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Gov. Wolf recommends high school sports be delayed until Jan. 1Video
With fall sports in the balance, will the PIAA treat Gov. Tom Wolf’s recommendation as a suggestion or a mandate? Wolf’s administration wants all youth sports — interscholastic and recreational — postponed until January, a request that jeopardizes football, soccer and other high school sports days before they’re scheduled to...
Penn-Trafford’s Mason Frye grabs Division I-FCS offer
Mason Frye is expected to line up at receiver and also play a key role in the secondary for Penn-Trafford this football season. Frye went from being another key returning two-way starter to a Division I prospect in one tweet Wednesday night. The 5-foot-8, 155-pound senior announced a scholarship offer...
Bushy Run wins Westmoreland County summer baseball championship
Throughout the Westmoreland County American Baseball League playoffs, Bushy Run relied on pitching and solid defense. In Wednesday’s championship game at Latrobe, Bushy Run’s hitting joined the party. Bushy Run pounded out 14 hits, including three each by Luca Baccari, Anthony Sherwin and Gavin Berardi, and defeated regular season champion...
Uncertainty remains for spectators hoping to attend high school games
New covid-19 guidelines for spectators at high school sporting events weren’t released Wednesday as many school administrators, coaches and fans had hoped. Gov. Tom Wolf and state Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine raised expectations Monday when they said updated information would be coming in “two days.” However, a spokesperson...
Kiski Area football holds combine for athletes to increase exposure in strange times
This summer has been strange for college recruits all over the country. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, young athletes haven’t been able to visit colleges, compete at showcases and most importantly, get in front of college coaches. Players and coaches have attempted to find a way around those obstacles. On...
Yough edges Murrysville in WCABL consolation game
Yough picked a good time to play one of its better games in recent weeks. Backed by strong pitching from Nate Wilkins and Vinny Martin and solid defense, Yough defeated Murrysville, 5-4, on Tuesday in the third-place game of the Westmoreland County American Baseball League playoffs. Yough jumped out to...
AD job at Eden Christian leads Latrobe grad back to Western Pennsylvania
Mark Ackerman’s journey both in and out of sports the past three decades has brought him home to western Pennsylvania. The 1987 Latrobe graduate continues to settle into his role as the new athletic director at Eden Christian Academy. His career as an athletic administrator and a coach for both...
Former WPIAL star Phil Jurkovec receives NCAA waiver, eligible at Boston College
Former WPIAL star quarterback Phil Jurkovec, who transferred from Notre Dame to Boston College in January, was granted an NCAA waiver Tuesday that makes him immediately eligible. The Pine-Richland graduate has three years of eligibility remaining. Boston College begins preseason camp Thursday. At Notre Dame, Jurkovec played in six games...
Mars’ Teddy Ruffner turning heads on baseball diamond this summer
Despite the circumstances surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, Mars senior Teddy Ruffner has stayed busy this summer, and he’s making the most of the situation. The Mars catcher has made up for his lost junior baseball season. He said between the Youngstown Class B league and his Pittsburgh Diamond Dawgz team,...
Central Valley’s Myles Walker commits to AkronVideo
Central Valley’s Myles Walker, who celebrated a WPIAL football title last fall, committed Monday to Akron. The rising senior announced his decision on Twitter. The 5-foot-10, 165-pound defensive back and wide receiver also had offers from Duquesne, Kent State and New Hampshire. Walker scored 12 touchdowns in multiple ways last...
Tennis standout Ava Catanzarite commits to UCLA
Franklin Park junior tennis standout Ava Catanzarite has committed to compete for one of the top college women’s teams in the country. Catanzarite, 17, plans to join UCLA for the 2021-22 season. A rising senior at PA Cyber who trains full-time in Florida, Catanzarite is listed 171st in the International...
Uniontown votes to cancel fall football, soccer seasons
Uniontown Area School District’s board members voted 9-0 on Monday night to start the 2020-21 school year with online-only instruction and, in turn, decided football and boys and girls soccer should be canceled. Amid uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, board members decided to follow Gov. Tom Wolf’s recommendation that...
