Jerin Steele stories, Page 23

The regular season didn’t go quite the way the Pine-Richland boys basketball team would’ve wanted, but it finds itself in a similar position to last year. And everyone in the Rams locker room would like to have an encore to last postseason. The Rams made a run to the WPIAL...

Lexi Colaianni Class: Junior School: Kiski Area Sport: Basketball Report card: Colaianni made nine 3-pointers for a game-high 27 points in a 61-37 win over Freeport in Kiski Area’s season finale Monday. It was a school record for 3s in a game. She returned to the lineup after missing last...

Going into halftime, the Springdale girls basketball team positioned itself to break a long postseason victory drought, but Ellis School had other ideas. After being limited to eight first-half points, the Tigers nearly tripled that number in the third quarter, scoring 21, on their way to a 37-25 comeback victory...

A Shaler high school hockey player is suspended indefinitely pending a hearing after an altercation with fans in the stands after a game Thursday against Latrobe at Alpha Ice Complex in Harmar Township. Video of the incident circulated on social media Monday evening. PIHL commissioner John Mucha said a disciplinary...

Athletes find motivation in many different forms, and Pine-Richland swimmer Matthew Carper’s stems from a former competitor. Watching and swimming against former Upper St. Clair standout Josh Matheny, the national record holder in the 100 breaststroke, gave Carper someone to try to emulate. “Going up against him and seeing him...

The Toronto Maple Leafs selected Pine resident Ty Voit in the fifth round of the NHL Entry Draft in July and he’s shown this season why he was considered a pro prospect. Voit, 18, led the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League with 46 points through Feb 9. He...

Riley Sterlitz Class: Junior School: Burrell Sport: Basketball Report card: Sterlitz helped Burrell close the season strong with three section wins in one week. She had a team-high 23 points to help Burrell upend Derry, 51-43, on Monday and 11 points in a 60-16 win over Valley on Wednesday. The...

Gateway came to Murrysville on Friday night and spoiled Franklin Regional’s night on multiple levels. The Gators ruined the Panthers’ senior night and knocked them out of the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs for the first time in seven years with a 57-36 victory in a Section 3-5A game. Franklin Regional...

AJ Corrado spent the first few months of his college career at Brown recovering from a torn labrum, so needless to say he was eager to get on the mat. In total, he spent six months rehabbing with trainers prior to getting back into the wrestling room, but that patience...

A trio of Pine-Richland football players made their college commitments official on National Signing Day on Feb. 2. Cole Boyd (Marist), Alex Gochis (Duquesne) and Jacob Domer (Clarion) signed their letters of intent joining Jeremiah Hasley (Duke) and Jalen Klemm (Kansas St.), who signed during the early period. Boyd was...

Pine-Richland hockey enters the final month of the regular season in a tight race for playoff positioning with only nine points separating second place from seventh in the PIHL Class 3A standings. Considering how many close games the Rams have been in, they’ve already got a taste of what the...

Melaina DeZort Class: Junior School: Freeport Sport: Basketball Report card: DeZort scored 18 points and aided Freeport in a 49-42 comeback victory over Derry in an important Section 1-4A game Monday. The Yellowjackets evened their section record at 4-4 and moved into third place by a half game with the...

Hempfield competitive spirit coach Suzannah Mayer could sense the nerves in her team Friday at Day 1 of the PIAA championships and it impacted their routine, but the Spartans were still able to finish third in the preliminaries and advance to the finals. With a championship on the line Saturday,...

Reese Hasley Class: Senior School: Deer Lakes Sport: Basketball Report card: Hasley eclipsed 1,000 points in style Monday by hitting the winning shot in a 39-37 win over Freeport. Hasley had 15 points in the game. She has been a four-year starter for the Lancers. How’d it feel to reach...

Joey Schneck pinned his way to the 285-pound Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament title recently, but that title wasn’t just won in the two days he spent at Fox Chapel High School. For Schneck, a junior at Pine-Richland, the journey to being a county champ started with a conscientious decision in...

Sarah Anne and Elizabeth Shaffer’s times are pretty close in the pool. And that’s made them even closer outside of it. Sarah Anne, a freshman, and Elizabeth, a junior, are sisters and members of the Pine-Richland swim team and the bond they’ve formed around the sport has enhanced their relationship...

Vinnie Clark had a senior night to remember forever. With the score tied and 2 seconds remaining, Clark took an inbound pass from Ben Lane and drained a 3-pointer in the corner to lift Freeport to a 56-53 home victory over Burrell on Friday night. “I joked with Ben, because...

When Nate Zavasky has an open look, Pine-Richland boys basketball coach Bob Petcash is typically yelling “shoot it.” Zavasky showed why late in the third quarter in a game with North Allegheny Jan. 14 when he drained a deep 3-pointer that put the Rams ahead, and they went on to...

Ava Boyd boarded a plane to Florida knowing she was going to play in a soccer game with some of the best girls in the country. She came home with an experience to remember. Boyd, a junior at Pine-Richland, showcased her talents in the Elite Clubs National League U16/17 national...

Ryan Reinsfelder Class: Senior School: Springdale Sport: Basketball Report card: Reinsfelder sank eight 3-pointers and scored 27 points to lead the Dynamos to a 78-63 win over rival Riverview on Tuesday. He missed six weeks with an ankle injury, but has returned to form as an outside shooting threat. How’d...

With every win, the North Hills boys basketball team has seen the target grow on its back as an emerging favorite in Class 6A, but it hasn’t been a deterrent. The Indians went into a hostile environment at Pine-Richland on Friday night and were in a tight game for most...

Grant Walters has seen a lot during his 32 years in wrestling, but his Highlands team has shown the coach something unique. The Golden Rams have four sets of brothers. It’s a unique twist that has helped the team’s depth and improved its results. The Rams are 8-0 in dual...

Last year, the Pine-Richland competitive spirit team did not qualify for the state championship for the first time in school history, so the 2021-22 season was a mission to return to form. There were some obstacles along the way like getting a late start and injuries, but the Rams accomplished...

Vinnie Clark Class: Senior School: Freeport Sport: Basketball Report card: Clark had a game-high 22 points to lead Freeport to a Section 1-4A victory over Keystone Oaks. He is one of four seniors in the Yellowjackets’ starting lineup who have helped the team achieve more wins this year (seven) than...

Ted Tomson has a special connection with TSM Photo Bugger, starting all the way back at the racehorse’s birth on his farm in Natrona Heights. The horse was stuck in an awkward position in the womb of his mother, Rewarding Wink, and Tomson had to help guide him out. “Normally,...