Jerin Steele stories, Page 4

After hitting a one-out triple in the second inning, North Catholic’s Josef Safar flexed his right bicep and pointed at it while staring at his teammates in the dugout. Safar said it was a light-hearted moment and that he was just having fun, but it also symbolized the power to...

Eliot and Reid Duncan are brothers who play on the Pitt ultimate frisbee team, where they are joined by former Pine-Richland teammate Aiden Landis. Landis, however, has a younger brother, Ethan, who plays for Penn State along with longtime friend Luke Gochis. What they all have in common is that...

Miles Halter broke his stick in the first quarter, so he had to borrow one from Mt. Lebanon assistant coach Connor Brumfield. He certainly didn’t have any problem adjusting to the new equipment and went on to score six goals. “I guess that stick was magic,” Halter said. Halter was...

Mt. Lebanon girls lacrosse coach Brian Kattan joked he didn’t want his team to become the Buffalo Bills. “No offense to Buffalo, but I didn’t want to lose four in a row,” Kattan said. “We wanted to stay away from that.” The Blue Devils can rest assured they won’t have...

Being a double-digit seed and winning in the playoffs has become a theme for Burrell this school year. The Bucs boys basketball team made a run to the WPIAL finals as an 11 seed, and after pulling off an upset over No. 3 Mt. Pleasant in the first round, the...

The Pine-Richland girls lacrosse team got a step closer to defending its WPIAL Class 3A title with a 17-7 win over Canon-McMillan in the quarterfinals May 15. Cate Gentile had five goals and six assists in the win over the Big Macs. Madeline Mill added four goals and two assists,...

The first and second halves couldn’t have been much more different at Highmark Stadium on Saturday night. A sharp, determined Pittsburgh Riverhounds team spent almost the entirety of the first 45 minutes possessing the ball and looking to break down a North Carolina FC team that was forced to sit...

Almost every time Avonworth pitcher Alivia Lantzy received the ball from catcher Rylee Gray, she bounced it three or four times before returning to the circle. It’s a routine she only does on turf, and the explanation is simple. “It’s fun,” Lantzy said. What else is fun for her is...

Pine-Richland girls lacrosse coach Shannen Drennon said her team is firing on all cylinders. She admitted it’s a phrase that’s cliche, but it’s also the truth. The Rams hadn’t lost since March heading into one final regular season test against Mt. Lebanon on May 9. They won the Section 2-3A...

Boasting an 11-game winning streak, the Valley baseball team certainly is rolling at the right time. A team filled with experienced upperclassmen, the Vikings won their first section title since 2018 and now will look to make their mark in the postseason. The Vikings were awarded the No. 5 seed...

Pittsburgh Riverhounds coach Bob Lilley wasn’t joking when he said there’d be changes to the lineup for Tuesday’s U.S. Open Cup match. It’s typical for Lilley to use Cup matches to rotate the squad, but this time he opted to go with an entirely different 11 from Saturday’s league match...

Junior Etou started his Pittsburgh Riverhounds career as a defensive midfielder, but he’s transitioned into a left midfielder/wing back role. So far this season, Etou has shown he can make an impact from that spot. Two weeks in a row, Etou has made a play that resulted in a goal....

The stretch run has arrived for the Pine-Richland boys lacrosse team, and it’s something they’ve been waiting for. The most experienced group in Rams coach Dave Offner’s tenure has put itself in position to make a run in the playoffs. The Rams were 10-4 overall entering a key section matchup...

Grant Argiro has been the kicker on the Pine-Richland football team since he was a sophomore, but he also played junior varsity linebacker. In fact his football career started as a offensive lineman and defensive end. But that’s changed and for good reason. “About this time last year the coaches...

It is becoming an annual tradition that the Fox Chapel and Plum baseball teams meet in the final section series with something on the line. This is the fourth year in a row that there’s playoff implications for their two-game set. Fox Chapel and Plum are 8-2 in Section 1-5A,...

If last week was a step in the right direction, Saturday may have been affirmation. Coming off their first win of the season last week in Phoenix, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds were dominant against Detroit City, the last unblemished team in the USL Championship. Pat Hogan and Danny Griffin scored in...

A new women’s soccer team is coming to Pittsburgh. Prior to Saturday’s game with Detroit City FC, Pittsburgh Riverhounds President Jeff Garner announced a USL W expansion team will begin play in the city in 2025. “As we experience the remarkable growth of women’s soccer globally, it’s imperative that we...

Five section games in five days? No problem for the Pine-Richland baseball team. The Rams swept the week, winning three against Seneca Valley and two makeup games over Allderdice. Those victories set up a Section 1-6A championship showdown with North Allegheny. The two teams were scheduled to play a three-game...

With a couple of weeks left in the regular season, the Pine-Richland softball team finds itself in a similar situation to last year. The Rams are in the middle of the pack in the lone WPIAL Class 6A section and fighting to get into the postseason. They were in fifth...

Leechburg baseball coach Heath Shimer never has had a roster with no seniors before this season, but he didn’t change the goals he had for his team. He wants his Blue Devils to compete for section and WPIAL titles. Shimer has watched his team grow up as the season has...

Peyton Ford said Pine-Richland baseball coach Kurt Wolfe has a consistent message. “Coach Wolfe always says to expect to adjust,” Ford said. That advice can be about an approach at the plate but also be a more encompassing philosophy. For the Rams, rainouts have brought plenty of adjustments to the...

Madeline Mill had a lot of family members in the stands April 9 hoping to see her score the 100th goal of her Pine-Richland girls lacrosse career. And she ended up getting help from the family member to hit the century mark. Mill was set up by her younger sister...

Looking back through the results so far this year, Freeport baseball coach Ed Carr felt his team had a chance to win nearly every game it has played. A mistake or a bounce have led to some getting away, but considering the Yellowjackets haven’t had the services of either of...

The gates at Lernerville Speedway are set to open Friday night for the 57th year of racing in Buffalo Township and kick off a season with some major events. Two of the marquee staples on the schedule, the Firecracker 100 and the Commonwealth Clash, have been expanded. The Firecracker 100,...

April showers bring May flowers, but they also bring headaches for local spring sports coaches. Inclement weather is expected every year during the WPIAL spring sports season, but what transpired the first week of April was record setting and forced plenty of postponements for Pine-Richland spring sports teams. On April...