Eleven local wrestlers were golden during Saturday afternoon's Class AAA Section 4 wrestling championships.
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BALDWIN – The WPIAL’s Class 5A girls basketball quarterfinal matchup Saturday between Trinity and Gateway had so many people talking about tempo that you’d think the Baldwin High School gymnasium had turned into a drummers convention.
MT. LEBANON – Like most coaches, Peters Township’s Gary Goga is not one for moral victories. But that does not mean a supreme effort towards knocking off a top seed in the postseason goes unrecognized or is quickly forgotten.
PLUM — Cam Nusser scored 17 points, and Mitchell Pohlot and Devin Whitlock each had a double-double, leading Belle Vernon to a 66-61 come-from-behind win over third-seeded Quaker Valley in the WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball quarterfinals Saturday at Plum High School.
PITTSBURGH – Ringgold boys basketball coach Phil Pergola knew his team was in for a tough task Saturday playing Highlands, the top-ranked team in the WPIAL Class AAAA playoffs.
The top of the awards stand was a lonely place for any District 7 wrestler in the Kovalchick Center on the campus of Indiana University.
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Undefeated West Greene loses a 19-point lead but dominates the pivotal fourth quarter to beat Avella in the WPIAL Class A quarterfinals.
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AvellaBelle VernonBentworthBeth-CenterBethel ParkBishop CanevinBurgettstownCaliforniaCanon-McMillanCarmichaelsCharleroiChartiers-HoustonChartiers ValleyFort CherryJefferson-MorganKeystone OaksMapletownMcGuffeyMonessenMt LebanonPeters TownshipRinggoldSeton-LaSalleSouth FayetteTrinityUpper St ClairWash HighWaynesburgWest Greene
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Michael Carmody couldn't be stopped in the final three quarters as Mars defeats cold-shooting South Fayette in the WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals.
Burgettstown has two wrestlers, J-M one alive for the gold.
When Julian Moore was a little kid, he tested the patience of his family with his one great love.
Before the season, Quentin Franklin and Giomar Ramos were considered two of the top heavyweight wrestlers coming out of Section 4.
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Outsized at nearly every position, Ringgold stops Ambridge in its tracks for first-round win.
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McGuffey wrestler and WPIAL champion is the Observer-Reporter Athlete of the Week.
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Washington boys soccer forms a co-op with Fort Cherry and Burgettstown.
Sam Petrarca has a game to remember as Peters Township outlasts Hempfield in a WPIAL Class 6A first-round playoff game Tuesday night.
McMURRAY – Monessen’s first playoff game in six years started with such promise but came to an abrupt halt Tuesday night after its 34-30 loss to Aquinas Academy.
McMURRAY – As a first-year head coach calling the shots in a first-round playoff game, Mike Drazich was prepared Tuesday night to make a lot of tough and important decisions in Avella High School’s girls basketball playoff game against Propel Andrew Street.
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Continuing to play in nail-biting fashion, South Fayette makes last-second layup to edge Franklin Regional in first-round playoff game.
PITTSBURGH – Belle Vernon got off to a slow start and never could dig out of an early hole as the Leopards lost to Freeport 44-38 Monday night in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball playoffs at North Hills Middle School.
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WPIAL Class AA gold medals proves elusive for all but two local wrestlers
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West Greene can't overcome stagnant offense and falls in the first round for the fifth consecutive season.
PITTSBURGH – The California Trojans saw their WPIAL Class AA playoff run, and season, come to an end Saturday with a 71-51 first round loss to Shenango Saturday at North Hills High School.
PITTSBURGH – Two key factors in playoff basketball games are turnovers and free-throw shooting. If you limit the turnovers and make your free throws, then you can often win the close ones. If you do neither, then winning becomes much more difficult.
McMURRAY – Charleroi won a share of the Section 4-AAA title, but its WPIAL playoff run ended in the first round after its 66-60 overtime loss to Carlynton Friday night at Peters Township High School.
