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Riverside’s Wilson too much for Steel Valley in quarterfinals

By Justin Criado
Playing powerhouse Riverside in the WPIAL Class AA quarterfinals was a thought few outside the Steel Valley dugout believed was possible at the beginning of the season, but that’s just where Matt Janov and his Ironmen found themselves Monday afternoon at North Hills’ McIntyre Field. Despite the 6-0 defeat at …
Daily News spotlight athletes: Steel Valley’s Brandon Donovan, West Mifflin’s Kaylyn Andress
By Brian Graham and Robert Stinner
Brandon Donovan School: Steel Valley Year: Sophomore Sport: Baseball Claim to fame: Donovan pitched a complete game with 10 strikeouts and went 2 for 4 …
Steel Valley girls upset 6th-seed Burrell for 1st playoff win since 2006
By Mark Kaboly
As Matt Janov was filling out a preseason questionnaire about his Steel Valley softball team and came across the section on team expectations, he contemplated …
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review athletes of the week: Steel Valley’s Brandon Donovan, Riverside’s Kirsten Wilson
By Brian Graham
Brandon Donovan School: Steel Valley Year: Sophomore Sport: Baseball Claim to fame: Donovan pitched a complete game with 10 strikeouts and went 2 for 4 …
Bold move backfires as Burrell softball falls to Steel Valley
By Bill Beckner Jr.
Bold coaching moves in the latter stages of close softball games come with a risk. No one knows that better than Burrell’s Mike Spagnolo, who …
Steel Valley can’t hold lead in first-round loss
By Keith Barnes
Throughout the regular season, Steel Valley made a living out of playing the underdog role and coming from behind in clutch situations. When the Ironmen hit the playoff stage, they could neither hold onto a the lead nor come back. Chartiers-Houston (12-7) erased an early three-run deficit and scored a …
Steel Valley baseball vows to change recent playoff history
By Mark Kaboly
It’s been a while since Steel Valley won a first-round WPIAL playoff game — seven years to be exact. But if you believe Ironmen sophomore …
Daily News Spotlight Athletes: Clairton’s Vinny Moody, Steel Valley’s Maddie Cotter
By Robert Stinner
Vinny Moody Year: Senior School: Clairton Sport: Track and field Claim to fame: Moody won gold in the 100-meter dash at the Baldwin Invitational on …
Steel Valley wins 1st section title in 19 years
By Mark Kaboly
Brandon Donovan knew it  wasn’t something he should be thinking about, but couldn’t help himself. So, Donovan sought out catcher Patrick Jobes after Steel Valley extended its lead to six runs over Shady Side Academy in the bottom of the sixth inning of the Section 4-AAA finale in order to …
Steel Valley baseball team posts thrilling victory
By Mark Kaboly
Tim Vickers surveyed the situation, and it wasn’t very reassuring. Even though Steel Valley rallied to tie Jeannette in the bottom of the 10th inning and had a runner at third base with one out, Vickers wasn’t confident that his team could hold off the Jayhawks if the game went …
Southmoreland looks to future as playoff hopes end
By Jason Black
This baseball season has not gone the way Southmoreland had hoped. On Friday, the Scotties saw their slim playoff hopes officially dashed thanks to an …
Greensburg Central Catholic softball closes in on first section title since ’08
By Keith Barnes
After reeling off seven consecutive victories that locked up a WPIAL Class AA playoff berth, Steel Valley was primed to make a statement and earn …
Daily News Spotlight Athletes: Steel Valley’s Derek Morrison, West Mifflin’s Marla Small
By Robert Stinner
Derek Morrison Class: Junior School: Steel Valley Sport: Baseball Claim to fame: Coming off Tommy John surgery last summer, Morrison will be the Ironmen’s designated …
Steel Valley freshman tosses 1-hitter in softball win
By Mark Kaboly
Steel Valley softball coach Matt Janov flipped the ball to Maddie Cotter when nobody else was looking and quietly said: “We only do this for …
Steel Valley rallies past East Allegheny after slow start
By Mark Kaboly
All Steel Valley coach Tim Vickers could do was shake his head in disbelief, and who could blame him? Steel Valley trailed East Allegheny by …
Dixon makes successful switch from post to point
By Keith Barnes
Steel Valley asked a lot of senior CeCe Dixon. Not only was she the lone returning starter from a team that qualified for the PIAA …
Steel Valley baseball looking for new pitchers to step up
By Mark Kaboly
If Steel Valley baseball coach Tim Vickers viewed it as an important game, you better believe that he was going to call on Derek Morrison …
Gregory scores 41 points to rally Jeannette past Steel Valley
By Dave Mackall
Jeannette girls basketball star Ciara Gregory was feeling the pressure of the WPIAL playoffs. The Jayhawks were falling farther behind Steel Valley in a Class …
South Park boys outlast Steel Valley in double OT
By Keith Barnes
Down by four points with less than 30 seconds remaining in the first overtime against South Park, Shawn McCallister took a long look down the Steel Valley bench to find someone to spark his team Friday night. Not only had guard Dorian Broadwater fouled out, but the team’s leading scorer, …
Dixon’s big second half leads Steel Valley to preliminary-round win
By Keith Barnes
Avonworth came up with a solid game plan to contain Steel Valley senior CeCe Dixon when the two teams faced off Friday in the preliminary round of the WPIAL Class AA playoffs. Well, for a half anyway. Dixon, the Ironmen’s leading scorer, scored 21 of her game-high 23 points in …
Steel Valley looks to repeat last year’s unlikely playoff run
By Keith Barnes
Considering Steel Valley came in third place in Section 4 and that 24 teams qualified for the WPIAL Class AA playoffs, it’s not surprising the …
Smith leads Steel Valley past East Allegheny
By Keith Barnes
Trailing at halftime in a must-win game against East Allegheny in its Section 4 finale, Steel Valley needed a spark if it had any hope of locking up fourth place and a WPIAL Class AAA playoff spot. And Ironmen coach Shawn McCallister put the responsibility of being the catalyst on …
Daily News Spotlight Athletes: Steel Valley’s Dom Keyes, South Allegheny’s Jaylee Patterson
By Robert Stinner
Dom Keyes Class: Sophomore School: Steel Valley Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Keyes had a career night against Belle Vernon to help the Ironmen (11-6, …
Fight mars Thomas Jefferson’s section-clinching win
By Mark Kaboly
With an opportunity to clinch a playoff spot and knock off first-place Thomas Jefferson on its home court, Steel Valley coach Shawn McCallister pleaded for any kind of fight out of his team for three quarters — any kind of fight except for the one he got. Steel Valley’s 6-foot-8 …
West Mifflin win sets up Section 4-AAA showdown
By Mark Kaboly 8:15 p.m.
Lance Maha is a social studies teacher at West Mifflin, but ask any one of his basketball players, and they would swear he has some …