STATE COLLEGE – At one point, West Greene High School’s softball team considered a 4-win season a success.
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West Greene gave up two runs, the final one on a one-out double to the right-centerfield gap by No. 9 hitter Allison Hune that gave Tri-Valley a 2-1 victory and the state's Class A title.
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The ending of another storybook season for West Greene will be written Friday morning, when the Pioneers take on Tri-Valley in the PIAA Class A championship game at Beard Stadium on the campus of Penn State University.
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A 49-minute rain delay in the third inning was just what the Pioneers needed to get their hitters going.
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It’s interesting that out of the two area softball teams remaining in the PIAA playoffs, one has one of the best records and the other has one of the least impressive.
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West Greene advances by winning an epic game that had more twists and turns than a Greene County back road.
McMurray – Maybe this was the type of game the West Greene Pioneers needed.
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Union falls to pieces early in WPIAL championship game.
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McKEES ROCKS – After the 2019 season ended, mystery surrounded the future of the four-time defending WPIAL champion West Greene Pioneers.
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WAYNESBURG – You can forgive Kiley Meek if she let a smile or two escape her lips during Thursday’s WPIAL Class A playoff game against Bishop Canevin.
Nobody has beaten the West Greene High School girls softball team in a WPIAL playoff game in the last five years – there was no postseason tournament last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic – and the Pioneers are favored to win a fifth consecutive Class A championship.
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West Greene softball pitcher is the Observer-Reporter Athlete of the Week.
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Leadoff hitter the catalyst for Pioneers 17-4 win over Carmichaels
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McMURRAY – This is becoming a habit.
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WPIAL girls basketball championship rematches set in Class A and Class 5A.
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Ten days into the WPIAL playoffs, West Greene played its first game of the postseason. The Pioneers wasted no time in eliminating Bishop Canevin.
CANONSBURG – Chris Vargo walked off the mat with a scowl on his face that could bring rain.
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Jersey Wise scored a career-high 31 points, including her 1,000th career point, and West Greene rolled to its 12th consecutive victory, 82-30, over visiting Monessen in a Class A Section 2 girls basketball game Monday afternoon.
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"Press Greene" wins its 48th consecutive girls basketball section game.
WAYNESBURG — Freshman Colin Brady ran for 273 yards and four touchdowns, Corey Wise had a hand in three scores, and West Greene's offense rolled in a 54-28 victory over Jefferson-Morgan in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game played at Waynesburg University's John F. Wiley Stadium.
ROGERSVILLE — West Greene running back Corey Wise needed only four carries to rack up 101 yards and two touchdowns, and Wesley Whipkey completed 5 of 5 passes for 79 yards and three touchdowns, as the Pioneers pounded visiting Brownsville 53-12 Friday night.
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The Monessen High School football team’s season is over. The Greyhounds will not play again.
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Undefeated Carmichaels uses ground game to wear down West Greene.
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For the second consecutive week one local high school football game is postponed because of the coronavirus.
John Bristor was a full-speed ahead football player and athlete at West Greene High School and Waynesburg College.
Now that Benjamin Jackson is no longer butchering defenses in the Class A Tri-County South Conference, you can hear the exhales of relief from the other coaches in the conference.
Numbers seem to be a good way to evaluate Benjamin Jackson, the outstanding running back and three-sport athlete at West Greene. Jackson rushed for 7,102 career yards, the third-most in WPIAL history. As a senior last fall, Jackson became the first WPIAL running back to rush for more than 3,…
West Greene’s softball team has done many amazing things in recent seasons, but it’s best act played out June 16, 2017, when it overcame a seven-run deficit to win the state championship. We revisit that game and cap Comeback Week in “When Sports Were Played.”
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West Greene's Jade Renner had her career cut short because of the coronavirus pandemic. But three years was all the Pioneers' pitcher needed to make a lasting impact.
West Greene's three-sport standout named one of 20 WPIAL scholar-athlete award winners.
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West Greene softball had big shoes to fill, but the Pioneers can look at the canceled season this way ... they're the defending WPIAL champions for another year.
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The cancellation of the high school softball season affected players, coaches and fans. For the Alderson and Simms families, who are involved beyond the norm, the impact has made for a difficult time.
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Malia Magestro struck once again, this time for 24 points in another Kennedy Catholic victory over West Greene in the first round of the state tournament.
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West Greene plays Kennedy Catholic in the first round of the state tournament for the second consecutive year.
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West Greene starts fast but finishes cold in another heartbreaking loss in the WPIAL championship.
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West Greene has lost each of the last two years in the WPIAL Class A girls basketball championship. Friday, the Pioneers will try to change that in a rematch with Rochester.
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West Greene survives and advances to its third straight WPIAL Class A title appearance despite frantic finish to semifinal against Sewickley Academy.
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Undefeated West Greene is back in the WPIAL girls basketball semifinals, and the Pioneers' opponent is no stranger.
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Undefeated West Greene loses a 19-point lead but dominates the pivotal fourth quarter to beat Avella in the WPIAL Class A quarterfinals.
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West Greene can't overcome stagnant offense and falls in the first round for the fifth consecutive season.
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Despite a slower start, West Greene wouldn't be denied its 39th consecutive section victory.
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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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A pair of upsets and an injury headlined the first day of the Tri-CADA wrestling tournament.
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Four area high school football players named to three all-state teams released Friday.
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After losing three 1,000-point scorers to graduation, West Greene has managed to do what its done best over the last several years: Win.
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