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Fox Chapel lacrosse All-American Childs eager to get started at Hofstra
When Graham Childs joins the Hofstra men’s lacrosse team in the fall, he will bring many memories from his time playing for Fox Chapel. His high school resume includes more than 50 victories, playoff triumphs and several section and WPIAL all-star selections. Childs recently added one of his biggest honors...
Chartiers Valley’s Megan McConnell commits to Duquesne
Chartiers Valley’s Megan McConnell, who saw brothers T.J. and Matty both play Division 1 basketball, continued the family tradition Saturday when she committed to Duquesne. McConnell will be a senior in the fall. The 5-foot-7 guard, playing for her father, first-year girls coach Tim McConnell, led Chartiers Valley to a...
Like father, like son: Loughran family celebrates 2 generations of WPIAL champion coaches
Many fathers will receive gifts on their day ranging from power ties to power tools. In the Loughran household, a #1 Dad T-shirt would be appropriate for father or son. Last month, Patrick Loughran, the younger of two sons of Tom and Dink, guided Steel Valley to a WPIAL Class...
Firefighter parade greets state champion Penn-Trafford softball teamVideo
As the Penn-Trafford girls softball team returned home Friday night after winning their first PIAA title, they were greeted with flashing red lights and sirens as they approached Westmoreland Country Club. There is nothing like waking up the neighborhood at 11 p.m. with the commotion as they drove to the...
Seneca Valley lineman Josh Kaltenberger commits to Purdue
Seneca Valley’s Josh Kaltenberger received his first Power 5 offer Tuesday from Purdue. Three days later, the 6-foot-5, 280-pound center committed to the Boilermakers. Kaltenberger announced his decision Friday on Twitter, saying “I know this was a quick decision, but I know this is where God wants me. There is...
West Mifflin’s Nahki Johnson among 5 scheduled for WPIAL hearings Thursday
Football standout Nahki Johnson, who transferred from Steel Valley to West Mifflin in December, will have his eligibility decided Thursday in a hearing at the WPIAL office. Johnson, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound defensive end, will be a junior in the fall. He already lists scholarship offers from Pitt, Penn State, West...
Great defensive play gives Frazier softball school’s 1st PIAA team championship
UNIVERSITY PARK — Frazier was in danger of losing the PIAA Class 2A championship game at Penn State’s Beard Field. Brandywine Heights, from District 3, had runners on second and third with one out. It was decision time for Frazier softball coach Don Hartman. He intentionally walked Alexis Didlinger to...
Hale, Koenig earn Baldwin athletic scholarship awards
Macy Hale and Jared Koenig appear to be two-of-a-kind. Both multiple-sport athletes, they capped their senior year at Baldwin by reeling in top academic awards at the all-sports banquet May 17 at the high school auditorium. Hale and Koenig landed the 2019 Scholarship Award from the Baldwin Whitehall Schools Athletic...
Max Shaw cements legacy as one of Thomas Jefferson’s best athletes
Team and individual MVP honors are not recognized at Thomas Jefferson at the end of a school year. But there is little doubt two-sport standout Max Shaw rates among the best — and toughest — athletes in school history. Shaw, a 6-foot, 195-pound senior football player and wrestler, will continue...
Brotherly bond helps create special season for Franklin Regional baseball
The Franklin Regional baseball team found its inspiration when players showed up one day for practice, and a dead frog was in the dugout. Players named the frog after former teammate and 2018 grad Alex Frey, and it ended up on a player’s steering wheel. Eventually, the Panthers gathered around...
High school scores, schedule for June 14, 2019
Baseball PIAA Playoffs Class 6A Championship Friday’s result Souderton 6, Central Bucks South 3 Class 5A Championship Friday’s result Red Land 8, Lampeter-Strasburg 3 Class 4A Championship Friday’s result Selinsgrove 7, Beaver 4 Class 2A Championship Friday’s result Devon Prep 3, Serra Catholic 2 Softball PIAA Playoffs Class 5A Championship...
Devon Prep avoids Serra star Mark Black in 7th, dashes Eagles’ PIAA title hopes
UNIVERSITY PARK — Devon Prep challenged Serra Catholic star Mark Black three times Friday, but with two outs in the seventh and first base open, there was no reason to take that chance again. His 14-homer reputation stretches all the way to Philadelphia. Instead, Devon Prep intentionally walked Black and...
WPIAL divers selected as All-Americans
Penn-Trafford’s Logan Sherwin and Paige Kalik and Beaver Area’s Andrew Cestra have been recognized by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association as diving All-Americans. The NISCA released its national lists Thursday. Cestra, a senior and a Clarion commit, captured his first WPIAL Class AA title in February with a record...
