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Six WPIAL boys and girls teams advance ..... PIAA semifinal highlights
The WPIAL had at least one team in all eight PIAA semifinal games in the western region. Six WPIAL teams won and will play in state championship games Friday and Saturday in Hershey. Here are some...
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Seton-LaSalle girls win state title
HERSHEY, Pa. – The Seton-LaSalle High School girls basketball team won a second PIAA Class AA title in three years when it defeated Neumann-Goretti of Philadelphia, 58-50, in the championship this...
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New Castle fans will invade Hershey ...... Lincoln Park and Seton-LaSalle...
Highlights are below of the Seton-LaSalle girls and Lincoln Park boys winning state championships earlier today. But first ... We saw how New Castle basketball fans supported their team in games...
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Looking back at all of the undefeated teams in state history
The New Castle boys basketball team became the first WPIAL team in 31 years to win a state championship with an undefeated record. The Red Hurricanes also were the 13th team from the WPIAL overall to...
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Remembering Sean and Archie Miller before they were Sweet 16 coaches
One of the hot stories heading into the NCAA Sweet 16 is the Miller brothers. Rick Reilly of ESPN.com did a story on Sean and Archie, the first brothers to coach in the Sweet 16 in the same year. Much...
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West Liberty gives more Pittsburgh connections to the NCAA tournament
It has been documented this week how this is a one-of-a-kind year with Pittsburgh area connections in the NCAA tournament. The Millers - Archie and Sean of Blackhawk - are coaching brothers who have...
View ArticlePlum's Adamski, Vincentian's Cortese off to terrific starts
Talk about good starts. For Plum softball player Hannah Adamski and Vincentian baseball player Jay Cortese, it's more like torrid starts. Adamski's start has been on the unbelievable side. She has been...
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Cable, Walker-Kimbrough to have historical meeting in Final Four
Much was made last week of how former Pittsburgh-area high school basketball players were showing up at many places in the NCAA Sweet 16. Arizona's Sean and Dayton's Archie Miller (Blackhawk) were the...
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WPIAL well-represented on all-state basketball teams
The prestigious Post-Gazette Fabulous 5 all-star basketball teams come out Sunday, as well as the all-WPIAL, all-City League and all-section teams. But the sports writers all-state teams were released...
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A look back at all of the old boys and girls Fabulous 5 teams
A tradition unlike any other … the Fabulous 5. OK, so part of that first line goes with a famous golf tournament at this time of year. But the Post-Gazette’s Fabulous 5 all-star teams also...
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Notes, quotes and anecdotes from WPIAL Hall of Fame class
The WPIAL announced its 2014 Hall of Fame class this morning at a news conference at the Heinz History Center. The inductees will be honored at a banquet June 6 at the Doubletree Hotel in Greentree,...
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Arizona recruit Matijevic off to blazing start ..... Roundball tomorrow ........
Norwin baseball player J.J Matijevic had a pretty lofty reputation entering the season. That comes when you sign with the University of Arizona. But Matijevic has only enhanced that reputation this...
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Shaler's Schwartz runs the two fastest times in WPIAL history
It's only the second week of April. It makes you wonder what Brianna Schwartz will be running a month from now at the WPIAL track championships. Schwartz is a junior at Shaler Area High School who...
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Norwin's Matijevic hits home run in sixth-consecutive game
J.J. Matijevic's home-run streak got a little more ridiculous today. Oh yeah. His consecutive hit streak also reached double figures. Matijevic, a 6-foot senior shortstop, is on a streak for the ages,...
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Canon-McMillan's Piechnick had 10-hit streak ..... other notes
Some items that fell off my laptop. Streaking has become popular in WPIAL baseball this spring, and nobody has taken off their clothes. This blog has documented impressive streaks of Blackhawk's...
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McKay's streak continues ...... Matijevic's streak comes to an end
Blackhawk's Brendan McKay came into today with a pitching streak for the ages. Norwin's J.J. Matijevic had an unforgettable hitting streak. Only one of the streaks continued. McKay (pictured), a senior...
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Serra freshman pitcher excels ..... Pitt recruit Rowan gets honor .... 'Canes...
A young kid named Cole is making waves as a pitcher. But this time, we're not talking about the Pirates' Gerrit Cole. The subject is Serra Catholic Cole McCombs, who is making quite the impact as a...
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OLSH's Johnson signs with Pitt
So is WPIAL Class A Section 1 the new hotbed for Pitt basketball recruits? It sounds strange, doesn't it? But hey, the six-team section in the WPIAL's smallest classification had two Pitt recruits this...
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More on Johnson and Pitt ..... Norwin's hit parade ..... Other notes
Items that fell off the laptop Our Lady of the Sacred Heart basketball player Cameron Johnson signed with Pitt yesterday. It was a move that surprised many because Pitt didn't start recruiting Johnson...
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WPIAL rules basketball player Aloi ineligible after transfer to Lincoln Park
The WPIAL has ruled a basketball player ineligible to play for a year after transferring to a charter school. Nick Aloi transferred in January from Ellwood City High School to Lincoln Park Performing...
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