Plum set to honor Class of 2012
By Michael LoveThe Plum High School Sports Hall of Fame is putting the finishing touches on preparation for the induction of the eight-member Class of 2012. The ...
View ArticlePine-Richland loss concludes Plum football season
By Michael LoveThe Plum varsity football team wasn’t able to solve Pine-Richland on Friday and dropped a 48-14 decision to the Rams in its season finale. The ...
View ArticlePlum sweeps past Peters Township
By Michael LoveThe Plum varsity slow-pitch softball team swept Peters Township on Oct. 25 to close out the regular season. The Mustangs improved to 12-2 in its ...
View ArticleOvertime goal eliminates Norwin girls soccer
By Matt Grubba, Gateway NewspapersNorwin’s success is girls soccer has been based around team play, but the Knights were undone by a lone individual play. A.J. Baroffio, a Duquense ...
View ArticleNorwin volleyball falls in opening round
By Matt Grubba, Gateway NewspapersConsidering the way Norwin went through its girls volleyball season, it was only fitting that the team’s playoff match went to a decisive fifth set. ...
View ArticleSenior night success for Norwin football
By Matt Grubba, Gateway NewspapersNorwin football’s 2012 season went out with a bang. The Knights picked up their second win of the year on the team’s senior night, as ...
View ArticleHot weather plays big role at WPIAL cross country final
By Matt Grubba, Gateway NewspapersThere were champions of all six races, but the biggest winner at the WPIAL cross country championships was Mother Nature. Unseasonably warm temperatures that peaked ...
View ArticleHardiman shines, leads FC to victory
By Marty Stewart, Aspinwall HeraldKate Hardiman, a senior, has been playing both field hockey and lacrosse during her time at Fox Chapel Area High School. Last week, she left ...
View ArticleSSA graduate adjusting to speed of collegiate field hockey game
By Marty Stewart, Aspinwall HeraldAfter helping lead Shady Side Academy to the WPIAL Class AA field hockey championship last year, freshman goalie Erin Gorse had to adjust to a ...
View ArticleBaldwin grad receives player of week plaudit
By Tribune-ReviewBaldwin High School grad Jordan Joyce, a junior defensive back on the Bethany College football team, has been named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference defensive player ...
View ArticleBaldwin girls, Hritz achieve playoff goal this season
By Ray Fisher, South Hills RecordThe WPIAL playoff draught is over for the Baldwin girls’ soccer program. This year’s varsity squad, which included 10 members of Baldwin’s 2013 senior class, ...
View ArticleBaldwin’s first-year coach a former soccer standout at South Park
By Ray Fisher, South Hills RecordDid you know that: • Vicki Hritz, who guided the Baldwin girls’ soccer team into the WPIAL playoffs this season, was a soccer phenom at ...
View ArticleBrentwood to face 4,000-yard rusher in first-round matchup
By Ray Fisher, South Hills RecordThis playoff thing has become second nature to the Brentwood Spartans. The Spartans are participating in the WPIAL Class A playoffs for the fifth straight season, ...
View ArticleSeton-La Salle advances as conference runner-up
By Ray Fisher, South Hills RecordSeton-La Salle, which closed out its regular season as the Century Conference runner-up, will host Greensburg Central Catholic in the first round of the WPIAL ...
View ArticleThomas Jefferson gridders back in familiar territory
By Ray Fisher, South Hills RecordThomas Jefferson, which hosts Hollidaysburg on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in a WPIAL Class AAA playoff game, will have a decisive home-field advantage in its first-round ...
View ArticleQuaker Valley cross country teams defend WPIAL titles, prepare for PIAA meet
By Brittany GoncarIt’s cliché to say things in life don’t come easy, but for the Quaker Valley varsity boys and girls cross country teams, defending their WPIAL ...
View ArticleCarlynton boys soccer’s season comes to end
By Nathan Smith, Signal ItemCarlynton’s 2-1 shootout win over Vincentian Academy last week was the exclamation point on an impressive season. After finishing the 2011 season with one win, ...
View ArticleBishop Canevin hockey looks to improve defense
By Nathan Smith, Signal ItemThe Bishop Canevin hockey team shined offensively in the PIHL last season, scoring five or more goals in 10 games. This season, the Crusaders likely ...
View ArticleChartiers Valley volleyball rides win streak into postseason
By Nathan Smith, Signal ItemThe Chartiers Valley girls volleyball team finished the regular season on a hot streak. The squad won seven straight games — including wins over Section ...
View ArticleLa Roche women’s tennis team’s turnaround leads to playoff bid
By Jerry Clark, Pine Creek JournalFor La Roche women’s tennis coach Aaron Wilf, the season began with frustration. “I knew we had talent; we just weren’t seeing the results on ...
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