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Belle Vernon’s Elijah Brown to represent WPIAL on Pennsylvania team at Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic
Two-time PIAA Class 3A 215-pound champion Elijah Brown was the only WPIAL wrestler named to the Pennsylvania team for the 52nd annual Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic. The Pennsylvania squad will tangle with a talented United States squad at 6 p.m. March 28 at Peters Township’s AHN Arena. A team of WPIAL...
WPIAL matchups headline Tuesday’s PIAA girls basketball semifinals
For the fourth time in six years, it will be an all-WPIAL clash in the girls Class 5A western semifinals on the final exit of the Road to Hershey. This is also the second year in a row that battle will pit South Fayette against Peters Township in the PIAA...
Upper St. Clair, Sewickley Academy set for Tuesday’s PIAA boys basketball semifinals
Panthers of the same color but from different District 7 zip codes return to the state semifinals looking for their fourth victory of the 2026 PIAA postseason that would send them to Chocolate Town. In the state final four Tuesday, only Upper St. Clair and Sewickley Academy remain from the...
Team spirit strong during successful season for Sewickley Valley YMCA swimmers
The Sewickley Valley YMCA swimmers — the Sea Dragons — competed in the Division II championship meet held earlier this year at Butler. The Sea Dragons swim at five levels: New Novice (ages 6-8), Advanced Novice (7-8), Cadet (9-10), Prep, Junior and Senior (11-18) and High School. Sewickley Valley YMCA...
For Quaker Valley, sense of pride comes with season-ending PIAA loss
Quaker Valley’s first-round PIAA playoff game March 6 against Hickory became a tedious uphill climb for the Quakers almost from the opening tip. QV didn’t score a point until the 4:33 mark of the first quarter as the visitors secured leads of 6-0, 11-2, 17-10 and finally 19-12 in the...
After trip to finals, senior-led Norwin baseball ready for encore
Norwin broke through and reached the WPIAL baseball championship game last season for the first time since 2016. The Knights were edged by Seneca Valley, 1-0. Fourth-year coach Craig Spisak expects Class 6A to be ultra-competitive again and thinks the Knights should remain in the race. “Although it was a...
North Hills softball looks to keep strong tradition rolling
The North Hills softball team has maintained its position as a consistent playoff threat over the years. The program, which has claimed six WPIAL titles in its history, returns a solid core in 2026 with hopes to get back to the top. The Indians went 17-6 last season, including a...
North Hills baseball adjusting to challenges of Class 6A
Jon Pedrosky saw the good and the bad of his team’s first season playing in Class 6A last year. The North Hills baseball team posted an 8-13 record in 2025, going 4-7 in ultra deep and competitive Section 1 and reaching the postseason. “It was a new environment for us,...
By staying flexible, Shaler aims to contend for more boys volleyball gold
Anyone working in the Shaler boys volleyball team’s rotation can expect to add a couple of lines to his resume. The Titans will return more seasoned players than they had at the start of last season, but they won’t be nearly as deep as the squad that won the WPIAL...
Competitive fire burns bright for defending WPIAL softball champion Shaler
Tom Sorce is happy to see the healthy competition within the Shaler softball program after the Titans ran off eight straight wins en route to the program’s fourth WPIAL Class 5A championship last season. Shaler saw its season come to an end in the first round of the state playoffs...
Talented lineup returns for Sewickley Academy softball
The 2025 season was filled with highlights for the Sewickley Academy softball team. The Panthers started out 7-0 and 9-1 and ended up qualifying for the WPIAL Class A playoffs. They tied for second place with South Side Beaver in Section 1-A, finishing behind only Union, the WPIAL and PIAA...
Sewickley Academy shows dominant defense, rebounding in PIAA tournament wins
Sewickley Academy defeated Jeannette in the WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball championship game Feb. 27 at Petersen Events Center. The Panthers did not play again until March 7 when they zipped past Saegertown, 65-25, at home in the PIAA first round. “I think we were a little rusty in the...
Coming off playoff season, Sewickley Academy baseball can lean on key veteran players
The Sewickley Academy baseball team has four returning starters and each is expected to play an important role for the Panthers this season. Billy Pietragallo is a senior infielder/outfielder and is joined in the starting lineup by junior Jacob Stanislaw (OF/P) and sophomores Austin Fritz (P/INF) and Charlie Scally (C)....
