Brayden Speck’s journey from a graduating scholar-athlete to a collegiate student-athlete will be one of the more unique stories for local students making a similar move this summer.
IRWIN – Monessen’s run in the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs, as well as its 16-game winning streak, came to an end Friday night in a Class 2A quarterfinal matchup against Greensburg Central Catholic, 61-42, at Norwin High School.
Four people with local ties, including a former major leaguer, a current major college basketball official, a college football coordinator and a trailblazer for female athletes, were announced Wednesday as members of the 2022 induction class for the WPIAL Hall of Fame.
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Each loss can be painful for a coach.
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Above all, Janine Vertacnik is present.
MONESSEN – Heading into Class 2A Section 4 action Friday night, Carmichaels, Monessen and Jefferson-Morgan sat tied atop the league with identical 2-0 records.
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Monessen native journey in pro sports has gone from usher at PNC Park to working in the NBA office.
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Cougars pull out 73-66 come-from-behind win after trailing by as many as 17 points.
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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.
AVELLA — Monessen clinched a Class A playoff berth with a hard-fought 14-6 victory over Avella in a Tri-County South Conference game Friday.
MONESSEN — Colin Brady rushed for 116 yards and scored twice and quarterback West Whipkey threw for two more as West Greene dumped Monessen, 28-14 in a Tri-County South Conference game Friday night that clinched a WPIAL Class A playoff berth for the Pioneers.
CARMICHAELS — Trenton Carter passed for three touchdowns and ran for another, Michael Stewart scored three times and Carmichaels routed Monessen 40-6 in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game shortened to 2 1/2 quarters because of lightning Friday night.
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MONESSEN — A little more than halfway into this high school football season, the Monessen Greyhounds find themselves with a .500 record at 3-3 and are 2-1 in the Class A Tri-County South Conference.
MAPLETOWN — Brody Evans caught a touchdown pass and threw for a two-point conversion, and Mapletown's defense shut out Monessen over the final three quarters for a 15-8 victory in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game Friday night.
MONESSEN — Dan Dozier scored two rushing touchdowns as Monessen shut out Jefferson-Morgan 26-0 in a Tri-County South Conference game Friday night.
CANONSBURG — Davon Fuse and Tayshawn Levy each scored two touchdowns and Washington crushed Monessen 41-7 Friday night in a season-opener for both teams.
After serving three years of a five-year probation, the Monessen School District athletic program had the final two years of the trial period dismissed last week by the WPIAL’s board of directors.
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In the summer of 1999, Ashley Josay Zullo, a top-notch softball player at Monessen, was involved in an automobile accident, suffering head, knee, and other injuries. Today, she's full of life as vice president of Thiel College.
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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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"Press Greene" wins its 48th consecutive girls basketball section game.
MONESSEN – Saturday afternoon, Monessen made a second half comeback to down cross-town rival Charleroi, 54-51.
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After a winless season that included three forfeits, Monessen turns to a Duquesne native to rebuild the Greyhounds' football program.
MONESSEN – Monessen’s girls basketball team christened Major Corley Court Monday night with a season-opening 61-40 win over Avella in Section 2-A.
When Mike Blainefield resigned before this season, the status of Monessen High School’s storied football program was in jeopardy.
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The Monessen High School football team’s season is over. The Greyhounds will not play again.
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Winless Monessen, facing a player shortage, forfeits game to unbeaten Carmichaels.
MONESSEN — Max Vanata passed for two touchdowns and ran for another as Mapletown won its first game of the season, defeating Monessen 30-6 in a Class A Tri-County South contest Friday.
MONESSEN — Owen Petrisek scored two touchdowns Friday night, the latter with 5:11 to go, and Bentworth held Monessen to 70 yards total in a 14-6 victory in a Tri-County South Conference game.
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Not having offseason workouts as a team is a struggle for all high school football coaches. For first-year coaches, it's an added challenge to what should be a busy offseason.
For today’s “When Sports Were Played,” we go back to Nov. 17, 1972 and a WPIAL football playoff game between Monessen and Jeannette that was like no other, and the O-R was there. Because there was no overtime in high school football at that time, the winner was determined by a statistic.
McMURRAY – Monessen’s first playoff game in six years started with such promise but came to an abrupt halt Tuesday night after its 34-30 loss to Aquinas Academy.
PITTSBURGH – Two key factors in playoff basketball games are turnovers and free-throw shooting. If you limit the turnovers and make your free throws, then you can often win the close ones. If you do neither, then winning becomes much more difficult.
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After years of losing, the Monessen High School girls basketball team is regaining what the program used to be under second-year coach Janine Vertacnik.
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McGuffey not only is tied for first place in its section. The Highlanders lead the entire WPIAL in a statistical category. That and West Greene's tough upcoming schedule and what local basketball teams would be playoff bound if the season ended today.
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Monessen football coach Mike Blainefield submitted his letter of resignation Friday. That could only be the start of hard decisions for the Greyhounds' football program.
MONESSEN — Jalen Brice and Antwon Tucker each scored twice in Monessen's 48-14 victory over Avella in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game on Friday night.
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Monessen native and Penn State Fayette softball player Destiny Habeck was back on the field this fall after undergoing open-heart surgery in June that repaired a rare defect.
YORK – Three local golfers had top 10-finishes Tuesday at the PIAA Championships held at Heritage Hills Golf Resort.
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Monessen striker Cam Frolo is this week's Observer-Reporter Athlete of the Week
MONESSEN — Isaiah Beltram threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as Monessen stopped Mapletown, 24-8, in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game Friday night.
HOUSTON — Anthony Lento threw two touchdown passes to Tyler Blumen and Chartiers-Houston held off Monessen, 21-19, in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game Friday night.
MONESSEN — Ben Jackson rushed for 324 yards and four touchdowns on 22 carries, and West Greene battled back from a 10-point second-half deficit to defeat Monessen 49-24 in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game Friday night.
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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