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Gateway sports notebook: Gators hockey set for postseason tournament

Gateway hockey coach Dennis Shannon said he’s excited for his team’s prospects in their upcoming junior varsity playoff tournament. That comes after the youthful Gators, who returned to the JV level this season after playing in varsity last year, finished the regular season with seven wins, four losses and five...
Gateway swimmers advance to PIAA championship meet

Gunner Raymer said he was under the weather and not at his best for the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Feb. 26 an 27 at Pitt’s Trees Pool. “That was a big factor in both of my events,” the Kenyon College (Ohio) commit said. “It was frustrating. I wasn’t 100%.”...
Deer Lakes boys cruise through PIAA 1st round

The Deer Lakes boys basketball team is moving on. The Lancers, in the PIAA playoffs for the third time in four seasons, shook off some early offensive issues and opened a sizeable lead in their Class 4A opening-round game Friday at District 6 champion Huntingdon. Three Deer Lakes players scored...
A-K Valley PIAA basketball playoff preview capsules for March 7, 2026

PIAA basketball playoffs Girls Class A First round 7-6 St. Joseph (14-11) at 9-1 Clarion Limestone (19-7) 1 p.m. Saturday Winner plays: Winner of 7-2 Geibel Catholic (23-3)/6-3 St. Joseph Catholic Academy (24-3) Wednesday in second round (site/time TBD) Players to watch: Bella Barolovic, St. Joseph; Hannah Beggs, Clarion Limestone...
St. Joseph girls set high standard, make return to state playoffs

The St. Joseph girls basketball team again is experiencing the PIAA’s version of March Madness. The Spartans played their way to a fifth straight berth in the Class A state tournament. Hoping to get there now has turned into an expectation, and coach Geoff Dutelle is happy to help fuel...
Fox Chapel girls excited to return to state playoffs after 6-year absence

Marty Matvey came to the Fox Chapel girls basketball team in 2019, just a few months after the Foxes’ last trip to the PIAA playoffs. He had just helped guide South Park to a WPIAL Class 4A semifinal appearance and a trip to the state tournament. Though the Foxes have...
Deer Lakes’ Marco Mangieri to receive Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame Courage Award

Marco Mangieri is this year’s recipient of the Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame’s Courage Award, the organization announced Thursday. The Deer Lakes School District student, 11, has battled leukemia and has been in remission from the disease for five years. Mangieri was named honorary captain for the Lancers varsity...
Plum’s Owen Campbell among A-K Valley wrestlers looking to go for gold at PIAAs

Owen Campbell checked a box on his senior-year goals list when he won his 100th match at the North Hills Duals in December. Another goal the Plum senior targeted was the 130-win mark, which would put him in even more select company on the Plum all-time wins list. He earned...
Behind hat trick from Grant Weaver, Mars wins battle of division rivals with Plum in PIHL playoffs

The Mars hockey team won the first meeting this season with Plum, taking a three-goal victory in November in the home-and-home series between PIHL Class A Blue division rivals. The Mustangs returned the favor in the rematch a month later with a shootout triumph, handing the tournament’s No. 1 seed...
Rosters set for 29th Cager Classic at Highlands

The 29th annual Cager Classic, featuring senior basketball players from Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler and Westmoreland counties, is set for March 28 at Highlands. Practices will be 6 p.m. March 26, the skills competition 7 p.m. March 27, and the games — 5:45 p.m. for the girls and 7:45 p.m. for...
WPIAL swimmers earn top seed in 22 events for PIAA championships

The PIAA released the qualifier lists, with alternates, in each Class 3A and Class 2A event for the swimming and diving championships March 11-14 at Bucknell. A minor technical issue forced the PIAA to delay the posting of the Class 3A girls until Monday afternoon. A number of those swimmers,...
Confident Kunkle wins gold in the girls WPIAL Class 3A 100 breaststroke; Fox Chapel girls finish strong

Leah Kunkle was confident. The Kiski Area junior knew her ability to swim well in the 100-yard breaststroke at Friday’s WPIAL Class 3A championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool. But she also understood how talented the others in her heat were and what she needed to do to win gold. All...
Latrobe senior flirts with record, wins breaststroke gold at WPIAL swim meet

Chris Heese had several things on his mind Friday as he approached his final varsity individual swim at the WPIAL Class 3A championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Latrobe senior and Swathmore College commit was after his second title in the 100-yard breaststroke while also going for the WPIAL record...
‘Incredible experience’ as St. Joseph girls bowling preps for 1st appearance in regionals

For the first time in program history, the St. Joseph girls bowling team competed at the WPIBL championships and will make its first trip to the west regional team competition set for Sunday at AMF Bowlero on Noblestown Road. That feat is not lost on junior Louisa Palumbo, one of...
Fox Chapel freshmen make big splash at WPIAL swim meet

Ellie Lange and Delaney O’Toole didn’t let the pressure of their first WPIAL swimming championship overtake them. In fact, the Fox Chapel freshmen thrived. Lange and O’Toole won Class 3A titles in their individual swims Thursday and also helped the 200-yard medley relay team capture gold. Lange outdistanced the field...
Franklin Regional, Mt. Pleasant swimmers strike gold at WPIAL meet

Thomas Westerman’s smile said it all. The Franklin Regional junior stood on the top of the medals podium at the WPIAL swimming championships for the first time Thursday. Westerman trimmed more than 1.5 seconds off his seed time in the 200-yard freestyle at Pitt’s Trees Pool. When he touched the...

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