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WPIAL delays eligibility decision on Moon basketball star Donovan Johnson
Donovan Johnson’s senior season remains in limbo. The WPIAL board held an eligibility hearing Wednesday for the Moon basketball star but delayed any decision until Johnson’s family provides more information about why he repeated eighth grade, WPIAL executive director Tim O’Malley said. Johnson’s parents argued that Donovan should be eligible...
Central Catholic basketball coach avoids 1-year suspension, must sit 2 gamesVideo
Central Catholic boys basketball coach Brian Urso avoided a one-year ban for recruiting, but the WPIAL still wants him suspended for a scrimmage and two regular-season games next season. If Urso isn’t suspended, his team will be barred from the playoffs, WPIAL executive director Tim O’Malley said Wednesday, after the...
Softball sites, times: 11 WPIAL teams reach PIAA quarterfinals
WPIAL softball champions Laurel, West Greene and Elizabeth Forward will take part in a PIAA playoff tripleheader Thursday at Slippery Rock University. In all, 11 WPIAL teams reached the quarterfinals. Laurel and West Greene play teams from District 9 while Elizabeth Forward faces District 10 champion Grove City. In Class...
Baseball sites, times: North Allegheny, Pine-Richland rematch in quarterfinals
Section rivals Pine-Richland and North Allegheny will rematch Thursday in a PIAA Class 6A baseball quarterfinal at LaRoche College. They split their two regular-season games. Pine-Richland won the first 5-4 and North Allegheny won the second 2-0. The game was originally scheduled for Slippery Rock University but was moved because...
Baseball sites, times: North Allegheny, Pine-Richland rematch at Slippery Rock
Class 6A rivals Pine-Richland and North Allegheny will rematch Thursday night at Slippery Rock University in a PIAA quarterfinal matchup. In all, 11 WPIAL teams reached the quarters. All quarterfinal games are Thursday. Class 6A bracket 7-1 Pine-Richland (19-4) vs. 7-3 North Allegheny (18-6) at Slippery Rock University, 6:30 p.m....
4 days after winning WPIAL baseball title, Shaler’s emotional postseason run ends
When Shaler’s championship season ended abruptly Monday, baseball coach Brian Junker gathered his players in right field and simply told them “thank you.” Four days after celebrating the team’s first WPIAL title in two decades, the Titans’ emotional run stopped with a 5-1 loss to Lampeter-Strasburg in the Class 5A...
Valparaiso recruits WPIAL with help from former Western Pa. standout
Football coaches at Notre Dame and Ball State have found success recruiting the WPIAL, but now another Indiana school has joined the picture. At least five WPIAL recruits announced offers in the past week from FCS program Valparaiso including three teammates at Thomas Jefferson. TJ quarterback Shane Stump, wide receiver/defensive...
Paul Posluszny, Sean Lee enjoy ‘special’ night at WPIAL Hall of Fame induction
Paul Posluszny and Sean Lee were teammates at Penn State, groomsmen in each other’s weddings and close friends throughout their NFL days. That relationship made Saturday all the more special, they said, as the two star linebackers entered the WPIAL Hall of Fame together in a star-studded 2019 class that...
Plenty of reasons to celebrate for NFBD All-Star players
If Hollis Mathis scores an all-star game touchdown Sunday, he might have to call somebody immediately. “I was thinking about tossing a phone underneath the field goal post and maybe doing a Joe Horn tribute,” Mathis said. “Pulling out the phone and maybe recording a video or making a phone...
Softball sites, times: 4 WPIAL teams headed to Penn State’s Beard Field for PIAA openers
Four WPIAL softball teams will take an early look at the state championship site. Penn-Trafford, Mt. Pleasant, South Park and Union all are scheduled to open the PIAA playoffs Monday with first-round games at Penn State University’s Beard Field, which will host the finals June 13-14. All first-round games are...
Shady Side’s Melissa Riggins among 9 WPIAL girls named PTFCA all-state
Shady Side Academy runner Melissa Riggins, who set a meet record at the PIAA Class AA track and field championships last week, earned first-team all-state honors from the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association. Riggins was the only WPIAL girls athlete to receive first-team honors. She was named first-team in...
North Allegheny’s Zach Kinne leads WPIAL boys on PTFCA all-state team
North Allegheny’s Zach Kinne, the WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA champion in the 3,200 meters, was named a first-team all-state selection by the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association. The senior was the only WPIAL boys athlete to make the first team. Shady Side Academy’s Melissa Riggins earned first-team honors...
Baseball sites, times: PIAA schedules tripleheaders at Latrobe, Butler
Pullman Park in Butler and Latrobe high school will host tripleheaders Monday in the first round of the state baseball playoffs. The PIAA revealed sites and times for first-round games. The Latrobe tripleheader will include WPIAL champions Pine-Richland, Shaler and California. Beaver, Steel Valley and Seton LaSalle will start their...
