Ted Sarneso stories, Page 3
Lifelong love of baseball leads Westmoreland County Junior Legion president to hall of fame
John Doyle never played a lot of organized baseball while growing up in Plum. He spent most of his time playing pickup games on the local field. “My father made it a point to make sure that we had a field to play on,” Doyle said. “He would come home...
Lifelong love of baseball leads Westmoreland County Junior Legion president to hall of fame
John Doyle never played a ton of organized baseball while growing up in Plum. He spent most of his time playing pickup games on the local field with friends. “My father made it a point to make sure that we had a field to play on,” Doyle said. “He would...
After matching playoff runs the last 2 years, Chartiers Valley girls lacrosse faces changes
When looking at the WPIAL and PIAA playoff brackets the Chartiers Valley girls lacrosse team competed in the last two years, one has to do a double take to make sure they aren’t looking at the same bracket twice. The Colts avoided a case of déjà vu in small part...
Season of growth provides hope for Chartiers Valley boys lacrosse
After the Chartiers Valley boys lacrosse team lost in the 2021 WPIAL Class 2A championship game to Mars, coach Dom Tolomeo knew his program was about to enter some tough times. “We lost 14 of 17 players, most of them seniors, and we knew we were in for quite a...
Hard work pays off with trip to nationals for Brauer brothers
In the sport of rowing, consistency plays a key role. It helps when crews stick together so that everyone is familiar with each other’s cadences and strategy, so that the team can put forth its best effort and emerge victorious in a race. Grant and Christian Brauer, who row for...
Despite abrupt end, Pine-Richland girls lacrosse team savors season’s highlights
Pine-Richland girls lacrosse coach Shannen Wood wishes the team’s season had ended differently. After putting together another outstanding season, making a third WPIAL championship game appearance and a third straight trip to the PIAA state playoffs, the Rams’ season came to an end in a 18-3 loss at the hands...
Chartiers Valley track puts together successful season despite major hurdle
A writer without a pen, a warrior without a sword — actors can’t perform without their tools. So, what would one make of a track team without a track? Athletes on the Chartiers Valley track and field team will say they did a lot of work to achieve personal bests...
Chartiers Valley softball takes pride in season’s highlights, looks to bright future
The goal for the Chartiers Valley softball team every year is playing into June. In the past four seasons, the team made it to the semifinal round of the WPIAL playoffs and qualified for the state playoffs. This year, the team came up inches shy of making it five years...
Alle-Kiski Valley athletes of the week: Burrell’s Lily Liotta, Riverview’s Rece Stempfer
Lily Liotta School: Burrell Class: Freshman Sport: Track and field Claim to Fame: Liotta placed 10th in the girls PIAA Class 2A long jump Friday at Shippensburg University. Last week at the WPIAL individual championships, she finished seventh in the long jump with a distance of 17 feet, 6 1/4...
Shaler handles Ambridge for 3rd straight WPIAL volleyball title, 1st in 2A
When asked if there was any pressure on his team to capture a third straight WPIAL title, Shaler coach Paul Stadelman admitted the Titans put it on themselves. “Some of our inexperience and youth adds to the pressure,” Stadelman said. “I think a lot of times the team we played...
North Allegheny rallies past Seneca Valley to return to top of WPIAL 3A volleyball mountain
North Allegheny was back in its familiar position of favorite entering this year’s WPIAL boys volleyball playoffs. That wasn’t necessarily the case last year when North Allegheny lost to Shaler in the 3A finals, but the Titans subsequently dropped down to Class 2A and the Tigers brought back a team...
Upper St. Clair blanks Moon to win 4th annual girls flag football title
When Upper St. Clair flag football coach Ryan Huzjak got the program started, he was hoping to one day bring a championship to the school. On Sunday, Huzjak was able to fulfill that goal. The Panthers shut out two-time defending champion Moon, 12-0, in the fourth annual girls High School...
With coach ailing, Pine Richland Aquatics welcomes program alumnus as new leader
It’s never an easy task to find a new coach. Even more so when the person being replaced has been a coach and a pillar of a sporting community for 30 years. Such was the case for the Pine-Richland High School swim team and its feeder program, Pine-Richland Aquatics (PRA)....
