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Greensburg CC beats Shady Side Academy to reach title game
By George GuidoOnce again for the Greensburg Central Catholic girls soccer team, the combination of standouts Frannie Crouse and Malea Fabean proved to be the difference. Crouse ...
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Senior captain scores to send USC boys to WPIAL finals
By Chris AdamskiEthan Dysert couldn’t have picked a better time to break out of a scoring slump. The senior captain of defending WPIAL Class AAA boys soccer ...
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Carlynton cliips Vincentian boys soccer in shootout
By Jerry Clark, Pine Creek JournalWhen Mitch Riehle took over the Vincentian boys soccer program, he inherited a talented core of players, many of whom he previously had coached as ...
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Quarterback Nigro could be key to Hampton playoff run
By Jerry Clark, Pine Creek JournalThe Hampton football team has won games this season by punishing the opposition with a three-headed monster ground attack and a strong defense. Some teams ...
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Pine-Richland rolls into WPIAL boys soccer semifinals
By Jerry Clark, Pine Creek JournalHeading into the opening round of the WPIAL soccer playoffs, Pine-Richland coach John Conner ensured his team remembered the key to the its 16-1-1 record. ...
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Sewickley’s Luptak excelling at The Kiski School
By Karen Kadilak, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewAugie Luptak, a senior from Sewickley, has been a true triple threat for The Kiski School football team this year. In a recent game against ...
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Schwartz, Archer bring home cross country gold
By Jerry Clark, Pine Creek JournalAt the WPIAL cross country championships at Coopers Lake, a couple of local athletes hung tough and finished at the top. Shaler sophomore Brianna Schwartz ...
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Quaker Valley rowers well represented at Head of the Charles
By Karen Kadilak, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewQuaker Valley was well represented on two teams that competed for the Three Rivers Rowing Association at the Head of the Charles event last month ...
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NFL career still bright for Baldwin grad
By Brian Knavish, Jeannette SpiritJason Pinkston’s season may have been derailed, but that doesn’t mean his football career is off-track. In fact, judging by how his first season-and-a-half went, ...
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Lady Leps come up short semifinals
By Bill Hughes, Valley IndependentBelle Vernon Area’s march towards a WPIAL Class AA title ended Wednesday night, but it wasn’t without heart and effort. BVA scrapped and clawed for ...
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Late Mars goal beats BVA
By Bill Hughes, Valley IndependentFor the third straight year, the Belle Vernon Area boys made the WPIAL Class AA semifinals. But the Leps’ streak of WPIAL title game appearances ...
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BV Area-CV: definitely not deja vu
By Jeff Oliver, Valley IndependentWhen Belle Vernon Area Athletic Director Jesse Cramer set up a scrimmage with Central Valley prior to the start of the season, he was hoping ...
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Hounds set for first playoff test
By Jeff Oliver, Valley IndependentMonessen has never played Apollo-Ridge before in football. So Greyhounds coach Andy Pacak had no history to fall back on as he prepared his team ...
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The Birdie is seeking re-election
By Tribune-ReviewThe Birdie wants your vote. Using a stroke of genius, your lovable lark used his favorite holiday, Halloween, to kick off his re-election campaign, dressing ...
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Tipton a thrill to watch
By Bill West, Leader TimesAnticipate a thrilling sequence anytime Apollo-Ridge sophomore Tre Tipton touches the football on Friday night, and the seasons to follow. The 6-foot-1, 152-pound Tipton...
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Knoch, West Mifflin matchup shaping up to be 1st-round classic
By Paul Kogut, Valley News DispatchNo. 10-seeded Knoch and No. 7 West Mifflin find themselves near the middle of the WPIAL Class AAA playoff bracket, but their game has the ...
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Freeport volleyball upset by Ambridge
By Dave YoheFreeport coach Tom Phillips knew a lack of intensity or a lapse in concentration could lead to issues for his team. In this case, it ...
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Steelers vs. Giants highlighted by QBs
By Alan Robinson, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewBen Roethlisberger and Eli Manning are in a class by themselves. The Steelers-Giants game Sunday at MetLife Stadium is important if only because it matches ...
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With WPIAL playoffs set to start, coaches prep pep talks
By Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewLooking for a motivational tool to snap Seton-La Salle’s streak of five consecutive first-round playoff losses, Lou Cerro compiled their lowlights on a VHS...
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Last year’s upset loss in first round motivates Freeport
By Bill West, Leader TimesThe slogan for Freeport football’s 2012 season — the one that ultimately appeared on the seniors’ group photo — first emerged when the Yellowjackets’ current ...
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