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.
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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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Ben Jackson is the Observer-Reporter Football Player of the Year.
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Benjamin Jackson served up some memorable football performances while at West Greene High School.
West Greene was 24 minutes from playing at Heinz Field, but turnovers and missed opportunities doomed the Pioneers in a 24-7 setback to Sto-Rox on Friday in the WPIAL Class A semifinals at Trinity Middle School.
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ROGERSVILLE – The last time West Greene won a football playoff game was all the way back in 1993, when the team made it to the WPIAL championship game.
NEW CASTLE — Ben Jackson rushed for 367 yards and eight touchdowns on 17 carries, powering West Greene to a 59-26 victory over Union in a non-conference game on Friday night.
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Everything you wanted to know about the WPIAL football playoff possibilities.
ROGERSVILLE — Ben Jackson became the leading rusher in Greene County history with 313 yards on 25 carries in West Greene's, 62-8, in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game on Friday night.
There are three local unbeaten teams and they are all in Class 2A.
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CLAIRTON – The Pioneers were not playing in Greene County and they weren’t playing the same old punching bags.
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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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The WPIAL individual golf championships will culminate over the next two days, defending state champion Peters Township loses key starter and West Greene plans to induct three members into its hall of fame.
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