PIAA girls track and field championships: Not just a hooper, Quaker Valley’s Mimi Thiero soars to PIAA silver in the high jump
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. — One of the top girls hoopers in the WPIAL dunked a basketball for the first time last summer. Quaker Valley’s Mimi Thiero once again soared to new heights Friday, and a high jump was again the reason for it. Thiero, a 6-foot-5 junior considered one of the top basketball players in her…
PIAA boys track and field championships: Quaker Valley sophomore Jonah Montagnese uses late push to win Class 2A gold in the 1,600-meter run
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. — Jonah Montagnese winning a PIAA Class 2A title in the 1,600-meter run Friday was as easy as 1-2-3. Or should that be 3-2-1? Montagnese sat in third place with 800 meters left and was second with 400 meters to go, but by the time he crossed the finish line he was first.…
PIAA track and field championship preview: Large contingent of Quaker Valley athletes aim for titles
The PIAA track and field championships will turn 100 this weekend. And while Quaker Valley doesn’t literally have 100 athletes in pole position to capture titles, it certainly feels that way. Quaker Valley is one of the many WPIAL schools that will compete in the 100th edition of the championships to be held Friday and…
The playoffs!
Softball semifinal rundown: Neshannock, Chartiers-Houston set for epic clash of champions in Class 2A; Mohawk erupts for mercy-rule victory, sets up rematch against South Park in Class 3A
Any time, any place, any opponent — some teams claim to embrace this motto, but the Neshannock Lancers live by it. Friday’s highly anticipated WPIAL Class 2A semifinal clash against No. 12 Bentworth was just another prime example — as if anybody needed further proof. Following two consecutive days of weather-related postponements and a venue change to…
Baseball semifinal rundown: Two-out lightning sparks Serra Catholic’s rally in Class 1A; Riverside earns third consecutive finals berth with 12th-inning walk-off win in Class 3A
In a quarter-century as coach at Serra Catholic, Brian Dzurenda has just about seen and done it all — but even he had never experienced an ending like Friday night’s WPIAL Class 1A semifinal between the Eagles and No. 5 Greensburg Central Catholic. In a showdown between two red-hot ballclubs with plenty of firepower, the…
Braddock Carnegie Library has a new look — and a new name
Thursday’s grand reopening of the Braddock Carnegie Library was the most notable celebration of the old building since 1914, when an aging and white-haired Andrew Carnegie stood on a stage with a bunch of other formally dressed men and, on the library’s 25th anniversary, declared it a “center of light.” Carnegie died five years later,…
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NCAA Division II baseball: Seton Hill set for third straight Atlantic Super Regional appearance with shot at redemption, spot in College World Series on the line
Marc Marizzaldi is not interested in where his program has been. Despite leading Seton Hill to the brink of an NCAA Division II College World Series berth each of the past two seasons, the longtime Griffins coach said he does not find it helpful to reflect upon what has led to one of the most…
Double trouble: Beaver product Payton List standing out as one of NCAA Division I’s top two-way players after sensational season in batter’s box, pitcher’s circle at James Madison
Loren LaPorte and her coaching staff put in the work. And, accordingly, the ninth-year James Madison softball coach had strong feelings about the way her first swing at recruiting former Beaver standout Payton List initially played out. When LaPorte said she watched List dominate WPIAL competition she envisioned a career path much like that of…
Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s 10-year budget proposes huge upfront cuts to provide predictability in funding crisis
If Pittsburgh Regional Transit doesn’t get substantially more state funds for next year, it will make sweeping cuts in one fell swoop in February in an effort to sustain the agency for the next 10 years. Officials detailed how drastic those cuts would be Thursday when they presented the agency’s proposed 2025-26 budget to its…
