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CRANBERRY TWP — Already accustomed to producing on the court, North Catholic girls basketball junior guard Brady Wehner has taken on added responsibility this season.
Wit...
February 16, 2026
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Later this month, NFL Films is set to release a documentary detailing Western Pennsylvania’s storied gridiron history. Some Butler County high school football stars were ...
February 06, 2026
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Three North Catholic pass-catchers — receivers Ryker Kennedy and Preston Simko and tight end Thomas Arth — signed with their respective college football programs on Wedne...
February 04, 2026
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Jude Rottmann has done more than uphold his family's basketball legacy at North Catholic High School, he's added to it.
During a recent victory over Freeport, the senior ...
February 04, 2026
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JEFFERSON TWP — Knoch boys basketball knew wrestling the WPIAL Section 1-4A crown away from defending champ North Catholic would not be easy.
The Knights had defeated Nor...
February 03, 2026
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The size and fervor of a student section can be fluid, as evidenced by the increased numbers attending North Catholic boys basketball games this season.
Senior Gabe Marti...
January 28, 2026
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North Catholic senior receiver Preston Simko has committed to play at Slippery Rock University, he announced Wednesday night on X.
Simko, who’s listed at 5-foot-11, 170 p...
January 28, 2026
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Jason Fredericks picked the right person to strive to emulate playing for an incredibly competitive high school basketball program.
Currently a senior guard at North ...
January 16, 2026
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Teegan Finucan leads Knoch boys basketball to win over North Catholic: ‘We’ve been waiting for this’
CRANBERRY TWP — It is often said that high school athletes have short memories, but Teegan Finucan remembers well his visit to North Catholic High School last February.
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January 09, 2026
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Starring for one athletic program puts a player in select company. Rachel Frederick Zimmerman managed to do it for three.
The native of Hampton Township scored over 1,000...
November 18, 2025
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WEXFORD — Accustomed to leaving opponents feeble on the mat, Avonworth appeared to already be through with its work just over halfway into the first quarter of Friday nig...
November 14, 2025
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WEXFORD — Preston Simko might’ve hopped into his car Wednesday night and gotten into the holiday spirit. Anything to alleviate the monotony of the 45-minute drive home, t...
November 13, 2025
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BUFFALO TWP — Getting past the WPIAL quarterfinal hurdle did not figure to be easy for Freeport girls soccer.
The Yellowjackets had seen their season end here the last th...
October 25, 2025
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Talk about rags to riches.
Two seasons ago, North Catholic’s girls golf team didn’t even have the opportunity to win a WPIAL title. On Thursday, the Trojanettes did just ...
October 09, 2025
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JACKSON TWP — Fast starts have not been common for North Catholic’s volleyball team this season, but winning has.
That theme continued Thursday in a WPIAL Section 2-4A cl...
September 18, 2025
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McCANDLESS TWP — While Freeport’s Cecelia Schlegel, Natalia Urik and Nia DiSanti didn't dent the scoreboard themselves in a 4-0 win Wednesday night, they sure had a say.
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September 10, 2025
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It wasn’t exactly hot this week during heat acclimatization, but the sounds of pads, panting and whistles filled the air around Butler County.
Those sounds portend the qu...
August 22, 2025
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Head coach Chris Rizzo is set up pretty well heading into his third season in charge at North Catholic. He had his hand in designing an offense that averaged 30.3 points ...
August 15, 2025
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UNITY TWP — Years before North Catholic’s Tommy Arth was catching touchdown passes at J.C. Stone Field, he hauled in passes at a much more vaunted venue.
While riding bac...
August 15, 2025
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Summer has not brought with it a reprieve for North Catholic distance runner Jack Steineman, and he’s not complaining.
Following a freshman track season that saw him brea...
June 28, 2025
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SHIPPENSBURG — North Catholic's girls track and field team has received an influx of talented athletes in recent years.
Sophomore twin sisters Anna and Audra Lazzara have...
May 23, 2025
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North Catholic’s boys tennis team may have surprised some people when it defeated top-seeded South Park in Monday’s WPIAL Class 2A team semifinals, but the best was y...
May 07, 2025
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ADAMS TWP — Mars boys lacrosse entered this season with more question marks than in recent years, but coach Bob Marcoux likes what he has seen through 12 games.
The Plane...
April 22, 2025
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Santino Sloboda may not use a textbook strategy on the wrestling mat, but no one can argue with the results.
The Butler junior and University of Pittsburgh commit, al...
April 15, 2025
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CHAMBERSBURG — Playing the brand of basketball it takes to stay with Lansdale Catholic for stretches of a game is very challenging.
Maintaining that level for an entire 3...
March 22, 2025
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PETERS TWP, Franklin County — Eight points were the difference on the scoreboard, but one player was the deviation on the hardwood.
North Catholic’s PIAA Class 4A boys ba...
March 21, 2025
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CRANBERRY TWP — If North Catholic’s girls basketball team makes its first PIAA final since 2019, the work that goes on behind the curtain will be a large reason why.
Seni...
March 21, 2025
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Not all high school sports teams have clear leaders entering the season, but don’t count the boys tennis teams at Mars and North Catholic among them.
The Planets and Troj...
March 17, 2025
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HAMPTON — The heat was on for North Catholic.
Down by a dozen nearly midway through the second quarter in a stuffy Hampton High School gym, the Trojanettes weren’t sweati...
March 15, 2025
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SLIPPERY ROCK — Down by double digits before a rally gets North Catholic back in the game.
The Trojans had been here before. In last month’s WPIAL Class 4A title game aga...
March 14, 2025
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