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South Fayette hires Mislan ..... Woodland Hills finds success in baseball...
This, that and the other thing in high school sports: Dave Mislan resigned as boys basketball coach at Brentwood after this past season. But he wasn't out of a job for long. This morning, South Fayette...
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Yokitis leaves Vincentian to take Montour job
Montour High School hired a new boys basketball coach tonight. By George, the Vincentian coach got the job.George Yokitis, who was extremely successful as Vincentian's coach the past four seasons, was...
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Pirates have a "Buddy" throwing out first pitch tonight
"Buddy Ball" was a big hit this winter. Coach Buddy Valinsky built an extremely strong basketball team at Allderdice and Dragons made it to the state championship game in Class AAAA. Now, it's time for...
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Knoch's Geist betters his record throw, wins Penn Relays
Knoch High School junior Jordan Geist keeps throwing the shot put farther, and keeps breaking records. A few weeks ago, Geist thew the shot put 72 feet, 9 1/2 inches. It was the longest throw ever by...
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WPIAL to have hearings with six Ambridge players
Items that fell off my laptop The WPIAL will have six eligibility hearings today - and all six will be with football players from Ambridge. Six Ambridge football players have transferred to other...
View ArticleA look at the case of five football players who transferred from Ambridge
 Just by sheer numbers, the case of the Ambridge football transfers was unusual. Maybe one of a kind. Within the past two months, five players left Ambridge and transferred to other schools. These...
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Brother of Steelers top draft pick will likely play in area
Any high school interested in getting a future major-college defensive back who is also a track star? He's coming to this area. Some school in the WPIAL or, who knows, maybe even the City League, will...
View ArticleList of teams headed to WPIAL baseball and softball playoffs
With only a few days left in the regular season, the WPIAL baseball and softball playoffs are just about set. In baseball, all of the playoff spots are set with the exception of one. Apollo-Ridge has a...
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Explaining concepts and logic behind rule that bounced Belle Vernon from...
The Belle Vernon softball team got bounced from the WPIAL playoffs because it had to forfeit three regular-season games for using two ineligible players. Now let's try to explain some things. Judging...
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Tommy Pellis' fish story picture ...... A look at WPIAL baseball playoffs
The WPIAL baseball playoff matchups and seedings were released by the league today. We'll get into some playoff talk below. But first, a little bit about the "fish story" from the leading hitter in the...
View ArticleWPIAL baseball first-round playoff predictions
The first round of the WPIAL baseball playoffs will be Monday and Tuesday. We always offer predictions for football and basketball. So why not baseball? Football has The Fumbler at the Post-Gazette and...
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Westmoreland County shows muscle ...... Debating WPIAL baseball playoff schedule
Let's talk WPIAL baseball playoffs ... The WPIAL Class AAAA baseball section with Westmoreland County teams has been much maligned in the past for a lack of playoff success. But if we are going to...
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Neshannock's one-of-a-kind one-two punch ...... WPIAL baseball semifinal...
Neshannock's Frank Fraschetti is one of the winningest pitchers in WPIAL history. But Fraschetti has a sidekick - and the two are a combination for the ages. Near the end of the season, Fraschetti...
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North Allegheny baseball coach Maddix resigns
North Allegheny still hasn't filled its boys basketball coaching position, which became vacant when highly successful coach Dave DeGregorio resigned in April. But now North Allegheny will also be...
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Plum baseball also has a chance at history
Notes and thoughts after day one of the WPIAL baseball championships. Before Tuesday, it had been 61 years since a team won a WPIAL championship with shutouts in at least four playoff games. Now it...
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Baseball notes: After years of postseason disappointments, Norwin's...
Items that fell off my laptop after the WPIAL baseball championships. Before he could feel the joy, Mike Liebdzinski had to enjoy years of postseason torture. Finally on Wednesday night, a championship...
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North Allegheny set to hire basketball coach from Ohio ..... Thomas Burns update
North Allegheny High School's new boys basketball coach has loads of experience as a high school head coach and a Division I college assistant. Keith Noftz has agreed to the North Allegheny job and...
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Forty-six years ago, Minnesota Twins took another WPIAL player in 1st round
Looking back at the first-round MLB draft picks from the WPIAL: Plum's Alex Krilloff was selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft Thursday by the Minnesota Twins. Kirilloff is...
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Rain affects state baseball-softball championship schedule
While the weather stopped play at the U.S. Open today, a few hours away the PIAA baseball and softball championship schedules were affected by rain and storms at Penn State. First, baseball: Two games...
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Hempfield softball makes history ..... Plum baseball almost
For the Hempfield softball team, it was a historical run through the state playoffs. For the Plum baseball team, it was almost a historical run. Hempfield gives up nothing Hempfield won the PIAA Class...
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