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Quaker Valley, Sewickley basketball teams set for season-opening tournaments
By Doug Gulasy, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewQuaker Valley boys basketball coach Mike Mastroianni usually prefers to open the season on the road to give his players a feel of what road ...
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QV, Sewickley Academy bowling teams open season
By Karen Kadilak, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewWith most of its top rollers returning, the Quaker Valley boys bowling team is optimistic about returning to the WPIBL championship tournament after...
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Sewickley Academy hockey program back in action after 1-year hiatus
By Doug Gulasy, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewAs a member of an independent league, the Sewickley Academy hockey team’s season got off to a later start than teams in the PIHL. That’s ...
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Quaker Valley boys swimmers counting on depth to ease graduation loss
By Karen Kadilak, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Quaker Valley boys swimming team is counting on depth to ease the graduation loss of Bobby Francis. The Quakers open the season with a ...
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Boys basketball team counts on new lineup
By Mark KingWith the winds of change pushing fall out the door and the onset of winter knocking on that door, it is time to turn the ...
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City Game shows how far Duquesne has to go
By Chris Harlan, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThis type of setting fits what Duquesne’s freshmen envision for the Dukes’ future. Crowded arenas. Powerful opponents. Maybe someday with a conference title in...
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Shaler competitive cheerleaders win 3rd straight title
By Jerry ClarkAt Shaler, cheerleaders get the crowds riled up at every game, but this squad is more than entertainment between plays — it’s a nine-time Pennsylvania ...
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Shaler wrestlers young, yet talented
By Jerry ClarkThe Shaler varsity wrestling team may be a young group — it includes 16 freshmen and sophomores — however, opponents who mistake youth for inexperience ...
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Hampton wrestlers to be led by Shulman
By Jerry ClarkThe Hampton wrestling team lately has established itself as a team nobody wants to face and this season should be no different. Coach Joe Bursick ...
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Former Shaler and Pine-Richland football players help Pitt earn bowl bid
By Jerry ClarkFor the past few seasons, the Pitt football program has had its share of drama to deal with. Three coaches during that span may have ...
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Pine-Richland wrestlers primed for season
By Jerry ClarkLast season was a successful one for the Pine-Richland wrestling team. A sixth-place team finish at the Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament as well as a ...
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Numbers favor N.A., but tough defense awaits
By Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewNorth Allegheny is two years removed from winning a PIAA Class AAAA championship and one year from losing to Central Dauphin in the state semifinals. ...
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Pirates notebook: Agent says signing 1st-rounder wasn’t going to happen
By Rob Biertempfel, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Agent Scott Boras said the Pirates didn’t have much of chance of signing Mark Appel, their first-round draft pick in 2012, but ...
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Starkey: The gods of college sports
By Joe Starkey, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewCoaches, even relatively humble ones such as Paul Chryst, have become the gods of college football. It’s embarrassing the way these coaching dramas take fans ...
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Rawlins to get early start at WVU
By Jeff OliverIt’s no secret that ever since Monessen’s Chavas Rawlins committed early to play football at West Virginia University that he was excited about the prospects ...
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New coach, veteran team for Charleroi Area girls
By Bill Hughes, Valley IndependentFirst-year Charleroi girls’ basketball head coach Joe Grodz has a dilemma on his hands for his first season, and it isn’t necessarily a bad thing. ...
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Burrell wrestling team’s success byproduct of talent, experience and tradition
By Bill West, Leader TimesAs he watched Burrell’s under-the-radar lineup grind its way to a sixth straight WPIAL Class AA team wrestling title a season ago, coach Bud Sines ...
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Springdale girls basketball team to rely on seniors
By Jesse HubaThe Springdale girls basketball team is dealing with the loss of several key players from last season. Erin Gilmartin and Mary Holmes — the team’s ...
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Springdale boys basketball team to lean on experience
By Jesse HubaWhen Springdale’s boys basketball team opens its season Friday against Northgate in its tip-off tournament, it will do so with a much more experienced team. ...
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Kittanning wrestlers reach for new level of success
By Bill West, Leader TimesKittanning wrestling coach Brandon Newill found the distance between his Wildcats’ potential and their on-mat performance maddening at times a season ago. Not only is ...
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