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Frazier, EF pass first tests

 By The Valley Independent
Frazier and Elizabeth Forward moved on to the quarterfinals after picking up contrasting first round wins in the WPIAL softball playoffs Thursday. In Class A, …
Keystone Oaks baseball ace shines in blowout win over Elizabeth Forward
By Mark Kaboly
Keystone Oaks coach Scott Crimone is as enamored with Jared Skolnicki’s gaudy statistics as much as the next guy. Though Skolnicki’s record has been perfect, …
WPIAL baseball, softball teams get early heads-up on playoff pairings
By Keith Barnes
Serra Catholic baseball coach Brian Dzurenda likes to keep his team loose on the cusp of the WPIAL playoff pairings announcement, so he took a …
Elizabeth Forward students finding success as rowers
By Chris Adamski
Abby Guenther doesn’t have a particularly romantic, inspiring or humorous story for how she ended up being one of the area’s top rowers for her …
EF beats BVA to clinch playoff berth
By The Valley Independent
Elizabeth Forward had one chance to make the WPIAL playoffs and that was to beat Belle Vernon Area in the Section 4 AAA finale for …
Thomas Jefferson’s win over EF clinches playoff spot in Section 4-AAA
By Keith Barnes
With only one game remaining, it might seem that there would be some clarity in the Section 4 playoff race. To be fair, three WPIAL …
Playoff waters still murky in Section 4-AAA
By Jeff Oliver
With the baseball season winding down to its final games, the playoff picture for several teams in the Mid-Mon Valley is still not clear. And while the playoff waters are murky in many areas, they are downright muddy in Section 4 AAA, where four teams are very much alive for …
Daily News Spotlight Athletes: Elizabeth Forward’s Justin Bakewell, McKeesport’s Vanessa Falce
By Robert Stinner
Justin Bakewell Class: Sophomore School: Elizabeth Forward Sport: Baseball Claim to fame: Bakewell hit a two-run double in the bottom of the sixth to give …
Elizabeth Forward’s win keeps Section 4-AAA playoff picture clouded
By Keith Barnes
South Park pretty much has run away with Section 4-AAA, but no one else has taken control of either of the other two remaining WPIAL playoff spots. West Mifflin was the latest team to have an opportunity to put some distance between itself and the teams nestled under it in …
Elizabeth Forward hurdler kicks into high gear
By Keith Barnes
Running the 110-meter hurdles always seemed to come easily to Matthew Bernadowski. Maybe even a little too easily. “His work ethic was a little questionable, and kids started passing him up. So, last year, he asked me about it and I told him that he had to train harder because, …
EF softball team qualifies for playoffs
By Keith Barnes
Elizabeth Forward softball coach Harry Rutherford had a secret he was trying to keep from his team. It wasn’t anything earth-shattering. He just didn’t want his players to realize ahead of time that, with a win Tuesday at Yough, the Warriors would lock up a spot in the WPIAL Class …
Trib Cup: Consistent hitting, defense helping Elizabeth Forward softball toward another postseason run
By Brian Graham
The Elizabeth Forward softball team is not going to sneak up on anyone this season. The Warriors shocked the WPIAL by winning 17 games and …
Elizabeth Forward softball moves into tie for first with win
By Keith Barnes
Elizabeth Forward had several chances to blow West Mifflin out when the two teams met Thursday, but the Warriors could not come up with a big hit with runners in scoring position. In the eighth inning, they finally came through. Virginia Roche hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom …
Big inning costs BVA
By Jeff Oliver
A year ago, Belle Vernon Area finished first in Section 3 AAA while rival Elizabeth Forward was a close second, one game back. What a …
South Park hammers Elizabeth Forward
By Mark Kaboly
Wylie Field isn’t what you would call a field of dreams. The fans crawling through a hole along the third base line fence to gain access to the bleachers, the basketball/tennis courts doubling as the batter’s eye and a train belting its whistle only feet behind the home team’s dugout …
Elizabeth Forward self destructs in setback
By Mark Kaboly
Wylie Field isn’t what you would call a field of dreams. While the fans crawling through a hole along the third-base line fence to gain access to the bleachers to the basketball/tennis courts doubling as the batter’s eye to a railroad blowing its whistle only feet behind the home team’s …
Elizabeth Forward softball team back atop section
By Mark Kaboly
It was quite evident that Elizabeth Forward pitcher Portia McBride didn’t have her best stuff against Thomas Jefferson — that is, until her best stuff was needed. McBride worked out of jams in the fourth, sixth and seventh innings, left runners stranded at third in two of those innings, and …
West Mifflin knocks off Elizabeth Forward, 12-6
By The Valley Independent
West Mifflin handed Elizabeth Forward its first loss of the season in a 12-6 Section 4 AAA contest Monday. The Warriors (7-1, 1-1) scored two …
Olasz impresses scouts, leads West Mifflin to win
By Mark Kaboly
It is one thing to walk to the mound and notice a college scout or two behind the backstop, but what West Mifflin’s A.J. Olasz …
Southmoreland softball knocks off Elizabeth Forward
By Jason Black
Southmoreland’s softball team is in the process of adjusting to a new level of competition after being bumped from Class AA to Class AAA this …
High school roundup: Elizabeth Forward defeats Carrick, runs record to 5-0
By Staff Reports
Elizabeth Forward made its way back from ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando last week a perfect 4-0 and picked up right where it left off in the Section 4-AAA opener Wednesday at Wylie Field. Mark Adams struck out 11 as Elizabeth Forward beat Carrick, 4-2. Ryan Pharon …
Elizabeth Forward softball ends West Mifflin’s unbeaten run
By Mark Kaboly
West Mifflin was 5-0 with wins over perennial powers South Park and Belle Vernon already on its Section 4-AAA resume. They averaged nearly 13 runs …
Elizabeth Forward baseball team playing well early
By Mark Kaboly
Just like every other high school baseball coach, Elizabeth Forward coach Frank Champ keeps a keen eye on the weather forecast this time of year. So you can imagine Champ’s reaction when 3 to 6 inches of snow was predicted earlier in the week followed be a spell of unseasonably …
Daily News Spotlight Athletes: Serra’s Wayne Hydak, Elizabeth Forward’s Portia McBride
By Robert Stinner
Wayne Hydak Year: Senior School: Serra Catholic Sport: Baseball Claim to fame: Hydak threw a complete-game three-hitter in a 4-1 win over California in early-season …
Kosanovich, Cleary share Coach of the Year honor
By Keith Barnes
The Serra Catholic and Elizabeth Forward girls basketball teams enjoyed similar seasons. Both schools have junior-laden squads that were thought to be a year away …