Jerin Steele stories, Page 3

Georgia Rottinghaus has two older sisters, Molly and Ella, that she looked up to growing up and that included watching them play field hockey. Both Molly and Ella made an impact on the Pine-Richland field hockey program and Georgia has continued to build on the legacy the family has in...

The Pine-Richland girls volleyball team will host its annual “Spike Out Cancer” event Oct. 3 during a home match against North Allegheny. The event will start at 6 p.m. It has become an annual fundraising event since Angela Seman took over the Rams program in 2021. Various activities will be...

With Penn State football coach James Franklin in attendance, future Nittany Lion Xxavier Thomas showed he can make an impact in every aspect of the game Thomas caught two touchdown passes, returned a punt 83 yards for a score and had an interception on defense all in the first half...

Another year and another opportunity for Deer Lakes boys soccer to win a section title. Matchups with an old rival and a newcomer to Section 1-2A next week will go a long way toward determining if the Lancers will add hardware to their collection. They play at North Catholic on...

It’s been another superb season thus far for Pine-Richland girls tennis, and for the most part, it’s been without the team’s strongest player. Caroline Prisk, who qualified for states as a freshman last season, has only played in a handful of matches because she’s been focusing on playing junior tournaments...

Emme Kline has been playing soccer since she was 3 years old, and she’s always wanted to play college soccer, but that dream came into focus in 2020. With the down time that came during the covid shutdowns that year, Kline spent a lot of time in her backyard practicing....

Saturday night’s High Limit sprint car race at Lernerville Speedway turned into a battle of survival for the leader. First it was Corey Day, who crashed while leading. Then, Brent Marks suffered a flat tire and lost the top spot. The final test, however, was left for Tyler Courtney. Courtney...

Deer Lakes football coach Tim Burk got his birthday wish. But before Lancers could blow out the candles on a victory, one more play needed to be made. With Freeport driving down the field in the final two minutes for a potential tying score, the Deer Lakes defensive line stuffed...

Coming off a state quarterfinal appearance in Class A, the Burrell boys soccer team moved to 2A this fall. Though it’s a step up for the Bucs, it might not be as big as one would assume. For Bucs coach Andrew Kariotis, the biggest difference is internal. That’s because a...

With former striker Albert Dikwa making his return to Highmark Stadium, it was the newest forward for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds who made the biggest impact. Bertin Jacquesson, who was acquired via loan from Real Salt Lake of MLS on Wednesday, scored in first half stoppage time and the Hounds picked...

The road to the playoffs in Section 1-4A girls volleyball has always been tough, but the addition of North Catholic for 2024 has made the group even stronger. Add in the fact that only three teams from the section will qualify for a postseason berth instead of four, like in...

The pair of victories the Pine-Richland football team earned to start the season were welcomed results, but it’s the development that has occurred during them that has Jon LeDonne and his coaching staff excited. The Rams have a young offense that is coming together fairly quickly, scoring 57 points in...

It wasn’t that long ago that Mario Liberati played for the Springdale boys soccer team. He was a senior on the 2017 Dynamos team that went to the WPIAL final. Seven years later, he’s back at his alma mater as the team’s new coach, and he sees some similarities between...

Mac Miller has been a strong wrestler at Pine-Richland with a 69-17 record in two years, and in his varsity debut as the featured running back on the football team, he showed he can be a force on the gridiron as well. Miller, a junior, rushed for 234 yards and...

Pine-Richland’s incredible run in WPIAL field hockey continued last year with a fifth straight Class 3A title. With 10 seniors and nine starters returning, the Rams look to be the favorite again, but they know there’s a lot of work to be done to increase the streak to six. “I...

Erik Kidwell’s journey to coaching started with trying to sign up his son Hayden for the Valley boys soccer team. That’s when they found out the school didn’t have a team. The program went dormant but since has been revived. After a three-year hiatus, the Vikings are back to playing...

After four years at the helm of the Pine-Richland boys soccer program, Jordan Wiegand has decided to pull double duty this fall and coach the Rams’ girls program as well. It’ll be a unique challenge to balance, which Wiegand has a plan for, but how impressive the Rams girls have...

After reaching the summit of WPIAL Class 4A boys soccer in 2022, Pine-Richland went into its title defense with a much younger group and narrowly missed out on the postseason. But Rams coach Jordan Wiegand looks at the positives that came from it, which included gaining experience in one of...

One pick-6 in a quarter is a momentum shifter, but two? That is typically a game changer. And that was the case for Bethel Park on Friday night. Jack Bruckner and William Sabatos each intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown in the first quarter to set the...

It was another strong regular season for the Deer Lakes boys soccer team that concluded with a section title, but its reign as defending WPIAL champs didn’t last as long as they wanted. The Lancers were stunned 4-0 by Hopewell in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs....

At the beginning of Plum’s football practices, Darian Nelson is one of the vocal leaders, counting out with a booming voice while everyone stretches. Nelson has been playing on both sides of the ball since he was a freshman and has learned from the older guys along the way. Now...

In about five minutes of second half stoppage time the Pittsburgh Riverhounds went from jubilation to the sensation of a gut punch. Sean Suber’s header into the net 25 seconds into the five minutes of added time gave the Hounds the lead, but they couldn’t see it out. Colorado Springs’...

Colt Sprankle is probably the only current WPIAL quarterback to appear on a nationally televised game show. Sprankle and his family appeared on two episodes of “Family Feud” in April. It wasn’t long before those shows that he entered a new school, transferring from Armstrong to Knoch. There haven’t been...

The announcement for the 2024 Pine-Richland Sports Hall of Fame class was made a few weeks earlier, but John Falvo had no idea he was included. That was until he received a phone call from a family member. “Nobody knew where I was or my phone number, so they were...

Sean Selinger is a lead-by-example type, which is a trait that runs in the family. It’s the method his older brother Conor used when he was a senior, and he is trying to emulate it as he gets ready to play his final season at Freeport. Leadership is a role...