Pine-Richland defeats Penn-Trafford to claim 6th WPIAL baseball title
With Wild Things Park stuck under a layer of rain clouds, Penn-Trafford and Pine-Richland waited an extra day to play their WPIAL baseball championship. For Pine-Richland, the celebration was worth the wait, while first-time finalist Penn-Trafford must wait some more. The Rams won their sixth WPIAL baseball title and second...
Beaver rolls past section rival Blackhawk for 4th WPIAL baseball title
Beaver used 15 hits, nine walks and five Blackhawk errors to overwhelm its section rival, 13-2, Wednesday night in the WPIAL Class 4A baseball championship at Wild Things Park. Second-seeded Blackhawk (16-5) won 3-2 when the teams met three weeks ago, a win that earned the Cougars the section title,...
WPIAL changes start time for Class 3A softball final between Avonworth, Keystone Oaks
With rain in the forecast, the WPIAL moved up the start time for the Class 3A softball final Wednesday at Peterswood Park. The game between Avonworth and Keystone Oaks will start at 1 p.m. rather than 2 p.m. as originally scheduled. Peterswood Park has two softball fields, so the WPIAL...
WPIAL Class 4A baseball final preview: Blackhawk vs. Beaver
WPIAL Class 4A baseball championship No. 4 Blackhawk (16-4) vs. No. 6 Beaver (13-7) 5 p.m. Wednesday at Wild Things Park, Washington Coaches: Bob Amalia, Blackhawk; Noah Medich, Beaver Players to watch: Ray Knallay, CF, Jr., Blackhawk; Vinny Mastrangelo, C, Sr., Beaver WPIAL titles: Blackhawk 3 (2017, ’12, ’04), Beaver...
Steel Valley captures 2nd WPIAL baseball title with comeback victory over HopewellVideo
Steel Valley has a knack for championship comebacks. The Ironmen dramatically overcame a four-run deficit Tuesday night and defeated Hopewell, 5-4, in eight innings at Wild Things Park in the WPIAL Class 3A baseball championship. The late rally brought back memories from 2014, when Steel Valley scored three times in...
Aliquippa’s Devonshire among top names playing in Big 33 Classic
Track season ended Saturday for Aliquippa’s M.J. Devonshire, who won state titles in the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the PIAA championship. Now, it’s football season again. The Kentucky recruit will trade track shoes for football cleats and join his Pennsylvania teammates to compete against Maryland all-stars Monday in the...
Final results from 2019 PIAA track and field championships
Track and field At Shippensburg University Friday-Saturday results Top 3 finishers and local results Boys Class AAA 100: 1. Shawn Brown, CD East, 10.89; 2. Luke Benson, CB West, 10.90; 3. Kamere Day, Harrisburg, 10.95. 200: 1. Ezra Mellinger, Lampeter-Strasburg, 21.40; 2. Salim Epps, St. Joe’s Prep, 21.60; 3. Dymere...
PIAA recap: WPIAL athletes win 11 events at state track championships
The weekend started slowly but WPIAL athletes rallied on Saturday and won 11 events at the PIAA track and field championships in Shippensburg. Aliquippa’s M.J. Devonshire and Shady Side Academy’s Melissa Riggins won two events apiece, while WPIAL distance runners Gionna Quarzo of Brownsville, Emily Carter of Bethel Park and...
Burrell 400 relay breaks school record, wins PIAA gold
SHIPPENSBURG — Burrell sprinter Jocelyn Vickers ran her opening leg of the 400-meter relay and then hurried toward the finish line to wait for her team’s baton to arrive. She didn’t wait long. Allee Kuhns ran the second leg down the backstretch. Madi Walsh handled the curve, and Olivia Kelly...
Avonworth/Northgate’s Hayden Robinson finds ‘relief’ in 100-meter victory at PIAAs
SHIPPENSBURG — There, of course, was happiness and excitement as Hayden Robinson crossed the finish line first at Seth Grove Stadium. But, she said, there was also relief. The Avonworth/Northgate senior won the girls 100-meter dash Saturday at the PIAA Class AAA track and field championship, winning gold after finishing...
Aliquippa sprinter M.J. Devonshire wins gold in 100, 200 at PIAA championship
SHIPPENSBURG — Aliquippa has a storied history of all-time great all-around athletes who wore the Quips’ red and black. M.J. Devonshire surely solidified his spot on that list. The senior won the 100- and 200-meter dashes Saturday at the PIAA Class AA track and field championships, giving him two state...
North Allegheny’s Zach Kinne leads 5 WPIAL runners on 3,200 medal podium at PIAAs
SHIPPENSBURG — North Allegheny’s Zachary Kinne was running at Seth Grove Stadium, otherwise the state championship sure felt a lot like the WPIAL meet. Five WPIAL runners finished among the Top 6 in the boys 3,200-meter run Saturday at the PIAA Class AAA track and field championships led by Kinne,...
