High School category, Page 2

Something had to give Monday between the Deer Lakes and Burrell girls basketball teams after both had suffered a pair of losses in tip-off tournaments over the weekend. Led by the 1-2 punch of senior Makayla Blair and sophomore Reese Hasley, the Lancers were the ones to get into the...

Five years ago, Norwin won the WPIAL Class AAAA girls basketball championship, and Blackhawk took home the Class AAA title. On Tuesday, the two traditional powers meet in an early season nonsection game. It is the season opener for the visiting Knights. The Cougars are off to a 2-0 start...

Chris Serakowski is in his second season as the head coach of Carrick’s varsity hockey team, and he has a message that he and his staff have been preaching to the Cougar players this season, a season removed from a fifth-place finish in the final Division 2 standings last year,...

One of the most successful football programs in the WPIAL the last three decades enjoyed another golden moment last week. Thomas Jefferson rolled past previously unbeaten Dallas, 46-7, to win the 2019 PIAA Class 4A championship. The title ties TJ with Central Catholic and Clairton for most state football titles...

Trying to stop or even slow down Thomas Jefferson in the 2019 football season turned out to be a losing proposition for 16 opponents. In fact, trying to find any sort of success against the Jaguars this year left most teams stumped. The exclamation point on a golden season for...

Charles Heberling lived up to his nickname. He truly was an ‘Ace.’ Heberling was the driving force behind the growth of the WPIAL in the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s. He became the league’s first executive director and brought with him a mentality that served him well for 23 years as...

Charles “Ace” Heberling, who directed the WPIAL for more than two decades and is credited with making the league what it is today, died Monday. He was 94. The former NFL official became the first full-time administrator of the WPIAL in 1976, a job he held until retiring in 1997....

Two legendary coaches meet Monday in a WPIAL boys basketball nonsection contest. Ron Faust leads Washington on the road against Joe Salvino and Belle Vernon. Both coaches are in their late 60’s, but they are still piling up the wins. The two have coached for a combined 69 years and...