Charleroi

The North Catholic victory tradition continued to ring loud and clear this past school year. Steady contributions across all three seasons, along with a couple of championship runs, helped the Trojans win a third straight Trib HSSN Cup for Class 3A in 2021-22. “North Catholic has a long standing tradition...

Welcome to Semifinals Monday in the 2022 WPIAL baseball playoffs. Unless your team is in classes 6A or 4A, then it’s Welcome to Quarterfinals Monday. Whether it’s the second or third round, the recurring theme is rematches. Of the 16 scheduled games, 11 are matchups between teams that faced each...

Last year, the Charleroi softball team won its last four regular season games to finish in a tie with Carmichaels for second place in Section 3-2A behind Frazier. The Cougars were the No. 9 seed in the WPIAL playoff and lost in the first round to Neshannock, 6-4. Charleroi closes...

Welcome to the final week of the WPIAL baseball and softball regular season. With weather not an issue, several district baseball teams hope to join the long list of schools that have qualified for the 2022 WPIAL baseball playoffs with a victory Monday. *Kiski Area can clinch a playoff berth...

Two weeks ago, the WPIAL handed out its first championship of the spring at the district boys singles tennis tournament. Now, they are ready to double the golden handout. The 2022 WPIAL boys doubles tennis championships begin Tuesday with first round, quarterfinals and semifinals action in Class 3A and 2A....

Last spring was a celebration as district athletes returned to the diamonds after the 2020 season was canceled because of the covid-19 shutdowns. Softball was a success throughout as the WPIAL crowned four new champions while Laurel and West Greene remained on top in 2A and A. District softball squads...

The Charleroi Area School Board found their man to take over the Cougars football program. Mark Gambino, most recently an assistant coach on Mike Collodi’s staff at Elizabeth Forward, was hired Tuesday with a unanimous vote by the board. “It all happened really fast,” Gambino said Wednesday. “I was contacted...

Suffocating opponents from the tip has become a calling card for the Greensburg Salem girls basketball team. The, ahem, still-unbeaten Greensburg Salem girls basketball team. The Golden Lions’ pace is fast. Their hands are in faces. Teams have little time to react to full-court pressure. “Defense is what makes us,...

Trib HSSN Fab 15 Player of the Year Anthony DiFalco Sr., F, Franklin Regional Special talents like Anthony DiFalco don’t come along that often. So when the four-year prep career of a player of his caliber comes to a close, the accomplishments, the full body of work, tend to be...

The day after Halloween is one several district soccer teams hope is filled with golden treats instead of sour tastes. The WPIAL soccer semifinals will take place Monday in boys 3A, boys 2A, girls 4A and girls A. In Class 3A boys, the two teams meeting in the bottom of...

Davoun Fuse threw for four touchdowns and ran for two more as No. 3 Washington won the Class 2A Century Conference title with a 41-34 triumph over McGuffey (5-5, 4-2) on Friday night. After McGuffey’s Kyle Brookman scored on a 2-yard run with 20 seconds left, Fuse found Zavian Willis...

Fourteen WPIAL players were announced Friday as Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association all-state selections. Several of them have led their teams to a win or two in the WPIAL playoffs. The picks include Franklin Regional senior Anthony DiFalco; Seneca Valley senior Nathan Prex and junior Beaux Lizewski; Butler senior Landon Mohney;...

Jordan Irson ran for 91 yards and two touchdowns as Chartiers-Houston earned a 13-7 victory over McGuffey (4-4, 3-1) in a WPIAL Class 2A Century Conference matchup Friday night. Irson scored on a 5-yard run in the second quarter and a 1-yard run for the game-winner in the third quarter...

Luke McCoy ran for 101 yards and two touchdowns and caught a 47-yard scoring pass as No. 4 Laurel scored a 42-7 victory over New Brighton (2-5, 1-3) in the WPIAL Class 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference on Friday night. Laurel (7-0, 4-0) limited New Brighton to 98 yards and six...

Max Rocco threw for 311 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 2 Serra Catholic to a 39-7 victory over Shady Side Academy (3-3, 0-1) in the Class 2A Allegheny Conference on Friday night. Amire Spencer caught seven passes for 131 yards while teammate Terrell Booth caught four passes for...

The district individual golf postseason continues Monday with the WPIAL Class AAA boys semifinals. Seventy-two golfers qualified from the sectionals last week to participate in the district semifinals. District 7 produced the most participants with 19 golfers set to tee off at the Willowbrook Golf Course in Belle Vernon. Section...

Finally, WPIAL boys soccer section play will begin in Section 2-A on Monday. The section only has six teams, but other six-team sections began last week. Opening day of section play has Serra Catholic visiting Geibel Catholic at 4 p.m. while St. Joseph hosts Jeannette at 7 p.m. It is...

Since arriving at Monessen, first-year football coach Wade Brown constantly has preached to his players that their time was coming. After the hard work they put in during the offseason and first two nonconference games, he knew they were on the verge of reaping the benefits. Then, Brown saw it...

Nonconference Charleroi (0-1) at Monessen (0-2) 7 p.m. Friday, Memorial Stadium, Monessen An old rivalry is renewed: the battle for the bridge. Will it be called the Charleroi/Monessen Bridge or the Monessen/Charleroi Bridge? Both are looking for their first wins. Charleroi dropped a 42-7 decision to Class A Carmichaels and...

Once again this school year, the network with the best coverage of high school sports brings you a daily dose of what to watch for around scholastic sports that day. We begin with a look at opening night in WPIAL boys section soccer. Tuesday features a pair of contests matching...

WPIAL boys soccer preview Class 4A Defending champion: Defensively-sound Seneca Valley won 14 straight games to close out the 2020 season en route to WPIAL and PIAA titles. The Raiders must replace standouts Zack LaValle and Mason Baldwin, but bring back junior Beaux Lizewski, another All-WPIAL selection. George Williams was...

After a tough 2-5 season in 2020, Charleroi is looking forward to better things in 2021. Second-year coach Brady Barbero welcomes a large senior class that includes numerous players who started a year ago. Among the returning starters are quarterback Brendan Harps, running back Nikko Pellegrini and wide receivers Terrance...

Bushy Run, playing in the Pennsylvania American Legion Baseball Region 6 tournament, had its game suspended Friday in the top of the third inning. Bushy Run was trailing Brighton Township (Beaver County), 1-0, when heavy thunderstorms stopped the game at Hutchison Field in Hopewell. The game will resume at 9:45...

Player of the Year Dane Beller Mars, Sr., F The Mars Fightin’ Planets were pressing. They were down a goal in a physical PIAA championship game with a state title at their fingertips. Senior forward Dane Beller was issued a yellow card midway through the second half, and while his...

The WPIAL boys soccer postseason is winding into the semifinals and a number of title contenders feature some of the best players in the state. Fourteen WPIAL players made the Western Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association All-State list, announced Friday morning. Among the selections is Franklin Regional junior forward Anthony DiFalco,...