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Blackhawk sees halftime lead vanish in PIAA championship loss to Lansdale Catholic

HERSHEY — Blackhawk, looking for the fifth state title in program history, came up a bit short in the PIAA Class 4A girls basketball finals Saturday afternoon as Lansdale Catholic defeated the Cougars, 53-45. Having also finished second in the WPIAL playoffs, Blackhawk looked like it might make a double-digit...
Fox Chapel notebook: Hot goalie ends hockey team’s season

The Fox Chapel hockey team saw a surprising end to its season in the PIHL Class A Penguins Cup championship game March 20. The Foxes lost to Kiski, 4-1, at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. Fox Chapel, which finished the season 20-3, defeated the Cavaliers by a combined score of...
Penn Hills softball looking forward to enjoying home-field advantage

Penn Hills softball coach Ashley Banner and the Indians softball team are grateful for the school district’s maintenance staff. Thanks to the staff putting plenty of long hours between the end of softball season last year and this March, Penn Hills was able to prepare a softball field for the...
Bethel Park assistant AD headed to WPIAL Hall of Fame for storied Serra Catholic basketball career

Laura Grimm is a relatively new face in the Bethel Park athletic department. She was hired as assistant athletic director in September 2021 and is serving in that capacity this school year as well. Grimm, however, is a well-known figure on the Serra Catholic campus as well as around the...
Bethel Park swimmers hit lifetime bests, collect medals at WPIAL meet

He’s only a sophomore, but he stood out as a team leader for Bethel Park. Trent Powell was a medalist in two relays and two individual events at the WPIAL Class 3A boys swim championships March 2-3 at North Allegheny. “Trent had a breakthrough year,” said Kathy Strock, who coaches...
‘Emotional leader’ Gavin Moul caps Bethel Park career with Big 33 appearance

Gavin Moul’s high school football career is not over just yet. The Bethel Park senior was chosen to play on the Pennsylvania squad in this year’s Big 33 Football Classic. The prestigious all-star game will take place at 7 p.m. May 28, at Bishop McDevitt’s Rocco Ortenzio Stadium in Harrisburg....
Playoff run, WPIAL championship build legacy for Penn Hills players

Penn Hills boys basketball coach Chris Giles and the players on the team had an opportunity to create permanent memories. Winning the Class 5A WPIAL championship gave everyone something to hold on to. The Indians’ season came to an end March 17 in Sharon with a 68-54 loss to Cathedral...
New-look Pine-Richland softball team looking to put it all together

Pine-Richland softball coach Sam Hartzberg was looking out at the field during Monday’s season opener against Chartiers Valley and it hit him how different the team looks this season. The Rams return four starters, but they are a youthful group that will look to build off a 12-5 season where...
After ‘magical year,’ Pine-Richland baseball embraces ramped-up expectations

When Pine-Richland baseball coach Kurt Wolfe reminisced about the 2022 season and earning a share of the Section 1-6A title, what stood out to him most was how the team did it. It was a young roster coming together, believing in one another, that surprised many across the WPIAL by...
With strong returning core, Norwin softball has sights set on playoffs

Six out of nine teams in WPIAL Class 6A will make the playoffs this softball season. Norwin does not plan to be one of the unfortunate three. The WPIAL condensed its largest classification in to one section. It also includes Seneca Valley, North Allegheny, Mt. Lebanon, Hempfield, Baldwin, Butler, Canon-McMillan...
Norwin notebook: Fox Chapel ends hockey team’s season

Top-seeded Fox Chapel avenged a loss to Norwin in a semifinal rematch and ended the Knights’ season March 12 with a 7-3 win to advance to the PIHL Class A Penguins Cup final. Norwin was the defending champion. Fox Chapel jumped out to a 3-0 lead early in the second...
With playoff sting faded, North Hills softball turns page

The sting from last June sat with the North Hills softball team for a while, but now the Indians are ready to atone with a new cast. North Hills finished the 2022 season with a 17-5 record. It lost to eventual champion Armstrong in the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals and...
North Hills boys basketball season marked by ups, downs

For a second straight year, Buzz Gabos is proud of his team’s accomplishments but also is left wanting more. Gabos, who just completed his 17th season as North Hills’ boys basketball coach, led the Indians to a 20-7 record with appearances in the WPIAL semifinals and PIAA first round. “I’m...
Hampton’s Vitaliy Pikalo ascends to No. 1 singles spot

In tennis, “love” is another word for zero. But for Hampton’s No. 1 singles player, adoration for his newfound sport has added up to a lot. Junior Vitaliy Pikalo, a lifelong swimmer who started playing tennis only two years ago, has used his devotion to the courts to claim the...
Hampton softball off to powerful start

The Hampton softball team opened the 2023 season with a bizarre at-bat the Talbots won’t soon forget. Junior leadoff hitter Charlotte Lomb smashed a deep first-inning drive at Fox Chapel on March 20 that was called a ground-rule double. But umpires eventually ruled the ball cleared the fence, giving Lomb...
Young Fox Chapel softball team works to build confidence

Alina Stiger may feel anxiety about other things, but the Fox Chapel senior welcomes the anxious feeling softball can provide. The Foxes shortstop/center fielder is one of two seniors on the team this season. With a roster breakdown that features 15 freshmen and sophomores and seven upperclassmen, Fox Chapel will...

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