The Crusaders built a 42-0 lead by halftime and cruised to a 50-7 victory. By the MVI Bishop Canevin used a dominant first half to roll past Frazier 50–7 Friday night in the WPIAL Class 1A quarterfina...

McKeesport’s Kemon Spell missed the final three quarters of TJ’s win earlier this season. As the days get shorter and the weather gets colder in Western Pa., there’s a few guarantees. Sports fans arou...

The Bears beat the Jayhawks, 57-0, in their Eastern Conference matchup this season. When Jeannette lost to Clairton earlier in the season, Jayhawks football coach Tommy Paulone put 20 golf balls in a ...

The All-WPIAL boys and girls soccer teams were announced last week, and the Mon Valley is once again well-represented among the top soccer players in the region. There were 10 local girls players name...

Not too long ago, Scott Frederick recalled a unique class project at Ringgold that turned into a memorable brush with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Around 1999, as the team planned to build a new ballpark, ...

Coming off the natural high of winning the program’s first WPIAL title last week at Highmark Stadium, Bentworth knew its PIAA First Round matchup with McConnellsburg would present a major mental hurdl...

Despite conceding an equalizing goal right before the halftime whistle, the Bentworth soccer team wasn’t worried about where it stood at the break during Tuesday night’s state playoff clash with Mercy...

After dropping the opening set, Frazier volleyball dominated Elk County Catholic to advance to the state quarterfinals. After dropping the first set to District 9 champion Elk County Catholic Tuesday,...

The California Area student, 16, trains at Moke’s Martial Arts in Charleroi. When Keiara Atkinson was a youngster, her father signed her up to take martial arts. She was not a fan. “I did not want to ...

Frazier coach Mandy Hartman said her team is confident heading into its game against the District 9 champions. After a thrilling five-set win over rival California in the WPIAL Class 1A consolation ga...

The Bearcats will face District 5 runner-up McConnellsburg at 4 p.m. at Peters Township. Following a thrilling 1-0 victory in the WPIAL championship last Thursday, the Bentworth girls soccer team has ...

Tonight three-time WPIAL champion Bentworth opens the PIAA 1A playoffs at Peters Township at 6 p.m. against a familiar foe. Or is it? The Bearcats (21-0) take on District 10 champion Mercyhurst Prep (...

Coach Wayne Wade has a special place in his heart for a legendary Clairton defense from 15 years ago, a historic group that won WPIAL and PIAA titles in 2010. Those Bears held their first 15 opponents...

The Eagles started the match by winning the first set, but couldn’t stay close in the next three. The No. 6 Serra Catholic volleyball squad was looking for its second WPIAL title in three seasons, but...

She’ll play for Duquesne University next year. Belle Vernon’s Gabby Dusi saw her high school tennis career come to an end Saturday with a hardfought, three-set defeat in the Class 2A state championshi...

For the third time this season, the Commodores knocked off rival California, only Saturday’s game had higher stakes. Maddy Salisbury (above) had a match-high 26 kills to end the Trojans’ season and ad...

When Frazier finished off a dominating 27--12 win over host California in a WPIAL 1A first round playoff game Friday, it was a night of many milestones for the Commodores. First off, it was the progra...

EF will host North Catholic, while other area schools will travel to neutral sites. Four of the five remaining high school football teams found out where they’ll be heading Friday for the WPIAL quarte...

Clairton dominated all aspects of the game in a 50-0 playoff victory. Clairton hasn’t allowed a single point since August — and that scoreless streak carried over into the WPIAL Class 1A playoffs. The...

California was hurt by the absence of star running back Malachi Peak in the 27-12 loss. Frazier’s late-season surge continued into the playoffs Friday night, as the Commodores upset host California, 2...