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West Allegheny’s Lach comes through in quarterfinal win over EF

 By Mark Kaboly 11:22 p.m.
Brianna Lach knew something had to change when she came to the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning. During her first two plate …
Cathedral Prep offense too much for West Allegheny
By Keith Barnes
ERIE — Damion Terry and Delton Williams aren’t expected to play on the same side of the ball when the Cathedral Prep pair head to …
Trib HS Insider Q&A: Aliquippa’s Terry Swanson
By Kevin Gorman
Terry Swanson upstaged fellow junior running backs Dravon Henry and Shai McKenzie in the WPIAL Class AA final last week at Heinz Field. The 5-foot-10, …
Remaining WPIAL coaches comfortable with PIAA process
By Chris Harlan
The WPIAL trophy had exchanged hands so often in the moments after West Allegheny’s victory that it was coming apart. Not even the tiny football …
West Allegheny to be tested by Prep’s passing attack
By Chris Harlan
PIAA class AAA Quarterfinals West Allegheny (12-1) vs. Erie Cathedral Prep (12-0), 7 p.m. Friday at Veterans Stadium, Erie For the third time in four …
West Allegheny’s Palko deflects credit for latest title
By Chris Harlan
West Allegheny’s Bob Palko becomes uncomfortable talking about WPIAL championships when the focus shifts to him. “Very uncomfortable,” the coach said with a laugh, “because …
WPIAL Class AAA final notes: West Allegheny is still perfect
By George Guido
West Allegheny became the first WPIAL school to win six championship games without a loss, tying the program for ninth place in WPIAL titles with Braddock, Washington and Farrell. Tough on defense In four WPIAL playoff games, the Indians have yielded just 24 points. Friday marked the eighth consecutive game …
West Allegheny captures its sixth WPIAL title
By Keith Barnes
West Mifflin had one of the most potent two-man running attacks in the WPIAL this season. In the WPIAL Class AAA championship game, though, the …
West Mifflin looks to spoil West Allegheny’s perfect record in WPIAL finals
By Keith Barnes
There are very few constants in WPIAL football but one has held true for more than a decade. When West Allegheny makes it to the …
WPIAL finalists have chance to make history
By Kevin Gorman
Like the rivers that lead to the stadium sitting on the banks of the Ohio, a confluence has led Clairton’s return to Heinz Field. The …
West Allegheny upends No. 1 Thomas Jefferson
By Chris Harlan
With a Heinz Field locker room his background, West Allegheny’s Zech Medved promised as a freshman that someday he’d help bring the Indians to that …
WPIAL Class AAA semifinal matchup: Thomas Jefferson vs. West Allegheny
By Chris Harlan
Class AAA semifinals: (1) Thomas Jefferson (11-0) vs. (4) West Allegheny (10-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Bethel Park Stadium West Allegheny’s Zach Medved played mostly special …
West Allegheny shuts down Montour, 14-2
By Chris Adamski
Over the past two years, opposing coaches have thought long and hard about ways to limit the Montour offense. The staff at West Allegheny, surely, is no different. Except for the fact that whatever they’ve done has worked. For the second time in 22 days, West Allegheny shut down Montour’s …
Home teams might have to hit the road for WPIAL 1st round
By Chris Harlan
Despite undefeated seasons, stadiums in Aliquippa and Clairton are likely to sit empty when the WPIAL football playoffs arrive, if those teams are pushed elsewhere …
PIHL’s reigning champions face tough roads to repeat
By Chris Adamski
Last March, West Allegheny hockey coach Tim Veach openly bemoaned that his team had little time to savor the school’s first PIHL Penguins Cup championship. …
Youth program paying off for West Allegheny boys soccer
By Chris Adamski
It was one of those good kind of problems to have. The type the West Allegheny boys soccer program would have killed to encounter in …
West Allegheny knocks off No. 1 Montour
By Chris Harlan
Like morning rush hour in the rain, there’s suddenly congestion in the Parkway. West Allegheny’s Evan Pelcher made a 22-yard field goal with 58 seconds …
Montour, West A. meet with Parkway in balance
By Chris Harlan
One offense rotated three quarterbacks and the other has featured four rushers. Montour and West Allegheny certainly have differed in their approach, but each has …
West Allegheny retools for run at Class AA repeat
By Amanda Iannuzzi
Building on last year’s success, reigning Class AA Penguins Cup champion West Allegheny is aiming for a repeat.  However, this year’s team won’t be starting …
Central Valley storms past West Allegheny
By Brian J. Duermeyer
Paul Chryst and members of his Pitt staff watched from the sideline Friday night as No. 2 Central Valley hosted No. 4 West Allegheny at …
Open competition bolsters West Allegheny roster
By Chris Harlan
West Allegheny’s Zach Medved has noticed some added effort at practice this summer, maybe because so many jobs were undecided. “That makes things a lot …
Seniors lead the way for West Allegheny softball
By Jason Mackey
Nobody has ever questioned Ashley Gerhart’s ability to hit. Whether the West Allegheny softball team’s slugging shortstop could talk — and lead — now that …