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Here are the top running times, throwing distance and jumping distances in Pennsylvania this season. Also included are the top three WPIAL and City League athletes and their rankings in the state. WPIAL/City League best Boys (Times and distances are what have been reported to PennTrackXC MileSplit by May 1.)...

When the National Federation of State High School Associations announced rule changes in wrestling last week, official Tom Manns was thrilled. “It’s going to make things a lot simpler to call,” Manns said. “I’m all for it.” Beginning next season, wrestlers will be considered in bounds with only one point...

Kiski Area’s Eliza Miller and Hempfield Area’s Peyton Murray have set numerous records during their high school careers. Now they can add being the best student-athletes in Westmoreland County. Two of the top athletes in track and field won the Excellence Award on Tuesday at the 68th annual Westmoreland County...

Winners of the annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Award, sponsored by Judge Michael Stewart, will be announced at a banquet Tuesday, at Ferrante’s Lakeview. Athletic directors or representatives from the 18 county high schools selected 12 finalists for the award and one male and one female winner. Here are the...

Penn-Trafford seniors Patton Graziano and MacKenzie Keenan were the school’s nominees for the Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Excellence Award and awere among 12 finalists. Graziano was a two-time PIAA medalist in swimming and a WPIAL Class 3A 100-yard freestyle champion. Keenan was an outstanding softball and field hockey player. Penn-Trafford boys...

Talk about making a huge leap. Penn-Trafford junior Logan Kerstetter wasn’t his team’s best javelin thrower coming into the season. That honor was held by senior Matt Sarnowski. But things have changed dramatically, and Kerstetter has taken his game to another level. Heading into May, he has the top throw...

Tom Evans retired as a teacher and athletic director from the Yough School District in 2020. But he really hasn’t stepped away completely from the high school sports scene. Evans has been an event coordinator at Hempfield and remains on the WPIAL board of directors, most recently as the junior...

Norwin junior Melani Schmidt had a great day at the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association track and field championship Thursday at Latrobe’s Memorial Stadium. It was almost a fantastic day. She was .003 of second from winning four gold medals at the annual event. She won the 200- and 400-meter runs...

While throwers headline the 2024 Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association Track and Field Championship on Thursday, there are numerous athletes entered who could be at Shippensburg in more than a month vying for PIAA medals. Heading into this week’s meet at Latrobe’s Memorial Stadium, the top two Class 3A discus throwers,...

Following are the top running times, throwing distance jumping distances in Pennsylvania. Also listed are the top three WPIAL and City League athletes with their state rankings in parenthesis.) WPIALs/City League’s best Boys Individuals (Times and distance are what have been recorded to PennTrackXC MileSplit by April 23) 100: Jesse...

Only three games separate first-place Shady Side Academy and last-place Freeport in Section 3-3A. All seven baseball teams are still in the running for a WPIAL playoff berth and the section title. Burrell first-year coach Jay Miller pushed the right buttons Monday in the Bucs’ 8-2 victory against Derry. Junior...

High school football season isn’t scheduled to begin until Aug. 23, but fans might be disappointed to know two long-time neighborhood clashes are being put on hold. The annual battles — Greensburg Salem/Hempfield and Latrobe/Derry — will not be renewed this season, whereas one in the Mon Valley is being...

Penn-Trafford’s boys track and field team hopes winning the Wildcat Invitational on April 13 propels the Warriors to a second consecutive trip to the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs. The Warriors edged Hempfield, 81-77, at the meet earlier this month at Latrobe’s Memorial Stadium. The boys clinched their second-consecutive playoff trip...

It took the Penn-Trafford boys lacrosse team a month to find its groove. But after a three-game losing streak in late March, the Warriors won five of their last six games. The lone loss was to Class 3A Butler in a nonsection match. Penn-Trafford (4-1, 7-4) finds itself a game...

Franklin Regional graduate Spencer Lee clinched a spot on the U.S. Olympic wrestling team Saturday by winning the 57-kilogram weight class at the Olympic Trials at Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center. But if the Murrysville native wants to wrestle in his mother’s homeland of France and earn a trip to...

The Summer Olympic dreams of Franklin Regional graduate Spencer Lee and Kittanning grad Jason Nolf are still alive following wins Friday at the United States Olympic Trials at Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center. Lee defeated fellow Franklin Regional grad Nico Megaludis, 8-0, in the quarterfinals and then dominated the No....

When the Penn-Trafford softball team defeated Armstrong a month ago in Kittanning, the weather was cold. It was a different story when Armstrong played in Harrison City on Friday. The River Hawks’ bats were smoking. Armstrong (9-1, 5-1) pounded out 14 hits and gained a split in the season series...

When Penn-Trafford senior Matt Sarnowski won the discus Saturday at the Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational with a personal record of 179 feet, 3 inches, he defeated Hempfield senior Peyton Murray, the reigning PIAA and WPIAL Class 3A champion. Sarnowski got to hold the best throw in the state for two days...

There is definitely a Penn State vibe at the men’s and women’s freestyle Olympic trials this weekend. Not only is Penn State hosting the event beginning 10:30 a.m. Friday at Bryce Jordan Center, but there are numerous former Penn State legends and current and future Nittany Lions looking to earn...

Hempfield senior Ethan Minerva said earlier this season that this year’s baseball team was special, and anyone could step up big. That player Monday was senior Gage Beeman, who came off the bench and delivered a winning two-run double to rally unbeaten Hempfield to a 6-3 victory against scrappy Canon-McMillan...

It’s back to reality Friday for Neal Shipley. A week after playing in the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club, Shipley, a Mt. Lebanon native and Central Catholic graduate, will be leading the Ohio State Buckeyes golf team at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate tournament at Ohio State’s Scarlet course. But...

It was a dream-come-true moment for Central Catholic grad Neal Shipley on Sunday at The Masters. He played in his first Masters, finished as the low amateur, met and played with a lot of golf greats and played the final round with Tiger Woods at the famous Augusta National. Moments...

The 2024 Penn-Trafford Warrior Football Hall of Fame Class was announced and it features five former players, a coach, team and contributor. Being honored are players Devin Austin (2015), Luke Graham (2010), Jerry Lavelle (1983), Kirk Rogers (2001) and Mike Simpson (2000). The coach being inducted is Dan Tarabrella. The...

The Penn-Trafford girls lacrosse team qualified for the WPIAL playoffs for the first time in 2023. Now the squad, which graduated four seniors, has set a bigger goal. “They want to hang up a banner in the gymnasium,” Penn-Trafford second-year coach Rich Vislocky said. “The girls are excited to get...

It was a strange start to the Lady Spartan/Wildcat Invitational on Saturday at Latrobe’s Memorial Stadium. The first two winners — Penn-Trafford’s Ekoulus Lett and Hempfield’s Caleb Prola — didn’t even know they won their races. That’s because they were both in the slow heat in the finals. Lett won...