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Bethel Park notebook: Black Hawks baseball standouts named all-section
The Bethel Park baseball program lost 11 seniors to graduation from this year’s playoff team, including Ryan Petras (IF), Ryan Walsh (P/OF), Joey Levis (P/OF), Jack Bruckner (OF), Noah LeJeune (IF), Dylan Paul (P/IF), Dylan Schumacher (P), Ethan Stanhoff (C/IF) and Owen White (P/IF) and reserves Aaron Hofbauer (OF) and...
Bethel Park football ramps up preparation for next season with 7-on-7 competition
The Bethel Park football team will host a 7-on-7 football camp from 6-8 p.m. July 9 at Black Hawks Stadium. June was a busy time for the Bethel Park gridders as five 7-on-7 camps were on the summer schedule starting June 5 against Thomas Jefferson and wrapping up June 26...
Sewickley Herald notebook: Sewickley Academy lacrosse players earn all-section honors
A total of 14 Sewickley Academy athletes were named all-section in lacrosse in 2025. On the boys side, Section 2-2A all-stars included Jake Donesec, Max Soderstrom, Eli Gargani and Eli Stephan on the second team and Luca Peluso, Briggs Jamison and Jack and Matthew Bruno as honorable mention selections. For...
Defense will have new look but future looks bright for Quaker Valley girls lacrosse
The Quaker Valley girls lacrosse team won’t be embarking on a rebuilding process following a successful 2025 season. Instead, the Quakers are expected to be retooling their starting lineup — particularly on defense. “I’m very proud of the way this team never gave up this season,” QV coach Laura Peery...
After historically strong season, Quaker Valley baseball expects growth to continue
Quaker Valley’s baseball squad finished as the WPIAL Class 3A runner-up and a PIAA quarterfinalist in 2025. It marked the first time in more than a decade that a QV baseball team reached the WPIAL championship game. It also was more than a decade since the Quakers advanced to the...
Banner season for Quaker Valley track included medal haul at MAC meet
The Midwestern Athletic Conference track and field championships provide high-energy competition the Quaker Valley athletes look forward to annually. This year’s early season 26-team invite took place April 23 at Shenango, and the WPIAL champion Quakers proved to be dazzling. QV took home 32 medals from the WPIAL tune-up meet...
Sewickley Academy runner honored for achievements on, off track
Cooper D’Antonio wrapped up his scholastic career as one of Sewickley Academy’s top senior award recipients. A two-sport competitor in track and cross country, D’Antonio landed the Stan Partenheimer Sportsmanship Award at the spring sports banquet held May 21 in Rhea Auditorium. “I am very grateful to have received the...
Quaker Valley middle schoolers win lacrosse national titles
Three district boys won a lacrosse national championship over Memorial Day weekend as members of The Circuit youth program. Midfielder Will Bauersmith and close D Luke Dunda, both sixth-grade students representing the class of 2031 in the Quaker Valley School District, were members of the Red Hots team that captured...
Quaker Valley junior fills scorebook with 9 RBIs in state playoff game
Quaker Valley third baseman Todd Kagle had the game of his career at the plate in first round of the PIAA Class 3A playoffs. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound junior collected nine RBIs — yes, nine — in leading the Quakers to an impressive 22-6 win on the road June 2 against...
Sewickley Herald notebook: Sewickley Academy honors top senior athletes
Several senior student-athletes at Sewickley Academy were honored May 21 at its spring awards banquet. Severin Harmon (golf, tennis) and Katherine Varghese (soccer, track and field) were named as the Most Outstanding Male and Female Athletes. Cooper D’Antonio (cross country, track and field) landed the Stan Partenheimer Sportsmanship Award while...
Quaker Valley girls lacrosse boasts half-dozen all-section performers
The calculation 2-plus-2-plus-2 equals the sum total of players on the Quaker Valley girls lacrosse team who earned Section 2-A distinction in 2025. Junior midfielders Lucy Roig and senior goalkeeper Emily Reiner were honored as first-team all-section selections. Both girls made all-section last year as well. “Lucy has done a...
Breakthrough season leads Quaker Valley all the way to WPIAL baseball finals
Quaker Valley’s talented baseball team finished as the WPIAL Class 3A runner-up. The Quakers zipped through the district playoffs before losing to No. 1 seed Riverside, 1-0, in the championship game May 28 at EQT Park in Washington. “We were extremely excited at having the opportunity to test ourselves in...
