Early and often
ADAMS TWP — Abby Latona knows there are stiffer tests ahead for her Mars girls lacrosse team, but she is very pleased how the Planets have opened the seas...
Considering the circumstances, it was the case Mars might have most preferred.
With lead-off hitter and senior shortstop Jake Johnson at the dish and the tying run at thi...
JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley’s Zach Tkatch wanted the ball for all seven innings.
Fellow senior Creed Erdos did his part in making sure his teammate had to settle for five...
Zach Kelly won the 100 and 200 meters and Karns City swept the relay events on Wednesday in rolling to a 104-46 boys track and field win over Keystone.
Kelly also ran a l...
ADAMS TWP — Some girls would shy away from the idea of following in their older brothers’ footsteps, but that is exactly what Laura Craska has strived to do.
The junior a...
BUTLER TWP — Overtime lacrosse was new for Lorena Lopez, but scoring goals is not.
Seneca Valley’s senior midfielder scored five times against Butler on Thursday, includi...
Mars senior Charlie Bickel pitched a complete game and knocked in four runs at the plate to push the Planets past Knoch, 5-1, on Wednesday. Mars (2-1) will face off with ...
JEFFERSON TWP — In a weird way, Knoch might gain strength from its 21-0 boys lacrosse section loss to Mars on Monday night.
The Knights (0-4, 0-3) didn’t gain possession ...
Oh, to feel young again.
Watching big-leaguers get ready for an exhibition contest in the Florida sun, the Mars baseball team got that very chance earlier this week.
“The...
Seneca Valley’s boys tennis team swept Knoch on Thursday, with the Raiders’ doubles teams of Paul Weis/Eric Chen and Andrew James/Billy Conway not dropping a game in the ...
Boys Volleyball
Seneca Valley earned a 3-0 win over Fox Chapel. No other details were available.
Mars 3, Ambridge 0 — No additional information was available fro...
LEWISBURG — Luke Lamb will be the first to tell you the 50-yard freestyle is his second-best event. But on Friday, he put all his effort and focus into it and was rewarde...
Mars senior diver Emily Mueller finished with 384.10 points at Thursday’s PIAA Class 3A girls championshps, good enough for sixth place at the meet, which took place at t...
EDINBORO — Talent has certainly played a major role in North Catholic’s tradition of success in girls basketball, but behind the statistics put up by skilled players lies...
JACKSON TWP — Michael DeVyver won at No. singles for Seneca Valley, but visiting North Catholic swept the other matches in scoring a 4-1 boys tennis victory on Wednesday....
Standing on the plank at Wednesday’s PIAA Class 3A title meet, Seneca Valley diver Isaiah Clerkley wasn’t concerned with the before or after — only what was directly in f...
Of all the ways Monday’s PIHL Class 3A semifinal game could have started, Seneca Valley would quickly trade reality for just about anything else.
The Raiders allowed thre...
CRANBERRY TWP — What to do with a week off?
For North Catholic, enough to stay sharp heading into the PIAA Class 4A girls basketball playoffs.
“We were able to rest some ...
PITTSBURGH — Three quarters had gone by in Saturday afternoon’s WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball championship contest and North Catholic trailed by five, having just allow...
PITTSBURGH — Luke Lamb said Thursday that he wanted more.
The North Catholic junior’s desire materialized Friday — and in a big way.
At the University of Pittsburgh’s Tre...
PITTSBURGH — While its performance the day before wasn’t quite what it had in mind, Seneca Valley’s girls team never lost hold of its position at the WPIAL Class 3A swimm...