Jerin Steele stories, Page 6

Pittsburgh Riverhounds coach Bob Lilley wasn’t joking when he said there’d be changes to the lineup for Tuesday’s U.S. Open Cup match. It’s typical for Lilley to use Cup matches to rotate the squad, but this time he opted to go with an entirely different 11 from Saturday’s league match...

Junior Etou started his Pittsburgh Riverhounds career as a defensive midfielder, but he’s transitioned into a left midfielder/wing back role. So far this season, Etou has shown he can make an impact from that spot. Two weeks in a row, Etou has made a play that resulted in a goal....

The stretch run has arrived for the Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team, and it’s something they’ve been waiting for. The most experienced group in Rams coach Dave Offner’s tenure has put itself in position to make a run in the playoffs. The Rams were 10-4 overall entering a key section matchup...

Grant Argiro has been the kicker on the Pine-Richland football team since he was a sophomore, but he also played junior varsity linebacker. In fact his football career started as a offensive lineman and defensive end. But that’s changed and for good reason. “About this time last year the coaches...

It is becoming an annual tradition that the Fox Chapel and Plum baseball teams meet in the final section series with something on the line. This is the fourth year in a row that there’s playoff implications for their two-game set. Fox Chapel and Plum are 8-2 in Section 1-5A,...

If last week was a step in the right direction, Saturday may have been affirmation. Coming off their first win of the season last week in Phoenix, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds were dominant against Detroit City, the last unblemished team in the USL Championship. Pat Hogan and Danny Griffin scored in...

A new women’s soccer team is coming to Pittsburgh. Prior to Saturday’s game with Detroit City FC, Pittsburgh Riverhounds President Jeff Garner announced a USL W expansion team will begin play in the city in 2025. “As we experience the remarkable growth of women’s soccer globally, it’s imperative that we...

Five section games in five days? No problem for the Pine-Richland baseball team. The Rams swept the week, winning three against Seneca Valley and two makeup games over Allderdice. Those victories set up a Section 1-6A championship showdown with North Allegheny. The two teams were scheduled to play a three-game...

With a couple of weeks left in the regular season, the Pine-Richland softball team finds itself in a similar situation to last year. The Rams are in the middle of the pack in the lone WPIAL Class 6A section and fighting to get into the postseason. They were in fifth...

Leechburg baseball coach Heath Shimer never has had a roster with no seniors before this season, but he didn’t change the goals he had for his team. He wants his Blue Devils to compete for section and WPIAL titles. Shimer has watched his team grow up as the season has...

Peyton Ford said Pine-Richland baseball coach Kurt Wolfe has a consistent message. “Coach Wolfe always says to expect to adjust,” Ford said. That advice can be about an approach at the plate but also be a more encompassing philosophy. For the Rams, rainouts have brought plenty of adjustments to the...

Madeline Mill had a lot of family members in the stands April 9 hoping to see her score the 100th goal of her Pine-Richland girls lacrosse career. And she ended up getting help from the family member to hit the century mark. Mill was set up by her younger sister...

Looking back through the results so far this year, Freeport baseball coach Ed Carr felt his team had a chance to win nearly every game it has played. A mistake or a bounce have led to some getting away, but considering the Yellowjackets haven’t had the services of either of...

The gates at Lernerville Speedway are set to open Friday night for the 57th year of racing in Buffalo Township and kick off a season with some major events. Two of the marquee staples on the schedule, the Firecracker 100 and the Commonwealth Clash, have been expanded. The Firecracker 100,...

April showers bring May flowers, but they also bring headaches for local spring sports coaches. Inclement weather is expected every year during the WPIAL spring sports season, but what transpired the first week of April was record setting and forced plenty of postponements for Pine-Richland spring sports teams. On April...

Going into the season, first-year Pine-Richland boys volleyball coach Tyler Trimbath was confident his team was going to surprise some people after going winless in section play in 2023. Well, just two games in, the Rams certainly pulled off a shocker. Pine-Richland scored a 3-2 win over Seneca Valley, the...

On the heels of his team being swept by Shady Side Academy last week, first-year Burrell coach Jay Miller focused on executing fundamentals in situational baseball with his team. Extra-base hits are exciting, but moving runners over with a sacrifice bunt, hitting the ball to the right side of the...

Some of the faces have changed, but the goal remains the same for the Pine-Richland girls lacrosse team. They want to win a championship. After claiming the WPIAL Class 3A title for the first time since 2018 last year, the Rams will have to replace seven seniors who graduated but...

The past couple of years, the Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team took its lumps early before gaining momentum with late-season winning streaks prior to the playoffs. This season, the Rams have come out of the gates strong, which could be an indication of special things to come. The Rams were 5-1...

After Saturday’s scoreless draw with the Tampa Bay Rowdies at Highmark Stadium, Pittsburgh Riverhounds coach Bob Lilley and his players had a mostly positive outlook. That’s not only because they secured their first point and first clean sheet, but it was how they did it. The Hounds were the aggressor...

Winning a state championship is obviously special on its own, but the way the Pine-Richland hockey team did so will be retold over and over again. Down a goal in the final two minutes, Josh Lanyard scored to tie the game and send it to overtime against favored LaSalle. Then,...

The last couple of years, a young core of Pine-Richland baseball players helped contribute to back-to-back section championships. Now that group has become the upperclassmen and with the meaningful situations they’ve been in, they are well-equipped to try to make it three section titles in a row. “They understand the...

Player of the Year Billy Schaeffer 6-2, Sr., G, Deer Lakes Billy Schaeffer was a 3-point artist last year, playing a role that helped Deer Lakes win its first WPIAL basketball championship. But as the lone returning starter coming into his senior season, he knew he had to evolve his...

It’s a season that Valley baseball coach Jim Basilone and his players have been building for. A team that was once made up of mainly freshmen and sophomores has grown into an experienced group. With eight starters returning to forge a deep lineup and pitching staff, the Vikings have visions...

Vibes are high for the Pine-Richland softball team and for good reason. The entire starting lineup returns from last year’s team that made it to the WPIAL Class 6A semifinals. Experience is always nice to have, but what really excites Rams coach Sam Hartzberg is how well everyone on the...