Avella bumped to tougher conference, Big Macs down to 5-team league; C-H drops to Class A with a thud
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Blue Devils shut out Chartiers-Houston for more than a quarter in key section victory.
The intense desire to bring the Canon-McMillan High School wrestling team back to the top of the WPIAL required a coach with a large profile, charisma, smarts, guts and a willingness to coach his kids hard – every one of them.
HOUSTON – We are about to see what a more powerful and stronger Chris Vargo can be like during this wrestling season.
Walking onto the mats for wrestling practice gives a different feel for Brian Krenzelak now.
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Late first-half touchdown sets tone for second half in Bucs' playoff defeat.
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Official's non-call cost McGuffey possible home game for first round of the WPIAL playoffs. Only 4 local teams will play at home in first round.
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CALIFORNIA – Here’s how good a runner Ryan Pajak is in case you were wondering.
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Chartiers-Houston football player is Observer-Reporter Athlete of the Week
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Hillers win in opening round of the WPIAL Class 3A volleyball playoffs.
WAYNESBURG — Chartiers-Houston dug itself out of a 24-6 hole in the second half to take a 27-24 victory over Waynesburg in a Century Conference game Friday.
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Bucs clinch playoff berth with hard-fought win over Highlanders.
The Bentworth girls soccer program clinched its 12th consecutive WPIAL playoff berth by defeating Beth-Center 4-0 Thursday in a Class A Section 2 match.
PERRYOPOLIS — Chartiers-Houston set up a showdown in the Class 2A Century Conference next week with McGuffey by defeating host Frazier 34-7 Friday night.
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Chartiers-Houston girls soccer striker is the Observer-Reporter Athlete of the Week.
HOUSTON — Lane Camden rushed for 104 yards and scored three touchdowns as Chartiers-Houston stopped Charleroi, 27-10, in a Class 2A Century Conference game Friday night.
SEWICKLEY – One poor swing was all it took to turn Griffin Hansberry’s day upside down.
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Early showdown in Century Conference matches two undefeated teams with many questions to answer.
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McKeesport loves to run.
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Prexies stay undefeated, atop the Century Conference with shutout victory.
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Chartiers-Houston protects its quarterback, perfect record in Century Conference opener against Beth-Center.
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Five things to watch for and know when high school football's fourth weekend kicks off Friday night.
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Chartiers-Houston football player if the Observer-Reporter Athlete of the Week
MAPLETOWN — Lane Camden scored three touchdowns, one on a 54-yard fumble return, and Chartiers-Houston defeated Mapletown 44-15 in a nonconference game.
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Chartiers-Houston's ground attack tramples Fort Cherry in season opener.
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As far as Zach Hamilton is concerned, he has reached the pinnacle of soccer coaching.
Not in her wildest imagination did Dawnelle Mock think she would be one of the driving forces at The Meadows racetrack and in the harness racing industry.
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Errors prove costly to Chartiers-Houston in loss in WPIAL quarterfinals.
MONTOUR – If a fortune-teller had informed Chartiers-Houston coach Andy Manion at, say, 3:30 Friday afternoon that his team would only give up two hits in its Class 2A quarterfinal matchup with Carmichaels set to start a half-hour later, and said nothing else, Manion would have liked his tea…
McMURRAY – In the first game of Wednesday’s WPIAL baseball tripleheader at Peters Township’s Peterswood Park, West Greene won its first playoff game in school history.
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Few softball programs in the state can boast the winning tradition and coaching stability that Chartiers-Houston has developed.
When she was a young, hopeful youth softball player, Tricia Alderson could not always hit her target.
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The Bucs got a much-needed 9-5 win over Fort Cherry Monday afternoon to take over sole possession of second place in Class 2A Section 4.
Down to its last strike, section-leading Seton LaSalle rallies and beats Chartiers-Houston in extra innings.
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More major college baseball coaches are making stops in this corner of Pennsylvania and finding plenty of talented players.
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Defense dominates in WPIAL playoffs twinbill at Chartiers-Houston.
CANONSBURG – Chris Vargo walked off the mat with a scowl on his face that could bring rain.
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HOUSTON – Not a lot of high school girls basketball coaches have to coach against their children.
BROWNSVILLE -- Rich Tranquill enjoyed his return as a high school boys basketball coach even if his Chartiers-Houston squad came up short in a 35-32 non-section loss at Brownsville on Friday night.
In good times, troubled times or even in down times, the one staple of the Chartiers-Houston High School girls basketball team is tough, tenacious defense.
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The high school sports seasons in Pennsylvania were brought to a sudden end before they began last spring, and the fall seasons have been played with safer, socially distant guidelines. But what hasn’t changed in high school athletics is the recruiting game.
The effects of the coronavirus has eliminated two local wrestling tournaments and forced a third one to move.
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