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Yough baseball team scores early, advances

 By George Guido
Yough scored three runs in the third inning without hitting the ball out of the infield. But it proved to be enough as the Cougars …
Playoff-bound Yough hopes to finish regular-season strong
By Paul Schofield
Yough’s baseball team has some unfinished business, despite qualifying for the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs for the first time since 2007. The Cougars (9-8, 7-4) …
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 …
Connellsville baseball team collects 3rd straight victory
By Jason Black
After three disappointing section losses to start April, the Connellsville baseball team may be starting to turn a corner. The Falcons opened the month with …
Southmoreland’s first-inning errors allow game’s only run in loss to Yough
By Jason Black
The Southmoreland softball team has been competitive in nearly all of its games this season. But this week has been a tough one for the …
Yough’s Sleith doesn’t skip a beat at Robert Morris
By Paul Schofield
Nicole Sleith dominated the WPIAL while pitching Yough High School to its first softball championship in 2011. She’s doing the same at Robert Morris University. …
Yough comes back to beat BVA, 7-3
By Jeff Oliver
Before his team faced off with perennial Class AAA power Belle Vernon Area, Yough coach Lucas Cannizzaro said that the lady Cougars’ new home, Section …
Spotlight athletes: Elizabeth Forward’s Josh Krieg, Yough’s Jessica Cochran
By Robert Stinner 8:21 p.m.
Josh Krieg Class: Senior School: Elizabeth Forward Sport: Swimming Claim to fame: Krieg qualified for the PIAA championships in the 100-yard butterfly and 100 freestyle, …
Kittanning beats Yough for 1st playoff win since 1984
By Bill West
Yough boys basketball coach Wayne Greiser worried Kittanning’s lineup, with its impressive, across-the-board height, might wear down his Cougars as their WPIAL Class AAA preliminary-round …
Mt. Pleasant moves closer to playoffs
By Jason Black
With the high school boys basketball regular season entering the stretch run, Mt. Pleasant finds itself trying to hold on to one of the four …
Mt. Pleasant girls beat Yough, zero in on playoff spot
By Jason Black
After enduring a rough stretch in which it lost five of six games this month, the Mt. Pleasant girls basketball team is trying to get …
Frazier girls basketball team moves above .500
By Jason Black
For a team still trying to develop confidence and winning habits, any victory is a good one. The Frazier girls basketball team won just one …
Yough's wrestling team has come a long way
By Paul Schofield
When Jeremy Zufall took over as coach at Yough High School nine seasons ago, there were only seven wrestlers on the roster. Fast forward to …
Yough’s girls basketball team hopes to rediscover success
By Brian Hunger
Last season was not very kind to the Yough girls basketball team. After a promising 2-1 start, things quickly spiraled out of control. A rash …
Area flavor on Interstate team
By Jeff Oliver
Eight Cougars were named to the Interstate Conference Football All-Star Team, which was released this week. Five of those are Yough Cougars and three are …
Yough handles Southmoreland
By Jason Black
Although there were no playoff hopes on the line, Friday’s Class AA Interstate Conference finale between Yough and host Southmoreland wasn’t short on guts and …
WPIAL golfers fall just short of titles at PIAA championship
By Paul Schofield
YORK — No PIAA individual golf championship gold medals will be heading west this year. But the WPIAL was well represented in the medal count at the annual tournament that finished Tuesday at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York. Leechburg junior Matt Barto (Class AA) and Peters Township senior Tommy …
GCC escapes Yough
By Brian Hunger
Greensburg Central Catholic coach Matt Federico — and his defensive unit — was probably never so happy to see a victory formation on the last …
Elizabeth Forward girls soccer team has difficult playoff path
By Keith Barnes
Elizabeth Forward was the Cinderella story of the 2011 WPIAL Class AA girls soccer playoffs, a 13th seed that took third place and earned the …
WPIAL golfers dominate PIAA Western Regional
By Paul Schofield
Every golfer has a story about his or her round, and none are alike. That was the case Monday at the PIAA Western Regional at …
Valley downs Yough to win 3rd in a row
By Paul Kogut
Valley junior running back Demetrius Houser turned heads with four long touchdown plays, while Yough attracted double-takes with costly and unusual mistakes in the kicking game. Houser rushed for 190 yards, including touchdowns of 70, 54 and 44 yards, on 12 carries and returned a blocked punt 45 yards for …
High school roundup: Yough girls soccer earn share of title
By The Valley Independent
Yough has never won a section title in girls’ soccer in the school’s history. That’s about to change. The Lady Cougars clinched at least a share of the Section 1 AA crown with a 7-0 win over visiting Waynesburg Wednesday night. Yough (12-2, 9-0) rolled to a 5-0 first half …
Greensburg Tribune-Review athletes of the week: Greensburg Central Catholic’s Adam Tucker, Yough’s Mikayla Mance
By Andrew John
Adam Tucker School: Greensburg Central Catholic Year: Sophomore Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Tucker scored all three goals to lead Greensburg Central Catholic (6-3, 5-1) …
Mt. Pleasant drops Yough to stay perfect
By Jason Black
Through the first half of the regular season, Mt. Pleasant has been able to win because it keeps getting contributions from both the offense and …
Young lineup flourishing for Yough girls soccer
By Chris Adamski
It might be one of the youngest starting lineups in WPIAL girls soccer this season. Its coach believes it also might be one of the …