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The WPIAL has postponed the team track and field semifinals to Wednesday because of unfavorable weather Tuesday. Sites and times remain the same. The winner from each semifinal site advances to the WPIAL team finals May 6 at West Mifflin. The North Allegheny girls (Class 3A) and Quaker Valley girls...

Pine-Richland junior Jay Timmons committed Monday to play football for Indiana and coach Curt Cignetti, who’s already familiar with Western Pennsylvania. Timmons announced his decision on social media. The 5-foot-11, 175-pound defensive back had drawn nearly two dozen college offers. He chose Indiana from a list of scholarships that included...

Western Pennsylvania seems like unusual recruiting territory for a West Coast college, but ACC newcomer Stanford is fond of one South Hills school district. Peters Township junior Lucas Shanafelt committed to Stanford on Saturday, making him the second recruit in two years from his high school to choose the Cardinal....

Pitt landed a commitment Saturday from transfer Cole Gonzales, a quarterback who’s already very familiar with the Panthers’ offensive coordinator. A 6-foot, 198-pound senior, Gonzales comes to Pitt after a semester at Oklahoma where he transferred in December. Before his stint with the Sooners, Gonzales passed for 6,682 yards and...

Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Hempfield, 14-0, 1 2. Seneca Valley, 11-2, 3 3. North Allegheny, 9-7, 5 4. Pine-Richland, 11-5, 2 5. Canon-McMillan, 9-7, 4 Out: none Class 5A 1. Penn-Trafford, 14-1, 1 2. Franklin Regional, 12-3, 2 3. Shaler, 10-4, 3 4. North Hills, 13-3, 4...

Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 10-5, 1 2. Norwin, 10-6, 3 3. Seneca Valley, 8-6, 2 4. Canon-McMillan, 13-4, 4 5. Butler, 10-4, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Shaler, 9-4, 2 2. Pine-Richland, 12-2, 1 3. Plum, 12-2, 3 4. Fox Chapel, 11-3, 4 5....

A WPIAL streak that started more than three decades ago ended quietly Saturday. For the first time in 32 years, no former WPIAL football players were selected in the NFL Draft. The last time that happened was 1993. The streak got started when the San Francisco 49ers picked Ringgold’s Anthony...

Belle Vernon senior Zion Moore, one of the WPIAL’s top basketball players, has committed to Harcum College in suburban Philadelphia. Harcum competes at the highest level of junior college basketball, NJCAA Division I. The team has celebrated five top 10 seasons since the program started in 2005. Last season’s roster...

JJ Mancuso offered up a simple explanation for how North Allegheny suddenly scored 17 runs in two days, snapping a string of light-hitting losses. Sometimes, it’s not too complicated. “We swung the bats much better, obviously,” said Mancuso, who fueled a seven-run rally with two hits in one inning as...

Steve McNees, a former college assistant who ranks among the WPIAL’s all-time leading scorers, was hired Monday as Pine-Richland’s boys basketball coach. McNees, a 2006 Shenango graduate, scored 2,192 points in his high school career and played college basketball at Akron under Keith Dambrot. McNees later served as an assistant...

The foul poles on Pine-Richland’s baseball field stand 360 feet from home plate — deeper than those at PNC Park — so there’s a lot of outfield grass to cover. The Rams might call it their home-field advantage. “The biggest thing is just putting the ball in play and putting...

Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Hempfield, 12-0, 1 2. Pine-Richland, 10-3, 3 3. Seneca Valley, 8-2, 2 4. Canon-McMillan, 8-6, 5 5. North Allegheny, 5-6, 4 Out: none Class 5A 1. Penn-Trafford, 10-1, 1 2. Franklin Regional, 10-3, 4 3. Shaler, 8-3, 2 4. North Hills, 10-3, NR...

Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 8-2, 1 2. Seneca Valley, 7-4, 3 3. Norwin, 8-6, NR 4. Canon-McMillan, 10-4, 2 5. Butler, 7-4, 4 Out: Central Catholic (5-7, 5) Class 5A 1. Pine-Richland, 11-1, 1 2. Shaler, 8-3, 2 3. Plum, 10-2, NR 4. Fox Chapel,...

Knoch’s Kara Fennell has tumbled and flipped since she was about 3 years old, a lifelong gymnast whose skills are worthy of medals. Except nowadays those are track and field medals. Fennell bettered her own school record and won the girls pole vault title at the Butler Invitational by clearing...

Reset the clock on the shot clock debate. The PIAA will soon send schools a survey asking whether they want a shot clock added to high school basketball. That’ll rekindle a debate that somewhat stalled three years ago after a different PIAA survey showed opinions were evenly split, prompting the...

A few hours after the Justice Department said it was suing Maine over its transgender athlete policy, PIAA executive director Bob Lombardi cautioned WPIAL schools to discuss the topic with their solicitors. “The White House is using Title IX and the Civil Rights Act to really make sure that people...

The WPIAL announced the 20 winners of its annual James Collins Scholar-Athlete Award, with each receiving a $1,000 scholarship. Earning the 10 boys awards were Beaver’s Tyler Biss, Fox Chapel’s Milo Chiu, Fort Cherry’s Shane Cornali, Central Catholic’s Bradley Gompers, Pine-Richland’s Bradan Lenz, Peters Township’s Colton Lusk, South Fayette’s Luke...

The WPIAL board of directors already has two new members for next school year. Moon athletic director Alan Alcalde and Norwin athletic director Mike Burrell earned seats on the WPIAL board in election results announced Wednesday. They secured two of the 10 at-large seats up for election every spring for...

Dom Pecora knows football, but the former East Allegheny coach also has a knack for food as a restaurateur. After learning that one of his former players needs a kidney transplant, Pecora decided to put his cooking skills to work to raise money. Pecora is hosting a pasta dinner April...

Gray clouds filled the sky, temperatures slid into the 40s and rain was falling sideways. Yet somehow Freeport’s Owen Westendorf made Tuesday look like a beautiful day for baseball. Unfazed by the nasty weather, the freshman right-hander stayed on the mound for six solid innings, a gritty effort that led...

Larry Hanley, who served a nine-year stint as executive director of the WPIAL, died Saturday. He was 83. Hanley was the league’s top administrator from 1997-2006 and was inducted into the WPIAL Hall of Fame in 2008. He was the league’s second full-time executive director and brought a more diplomatic...

Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 5-2, 1 2. Canon-McMillan, 8-2, 2 3. Seneca Valley, 5-3, 4 4. Butler, 6-3, 3 5. Central Catholic, 5-4, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Pine-Richland, 8-1, 1 2. Shaler, 7-3, 2 3. Bethel Park, 7-3, 3 4. Franklin Regional, 7-1,...

Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Hempfield, 8-0, 2 2. Seneca Valley, 7-1, 1 3. Pine-Richland, 5-3, 3 4. North Allegheny, 5-4, 4 5. Canon-McMillan, 6-5, NR Out: Norwin (3-6, 5) Class 5A 1. Penn-Trafford, 7-1, 1 2. Shaler, 6-2, 4 3. West Allegheny, 6-3, 3 4. Franklin Regional,...

Boxing trainer Tom Yankello and two former Pittsburgh Steelers are among 11 individuals who’ll be honored this month by the Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. Yankello, who first started training fighters at the Beaver County Boxing Club in 1991, was chosen as the “Inductee of Distinction”...

Shaler ace Colby Weber left the mound Monday after throwing only 19 pitches, a strategic gamble by his coach that paid off handsomely two days later. His short relief stint kept Weber eligible to pitch again Wednesday, and the 6-foot-6 senior struck out 11 as Shaler defeated host West Allegheny,...