HERSHEY – When Eli Makel won the WPIAL title last week at Canon-McMillan, he knew there was more meaning to it.
Mac Church has found it a struggle to get up for some matches during his final wrestling season at Waynesburg Central High School.
Josie Horne hit a mid-range jump shot at the buzzer to give Waynesburg a 44-43 victory over Mohawk in the seventh-place game of the WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball playoffs Tuesday night on the Raiders’ home court.
WAYNESBURG – Basketball legend Michael Jordan turned 60 Friday night.
HERSHEY – From that chilly Wednesday night in mid-December, when Canon-McMillan had a disappointing loss to rival Waynesburg in their home gymnasium, until Saturday inside the Giant Center, when they came away with a PIAA medal in the state team tournament, the goal has always been to improve.
HERSHEY – It was a beautiful run.
Monessen put three players in double figures, led by Madison Johnson’s 13 points, and the Greyhounds won the outright Class A Section 2 girls basketball title Thursday night with a 63-33 home-court victory over Avella.
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HERSHEY – There was nothing surprising about saving Rocco Welsh until the last bout of a dual meet.
The PIAA Team Tournament begins in Hershey with three local wrestling squads vying for state titles.
McMURRAY – Manuel Pihakis might not have been in attendance at Saturday’s WPIAL Class 3A team tournament finals, but the Canonsburg icon was there in spirit. His famous blue and gold suit was there too.
After chalking up its fourth consecutive section title Wednesday with a 12-point win over Trinity, the Waynesburg Central High School wrestling team got its reward Thursday afternoon: top seed in the Class 3A portion of the WPIAL Team Tournament.
CHARLEROI – With its 64-55 win at Charleroi Thursday night, Waynesburg maintained its one-game lead over Yough and South Park in the Class 3A Section 4 girls basketball standings.
WAYNESBURG – A few years ago, they were huddled together on the gymnasium floor at Waynesburg central High School waiting for someone from the WPIAL to decide the winner by tiebreaker.
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CANONSBURG – Rocco Welsh has won his weight class in a lot of tournaments.
Waynesburg senior is hoping to become a four-time finalist at the Powerade Tournament, held again this year at Canon-McMillan High School.
CANONSBURG – Prior to the start of the season, Waynesburg head wrestling coach Kyle Szewczyk felt his team’s dual meets were going to be won or lost from the 145-pound weight class and up.
Waynesburg’s girls basketball team has picked up where it left off last season – when it reached the WPIAL semifinals – as the Raiders remained undefeated with a 51-24 win over visiting Carmichaels in non-section play Monday night.
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The first day that high school athletes in the Class of 2023 were able to sign binding letters of intent for most NCAA Division I and II college sports was Wednesday, so it was a busy time at several local schools.
McMURRAY – Riley Kerr and Youngstown State recruit Sara Felder each scored three goals and Greensburg Central Catholic went on to a 7-0 victory over shorthanded Waynesburg in the WPIAL Class A girls soccer third-place match Wednesday night at Peters Township High School.
McMURRAY – It was Waynesburg’s worst nightmare.
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CHARLEROI – After giving his team the weekend off, Charleroi High School girls soccer coach Tom Cameron spoke with the players before their Class A Section 2 match against Waynesburg on Monday.
WAYNESBURG — The Spartans led 13-7 at halftime and added a late score for a 19-7 win over Waynesburg in a Class 2A Century Conference victory Friday night.
Washington spread the scoring around on the way to a 59-14 victory over Waynesburg in the Class 2A Interstate Conference on FRiday night at Wash High Stadium.
WAYNESBURG — Waynesburg scored the game’s first points but McGuffey reeled off nine consecutive touchdowns and went on to defeat the Raiders 63-20 Friday night in a Class 2A Century Conference game.
DORMONT — Keystone Oaks led 40-0 at halftime and went on to a 57-13 victory over Waynesburg in the Class 2A Century Conference opener Friday night.
CALIFORNIA — Spencer Petrucci scored four touchdowns to help California defeat Waynesburg 60-7 in a non-conference game Friday night.
Waynesburg girls soccer forward is the Observer-Reporter Athlete of the Week.
WAYNESBURG — Cole Jones scored on a one-yard plunge with 2:12 remaining to give Jefferson-Morgan a 15-8 victory over Waynesburg in a non-conference game Friday night.
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Following a 16-4 record during a season that saw head coach Trisha Alderson surpass 400 coaching wins and a spot in the WPIAL playoffs, Chartiers-Houston’s softball team had a few surprises left for the fans.
Mac Church is making that call by the referee in his freshman season look worse as the seasons go by.
For Andrew Layton, the end nearly came before his second vault.
The Washington-Greene Co. Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame will hold inductions Sunday at the Hilton Garden Inn, Southpointe. The event is sold out.
When Waynesburg girls basketball coach Dave Sarra resigned after this past season concluded, athletic director Chris Minerd didn’t have to look far to find a replacement.
SHIPPENSBURG – For Andrew Layton, the end nearly came before his second vault.
Dawson Fowler qualified in two events – the triple jump and javelin – for the WPIAL Track & Field Championships that were held last week at Slippery Rock University. The WPIAL meet is the second most-important meet a high school athlete in Western Pennsylvania can participate in during t…
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