed Ford City to add distance between the top three teams and the rest of Section 3-AA. Noah Nulph and Caleb Zablocki …
Ford City holds off late West Shamokin rally in victory
By Matt Grubba
In a game both teams needed to keep pace in the playoff race, Ford City did just enough to hold off a late West Shamokin …
Kittanning’s Henry, West Shamokin’s Glover named Leader Times players of the year
By Bill West
Appropriate in light of his first name, Sterling Henry’s senior-season performance will remain radiant for years to come. The keystone of a Kittanning team that …
West Shamokin’s Rocco adds volleyball to endeavors
By Bill West
For a brief moment during Tuesday night’s boys volleyball home match against St. Joseph, West Shamokin senior Anthony Rocco believed in the potency of his …
West Shamokin wins in clash of young boys volleyball programs
By Bill West
Both West Shamokin and St. Joseph’s boys volleyball programs are in the midst of construction projects, but what each is building vastly differs. St. Joseph …
Elderton boys volleyball legacy lives at West Shamokin
By Bill West
The spirit of Elderton boys volleyball lives on at West Shamokin, where a team exists for the first time in the school’s 13-year history. Maybe …
Sterling moment for Kittanning senior at Cager Classic
By Bill Beckner Jr.
Sterling wasn’t settling for silver. Kittanning senior basketball standout Sterling Henry made the most of his experience at the 17th annual Cager Classic all-star weekend, …
West Shamokin baseball gets roster boost
By Andrew John
With the loss of numerous starters to graduation and the arrival of players from another school, West Shamokin’s baseball team will undergo some growing pains …
West Shamokin softball team hopes experience counts
By Andrew John
With eight starters returning, West Shamokin’s softball team hopes to improve. West Shamokin, which finished with a 5-15 (2-10 in Section 3-AA), will be a junior-heavy team led by shortstop Kelly Clowser and pitcher Alecia Calhoun, who will miss some action this season because of mononucleosis. Calhoun, who missed some …
West Shamokin players newest additions to Cager Classic
By Bill West
West Shamokin boys basketball coach Mike Nagy, the team’s top supervisor since the school’s creation in 2000, wondered if one of his Wolves might at …
Kittanning wrestlers well-represented at WPIALs
By Bill West
The herd of Class AA wrestlers in the WPIAL and District 9 will begin to thin considerably this weekend, as the districts host individual tournaments …
Kittanning seniors shoot for section titles
By Bill West
Anyone curious about how the looming finality of a seemingly incomplete high school career stirs a senior wrestler might want to ask Kittanning’s Taylor Jack …
Baldwin, West Shamokin hire football coaches
By Staff Reports
Baldwin has a new football coach, but the decision didn’t come without some discussion and dissension Wednesday night. The Baldwin-Whitehall board of directors voted 6-3 to hire the high school’s dean of students, Pete Wagner Jr., to replace Jim Wehner, who resigned last month. That vote came after board members …
West Shamokin hires defensive coordinator as new head football coach
By Bill West
Jon McCullough stuck with West Shamokin’s football program during its worst times. Now he’ll steer the Wolves into a particularly promising future. McCullough, 33, has moved into the top spot on West Shamokin’s coaching staff after serving as defensive coordinator the past four seasons. He succeeds Josh Gilliland, who resigned …
Kittanning’s Henry scores his 1,000th career point
By Bill West
Kittanning senior Sterling Henry’s pursuit of a milestone ended with an exclamation point. Late in the second quarter of Monday’s 66-41 home win over West …
West Shamokin hangs on to defeat Apollo-Ridge
By Bill West
For almost eight minutes Wednesday night at Apollo-Ridge, the host Vikings found themselves in a scoring drought against West Shamokin. Those Wolves failed to slow …
Bucs get payback
By Bill West
After it upset Burrell in early January, West Shamokin’s boys basketball team braced for an intense rematch reaction from the Bucs, who remained in the …
Rocco guides West Shamokin past Ford City
By Bill West
A hard stare, almost a scowl, appears on the face of Anthony Rocco when the West Shamokin senior begins to have his way on the …
Ford City girls lean on defense to defeat West Shamokin
By Bill West
The chess match in Thursday night’s Section 1-AA girls basketball game between host Ford City and West Shamokin centered on the visitor’s 6-foot-1 leading scorer, …
West Shamokin’s Glover grapples with heftier foes
By Bill West
As West Shamokin sophomore Brenden Glover approached the scorer’s table Wednesday night during a wrestling match at Kittanning, he looked to see who the Wildcats …
Surging West Shamokin embraces winner’s mentality
By Bill West
Perhaps no moment proved stranger yet sweeter for West Shamokin junior forward Tristan Cribbs this season than when she reviewed the three other teams in …
West Shamokin football coach resigns
By Bill West
Just as West Shamokin’s football program began to change for the better, its coach stepped down. Josh Gilliland resigned Friday morning after four seasons in …
West Shamokin holds off Ford City
By Bill West
During a Section 1-AA boys basketball game in which no lead appeared to be safe, West Shamokin’s student section began to chant, “Start the bus!” …