North Allegheny’s Nate Hoke commits to ‘dream school’ BYU, where dad playedVideo
Nate Hoke doesn’t promote himself on social media like many athletes his age. A rising senior at North Allegheny and the son of a former NFL player, the 6-foot-3, 225-pound linebacker prefers to let his play on the football field speak for itself. But this summer, with college campuses closed...
Westmoreland County American League names all-stars
After a mostly flawless regular season and a strong start to the playoffs — a fine summer baseball run, all things considered amid the covid-19 pandemic — the Westmoreland American League stayed the course with another tradition by naming its all-league teams. The league, which normally is known as District...
Belle Vernon edges Summer Rams in WPSBL quarterfinals
The Summer Rams (Highlands) baseball team saw its run in the Western Pennsylvania Summer Baseball League playoffs come to an end in the quarterfinals Monday evening. Garrett Greco singled home Martin Marion in the bottom of the seventh to lead Belle Vernon to a 3-2 walk-off victory at John Divirgilio...
Belle Vernon soccer teams cancel Paul Sasko Kickoff Classic
With the start of the WPIAL season pushed to Sept. 14, Belle Vernon was left scrambling to find a time and date for one of its marquee events, the Paul Sasko Kickoff Classic. After exhausting all possibilities of working the boys-girls soccer tournament into the revised schedule, officials were left...
Plum’s Matolcsy to reveal his college choice SaturdayVideo
The college football recruiting process for Max Matolcsy is close to coming to an end. The Plum senior tight end, wide receiver and outside linebacker recently said on Twitter he will announce a verbal commitment this Saturday, his 18th birthday. Matolcsy owns offers from 22 schools. They include all eight...
Gov. Wolf: Online-only schools shouldn’t play sports this fall
Online classes await students at a number of schools this fall, but that wasn’t expected to keep their sports teams from competing. Now, they’re not so sure. Gov. Tom Wolf said schools choosing an online-only approach shouldn’t play sports in the fall, an informal announcement that left coaches, athletes and...
Penn Hills could become 2nd WPIAL school to drop ‘Indians’ nickname
Penn Hills may become the second WPIAL school to drop its Indians nickname. The school’s Athletic Advisory Committee will discuss the recommendation Wednesday night, athletic director Steph Strauss said, but declined comment until after the meeting. “The school board will ultimately decide if they want to go that direction,” Strauss...
Patriot League school Lehigh ‘checked all boxes’ for Baldwin safety Connor LavelleVideo
Two of the colleges recruiting Connor Lavelle are about 15 miles apart in Eastern Pennsylvania, so he visited both on the same road trip. He saw Lafayette, but Lehigh felt like home. “It just had that good vibe with me,” said Lavelle, a rising senior on Baldwin’s football team. “I...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Colleges courting Franklin Regional midfielder
Zach Lorenz is on the path to a Division I soccer career, but he likely will have to score a scholarship with limited highlights and contact with coaches. Covid-19 crossed out most of the annual cup season, so Lorenz, an incoming senior midfielder at Franklin Regional, was not able to...
School officials: Beaver, Central Catholic athletes test positive for coronavirus
Two high school athletes in the region tested positive Sunday for the coronavirus and officials at both schools have taken steps to protect other students. A Central Catholic High School football player tested positive Sunday. School officials say the recent case is not indicative of a cluster of cases across...
Bushy Run stays hot, advances to championship game
Earlier in the season, Bushy Run manager Scott Peyman wasn’t thrilled with the way his team was playing. But he is now. Bushy Run advanced to the Westmoreland County American Baseball League championship game by defeating second-seed Murrysville, 8-2, in the deciding Game 3 on Sunday at Sunrise Elementary School....
Fox Chapel boys golf set to compete in National Invitational at Pinehurst
Last October, the Fox Chapel boys golf team captured its first PIAA team title when the Foxes shot an ever-par team score of 284 at Heritage Hills in York, beating the next closest team by 24 strokes. The Foxes’ run through the postseason, which included their first WPIAL team title...
Latrobe reaches WCABL finals; Murrysville, Bushy Run split
For the third consecutive playoff, Latrobe found itself in a hole late in a Westmoreland County American Baseball League game. And for the third consecutive game, Latrobe rallied for a victory. At least it wasn’t an 11-run deficit Saturday. Latrobe scored 11 runs over the final two innings at Sutersville...