Penn-Trafford softball claims school’s first state title
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn-Trafford didn’t need any dramatic comebacks in the PIAA Class 5A softball championship game like it did in Tuesday’s semifinals. The Warriors took an early lead and never gave it up in defeating defending champion Lampeter-Strasburg, 5-3, on Friday at Penn State’s Beard Field. It was the...
‘Nightmarish’ inning costs Beaver in PIAA championship loss to Selinsgrove
UNIVERSITY PARK — This season was mostly a dream come true until the fifth inning Friday, which felt quite the opposite. “Very nightmarish,” said first-year Beaver coach Noah Medich. “I’ll probably have nightmares about that inning.” WPIAL champion Beaver committed three errors and allowed five runs in the fifth inning...
Serra Catholic won’t take Devon Prep lightly despite team’s 11-13 record
Serra Catholic’s state championship opponent brings an 11-13 record into the contest. But you can believe the Eagles (23-3) and their veteran coach Brian Dzurenda aren’t expecting an easy game against Devon Prep in the PIAA Class 2A final. The teams meet at 4:30 p.m., Friday at Penn State. “They...
Bucknell commit Fischer caps golden Hampton career at WPIALs
It has been at least a decade since Hampton had a WPIAL champion runner. That changed this year. Valerie Fischer had been a strong track and field performer for years. She was a two-time state qualifier in the 400-meter dash and ran on Hampton’s state-qualifying relay team last year. Now,...
Former Hampton lacrosse players prepare for next level at Allegheny
After reaching the WPIAL final and state playoffs for the third year in a row, more Hampton girls lacrosse players are headed to play at the next level. Seniors Liz Dolan and Molly Wojcik liked the idea of playing at Allegheny despite receiving offers elsewhere. While each had their own...
West Perry’s walk-off win dashes Elizabeth Forward’s state title hopes
UNIVERSITY PARK — In his 41 years as a softball coach, Elizabeth Forward’s Harry Rutherford had never seen a play quite like this. West Perry star Tiara Johnson was stealing second and EF catcher Brianna Sersevic’s throw was one of her best, reaching shortstop Anna Resnik’s glove before Johnson reached...
High school scores, schedule for June 13, 2019
Baseball PIAA Playoffs Class 6A Championship Friday’s schedule Souderton vs. Central Bucks South at Penn State’s Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, 10:30 a.m. Class 5A Championship Thursday’s result Red Land vs. Lampeter-Strasburg, ppd. Friday’s schedule Red Land vs. Lampeter-Strasburg at Penn State’s Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, 7:30 p.m. Class...
Penn-Trafford softball preps for high-scoring opponent in PIAAs
How did Penn-Trafford prepare for its first trip to the PIAA finals? By playing a competitive 5-on-5 wiffleball game. The Warriors (22-2) are scheduled to battle returning PIAA Class 5A champion Lampeter-Strasburg at 4 p.m. on Friday at Penn State’s Beard Field. That could change because of Thursday’s rain. “I...
Scott Dibble resigns as Canevin basketball coach, heads to NBA Finals, U.S. Open
Scott Dibble resigned as Bishop Canevin’s girls basketball coach but that didn’t leave his calendar wide open. On Thursday, Dibble flew to Oakland, Calif., for Game 6 of the NBA Finals and will travel down the West Coast to watch the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. “That’s my weekend for...
Shaler Area coaches weigh in on public-private school playoff debate
Who the opponents are on the Shaler Area girls basketball team’s schedule is of no great concern to coach Cornelious Nesbit. Whatever Nesbit needs to do to keep his team prepared is of utmost importance. When it comes to what he thinks of the “Parity in Interscholastic Athletics Act,” Nesbit...
Frazier softball’s state championship game moved to Friday as PIAA revamps schedule
UNIVERSITY PARK — The PIAA rearranged its softball and baseball championships schedule Thursday and postponed two games to Friday after rain soaked Penn State’s campus. The Class 2A softball final between Frazier and Brandywine Heights was rescheduled for 6:30 p.m., Friday. The game originally was set for 4 p.m., Thursday....
Section title. WPIAL title. Goal-oriented Elizabeth Forward now wants state title
Prior to the start of this season, Elizabeth Forward softball coach Harry Rutherford approached athletic director Tim Guffey with three goals for his team: Win a section title, a WPIAL championship and state gold. The veteran coach has crossed two of those goals off his list. And he and his...