After all-state honor, Sewickley Academy’s Lucas Grimsley working toward big senior year
The Sewickley Academy boys basketball all-state players are named on a commemorative plaque near the entrance of the Events Center gym. The earliest entry was Neil Hoy, who received the honor in 1998. The most recent addition to the listing is Lucas Grimsley, a talented junior guard for the Panthers....
Victory laps: Quaker Valley sweeps boys, girls team titles at PIAA track meet
Quaker Valley’s track and field teams had a great Memorial Day weekend, carving out memories that will last a lifetime. The Quakers’ track and field program was represented by 16 athletes in 24 events, along with four relay teams, at the PIAA Class 2A meet May 23-24 at Shippensburg University....
Pair of seniors built foundation for Sewickley Academy softball’s super season
Two of the district’s more dynamic softball players competed at Sewickley Academy this spring. Marie Bigi, a four-year senior starter at catcher, hit .595 in the 2025 regular season with a lofty .929 slugging percentage and .630 on-base percentage. Quincy Sirko, also a four-year starter at pitcher/third base, finished with...
Coach breaks down, event by event, how the Quaker Valley track teams conquered the state
Both Quaker Valley track and field teams won PIAA Class 2A titles at the state championship meet May 24-25 at Shippensburg University. The following is a description of two state title performances from a coach’s perspective. QV coach Jared Jones offered the following: The girls’ story Going into the weekend,...
Quaker Valley girls lacrosse peaks for playoffs, earns WPIAL, PIAA berths
Quaker Valley’s girls lacrosse team qualified for both the WPIAL and PIAA playoffs this season. The QV girls advanced to the Class 2A state tournament as the district’s third-place team. “The girls are excited for states,” QV coach Laura Peery said before the PIAA playoffs were set to begin June...
Sewickley Herald notebook: Quaker Valley senior savors 4th team title
Kwilai Karto was one of six seniors in the Quaker Valley girls track and field program this year that experienced the thrill of winning four consecutive WPIAL team championships. “I am honored to have been a part of a team for the past four years that has accomplished so much...
Sewickley Academy softball builds momentum in playoff season
Sewickley Academy’s time in the WPIAL softball playoffs ended May 19 against No. 5 Jefferson-Morgan in the Class A quarterfinal round. The fourth-seeded Panthers lost a 5-0 decision to finish 11-6 overall. Sewickley had advanced to the quarterfinals by routing No. 13 Monessen, 15-0, in the first round. “The team...
Quaker Valley athletes shatter records at WPIAL meet
Quaker Valley’s boys team was responsible for three of the 11 records that were broken May 14 at the WPIAL Class 2A track and field championships at Slippery Rock University. “It was a very impressive performance across the board,” QV coach Jared Jones said. QV senior standout Davin “Macky” Gartley...
Hard works pays off for Thomas Jefferson senior with WPIAL track gold
Sylvia Kashak was the undisputed top distance runner on the Thomas Jefferson girls track and field team the past few years. And, now, she is a certified WPIAL champion. Kashak posted a record-breaking time of 2:13.06 in the girls 800-meter run at the WPIAL Class 3A championships May 14 to...
Thomas Jefferson’s Alison Chalovich caps senior season with WPIAL Scholar-Athlete honor
The WPIAL recently recognized the recipients of the 34th annual WPIAL James Collins Scholar-Athlete Award with 20 candidates selected from a group of 158 nominees. The girls’ award winners consisted of Laurel’s Tori Atkins, Thomas Jefferson’s Alison Chalovich, Greensburg Central Catholic’s Alexandra Hoffman, Knoch’s Giona Lavorini, Montour’s Joelle Ludwick, Quaker...
Baldwin baseball rebounds from 1-19 season with trip to WPIAL playoffs
It had been a lengthy span since the Baldwin baseball team advanced to the WPIAL playoffs. Rookie coach Scott Wolf, a Brentwood baseball product, changed the direction of the program in 2025. The Highlanders qualified for the Class 5A district tournament by finishing as the Section 4 runner-up with a...
Bethel Park notebook: Boys, girls lacrosse teams enjoy playoff seasons
Both lacrosse teams at Bethel Park advanced to the WPIAL playoffs this season. The boys squad, coached by Luke Lewis, landed the No. 7 seed in Class 2A and defeated No. 10 Quaker Valley, 12-10, in the first round before losing to No. 2 Mars, 18-0, in the quarterfinals. The...
Bethel Park’s Orie twins ready to take athletic talents to college level
Clancy Orie is a 6-foot-3, 255-pound senior athlete at Bethel Park. His twin sister — yes, his twin — Sadie stands 5-7 and weighs far less than her hulking sibling. Both are 19 years old. “We are very close since we grew up together,” Clancy said. “And we definitely love...