A-K Valley high school athletes of the week for May 18, 2025: Freeport’s Mackenzie Magness and Apollo-Ridge’s Jaden McCray
Mackenzie Magness School: Freeport Class: Sophomore Sport: Track and field Claim to fame: Magness came in as the top seed as she looked to defend her WPIAL Class 2A title in the pole vault. She went on to win her second gold medal in the event, vaulting to a personal...
GCC senior putting together last fundraiser before graduation
After a successful 5K walk last year that saw her raise more than $8,000 for a worthy cause, Greensburg Central Catholic senior Sasha Hoffman said there was only one thing she would have changed for this year. “I wanted to start the planning process a lot earlier so that I...
Mars stuns No. 2 Plum behind shutout by Kyle Krause in Class 5A playoffs
All week, Mars coach Jason Thompson kept up the positive messages for his players. “Coach had our confidence up all week, and everyone in that dugout felt we were going to win today,” Planets right fielder Zach Rozman said. Mars starting pitcher Kyle Krause bought into his coach’s message and...
A-K Valley high school athletes of the week: Plum’s Mackenzie Marotta and Freeport’s Michael Hanz
Mackenzie Marotta School: Plum Class: Junior Sport: Softball Claim to fame: As Plum (14-5, 8-4) took on Burrell on Monday, Marotta had a hit and two RBIs. On Tuesday, she pitched the Mustangs to a 10-0 win over Deer Lakes. She threw five no-hit innings and struck out five while...
North Catholic, Gateway boys win WPIAL team tennis titles
The capital of WPIAL Class 2A tennis for the 2024-25 school year might be located in Cranberry Township. North Catholic defeated Valley, 4-1, in the team tennis finals Wednesday at Janet Swanson Tennis Center at Washington & Jefferson. It’s the first title in the North Catholic boys tennis program’s five-year...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Knoch’s Emersyn Jones and Plum’s Jake Dombkowski
Emersyn Jones School: Knoch Class: Freshman Sport: Softball Claim to Fame: Jones hit a home run and drove in two runs in a 7-0 win over Highlands on Monday, and she went 3 for 4 with a home run, a double and five RBIs in a 16-3 Section 1-4A win...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Kiski Area’s Gianna DeVito, Riverview’s Lukas Duncan
Gianna DeVito School: Kiski Area Class: Junior Sport: Track and field Claim to fame: DeVito won the high jump, clearing a height of 5 feet, 5 inches, at the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association track and field championships Thursday at Latrobe’s Memorial Stadium. How did you get started in the high...
Plum native Justin Patton part of co-main event for Brawl in the Burgh 28
When one chooses to become a professional fighter, sacrifices have to be made. Whether it’s time, the rigid diet or the ultimate toll that it takes on the body, fighters go through a lot to achieve their goals and become a top performer. Justin “The General” Patton has made those...
Despite hurdles, Chartiers Valley track teams finding ways to improve
It’s been a challenging season for the Chartiers Valley track and field teams. Like all the other schools in the WPIAL, they have had to deal with the tumultuous early spring weather. “It’s been cold and rainy, and that has had a small effect on how our athletes perform,” said...
Chartiers Valley looking for bats to come alive for playoff push
Five days after Chartiers Valley stopped a three-game losing streak with an 11-5 win that saw the team’s bats come alive against Section 2-5A opponent Peters Township, the Colts dropped an important section game against Moon on April 14. The manner in which they lost, a passed ball in the...
New Kensington native James Threatte looking to give area girls leg up in flag football
Five years ago, amidst the covid-19 pandemic, James Threatte of New Kensington noticed an issue impacting local children. “There were no youth sports programs in the summer for the kids around the New Ken area,” Threatte said. “I knew that needed to change.” A year later, he established the Skillz...
Pine-Richland softball focuses on fundamentals, hangs tough in challenging section
Over the last two seasons, the Pine-Richland softball team committed 101 errors. Coach Sam Hartzberg’s mission this offseason was to clean up his team’s fundamentals. “Our girls weren’t throwing to the wrong base or anything of that nature,” Hartzberg said. “They just weren’t making the plays they should have.” From...
