Jerin Steele stories, Page 13

Brad Walker admitted it was difficult to part with a Leechburg boys soccer program he had built from the ground up, but, at the same time, he is excited for a new opportunity. After four years with the Blue Devils, Walker will be the new boys soccer coach at Freeport...

Vincent Luhovey spends most of his days working for his dad’s concrete business. At the same time, he aspires to become a full-time motocross racer. Steve Roman is well past thoughts of professional motocross, but he still enjoys the thrill of slinging a dirt bike through the mud. Both in...

Riverside baseball coach Dan Oliastro said his group has been a “big-inning team” all year, and he was hoping they could do it one more time. It turned out his Panthers had some more crooked numbers in them, and, combined with outstanding relief pitching from sophomore ace Christian Lucarelli, it...

Throughout the season, first-year Pine-Richland girls lacrosse coach Shannen Drennon said the team is at its best when it is creating assisted goals. That formula certainly worked wonders in the Rams’ first-round state playoff game as they had 14 assists in a rout of District 10 champ McDowell, 20-2, on...

Garrett Krieger entered his first bodybuilding competition over Memorial Day weekend and going into it, he didn’t know what to expect. That was a natural reaction because it was his first time trying the discipline, but what made him more uncertain is that he entered without any coaching. Krieger, a...

Going into Saturday’s matchup with Charleston Battery, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds looked to gain control at the top of the USL Championship Eastern Conference standings. They did so quickly thanks to the fastest goal in club history. Junior Etou scored 21 seconds into the game, and it held up as the...

Five Pine-Richland senior athletes made their college choices official during the May national signing day. Will Albrecht (Westminster/lacrosse), Matthew Carper (United States Coast Guard/swimming), Breanna Franchak (Dickinson/cross county and track), Joey Schneck (Maryland/wrestling) and Elizabeth Shaffer (Carnegie Mellon/swimming) all participated in a signing ceremony at the school. Between the November,...

When Arturo Ordonez scored in the 22nd minute, he celebrated his goal with some emotion, like any soccer player would. In the 62nd minute, when he cleared the ball out of the penalty area alleviating any pressure off a dangerous free kick, he gave some fist pumps and head nods,...

Pine-Richland athletes earned medals in 17 events at the WPIAL Class 3A track and field championships May 17, at Slippery Rock. On the girls’ side, senior Natalie McLean was second in the 1,600-meter run (4:51.24) and fifth in the 3,200 (10:43.03). • Senior Sonja Stugart was second in high jump...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds waited eight years for another opportunity to host an MLS club. On Wednesday night, they seized the moment. With a raucous, record- setting crowd behind them, the Hounds defeated the Columbus Crew, 1-0, in the round of 16 of the U.S. Open Cup at Highmark Stadium. “It’s important...

The first week of the season, Matt Delvaux injured his hamstring while playing shortstop for Mt. Lebanon, an injury that sidelined him in the field for the year. So it was decided that Delvaux would become a full-time pitcher and what was a tough start to a senior season has...

It was a successful first week of the postseason for the Pine-Richland spring sports teams. The Rams softball and boys and girls lacrosse teams all scored victories in their first playoff games. Boys lacrosse A year after suffering a first-round exit on their home field, the fifth-seeded Rams made amends...

Any worries about the Pittsburgh Riverhounds looking ahead to their big home U.S. Open Cup match next week with Columbus Crew were squashed pretty early Saturday night. Edward Kizza scored twice in the first half, and the Hounds dominated the winless Las Vegas Lights, 4-1, at Highmark Stadium. Arturo Ordonez...

The Fox Chapel baseball team has been close in recent years, and after six seasons a breakthrough in the WPIAL postseason happened Wednesday night. And they needed all facets to do so, fittingly enough against a Mars team that has been a thorn in the Foxes’ sides in recent years....

With its spot on the calendar fairly close to the WPIAL individual track and field championships, the Pine-Richland Invitational serves as a good tune-up for the biggest events of the season. This year, the host Rams had a pretty good day, and several athletes showed that they’ll be challenging for...

Pine-Richland baseball successfully defended its section crown by taking two out of three in a series with North Allegheny. How they won that series is a microcosm of what’s made the Rams special the last couple of seasons. They were down six runs early in Game 2 but clawed their...

Albert Dikwa has always had a high workrate through his time with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. He’s always in motion, giving center backs fits with the size and energy he brings. While he’s also been a good goal scorer in the past, he’s becoming one of the elite finishers in the...

In the regular season Leechburg was the lone Class A team to push two-time defending champion Union to the limit. The Blue Devils lost both games, 4-2 and 17-16, and finished second in Section 2-A, but they were rewarded for their performance against the Scotties, receiving the third seed and...

Seneca Valley softball coach Marleese Hames said she sometimes has to remind herself that her daughter, standout pitcher Lexie Hames, is only a sophomore. That’s understandable because the younger Hames showed poise well beyond her age Thursday afternoon. With the Section 1-6A title and top seed in the WPIAL playoffs...

The last couple senior days hadn’t gone as planned for the Burrell softball team, so it wanted to change that trend Saturday. The Bucs did so by exercising patience at the plate. Burrell drew 17 walks and earned a 16-1 win in three innings over a short-handed Freeport team in...

With an 18-0 win over Freeport on May 1, the Pine-Richland girls lacrosse team secured its first section title since 2018. It was part of an excellent run of form for the Rams, who won eight of nine games entering a matchup at Bethel Park on May 5. It was...

The Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team’s season has paralleled last year as far as results go. They lost six of their first nine games, while going up against some difficult opponents inside and outside the WPIAL, but used those games as a springboard. Starting on April 18, the Rams won six...

Freeport baseball coach Ed Carr said he and his team are looking at Monday’s series opener with East Allegheny like an MLB team would treat Game 6 in a playoff series. The Yellowjackets will enter with a shot at a Section 3-3A title, whether it is shared with the Wildcats...

West Mifflin and Highlands faced off Monday in a key Section 1-4A softball game, but there was an extra opponent each team had to navigate. The elements. Rain, cold temperatures and gusty winds combined to make it feel like March instead of the first day of May, but both teams...

Both of Pine-Richland’s boys tennis doubles teams qualified for the WPIAL tournament April 25-26, and they even crossed paths along the way. Ryan Moore and Udi Alkokar and Nathan Bang and Ian Hurt met in the Section 2-6A consolation match with Bang and Hurt coming away with a three-set win,...