Greg Macafee stories, Page 8

Normally at this time of the year, wrestlers from around the WPIAL have already punched their ticket to Hershey to compete for a state championship, but this year is like no other. To try to mitigate the spread of covid-19, the PIAA limited the number of wrestlers in each weight...

Shady Side Academy has found its new athletic director, and although the school conducted a nationwide search, it didn’t have to look far for Gene Deal’s replacement. On Friday, Shady Side Academy announced the hiring of Sean Simmons as its next director of athletics. He will succeed Deal, who will...

The Deer Lakes boys basketball team has only played one game since Feb. 10, but it sure doesn’t look like that. On Thursday night, the No. 10 Lancers (10-3) returned to their home court for the first time in just under a month and turned in a dominant shooting performance...

Plum freshman Antonino Walker has made a name for himself this season. The 106-pound Mustang who goes by “Nino” has gone 22-2 this season with his only losses coming against Seneca Valley’s Tyler Chappell. The two faced off earlier this season and Chappell, who is the No. 1 wrestler in...

Playing in the same section as the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in the WPIAL Class 5A tournament can prepare any team for a postseason run. On four occasions this season, Trinity tested itself against the best its classification had to offer. So when playoff time came and the...

Basketball is a game of runs, and when the Leechburg boys team has gotten hot this season, it has been tough to beat. The Blue Devils took advantage of unanswered runs of 13 and 16 points between the first and second quarter Tuesday to jump out to a 30-point halftime...

Freeport boys soccer coach Dave Teorsky resigned this week after eight seasons at the helm of the program. He compiled an overall coaching record of 77-63-4 with five playoff appearances. The Yellowjackets won the second section title in the program’s 28-year history in 2016. Teorsky cited additional responsibilities at his...

After a year in which the Cavaliers went 5-15 and lost in the preliminary round of the WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball playoffs, Kiski Area coach Will Saunders is resigning from his position. During his three-year stint, Saunders’ record was 18-46 with one playoff appearance, which came this season thanks...

Here’s a look at Wednesday’s WPIAL basketball playoff games involving A-K Valley teams: Boys First round Class 5A 15-Plum (9-5) at 2-New Castle (17-2) 6 p.m. Wednesday Coaches: Mark Marino, Plum; Ralph Blundo, New Castle Winner plays: Winner of 10-Latrobe (7-6) at 7-Thomas Jefferson (18-4), noon Saturday About Plum: The...

The Raiders finished this weekend’s WPIAL Class AAA individual tournament with three wrestlers atop the podium, two finishing as runners-up, and two as third-place finishers just one week after having 12 section champions. They finished first in the team race this weekend with 120 points. Hempfield was next with 85.5...

In one of the toughest brackets of this weekend’s WPIAL Class AAA tournament at Canon-McMillan, Pine-Richland senior Cole Spencer came away with his second straight WPIAL title. He earned a pin and two decisions to capture the 160-pound weight class. After winning WPIALs at 152 pounds last season, Spencer bumped...

Like all teams want to be doing, the Knoch boys basketball team is hitting its stride at the right time, and it showed during a dominant WPIAL Class 4A preliminary-round victory over Yough on Monday. Led by 31 points from junior guard Ryan Lang, the No. 15 Knights (7-9) led...

Here’s a look at Tuesday’s WPIAL basketball playoff games involving A-K Valley teams: Boys First round Class 6A 15-Bethel Park (8-9) at 2-Fox Chapel (18-2) 6 p.m. Tuesday Coaches: Josh Bears; Bethel Park; Zach Skrinjar, Fox Chapel Winner plays: Winner of 10-Central Catholic (12-9) at 7-North Allegheny (15-6), 6 p.m....

Springdale and Avella boys and Shenango girls have been forced to pull out of WPIAL basketball playoffs. Because of covid-related protocols, Springdale, the fourth seed in Class 2A, was forced to forfeit its first-round game with No. 13 Winchester Thurston, which was set to be played Wednesday. Springdale coach Aaron...

Here’s a look at Monday’s WPIAL basketball playoff games involving A-K Valley teams: Boys Preliminary round Class 4A 18-Yough (3-12) at 15-Knoch (6-9) 6 p.m. Monday Coaches: Jim Nesser, Yough; Alan Bauman, Knoch Winner plays: At 2-Lincoln Park (14-5), 6 p.m. Thursday About Yough: Two of their wins this season...

In the short history of Quaker Valley’s wrestling program, only three wrestlers had the opportunity to have a WPIAL gold medal placed around their neck before this season. On Feb. 20, after trips to the finals the past two years, 189-pound junior Patrick Cutchember joined the ranks as he captured...

For the past three years, Adou Thiero’s role for the Quaker Valley boys basketball team has been evolving. He started as a freshman and averaged 7.5 points per game by being a shooter and distributor for a team that went on to make its third-straight WPIAL finals appearance. Then, as...

Mt. Pleasant junior Dayton Pitzer continued his hot run Saturday at the PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional tournament at IUP’s Kovalchick Complex. The 215-pounder picked up three pins, with his third coming in 2 minutes, 11 seconds in the championship match against Carlynton’s Collin Milko to claim the second regional...

A week after capturing his first WPIAL title, Burrell freshman Cooper Hornack left IUP’s Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex with his first PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional title. Hornack took the 106-pound weight class by beating fellow freshman Landon Bainey of West Branch in the second ultimate tiebreaker after an...

At the beginning of this season, no one expected the Shady Side Academy boys basketball team to be much of a threat. The Bulldogs only had three seniors and a few starters returning from last year, but they were also going to be very young. At times this season, they...

When the WPIAL announced seedings for the girls and boys basketball tournaments Feb. 23, both Fox Chapel teams found themselves in unique positions. For the second straight year, the boys were awarded the No. 2 seed after putting together a record of 17-2 through 19 games. Their only two losses...

Saturday’s games Boys Class 5A Preliminary round 18-West Allegheny (7-6) at 15-Plum (8-5) Noon, Saturday Coaches: Andrew Tsangaris, West Allegheny; Mark Marino, Plum Winner players: At 1-New Castle (16-2), 6 p.m. Wednesday About West Allegheny: The Indians won two of their final three games and put together a five-game winning...

Throughout this season, the Leechburg boys basketball team has set out to do one thing: Get out and run. Leechburg coach Damian Davies and the Blue Devils (7-4, 6-3) always want to take advantage of their athleticism by getting up and down the court and putting up as many attempts...

No wrestler from the Alle-Kiski Valley will enter the WPIAL Class AAA tournament as the No. 1 seed, but three Kiski Area Cavaliers will have the next-best thing at Canon-McMillan on Saturday. Enzo Morlacci (160), Sammy Starr (172) and Brayden Roscosky (189) earned No. 2 seeds. Both Starr and Morlacci...