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Hempfield beats Canon-Mac to reach semifinals for 1st time

 By Paul Schofield 7:30 p.m.
Hempfield used a strong pitching performance to win its opening round WPIAL Class AAAA playoff game on Monday. They used a different method Wednesday in …
Injuries haven’t derailed defending champ Canon-McMillan
By Chris Adamski
After winning the WPIAL Class AAAA championship last season, the Canon-McMillan softball team set a standard. The top-ranked Big Macs have lost three key players …
Canon-McMillan hires Coder as new football coach
By Chris Harlan
Ron Coder, a former Penn State and NFL lineman, was hired Tuesday as football coach at Canon-McMillan, ending the school’s prolonged search. Coder, 58, was an assistant the past two seasons at Northgate, and for one season coached the Pittsburgh Passion women’s team. He replaces Tim Sohyda, who resigned in …
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 …
Canon-McMillan’s Wiercioch named Pittsburgh Tribune-Review wrestler of the year
By Dave Mackall
After winning back-to-back PIAA wrestling championships at Canon-McMillan High School and another as a freshman at Charleroi, Cody Wiercioch is headed to Pitt on a …
Local wrestlers dominate PIAA quarterfinals
By Paul Schofield
HERSHEY — The 6,106 fans who attended the PIAA Class AAA wrestling championships at Giant Center on Friday witnessed WPIAL domination. Of the 28 quarterfinalists …
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review athletes of the week: Canon-McMillan’s Cody Wiercioch, Bishop Canevin’s Johnie Olkosky
By Brian Graham
Cody Wiercioch School: Canon-McMillan Year: Senior Sport: Wrestling Claim to fame: Wiercioch joined teammates Connor Schram and Solomon Chisko in winning his third consecutive WPIAL …
Latrobe freshman wrestler hoping to make his mark at PIAA tournament
By Paul Schofield
Every year it seems a wrestler from the WPIAL flies under the radar most of the season and then puts together a solid weekend and …
Now recovered from injury, Canon-McMillan’s Chishko chasing 3rd WPIAL title
By Paul Schofield
Solomon Chishko wasn’t able to help Canon-McMillan win the WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA team titles. An elbow injury he suffered at the Super 32 …
Canon-McMillan trio trying to make WPIAL history by winning 3rd titles
By Paul Schofield
A first in the 78-year history of the WPIAL wrestling championships could occur this weekend at Norwin. If things go as expected, the Canon-McMillan trio …
Canon-Mac wrestlers turn focus to individual goals
By Chris Adamski
That Canon-McMillan swept to the WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA team wrestling championships earlier this month wasn’t much of a surprise. After all, the Big …
Canon-McMillan rallies for second consecutive state title
By Paul Schofield
HERSHEY — Canon-McMillan became the first team from the WPIAL to win two PIAA Class AAA Team Championships. The Big Macs won their second consecutive …
Canon-McMillan advances to PIAA finals
By Paul Schofield
HERSHEY — Canon-McMillan gets a chance to defend its PIAA Class AAA team wrestling title, but it won’t be easy. The Big Macs (18-0) will …
Franklin Regional, Canon-McMillan advance to PIAA quarterfinals
By Paul Schofield
HERSHEY — The Franklin Regional wrestlers didn’t look nervous Thursday during the first round of the PIAA Class AAA team tournament at Giant Center. In …
PIAA titles haven’t come easy for WPIAL wrestling teams
By Paul Schofield
It hasn’t been easy for WPIAL teams to win PIAA team titles since the tournament began in 1999. Only three teams — Burrell (2008) in …
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 …
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Athletes of the Week
By Brian Graham
Connor Schram School: Canon-McMillan Year: Senior Sport: Wrestling Claim to fame: Schram won his second Powerade tournament title in the 126-pound weight class in his …
Canon-McMillan wrestlers chasing fourth straight WPIAL title
By Chris Adamski
From the bright lights of Reno, Nev., to the even bigger spotlight of the PIAA championships in Hershey, Canon-McMillan is out to have an unprecedented …
Upper St. Clair clips Canon-McMillan in PIAA boys soccer
By Keith Barnes
After losing a one-goal heartbreaker to Canon-McMillan in the WPIAL Class AAA boys soccer championship game, the last thing Upper St. Clair wanted in the …
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review athletes of the week: Canon-McMillan’s James Hathaway, Mars’ Karli Paracca
By Brian Graham
James Hathaway School: Canon-McMillan Year: Senior Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Hathaway was stellar in net for the Big Macs in their 1-0 victory over …
Two varsity teams to bolster Canon-McMillan hockey program
By Chris Adamski
It was an unprecedented solution to a problem an increasing number of local high school hockey programs are encountering. The kind of problem the PIHL …
Improvement won’t come easy for Canon-McMillan in challenging conference
By George Guido
It’s been a tough couple of years for Canon-McMillan coach Tim Sohyda and the Big Macs. Coming off an 0-10 season preceded by a 1-8 …
Canon-Mac brings home 1st WPIAL championship
By Paul Schofield
The Canon-McMillan softball team liked California (Pa.) University’s Lilley Field so much it didn’t want to leave Thursday night. An hour after Canon-McMillan defeated Hempfield, …
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 …
Canon-McMillan advances to title game on walk-off single
By Pat Mitsch
Giorgianna Zeremenko lived a dream ... well, almost. With two on, two out and the count full in the bottom of the seventh inning, Canon-McMillan’s sophomore catcher smacked a walk-off single to right to lift the No. 5 Big Macs over top-seeded Shaler, 4-3, in a WPIAL Class AAAA semifinal …