The McGuffey High School boys basketball team came into Friday’s Class 3A playoff game against Seton LaSalle at Trinity High School with a plan to slow the tempo.
Fisher of Beth-Center makes it five in a row this season over Weston of Bentworth.
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Washington had two chances to win the game at the buzzer. Neither shot could fall as the Prexies fall in heartbreaking fashion to Neshannock.
BELLEVUE – Sydney McDonough scored 15 points, including two critical free throws with less than 30 seconds remaining, and Riverview overcame a 10-point deficit in the second half to stun Burgettstown 32-28 Friday in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball playoffs at Northgate…
West Greene’s Sheyann Watson moved to the top of the podium on Thursday at the WPIAL Individual Rifle Championships at Mt. Lebanon/Dormont Sportsmen’s Club after placing fourth a year ago.
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Two teams are trying to end long waits since their last playoff wins. Others are hoping to ride late success in the regular season into the playoffs. That and more on five things to watch when the WPIAL high school basketball playoffs begin for some local teams as early as tonight.
The time between the end of the regular season and the start of the individual tournament can be agonizingly long for wrestlers.
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Waynesburg junior wrestler Luca Augustine is the Observer-Reporter Athlete of the Week.
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Peters Township's Josh Casilli was selected for the Big 33 Football Classic roster Wednesday. He was the only local player and one of only 10 in the entire WPIAL.
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The Washington and Charleroi boys basketball teams shared the Class 3A Section 4 title. Tuesday night, three teams that weren't section champions in any capacity were seeded ahead of both of them.
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West Greene and Trinity both earned high seeds and first-round byes in the opening round of the WPIAL girls basketball tournament.
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After years of losing, the Monessen High School girls basketball team is regaining what the program used to be under second-year coach Janine Vertacnik.
Peters Township’s boys basketball team will take a three-game winning streak into the WPIAL Class 6A playoffs.
To many, sports and athletics seemed to come easy to John “Bimbo” Chatman.
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Nazareth stops Waynesburg short of ultimate goal.
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Shorthanded Canon-McMillan drops close one in consolation semifinals of PIAA Class AAA Team Touranment.
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Hot-shooting South Fayette pulls away in second half to prevent Trinity from grabbing final playoff spot from section.
Trinity prepared for the upcoming Class 5A girls basketball playoffs by defeating Upper St. Clair 56-50 Saturday afternoon at Hiller Hall.
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The Raiders win a wild one over Bethlehem Catholic to earn spot in state final.
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Canon-McMillan can finish as high as third place in state team tournament.
Canon-McMillan built a 16-point lead by the end of the first quarter Friday night and that carried the Big Macs to a 60-53 non-section boys basketball victory over visiting Ringgold.
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Blue Devils go 0-2 in state team tournament, but it's a 'stepping stone.'
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C-M gets Bethlehem Catholic in next round of state team tournament
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The Raiders get a fast start and breeze to a 40-21 victory over Central Dauphin in the first round of the Class AAA state team tournament at the Giant Center in Hershey.
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Burgettstown loses to powerful Chestnut Ridge, 56-12, in the first round of the Class AA wrestling team tournament.
Jersey Wise and Anna Durbin each scored 22 points as the West Greene girls basketball team completed a perfect regular season by defeating visiting Avella, 78-40, in a Class A Section 2 game Thursday night.
Washington-Greene Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame selects 12 individuals, one team for Class of 2020.
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There are only two days of high school basketball section play left in the regular season. So far, 19 area teams will be advancing to the postseason. Who are they and what two local teams still need to do some work to get into the playoffs?
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C-M's Nijenhuis is this week's Observer-Reporter Athlete of the Week
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Eli Makel and Waynesburg hope dramatic WPIAL title run propels the Raiders into the state team tournament, which begins Thursday night.
Riley Comforti scored a game-high 32 points and Southmoreland handed Washington a stinging loss in overtime, 62-58, in a Section 4 game in Class 3A.
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Blue Devils making first trip to state team tournament
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