Trojans had 11-4 record last season.
COAL CENTER – Makayla Boda had been in this situation before.
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Defense dominates in WPIAL playoffs twinbill at Chartiers-Houston.
PERRYOPOLIS – Feeding off its vociferous home fans, Frazier clinched at least a tie of its first section title in 31 years with a 61-30 beatdown of California Thursday in what was supposed to be a first-place showdown.
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COAL CENTER – Monessen played its most complete game of the season Tuesday as it went on the road to knock off Class 2A Section 4 leader California, 61-55.
MONESSEN – California High School finally opened its 2020-21 boys basketball season Friday night as it went to Monessen and picked up a key Class 2A Section 4 win, 71-62.
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Virus a disruption to some teams, a threat to others
California's Jaeden Zuzak was named Tuesday morning as one of six running backs on the Pennsylvania Football Writers Class A All-State Team.
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COAL CENTER – Trailing 21-7 with under five minutes to go in the fourth quarter, fourth-seeded California looked like it needed a miracle to get back in the game against Shenango.
Not all WPIAL football playoff scenarios will be determined by the close of play Friday night.
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California running back has hand in 6 touchdowns as Trojans win the Tri-County South title.
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Under normal circumstances, Ron Gallagher, the first-year head football coach at Carmichaels, would have spent last Friday night at California High School scouting the Mikes’ opponent for this week. Carmichaels had last week off because it received a forfeit from Monessen.
CALIFORNIA — California running back Jaeden Zuzak had a season in the first half Friday night against Jefferson-Morgan.
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The Trojans jumped out to a 28-0 lead in the first quarter and didn’t have much trouble handing Avella its first loss, 55-16, in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game.
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The only matchup of two local undefeated high school football teams tonight is in Avella.
MAPLETOWN — Jordan Zuzak rushed for 234 yards on 14 carries and scored five touchdowns as California remained undefeated with a 49-18 victory over Mapletown in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game Friday night.
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For the second consecutive week one local high school football game is postponed because of the coronavirus.
Today we go back to June 2, 1983, and the WPIAL Class AA baseball championship game between California and Leechburg, which had a future major leaguer in its lineup.
For today’s “When Sports Were Played,” we go back to May 30, 2017, when California High School had to go a few extra innings to win the WPIAL Class A baseball championship.
The WPIAL approved a new scheduling format and it’s designed to prevent teams from pitching their ace against the same section opponent twice in a season
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California High School senior Malik Ramsey was named to the Pennsylvania Sportswriters Class 2A Boys Basketball All-State Team.
For today’s “When Sports Were Played” we go back to May 30, 2006, when California won its third WPIAL baseball championship, hitting a tiebreaking home run in the top of the seventh inning to defeat Geibel.
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.
Building on its second-half momentum, visiting California outscored Serra Catholic 11-6 in overtime to upset the first-place Eagles, 70-65, in a Class 2A Section 2 boys basketball game Tuesday night.
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A pair of upsets and an injury headlined the first day of the Tri-CADA wrestling tournament.
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California's Malik Ramsey scores his 1,000th point, but section co-leader Serra Catholic notches key victory.
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Chartiers-Houston uses bulletin-board material and solid performances from Seth Dunn and Austin Arnold to upend California in a Section 2-AA game.
Ringgold's Luke Wyvratt has a big night to lead the Rams over California.
COAL CENTER – Down by as many as 14 points in the first half, Charleroi stormed back to defeat California, 58-56, at the buzzer Saturday in the Trojan Tip-Off boys basketball championship game.
With four players back who were at least part-time starters, second-year California boys basketball coach Aaron Balla said expectations are higher than last season.
IMPERIAL — Savon Wilson's 27-yard touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter gave Cornell a 32-27 victory over California in a Class A first-round game played Friday night at West Allegheny High School.
MAPLETOWN — Playoff-bound California returned a punt, interception and kickoff for touchdowns, each in the first half, and defeated Mapletown 41-6 in the Class A Tri-County South Conference on Friday night.
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CALIFORNIA – As they raised the trophy over their heads, one word seemed appropriate for the members of the South Fayette High School girls cross country team.
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Everything you wanted to know about the WPIAL football playoff possibilities.
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Fast start carries California into WPIAL playoffs despite losing quarterback Ryan to injury.
There are three local unbeaten teams and they are all in Class 2A.
CALIFORNIA — Cochise Ryan ran for 201 yards and four touchdowns on 16 carries, passed for another score and tacked on a two-point conversion run, powering California to a wild 67-34 victory over Bentworth in the Tri-County South Conference on Friday night.
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Ben Jackson rushes for 276 yards and two touchdowns and West Greene holds California to 35 total yards.
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This season, for West Greene's Ben Jackson, isn't just about chasing wins and records. He is trying to do something he hasn't done the past two seasons: stay healthy.
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If California was looking ahead to next week's showdown with West Greene, it didn't show it in a 69-21 victory over Jefferson-Morgan on Friday in Tri-County South action.
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Washington quarterback Zack Swartz carries the Prexies to a non-conference victory over California.
Sometimes, it’s hard to understand school boards. They do things behind closed doors in a process called executive session and sometimes never re-emerge. Who knows how many school board members have entered those doors, never to be seen again.
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Winning means running the football for area teams
NEW CASTLE — Laurel defeated California 15-0 in a battle of unbeatens that was cut to two quarters because of weather Friday night.
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The first full weekend of football unfolded.
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