Greg Macafee stories, Page 17

The playoffs are a time when some teams are meeting for the first time, but when No. 3 Plum and No. 6 McKeesport face off in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 4A football playoffs Friday, that won’t be the case. Although they haven’t played this season, the Mustangs...

Springdale sophomore Chris Mitchell was peppering Bentworth goalkeeper Landen Urcho with shots all night Tuesday, just waiting for one to go in. It took longer than expected, but Mitchell eventually scored the go-ahead goal with just more than eight minutes left in the Dynamos’ 3-1 victory in a WPIAL Class...

For about a two-minute stretch in the first half, the WPIAL Class 2A first-round matchup between No. 6 Mt. Pleasant and No. 11 Burrell turned into the Lucas Toohey show. The senior midfielder scored a pair of goals two minutes apart late in the first half to put his Vikings...

When the 2020 track season got canceled because of coronavirus, the Fox Chapel boys cross country team put all its effort toward the fall sports season. The foxes followed a maintenance-type of training schedule throughout May, ramped it up in June and by July, coach Tom Moul said the boys...

Throughout the 2020 golf season, the Sewickley Academy boys golf team went through adversity. For the first time in a long time, the Panthers were beaten twice in section play during the season, with both losses coming to Quaker Valley. The Quakers won the section, which was the first time...

First-year Quaker Valley Cross Country coach Ryan Kelly had the opportunity to see his runners make improvements from afar in recent years. Now, Kelly gets to see it first-hand. After spending time as the middle school cross country coach, Kelly took over the program, and it has fared well behind...

When the WPIAL football brackets were revealed Saturday evening, four A-K Valley teams had their tickets to the postseason punched. Plum, Freeport, Apollo-Ridge, and Springdale were awarded playoff bids. Plum and Apollo-Ridge finished atop their respective conferences and earned automatic bids. Freeport and Springdale were selected as wild cards. Plum...

Through 40 minutes Saturday at Fridley Field in Allison Park, No. 8 Hampton and No. 9 Kiski Area were scoreless, but as the first half turned to the second, the game opened up and the scoring started. Hampton (11-4-1) scored three goals, and the Cavaliers (11-5-1) only managed one as...

After having to quarantine for 14 days because of a coronavirus exposure during one of their final matches, the North Catholic boys varsity soccer team has been cleared to play in a WPIAL Class 2A first-round matchup against Leechburg on Monday. North Catholic athletic director Brian Miller said the team...

For the first time since its undefeated regular season in 2017, the Fox Chapel field hockey team is headed back to the WPIAL playoffs. Since that storied season three years ago, when the Foxes won all 12 of their regular-season games and then dropped a 1-0 contest to North Allegheny...

Boys Class AAA First round 9-Kiski Area (11-4-1) at 8-Hampton (10-4-1) Noon, Saturday, Fridley Field, Allison Park Winner plays: Winner of 16-Laurel Highlands (7-8) at 1-Mars (14-0), Noon, Saturday, Mars Athletic Complex. Hat tricks: The Talbots scored 13 goals in their final regular-season game against Highlands. They only have allowed...

For the second straight year, the Plum boys soccer team is playing its best soccer when it matters most. It has put them in a good position heading into the first round of the WPIAL playoffs. When the boys soccer brackets were revealed Wednesday, the Mustangs (13-1) drew the No....

Physicality is a football trait that both Freeport and North Catholic take in pride when they step onto the field each Friday night. So, when the teams meet at the Mars Athletic Complex this Friday for their Allegheny Seven conference matchup, both Freeport’s John Gaillot and North Catholic’s Pat O’Shea...

Here’s a look at the 2020 WPIAL boys soccer playoffs: Class 4A Favorite: Peters Township (11-1-1) won the Section 2-4A championship and only lost one game all season long, a 2-0 decision to No. 5 Upper St. Clair. They also tallied five shutouts and had a five-game winning streak heading...

The WPIAL soccer playoff brackets are set. The top boys seeds are Peters Township (11-1-1) in Class 4A, Mars (14-0) in 3A, Shady Side Academy (11-2) in 2A and Greensburg Central Catholic (11-1) in A. The top girls seeds are Peters Township (10-1-1) in Class 4A, Mars (12-0) in 3A,...

Sometimes all it takes for a team be successful is a solid senior class, a few key players and a team-first mentality. This fall, the Sewickley Academy girls soccer team has experienced all three as they hold a record of 8-2-1 with one game left in the regular season. The...

A year ago, the Quaker Valley boys soccer team had a talented senior class that led them to WPIAL and PIAA Class 2A titles. Eight of them, including Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year Dom Reiter and his twin brother Fritz, combined to score 119 of Quaker Valley’s 175 goals....

Friday night was an important night for Leechburg football. Thirty-seven years after the program earned its 300th win, the Blue Devils earned No. 400 and did so in a big way. Sophomore running back Braylan Lovelace ran for 397 yards and four touchdowns on 19 carries as the Blue Devils...

In the past four years, the Shady Side Academy girls soccer team has solidified itself as one of the best teams in Class A. They won two WPIAL titles and one PIAA title, made three PIAA finals appearances and won 70 games. They turned in their best season last year...

Shady Side Academy’s Sam Farner is just a junior, but coach Ed Ellsworth says it seems like the talented midfielder has been around the program forever. It’s probably because he has been around longer than most. Between his seventh and eighth grade years, Farner got accustomed to the program by...

Freeport came into its Allegheny Seven Conference matchup against Burrell on Friday with a chip on its shoulder and a determined attitude. After missing consecutive games because of a covid-19 exposure, the Yellowjackets (3-1, 3-0) were ready to go, and it showed. Burrell quarterback Alex Arledge scored the first six...

Quaker Valley has canceled its football game Friday night with Keystone Oaks. “Out of an abundance of caution, Quaker Valley School District is not playing tonight’s football game at Keystone Oaks School District due to recent exposure to covid-19,” the school district said in a statement on its website. In...

Just two days after taking down No. 3 Quaker Valley, 3-2, in overtime, the No. 5 North Catholic boys soccer team is in quarantine after a possible coronavirus exposure. The Diocese of Pittsburgh released a statement Friday afternoon that all 27 people involved with the North Catholic boys soccer team...

When the 2020 high school basketball season kicks off in a few months, the Knoch boys basketball team will have a new coach on the sidelines. The South Butler School Board approved the hiring of Alan Bauman as boys basketball coach on Wednesday. Bauman, who graduated from Freeport in 1991...