Matthias Lezama shines for Quaker Valley in return to Penguins Cup finals
Matthias Lezama has had a significant impact on the Quaker Valley hockey team in his first two seasons with the Quakers. “He truly has,” QV coach Kevin Quinn said. “He has a desire to win, compete and score. And he brings it each game. He is also a great teammate...
Shady Side outduels Franklin Regional for team title, Hampton’s Lainey Sheets shines at PIAA Class 2A swim meet
LEWISBURG — Franklin Regional and Shady Side Academy went back and forth over the course of two hours Saturday evening to decide the PIAA Class 2A girls swimming team champion at Bucknell University’s Kinney Natatorium. Each team captured medals. Shady Side junior Ava Jochims was golden again in the 500-yard...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 14, 2026
High schools Baseball Saturday’s results Serra Catholic tournament Jeannette 8, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 5 Serra Catholic 5, Rochester 0 Consolation Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 15, Rochester 4 Championship Serra Catholic 5, Jeannette 0 Nonsection Atlantic Shores Christian 2, Bishop Canevin 0 Bellefonte 14, Derry 1...
High school roundup for March 14, 2026: Blackhawk, Oakland Catholic earn spots in WPIAL finals rematch
Blackhawk and North Catholic squared off in the PIAA Class 4A girls basketball quarterfinals Saturday, fighting for the chance to avenge a loss in the WPIAL playoffs. The Cougars lost to WPIAL champion Oakland Catholic in the finals. North Catholic lost to the Eagles a round before. Blackhawk earned the...
Franklin Regional girls swimmers finish 2nd in team standings at PIAAs, just short of title
LEWISBURG — Franklin Regional and Shady Side Academy went down to the wire Saturday evening to decide the PIAA Class 2A girls team championship at Bucknell University. The Lady Bulldogs led by four points after freshman Ella Kiger’s sixth-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke. The 400 freestyle relay decided it....
Jeannette coach furious after foul call leads to decisive points in state quarterfinals vs. Mercyhurst Prep
SHARON — Adrian Batts had no problem congratulating Mercyhurst Prep after an intense game Saturday at Sharon High School. Jeannette’s longtime coach, however, was not happy with how the Jayhawks’ season ended in a 59-58 loss in the PIAA Class 2A boys basketball quarterfinals. “You can’t come to District 10...
South Fayette pulls away from pesky Baldwin to reach PIAA Class 5A semifinals
It seems unthinkable that a team with the pedigree of South Fayette girls basketball would come into a game such as Saturday’s PIAA semifinal against Baldwin and not execute on its game plan. But that’s what coach Bryan Bennett saw after his team took a slim, five-point lead at halftime....
In ‘physical, intense’ battle, Upper St. Clair gets past Central Catholic into state semifinals
Back in December, Central Catholic handed Upper St. Clair its only blemish of the season. In the rubber game of the season series between the two Section 2-6A co-champs three months later, the Panthers made sure the Vikings would not deliver a fatal blow to their near-perfect season. Three-time WPIAL...
Hempfield girls win back-to-back state bowling championships
Hempfield has won back-to-back Pennsylvania high school bowling girls team championships. The Spartans were the top team in qualifying and swept Shikellamy in the finals to win the the program’s fourth state title Saturday in Lancaster. Milton won the boys championship. Hempfield was tops in qualifying (4,082), followed by Shikellamy...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Fox Chapel’s Delaney O’Toole, Deer Lakes’ Evan Moore
Delaney O’Toole School: Fox Chapel Class: Freshman Sport: Swimming Claim to fame: O’Toole had a successful PIAA championship meet, grabbing second place in the 50 free and third in the 200 free relay Wednesday. On Thursday, she swam a time of 54.15 seconds to win gold in the 100 backstroke....
No surprise as Greensburg CC, Shady Side girls basketball teams cross paths again, this time in state semis
After the WPIAL championship, there seemed to be less “if” and more “when” as to Greensburg Central Catholic and Shady Side Academy meeting again in the girls basketball postseason. GCC (22-7) did its best to keep the Bulldogs (26-2), who spoiled their WPIAL three-peat, on the backburner through three rounds...
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: GCC’s Avery Jones and Hempfield’s Mats Martz
Avery Jones School: Greensburg Central Catholic Class: Junior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Jones has rounded into form as a third scoring threat for GCC, which advanced to the PIAA 3A semifinals. She had a team-high 18 points in a 50-36 win over Northwestern in the second round and had...
