Greg Macafee stories, Page 9

The Raiders finished this weekend’s WPIAL Class AAA individual tournament with three wrestlers atop the podium, two finishing as runners-up, and two as third-place finishers just one week after having 12 section champions. They finished first in the team race this weekend with 120 points. Hempfield was next with 85.5...

In one of the toughest brackets of this weekend’s WPIAL Class AAA tournament at Canon-McMillan, Pine-Richland senior Cole Spencer came away with his second straight WPIAL title. He earned a pin and two decisions to capture the 160-pound weight class. After winning WPIALs at 152 pounds last season, Spencer bumped...

Like all teams want to be doing, the Knoch boys basketball team is hitting its stride at the right time, and it showed during a dominant WPIAL Class 4A preliminary-round victory over Yough on Monday. Led by 31 points from junior guard Ryan Lang, the No. 15 Knights (7-9) led...

Here’s a look at Tuesday’s WPIAL basketball playoff games involving A-K Valley teams: Boys First round Class 6A 15-Bethel Park (8-9) at 2-Fox Chapel (18-2) 6 p.m. Tuesday Coaches: Josh Bears; Bethel Park; Zach Skrinjar, Fox Chapel Winner plays: Winner of 10-Central Catholic (12-9) at 7-North Allegheny (15-6), 6 p.m....

Springdale and Avella boys and Shenango girls have been forced to pull out of WPIAL basketball playoffs. Because of covid-related protocols, Springdale, the fourth seed in Class 2A, was forced to forfeit its first-round game with No. 13 Winchester Thurston, which was set to be played Wednesday. Springdale coach Aaron...

Here’s a look at Monday’s WPIAL basketball playoff games involving A-K Valley teams: Boys Preliminary round Class 4A 18-Yough (3-12) at 15-Knoch (6-9) 6 p.m. Monday Coaches: Jim Nesser, Yough; Alan Bauman, Knoch Winner plays: At 2-Lincoln Park (14-5), 6 p.m. Thursday About Yough: Two of their wins this season...

In the short history of Quaker Valley’s wrestling program, only three wrestlers had the opportunity to have a WPIAL gold medal placed around their neck before this season. On Feb. 20, after trips to the finals the past two years, 189-pound junior Patrick Cutchember joined the ranks as he captured...

For the past three years, Adou Thiero’s role for the Quaker Valley boys basketball team has been evolving. He started as a freshman and averaged 7.5 points per game by being a shooter and distributor for a team that went on to make its third-straight WPIAL finals appearance. Then, as...

Mt. Pleasant junior Dayton Pitzer continued his hot run Saturday at the PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional tournament at IUP’s Kovalchick Complex. The 215-pounder picked up three pins, with his third coming in 2 minutes, 11 seconds in the championship match against Carlynton’s Collin Milko to claim the second regional...

A week after capturing his first WPIAL title, Burrell freshman Cooper Hornack left IUP’s Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex with his first PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional title. Hornack took the 106-pound weight class by beating fellow freshman Landon Bainey of West Branch in the second ultimate tiebreaker after an...

At the beginning of this season, no one expected the Shady Side Academy boys basketball team to be much of a threat. The Bulldogs only had three seniors and a few starters returning from last year, but they were also going to be very young. At times this season, they...

When the WPIAL announced seedings for the girls and boys basketball tournaments Feb. 23, both Fox Chapel teams found themselves in unique positions. For the second straight year, the boys were awarded the No. 2 seed after putting together a record of 17-2 through 19 games. Their only two losses...

Saturday’s games Boys Class 5A Preliminary round 18-West Allegheny (7-6) at 15-Plum (8-5) Noon, Saturday Coaches: Andrew Tsangaris, West Allegheny; Mark Marino, Plum Winner players: At 1-New Castle (16-2), 6 p.m. Wednesday About West Allegheny: The Indians won two of their final three games and put together a five-game winning...

Throughout this season, the Leechburg boys basketball team has set out to do one thing: Get out and run. Leechburg coach Damian Davies and the Blue Devils (7-4, 6-3) always want to take advantage of their athleticism by getting up and down the court and putting up as many attempts...

No wrestler from the Alle-Kiski Valley will enter the WPIAL Class AAA tournament as the No. 1 seed, but three Kiski Area Cavaliers will have the next-best thing at Canon-McMillan on Saturday. Enzo Morlacci (160), Sammy Starr (172) and Brayden Roscosky (189) earned No. 2 seeds. Both Starr and Morlacci...

Over the last four years, Apollo-Ridge senior Logan Harmon has been a catalyst for the Vikings football team, leading the group to its best season in school history. But for all his accomplishments on the gridiron, Harmon has been just as good on the wrestling mat. Apollo-Ridge doesn’t have a...

Ian Oswalt, a 138-pound senior, accomplished something only 31 wrestlers have as he won his fourth WPIAL title on Saturday with a 10-5 decision over Ligonier Valley’s Ryan Harbert in the championship match. Norwin’s Kurtis Phipps and Frazier’s Thayne Lawrence accomplished the feat last season, and Oswalt was one of...

Sophomore Grant Mackay and senior Mitch Miles carried the Spartans this past weekend as they both brought home individual WPIAL and section titles. Along with Mackay (152) and Miles (285) winning section titles, Charles Krepp (138), Chase Tinstman (172) and Colin Bartley (113) all finished in second in their respective...

For the first time in the history of the event, there will be two PSFCA East-West all-star football games. On Sunday, May 30, the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association will host two games at Central Dauphin’s Landis Field, which will be split by classification and pit all-stars from the Eastern...

For the first time in the history of the event, there will be two PSFCA East-West all-star football games. On Sunday, May 30, the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association will host two games at Central Dauphin’s Landis Field, which will be split by classification and pit all-stars from the Eastern...

As the WPIAL playoffs approach, Sewickley Academy boys basketball coach Win Palmer is confident with where the Panthers are. Since the beginning of February, the Panthers (6-7, 3-5) have played No. 3 Springdale, No. 1 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Shenango, which has won seven of its past 10,...

Not many high school athletes change schools before their senior season, but when Quigley Catholic closed at the end of last school year, Hailey Drutarosky set off on a path she never expected to take. “Nobody ever thinks about transferring schools their senior year of high school,” said Drutarosky, who...

Shady Side Academy sophomore swimmer Maeve Kelley wasn’t sure how this season would go. After the coronavirus pandemic disrupted her regular training schedule last March, Kelley came into this season not really knowing what to expect. She couldn’t train at all from March until June and then couldn’t restart her...

The Fox Chapel girls basketball team hasn’t won a playoff game since its last extended playoff run to the WPIAL Class 4A semifinals when it took down Pine-Richland and Norwin. That was seven years ago. Now, after winning seven of their past eight games heading into a Section 2-5A matchup...