Chris Harlan stories, Page 99

Shenango sophomore Emma Callahan climbed to the top of the national shot put rankings this weekend. Callahan won the Youngstown State Open high school indoor meet Saturday with a 47-foot, 11-inch throw that ranked as the nation’s longest girls shot put distance this season, according to Milesplit.com stats. Three of...

WPIAL girls basketball rankings Class 6A 1. Bethel Park, 11-0, 1 2. Norwin, 9-2, 2 3. North Allegheny, 9-1, 3 4. Mt. Lebanon, 10-2, 5 5. Baldwin, 9-3, NR Out: Upper St. Clair (8-3, 4) Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 13-0, 1 2. Woodland Hills, 10-2, 2 3. Trinity, 9-2,...

WPIAL rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Fox Chapel, 12-0, 1 2. Butler, 9-4, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 10-3, 3 4. Pine-Richland, 9-3, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 12-1, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Penn Hills, 9-2, 1 2. Shaler, 9-3, 3 3. Mars, 8-2, 4 4. Chartiers Valley,...

With two starters out with injuries, Upper St. Clair could’ve easily explained away a lackluster effort Friday night, but the Panthers made sure that wasn’t necessary. Upper St. Clair showed its depth, made eight first-half 3-pointers and defeated Bethel Park, 67-50, for a key Section 2-6A victory. USC junior Luke...

The Winter Jamfest to End Domestic Violence, a five-game basketball showcase, will bring out-of-state talent to Montour’s gym Saturday. The event begins at noon and the final game is scheduled for 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students and seniors. The schedule starts with three WPIAL...

Derrick Davis hasn’t decided his college future yet, but he knows where he’ll be next January. The Gateway junior announced Tuesday that he accepted an invitation to the Under Armour All-American Game, a high school football all-star game in Florida. The game features the country’s top college recruits and is...

West Allegheny is searching once again for a new football coach. Chris Lucas, who stepped in last year and coached the Indians for one season, resigned Friday for family reasons, West A athletic director Dave McBain said. The school district will talk first with internal candidates and then interview outside...

Sophomore wrestler Hunter Robison, who’s ranked second in the state, has transferred to Quaker Valley. Robison, who arrived in late December from General McLane near Erie, will be eligible to compete starting next week, Quaker Valley athletic director Mike Mastroianni said. PIAA rules mandate that midseason transfers sit out 21...

WPIAL football teams will play games closer to home next season, one way or another. The WPIAL revealed two football realignment options Wednesday night, one that keeps the current six-classification format and another that would change things drastically. But either option would eliminate many of the long bus rides schools...

The WPIAL revealed two football realignments options Wednesday night, one that only tweaks the current format and another that would change the landscape drastically. Now, WPIAL schools must choose. Football coaches and administrators gathered in the North Hills Middle School auditorium Wednesday to discuss conference and schedule options for the...

Butler high jumper Sami Taoufik started his TSTCA indoor track season Saturday with an early-season victory that has him ranked second nationally. The senior cleared 6 feet, 8 inches and was among 14 WPIAL athletes that won individual events at the TSTCA opener in Edinboro. Indoor track season is just...

WPIAL rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Fox Chapel, 10-0, 1 2. Butler, 7-4, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 8-3, 3 4. Pine-Richland, 8-2, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 10-1, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Penn Hills, 6-2, 1 2. Trinity, 9-2, 2 3. Shaler, 7-3, 3 4. Mars, 6-2,...

WPIAL rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Bethel Park, 8-0, 1 2. Norwin, 7-2, 3 3. North Allegheny, 6-1, 2 4. Upper St. Clair, 6-2, 4 5. Mt. Lebanon, 8-2, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 9-0, 1 2. Woodland Hills, 7-2, 4 3. Trinity, 7-2, 2 4....

The WPIAL awarded 48 football titles during the past decade and most of them went to the same 10 coaches. Combined, Bill Cherpak, Eric Kasperowicz, Mark Lyons, Tom Nola, Bob Palko, Joe Rossi, Terry Totten, Wayne Wade, Art Walker and Mike Zmijanac collected 34 WPIAL titles. The rest of the...

When the NFL playoffs arrive this weekend, three WPIAL defensive stars from the past decade will be in uniform, a testament to the football talent Western Pennsylvania produces. But that’s not what earned them their recognition here. As high school players, Thomas Jefferson’s Chase Winovich, Woodland Hills’ Quinton Jefferson and...

Worried that years of losing will force its program to someday fold, Butler decided it won’t play WPIAL football next season and instead will put together an independent schedule. The school notified the WPIAL on Friday, Butler athletic director Bill Mylan said. The team endured its second consecutive 0-10 season...

The 2010s were a record-setting decade for WPIAL football teams, with career, single-season and single-game record books rewritten more than once. When the decade dawned, no WPIAL passer had broken the career 7,000-yard barrier. None had thrown for 3,000 yards in a season. Nobody had touched 500 yards in a...

WPIAL rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Bethel Park, 7-0, 1 2. North Allegheny, 6-0, 2 3. Norwin, 5-2, 3 4. Upper St. Clair, 4-2, 4 5. Mt. Lebanon, 6-2, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 7-0, 1 2. Trinity, 7-1, 2 3. Thomas Jefferson, 6-1, 3 4....

WPIAL rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Fox Chapel, 8-0, 3 2. Butler, 5-3, 1 3. Mt. Lebanon, 6-2, 2 4. Pine-Richland, 6-2, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 8-1, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Penn Hills, 5-2, 1 2. Trinity, 6-2, 2 3. Shaler, 5-3, 3 4. Mars, 6-2,...

Fresh off their team’s first PIAA championship appearance, two Avonworth players earned all-state honors Saturday and Duke Johncour was named Pennsylvania’s Coach of the Year in Class 2A. Antelopes running back Jax Miller and lineman Josh Elm were among six WPIAL players named all-state in a vote of Pennsylvania football...

Thomas Jefferson’s quarterback, top running back, wide receiver and lineman all earned all-state honors Saturday, statewide recognition for winning WPIAL and PIAA titles with an undefeated 16-0 record. Additionally, Jaguars coach Bill Cherpak was chosen as the Class 4A Coach of the Year in the vote of Pennsylvania football writers....

Central Catholic senior Jonathan Opalko twice made game-winning field goals in the playoffs and had a school-record 54-yarder in the regular season, kicks that earned him all-state honors Saturday. Opalko was one of four Central Catholic players named all-state in a vote of Pennsylvania football writers. The Albany recruit was...

West Greene’s Ben Jackson became the first player in WPIAL history to rush for 3,000 yards in a single season, an achievement that earned him accolades this fall. On Friday, Jackson added another when he was named as the state’s Class A player of the year in a vote of...