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.Â
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.
CALIFORNIA — Malik Ramsey caught three touchdown passes from Cochise Ryan to help California down Avella, 48-0, Friday night in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game.
MONESSEN – Cochise Ryan ran for three touchdowns and threw for another Friday night as he led the California Trojans to a 42-7 win at Monessen.
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FREDERICKTOWN – For 17 seasons, Ed Woods was the head of the Beth-Center football program. He took a three-season hiatus before returning to a head coaching position at California this year.
CALIFORNIA – When longtime Beth-Center coach Ed Woods was hired in May to take over the California High School football program, he and his staff were already behind the 8-ball. There was little time to prepare for the upcoming season.
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Donnie Pordash has enjoyed a long, enjoyable career with the Texas Rangers.
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In a game of district champions, West Middlesex flexes muscles and pounds California in PIAA Class A quarterfinal.
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Chartiers-Houston hopes to limit mistakes against Frazier, something that has doomed the Bucs in the past.
LATROBE – Jordan Kearns is only a freshman and bats in the bottom third of the California High School baseball team’s lineup. Don’t let that fool you. Kearns, a center fielder, has been one of the best hitters in the Trojans’ lineup for the past six weeks.
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California puts together a complete game for its sixth WPIAL baseball championship.
California’s baseball team has had its fair share of trips to Wild Things Park in late May, while Laurel Highlands will be playing for the WPIAL championship for the first time in school history when both take the field this afternoon in the Class A and 5A baseball finals.
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California leans on experience in a comeback victory over Quigley Catholic in the Class A semifinals.
LATROBE – When California High School’s sophomore shortstop Payton Conte was at-bat in the bottom of the sixth inning Monday, it was in the pivotal point of the Trojans’ WPIAL Class A quarterfinal baseball playoff game against Eden Christian.
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California hires Ed Woods as its next high school football coach.
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There were multiple gold medals won by local boys at the WPIAL Track & Field Championships Thursday at Slippery Rock University.
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There are 14 local teams that qualified for the WPIAL baseball playoffs but only one of them was given a seed higher than fifth in their respective classification.
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After four seasons as the California High School football coach, Darrin Dillow resigns.
For the first time in 51 years, Phil Stewart wasn't on the bench, coaching a basketball team this winter.
CANONSBURG – California started four underclassmen Tuesday night in its WPIAL Class A first-round game: two freshmen, a sophomore and a junior along with senior Dajah Gudel.
Sto-Rox used a big first half to defeat California in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball playoffs.
Serra Catholic's big first half leaves California 'flat' in section showdown.Â
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California junior basketball player Malik Ramsey is the Observer-Reporter Athlete of the Week.
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After a 9-3 start in his first season as the California High School boys basketball coach, Aaron Balla is right at home on the Trojans' bench.
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Everybody seems to be getting into the scoring act these days for West Greene's girls basketball team.
COAL CENTER – McGuffey boys basketball coach Mike Fatigante and his staff came up with an excellent game plan to stop California’s Malik Ramsey Wednesday night, and it worked for most of the game.
Charleroi's starting lineup did all its scoring and took home the championship at the season-opening California tournament.
The Washington High School girls basketball team puts together another solid performance to improve to 2-0.
Players from all 22 area high school football teams make the Observer-Reporter All-District Football Team.
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