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Chartiers Valley likes to counterpunch whenever an opponent’s shot misses, and Johnstown gave the Colts plenty of chances Friday night. The District 6 champion struggled from 3-point range and missed 24 of its first 25 attempts from beyond the arc, empty possessions that propelled Chartiers Valley to a 58-38 victory...

High schools Baseball Friday’s results Nonsection Allderdice 8, Deer Lakes 0 Avella 2, Washington 1 Chartiers Valley 8, Seton LaSalle 6 Eden Christian 12, South Side 5 Geibel Catholic at Springdale, ppd. Indiana 6, Hempfield 1 Mt. Lebanon 3, Shaler 2 Penn-Trafford 9, Norwin 3 Peters Township 6, Ringgold 2...

Grant Regule and Zachary Totin were members of last year’s North Allegheny 200-yard freestyle relay that took fourth at the PIAA Class 3A swimming championships at Bucknell University. They returned Friday evening, this time teaming with senior Gus Miller and Mason Shantz for a shot at state gold medals. From...

The Road to Hershey concludes the quarterfinal pit stops Saturday with boys Class 6A, 3A and 2A along with girls Class 5A, 4A and A taking center stage. This 2025 PIAA boys Class 2A postseason certainly has a 2017 vibe to it. Eight years ago, the WPIAL had four teams...

Union’s two-year run as the WPIAL’s top Class A softball team was stopped by Chartiers-Houston last spring, but the Scotties return a decorated lineup in their chase to regain the title. The Scotties have won five straight section championships and have two WPIAL titles and three runner-up finishes, plus a...

There has always been a good balance in Class A baseball. Over the last dozen years, there have been nine different WPIAL champions. A team has never won three district Class A titles in a row, something Bishop Canevin will be trying to do this season. There are seven current...

Addy Frye opened the season with a no-hitter, strking out 17 and walking one, as Neshannock blanked hard-hitting Chartiers Valley, 4-0, in a nonsection softball matchup Friday. Jaidon Nogay went 3 for 4 and Miley Anderson hit two singles and drove in two runs for the Lancers (1-0). Taylor Walsh...

LEWISBURG — Latrobe senior Lauren Bell hoped for big things with one more crack at the 100-yard butterfly at the PIAA Class 3A state championships at Bucknell University. She was the only Westmoreland individual or relay to make it back for one of the championship-final heats Friday inside Kinney Natatorium....

WPIAL champion Upper St. Clair held Haverford to single-digit point totals in three quarters and rolled to a 51-35 victory in the PIAA Class 6A girls basketball quarterfinals Friday night. Meredith Huzjak put up 17 points and Rylee Kalocay produced 14 for the Panthers (22-6). Natalie Wright and Megan Kelly...

For Don Eckerle, winning never gets old. And he’s done a lot of it over the years — 417 times now, to be exact. But if it were always easy, perhaps the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart girls basketball coach would just get bored and call it quits. When...

LEWISBURG — Fox Chapel’s Sarah Pasquella hoped to go faster in the 200-yard freestyle Friday at the PIAA Class 3A swimming championships at Bucknell University’s Kinney Natatorium. While she was a hair slower than her time in winning the WPIAL title at Pitt two weeks ago (1 minute, 48.79 seconds),...

Good weather doesn’t have much of a track record at this time of year, so it was somewhat surprising that the softball season started on time Friday, a sun-splashed opening day and 70-plus-degree temperatures greeting WPIAL teams. What wasn’t surprising was Hempfield starting a new season with a victory. “It...

The first meeting between Burrell and Morgantown (W.Va.) during the PIHL varsity Division 2 season seems like a long time ago. The Buccaneers went to Morgantown on Oct. 10 and rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period to eke out a 6-5 win. Luke Mink scored the game-winner...

Hempfield junior Amelia Droste has been in contention regularly throughout the high school bowling postseason, qualifying in the top 10 at the WPIBL tournament at the top 5 at regionals. She saved her best for last. Droste turned in a blistering six-game qualifying average of 216, then rolled a 248...

There was a rumor amongst some wrestling coaches that this was the last year the PIAA individual wrestling championships would be held at Giant Center in Hershey. That rumor is false. While there is a rift between the PIAA and Hershey Entertainment, mainly because the PIAA moved the football and...

LEWISBURG — The WPIAL was well represented on the medals podium at the PIAA Class 3A girls diving championship meet Friday afternoon at Bucknell’s Kinney Natatorium. North Allegheny senior Juliet Hood led the way with a bronze medal (450.95), Seneca Valley junior Ali Waters took fourth (384.50), Mars senior Mya...

LEWISBURG — Several WPIAL individuals and relays will return Friday evening to swim in championship heats at the PIAA Class 3A championships at Bucknell’s Kinney Natatorium. The girls consolation and championship finals will begin at 4:35 p.m. with the boys races to follow at 6:55. All of the heats will...

Boys Class 2A Quarterfinals Jeannette (25-2) vs. Greensburg Central Catholic (25-3) Noon Saturday at Norwin District-seed: Jeannette 7-1; Greensburg Central Catholic 7-5 Winner plays: Winner of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (21-7)/Sewickley Academy (22-5) in semifinals March 22 (time, site TBD) Coaches: Adrian Batts, Jeannette (16th year); Christian Hyland,...

High schools Baseball Friday’s schedule Nonsection Allderdice at Deer Lakes, 4 p.m. Avella at Washington, 4 p.m. Eden Christian at South Side, 7:30 p.m. Geibel Catholic at Springdale, 3:45 p.m. Hempfield at Indiana, 4 p.m. Hopewell at Shenango, 4 p.m. Ligonier Valley at Valley, 4 p.m. Penn-Trafford at Norwin, 4...

Unlike the boys side of the state rankings, the elite girls teams have survived the first two rounds and are moving on to the PIAA quarterfinals this weekend. Both Class 5A and Class A saw two Trib HSSN girls basketball teams from last week’s state rankings lose to fall out...

Two rounds into the 2025 PIAA boys basketball playoffs, there was little movement in three classes and major upheaval in the other three classifications. Class 6A, 5A and 3A remained the same with one team dropping and one entering heading into the state elite eight. However, there were major changes...

LEWISBURG — The WPIAL again put on a show for the rest of the state at the PIAA Class 2A swimming championships at Bucknell University. Records fell as WPIAL individuals and relays took home eight more gold medals on Day 2 Thursday. Mt. Pleasant senior Lily King had a simple...

Since 2017, either Seton LaSalle or Serra Catholic has reached the WPIAL Class 2A baseball championship game every year. In fact, in the six 2A baseball title games played since 2017, the Rebels and Eagles have squared off against each other in three of them, including in the last two...

The Road to Hershey has reached the quarterfinals with the Friday spotlight shining on boys Class 5A, 4A and A, along with girls Class 6A, 3A and 2A. The Chartiers Valley boys basketball team is on an unexpected golden ride this postseason. The Colts finished in second place in Section...

Jacob Rose lit the fire to the Burrell hockey team’s goal barrage 16 seconds into the third period. Once Rose’s breakaway effort found the back of the net, there was little Deer Lakes could do to wrestle back the momentum Thursday night at the RMU Island Sports Center. Julian Kemp...