Michael Love stories, Page 131

For the second year in a row, Ryan Skladany participated in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Golf Championship. The Gateway graduate and sophomore at the Boyce campus of Community College of Allegheny County in Monroeville carded a four-round total of 331 to tie for 48th from June...

For two months this spring, Alyssa Schofield put her softball talents on display and helped Plum to a co-section championship and a No. 2 seed in the WPIAL 5A playoffs. The Mustangs junior then expanded her visibility in the sport over the Memorial Day weekend as one of a select...

Seven years ago, Lauren Ferragonio was a rookie with the Pittsburgh Passion, and as she began her journey in women’s tackle football, she leaned on the numerous veterans who had shaped the franchise’s fortunes for a decade. Now, the Plum graduate is the experienced veteran — a starter for several...

Penn-Trafford’s Logan Sherwin and Paige Kalik and Beaver Area’s Andrew Cestra have been recognized by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association as diving All-Americans. The NISCA released its national lists Thursday. Cestra, a senior and a Clarion commit, captured his first WPIAL Class AA title in February with a record...

The dirt racing track at Westmoreland BMX in Allegheny Township’s Northmoreland Park, with its varying jumps throughout the S-shaped course, had not be altered in more than a decade. That changed in November when the track was leveled and redesigned. The course’s length and the position of the turns and...

The Sen. John Heinz History Center and Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum will host the eighth annual Positive High School Athlete Awards on Monday at 7 p.m. Student-athletes representing 31 boys and girls sports from high schools throughout Western Pennsylvania, along with two coaches and North Allegheny High School will be...

Max Sheppard turns 24 next week, and he picked up an early birthday present Saturday as he brought home Most Valuable Player honors at the inaugural American Ultimate Disc League all-star game in Madison, Wis. The Fox Chapel and Edinboro graduate is making the most of his fifth season on...

The PIAA baseball and softball championship matchups are set, and five WPIAL teams – Beaver and Serra Catholic for baseball and Penn-Trafford, Elizabeth Forward and Frazier for softball – will attempt to bring home state titles. The WPIAL has a team in the 4A baseball final for the second year...

Nikki Scherer enjoyed a prolific high school track and field career in which she produced championship performances at both the WPIAL and state levels. The Burrell graduate made a transition to the women’s team at Pitt last spring, and by her own admission, it took some time to get used...

Max Sheppard, a Fox Chapel High School and Edinboro University graduate, captured Most Valuable Player honors at the American Ultimate Disc League’s annual all-star game Saturday in Madison, Wisc. Representing his hometown Pittsburgh Thunderbirds, Sheppard helped Team KPS score a 28-27 victory over Team Rowan in double overtime. He finished...

Hempfield East sits atop the District 31 American Legion standings heading into a new week of games. The team is 5-0 and has outscored its opponents by a 52-14 margin. Not far behind in second place is Latrobe at 5-1. It has only surrendered six runs in its six games...

Seven area collegiate golfers wrapped up the spring season Friday at the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division III National Championship at Chautauqua Golf Club in Chautauqua, N.Y. Butler County Community College’s Noah Morgan, an Allegheny-Clarion Valley grad, led the way with a tie for 20th out of 90 golfers...

The All-WPIAL girls lacrosse teams were selected in a vote of the Class AAA and AA coaches. Eighteen players were tabbed All-WPIAL in Class AAA. Emmie Lau and Abby Todd helped Shady Side Academy capture the WPIAL Class AAA title with a victory over Upper St. Clair. The Indians capped...

The All-WPIAL boys lacrosse teams were selected in a vote of the Class AAA and AA coaches. WPIAL Class AAA champion Pine-Richland, runner-up Mt. Lebanon and semifinalist North Allegheny led the way with three selections each. Pine-Richland attacker Dane Dowiak was selected the Class AAA Player of the Year. In...

The Highlands baseball team enjoyed a turnaround season with 11 victories and a trip to the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs this spring after winning only four games last year. Golden Rams first-year coach Jeff Campbell wants to build on that momentum this summer, and a group of underclassmen from the...

When members of the CCAC-Boyce baseball team look back on the 2019 season, they are quick to notice a definite shift in fortunes. After a 4-10 start had the squad looking for answers, the team righted the ship and embarked on a winning streak that took them to a Western...

A third-place finish in an event at the NCAA Division I outdoor track and field championships is quite the accomplishment for most people. But most people aren’t Jordan Geist. The Knoch graduate and Arizona sophomore took bronze Wednesday in the shot put in the national competition at the University of...

PIAA Boys Volleyball Championship Class 3A North Allegheny (22-0) vs. Central York (19-2) 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Penn State’s Pegula Ice Arena Coaches: Dan Schall, North Allegheny; Todd Goodling, Central York Players to watch: Drew Hunker, Sr., OH, North Allegheny; Braden Richard, Sr., OH, Central York The skinny: North Allegheny...

Jarrett Heilman, who helped the Freeport baseball team capture the Section 1-3A championship and qualify for the PIAA playoffs for the first time in 21 years, will represent the WPIAL on the Pennsylvania team for the Big 26 Baseball Classic on July 25-28, in Harrisburg. The list of players for...

Katrina Streiner won a pair of WPIAL swimming championships in the 50-yard freestyle, added one in the 100 freestyle and was a PIAA medalist during her Gateway career. She went on to compete at Duquesne where she set school records and captured an Atlantic 10 relay title. Streiner’s efforts in...

University of Arizona sophomore Jordan Geist placed third overall in the men’s shot put at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Wednesday evening at the University of Texas in Austin. The Knoch graduate, who won his second Pac-12 outdoor title in as many seasons last month, delivered...

Evan Sante is pulling double duty this summer. In addition to playing for the Plum Pterodactyls in the Daily News adult baseball league, the soon-to-be high school graduate — he and his Plum senior classmates commence Thursday — is a member of the Plum Legion squad for the first time....

The Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday selected Quaker Valley graduate and Mercyhurst University senior right-hander Tyler Garbee in the 19th round of the Major League Baseball draft. Through 17 appearances and 11 starts this season, Garbee owns a 3.08 earned-run average with 109 strikeouts in 73 innings of work. Garbee struck...

Freeport junior Jarrett Heilman and South Fayette sophomore Ryan McGuire will represent the WPIAL on the Pennsylvania roster for the Big 26 Baseball Classic on July 25-28 in Harrisburg. The list of players was announced Wednesday morning for the four-day tryout-based all-star series. The Pennsylvania team, made up entirely of...

In the hours after Freeport baseball’s 3-2 PIAA Class 3A first-round loss to Franklin on Monday at Slippery Rock University, one in which the Knights rallied with two runs in the bottom of the seventh, the Yellowjackets players and coaches received dozens of calls, texts, emails and Twitter messages of...