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TJ girls’ team a WPIAL playoff qualifier this season

 By Ray Fisher
The Thomas Jefferson girls’ track and field team is young, but talented. The Lady Jaguars clinched second place behind section champion Chartiers Valley this season. …
South Park shuts out rival TJ to reach WPIAL semifinals
By Keith Barnes
Twice this season, Randy Dobnak beat Thomas Jefferson with his arm. In the WPIAL Class AAA quarterfinals Wednesday, the South Park senior did the Jaguars in with his  bat. Dobnak hit a three-run homer in the top of the fifth, and Greg Pantuso added a two-run blast in the sixth …
Thomas Jefferson wins in 11th after squandering early lead
By Paul Schofield
Nothing comes easy in the opening round of the WPIAL playoffs — just ask Thomas Jefferson coach Kevin Gryboski. Just when it seemed like Thomas …
Doubles players anchor talented Thomas Jefferson tennis squad
By Jennifer Goga
It was a win-win situation for Chuck Correll, Thomas Jefferson’s head tennis coach, when his two doubles teams faced off for the Section 5-AA championship …
Baldwin junior Smorey maintains javelin dominance
By Ray Fisher
Luke Smorey tossed aside the opposition at the 40th annual Baldwin Invitational. Baldwin’s junior strongarm had no difficulty in winning the boys’ javelin event held …
Mars sweeps Thomas Jefferson in WPIAL Class AA boys tennis match
By Keith Barnes
Maybe it was the early start that hurt Thomas Jefferson when it took on Mars in the WPIAL Class AA boys team tennis quarterfinals. It also could have been the fact the match was moved indoors to Club One in Monroeville instead of being played on the Jaguars’ outdoor courts. …
TJ pitcher’s 1-hitter squashes West Mifflin’s playoff hopes
By Keith Barnes
For West Mifflin the task was simple: defeat rival Thomas Jefferson, forge a four-way tie for second place in Section 4 and earn a berth in the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs. Colton Booher had other ideas. For the second time this season, the Thomas Jefferson senior right-hander stopped the West …
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 …
Thomas Jefferson upsets West Mifflin in section finale
By Mark Kaboly
Judging by the reaction of the West Mifflin softball players, you’d figure the stunning 4-2 loss to rival Thomas Jefferson on the final day of the Section 3-AAA schedule ended their playoff hopes. It only felt that way. West Mifflin, a team that hasn’t made the playoffs since 1998 and …
Seton-La Salle, Thomas Jefferson netters split season series
By Ray Fisher
It was a match between to local teams that had major section implications. Seton-La Salle edged Thomas Jefferson’s boys’ volleyball team, 3-1, in a Section …
Thomas Jefferson tennis duo falls
By Keith Barnes
Thomas Jefferson junior twins Sumanya and Ritwik Gupta weren’t exactly shaking in their sneakers when they found out they would have to face second-seeded Josh Raymundo and Aaron Gruber in the second round of the WPIAL Class AA doubles tournament. Then again, they weren’t relaxed, either. “I don’t know if …
Gorman: For TJ’s Cherpak, recruiting becoming ‘bizarre’
By Kevin Gorman
Upon finishing Chase Winovich’s highlight tape, Bill Cherpak predicted that the Thomas Jefferson linebacker would be a coveted recruit. So it’s no surprise to the TJ coach that Winovich has about 30 scholarship offers and is at the center of an intense recruiting battle between Big Ten arch-rivals Michigan and …
TJ's Jaguar Invitational not slated this year
By Tribune-Review
After a 17-year run, the Jaguar Invitational track and field meet is not being held this year. It is a TJ track boosters’ function that was discontinued this year. Looking back on the not-too-distant past, Paris Davis finished with the top individual performance for TJ at the Jaguar Invite a …
Thomas Jefferson's Hinkle a natural recipient for Outstanding Young Citizen honor
By Brittany Goncar
Thomas Jefferson senior Jesse Hinkle is having a banner year, both athletically and academically. Hinkle recently was awarded the Trib Total Media’s Outstanding Young Citizen Gold Medal award, in addition to winning the Wendy’s Heisman award for her school. The tri-sport athlete started for the Thomas Jefferson girls’ volleyball and …
Daily News spotlight athletes: Thomas Jefferson’s Byron Minous, West Mifflin’s Deilona DeVaughn
By Robert Stinner
Byron Minous Year: Junior School: Thomas Jefferson Sport: Track and field Claim to fame: Minous placed second in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of …
South Park baseball team stomps struggling Thomas Jefferson
By Mark Kaboly
Thomas Jefferson coach Kevin Gryboski gathered his team a couple of steps beyond first base and uttered only a few words. There probably wasn’t much …
Surprise starter Booher carries TJ past West Mifflin
By Mark Kaboly
Colton Booher hasn’t started a game in more than a year for Thomas Jefferson. There was probably a pretty good reason for that considering how …
Thomas Jefferson senior’s resume most-impressive
By Alex Oltmanns
Thomas Jefferson senior Jake Mascaro entered the WPIAL Section 5-AA tennis championships as the No. 1 seed after going undefeated leading up to the tournament. …
Thomas Jefferson’s Mascaro falls in WPIAL tennis finals
By Keith Barnes
Jake Mascaro, who came up with a pair of upsets in the quarterfinals and semifinals, could not come up with another. Fourth-seeded sophomore Derek Chen …
Thomas Jefferson’s Mascaro advances to WPIAL singles finals
By Keith Barnes
Jake Mascaro didn’t have his best service game working when he took the court at Keystone Oaks for the WPIAL Class AA singles tournament. What the senior didn’t have on his serve, however, he more than made up for with sheer tenacity and athleticism as the Thomas Jefferson senior pulled …
Thomas Jefferson’s boys’ volleyball squad features eight athletes in junior class
By Ray Fisher 6:54 a.m.
Thomas Jefferson head coach Frank Staffen has high hopes for his team this season. “Our goal is to compete for the section championship,” said Staffen, the TJ boys’ longtime head volleyball coach. The Jaguars jumped out to a 2-0 start with section wins against Seton-La Salle and Trinity, before stumbling …
Gryboski’s experience provides instant credibility at Thomas Jefferson 
By Alex Oltmanns
Most young baseball players attend summer camps and clinics in order to receive major league instruction. But for the players on the Thomas Jefferson baseball …
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 …
Thomas Jefferson blows out Ringgold, 12-4, in 4 AAA
By Mark Kaboly
In one dugout, you had a coach who had the nickname “Groundball” during his time as a pitcher in the major leagues, while the other …
Pair of grand slams leads Thomas Jefferson over Ringgold
By Mark Kaboly
In one dugout, was a coach who had the nickname “Groundball” during his time as a pitcher in the major leagues. The other dugout had …