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Several significant changes were revealed Monday afternoon when the WPIAL announced its fall sports alignments for the next two seasons. The biggest head-scratcher for area teams was in Class A girls volleyball, as Jefferson-Morgan will not face its normal Greene County rivals. The Rockets are ...

McGuffey hires Parry

The McGuffey School Board hired Nate Parry as the Highlanders’ head varsity football coach Thursday night. Parry replaces Ed Dalton, who resigned last month after 12 seasons as the Highlanders’ coach. Dalton remains McGuffey’s athletic director. Parry has been a longtime assistant at ...

By John Sacco For the Observer-Reporter It seemed Jim Dumm became friends with everyone he met. He was a man you wanted to learn from, hang out with and care about. Dumm had a personality and persona that was genuine and infectious. Once you knew him, you loved him. And he loved you ...

Who says you can’t go home again? You can at Ringgold High School, where for the third time in five years the Rams have turned to one of their own to rebuild the school’s struggling football program. Former multi-sport Rams standout Robert Heller was hired Wednesday night as ...

Coaching stability in Western Pennsylvania is not something exclusive to the Pittsburgh Steelers. At Chartiers-Houston High School, the Bucs change football coaches about as often as the NFL changes commissioners. Chartiers-Houston has had only two head coaches since 1976 and just four in the ...

Dalton resigns as McGuffey football coach

Ed Dalton, who guided McGuffey’s football team to the WPIAL playoffs in each of the past five seasons, resigned Thursday as the Highlanders’ head coach. He will remain as the school’s athletic director. Dalton, 64, who had been McGuffey’s head coach for 12 years, was quick to say ...