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 ...
JACKSON TWP — Regarding Zach Hill’s ability to dominate opponents, the proof is in the numbers.
The senior 145-pounder for Seneca Valley boys wrestling reached 100 career...
As if Seneca Valley girls basketball’s perfect section record wasn’t enough, the Raiders have breezed through their WPIAL 1-6A slate with little, if any, trouble.
SV (11-...
JACKSON TWP — Natalie Hambly is usually good for a remarkable quote.
Yet, a few days before claiming Seneca Valley’s girls basketball scoring record, the Raiders’ senior ...
BUTLER TWP — Seneca Valley’s Hannah Hornick has been here before. She’s not worried about the scoreboard at a regular-season tournament, as long as she wrestles sound or ...
Win or bust was not Riley Smith’s mindset as a freshman wrestler at Seneca Valley two years ago.
He competed in the lightest weight class of 107 pounds, but weighed just ...
BUTLER TWP — Most high school basketball players aren’t as lengthy as Andrew Gettinger. Or athletically gifted as Stainton Forbes.
There are many more who instead resembl...
ADAMS TWP — Seneca Valley’s boys wrestling team did not enter the season with a lineup dotted with bonafide stars. Head coach Kevin Wildrick was, nonetheless, optimistic....
WEXFORD — What looked to be a tale of two halves instead morphed into a tale of the latter two quarters.
After overcoming a 13-point deficit early in the third quarter t...
It's not always easy to live up to your own standards.
For Seneca Valley senior diver Ali Waters, a UNC-Wilmington commit, her benchmark stares down at her from the walls...
BUTLER TWP — Seneca Valley senior wrestler Haley Hunter has been looking for a signature win since returning from a torn ACL that cost her all of last season.
She found ...
BUTLER TWP — Seneca Valley wrestling coach Kevin Wildrick said he sent Cooper Beres to the mat Wednesday night hoping the sophomore could “limit the damage.”
Beres, who i...
BUTLER TWP — Seneca Valley guard Natalie Hambly scored her 1,000th career point in Monday night’s girls basketball game against Butler.
The senior reached the milestone a...
BUTLER TWP — If this game is a “B, B-plus” as head coach Dorothea Epps called it, Seneca Valley girls basketball is going to be a problem.
On a night when senior guard Na...
Winning the second Penguins Cup in program history is certainly cause for a spirited celebration, but the atmosphere inside Seneca Valley’s locker room was a bit tempered...
Braden Morin devotes much of his time to hockey, and the Seneca Valley junior is reaping some very impressive results.
He was recently named the PIHL Class 3A Player ...
High school girls wrestling is entering just its third season in Pennsylvania, but Butler County has already produced two WPIAL champions — Butler’s Ana Malovich, who is ...
Dorothea Epps is no stranger to preparing a team to compete in the WPIAL’s highest classification of girls basketball.
Formerly a longtime head coach at Butler, she is e...
CHAMBERSBURG, Franklin County — Trailing on the scoreboard for the first time this postseason did not rattle Seneca Valley’s boys soccer team.
The Raiders fell behind Abi...
Butler County’s rich tradition in high school soccer has added two more chapters this season. Seneca Valley’s boys (Class 4A) and Freeport’s girls (2A) are one victory aw...
CHAMBERSBURG, Franklin County — Owen Eastgate looked directly at the bench as the final seconds counted down. He knew what was coming next.
Seneca Valley’s boys soccer pl...
Seneca Valley girls soccer seems to catch teams that aren’t what their seedings suggest at this time in the state tournament.
Saturday in the PIAA Class 4A quarterfinals ...
PITTSBURGH — Defending its WPIAL boys soccer title from a year ago meant Fox Chapel would have to defeat a very strong Seneca Valley team for the third time this season.
...
PITTSBURGH — Narrow defeats at Highmark Stadium carry with them a distinct sting.
It’s the venue that hosts the WPIAL soccer championships, and Seneca Valley’s girls have...
WEXFORD — Mark Perry trusted his intuition.
The Seneca Valley coach’s unexpected decision — switching backup goalkeeper Brynn Houser in for usual starter Sydney Postler l...
JACKSON TWP — Despite this being the finale campaign that will not end in the playoffs, the postgame atmosphere Friday night at NexTier Stadium felt as though Seneca Vall...
CANONSBURG — Seneca Valley’s defense had stifled Canon-McMillan’s ground attack through 43 minutes of Friday’s Quad County Conference clash.
The Big Macs had gained a pal...
JACKSON TWP — In its chance at redemption against Fox Chapel, taking the lead was not the problem for Seneca Valley boys soccer.
Holding onto it was the task that proved ...
Any team, regardless of sport, wants to be on a roll entering the postseason. With its play in recent weeks, Seneca Valley boys golf has that box checked.
The Raiders ha...
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...