A year older and more experienced, the Vulcans are hungry to reach the playoffs
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Outstanding Wrestler: Gerrit Nijenhuis, Canon-McMillan
McGuffey's Clutter wins bout in Classic, named Class AA Wrestler of Year by wrestlingreport.com
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McGuffey's Clutter win away from wrestling gold in Hershey.
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HERSHEY – He’s a meat-and-potatoes wrestler with a chance to taste caviar.
Bentworth's Jonathan Vargo recovers from a stalling call and McGuffey's Christian Clutter starts strong, both advancing to the PIAA Class AA quarterfinals in Hershey.
Bentworth wrestler is Observer-Reporter Athlete of the Week.
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McGuffey's 170-pounder was one of three area wrestlers to win WPIAL Class AA championships. The other two were John Vargo of Bentworth and Riley Kemper of Burgettstown.
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CANONSBURG — Half the battle to compete with Thayne Lawrence is to summon the courage to step on the mat.
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Communication issues lead to Ron Skiles' surprising resignation as the Bentworth High School football coach.
Players from all 22 area high school football teams make the Observer-Reporter All-District Football Team.
MARS – And just like that, the season is over.
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Jocelyn Timlin netted four goals as Bentworth rolled to a 5-2 win over Brockway Tuesday in a PIAA Class A girls soccer first-round contest at DuBois Area High School.
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Freedom tallied the first four goals of the game and never looked back in an 8-2 triumph over Bentworth Saturday afternoon at Highmark Stadium in the Class A girls soccer championships.
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Bentworth, PT hope bounces go their way in WPIAL soccer finals.
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Meet the Observer-Reporter's Athlete of the Week, Bentworth girls soccer goalkeeper Candalaria Kossel.
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Early goals and strong play by goalkeeper Candalaria Kossel lead Bentworth to upset of Greensburg Central Catholic in Class A girls soccer semifinal.
JEFFERSON — Trent Cavanaugh rushed for 166 yards and scored twice to help Bentworth rally for a 29-7 victory over Jefferson-Morgan in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game Friday night at Parker Field.
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Paige Marshalek nets her second goal of the game with the game-winner at the 9:05 mark of the overtime to give Bentworth a 3-2 victory over Bishop Canevin in the Class A quarterfinals.
YORK – Caroline McConnell of South Fayette placed fourth in the girls Class AA competition and was the top local finisher at the PIAA Individual Golf Championships that concluded Tuesday at Heritage Hills Resort.
YORK – Caroline McConnell of South Fayette shot a 6-over 78 and sits tied for fourth place in the Girls Class AAA PIAA Golf Championship at Heritage Hills Resort Monday.
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Jocelyn Timlin and a stingy Bentworth defense lead the Bearcats to a first-round victory over Vincentian Academy.
ELLSWORTH — Jake Blumer scored twice to help Leechburg shut out Bentworth, 28-0, in a nonconference game Friday night.
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Peters Township and Waynesburg girls soccer teams receive first-round byes; Bentworth and Belle Vernon are No. 3 seeds for the WPIAL playoffs that begin Saturday.
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Six area golfers qualify for the PIAA Championships, which will be held Oct. 22 and 23 at Heritage Hills Golf Course in York.
ELLSWORTH — Austin Grillo threw five touchdown passes to lead California to a 55-21 victory over Bentworth in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game Friday night.Â
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Bentworth squanders early lead but rallies to win second section title in three years.
AVELLA — Bentworth led 14-7 at halftime, then exploded to score 28 second-half points to secure a 42-15 triumph over Avella in Tri-County South Conference action Friday night.
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Bentworth High School golfer Luke Dziak is the Observer-Reporter Athlete of the Week.
MONESSEN — Vaughn Taylor scored three times to help Monessen rally for a 44-21 victory over Bentworth in a Tri-County South Conference game Friday night.
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All five area golfers in the WPIAL Class 2A championship advanced to the PIAA Western Regional.
ELLSWORTH — Trent Cavanaugh rushed for 229 yards and three touchdowns to pace Bentworth to a 49-0 victory over Mapletown in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game Friday night.
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Three local soccer players – Bentworth's Jocelyn Timlin, Belle Vernon's Markello Apodiakos and Ringgold's Eli Schoedel – broke their respective program records for goals this past week.
It was a big night for area running backs. Was Peters Township's victory a fluke? Washington quarterback Zack Swartz breaks a school record. And offensive lines are either making or breaking teams.
ELLWSORTH — Trent Cavanaugh rushed for 120 yards and scored three touchdowns, Shawn Dziak threw two touchdown passes, including the game-winner to Owen Petrisek with 3:07 remaining, and Bentworth outlasted visiting Chartiers-Houston 24-21 in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game.
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An impressive debut for Charleroi coach Lance Getsy, big plays haunt Canon-McMillan again and why nobody is going to easily push Burgettstown around.
ELLSWORTH — Ben Jackson rushed for 227 yards and four touchdowns as West Greene pulled away in the second half to defeat Bentworth 41-6 in the Tri-County South Conference opener.
REPUBLIC — Shawn Dziak had a hand in three second-half touchdowns as Bentworth rallied to down Brownsville, 34-14, in a nonconference game.
High School Football Preview
The Bentworth High School football team drops down into Class A for the 2018 season.
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Carl Vollmer retires, South Fayette lineman Tom Elia chooses Richmond, Peters Township's Makenna Marisa continues earning offers and California hires a recent graduate to lead its boys basketball program.
Gavin Teasdale took wrestling fans with him on a memorable journey, filled with drama, personal challenges and, finally, a triumphant ride into the PIAA history books. Four state finals, four victories. Perfect. With a 2-0 decision over Josh Jones of Saucon Valley in the 126-pound finals of …
Brenna Cavanaugh’s attempt to defend her PIAA title in the Class AA 100-meter hurdles was dashed when she clipped the final two hurdles and finished fourth at Seth Grove Stadium on the campus of Shippensburg University over Memorial Day weekend. Cavanaugh crossed with a time of 14.58. The se…
Well, I have the results from the Pennsylvania State High School Clay Target Tournament held at Clairton Sportsmen Club. There were 299 students entered this year from the ages of 12 to 18. There were 16 teams entered from the state and the fifth-place team overall was Bentworth and they wer…
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Larry Krutko was one of the best two-way football players to come out of Greene County and helped Cumberland Township (now Carmichaels) High School to the 1952 WPIAL Class A championship.
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Bentworth's Brenna Cavanaugh was two hurdles away from back-to-back PIAA gold medals in the 100-meter hurdles.
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Finals results from the PIAA Track & Field Championships Friday in Shippensburg:
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Waynesburg's Daniel Layton and Bentworth's Brenna Cavanaugh dominate preliminary hurdling heats.
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Brenna Cavanaugh and Marissa Bitonti were the only two local athletes to medal in the first day of the PIAA Track & Field Championships.
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