Focus determines many outcomes in sports including football games. Just ask Mt. Lebanon or Peters Township who will battle each other at 7 p.m. Sept. 5 in The Almanac’s Game of the Week. Lebo got off to a rough start in its season opener, dropping a 35-14 decision to arch-rival Upper St. ...
The Peters Township boys soccer team defeated Bethel Park, 3-1, to open the 2025 season. Though Yourseff Benrabia vaulted the Black Hawks into the lead with 28 minutes left in the first half, Anthony Maiello provided the equalizer for the Indians before the half. Maiello finished with two ...
Mike Gullo faces an interesting dilemma as he attempts to direct Mt. Lebanon to its 11th WPIAL championship and second PIAA title in the history of the boys soccer program. The Blue Devils have not won a district banner since 2009 and their only state championship occurred in 1981. “Our ...
Lucas Shanafelt embraces the “calm before the storm” so the Peters Township outside linebacker opts not to listen to music before football games. “Before my first game, I tried headphones, but I didn’t like it because I was too calm. I like to be amped up, excited, and focused,” he ...
Time passes quickly, even at age 17. Just ask Kris Kambitsis of Mt. Lebanon. He is embarking on his final athletic campaign as a running back and linebacker for the football team. “It’s surreal that I am a senior,” he exclaimed in amazement. For Kambitsis, it seems like only yesterday ...
“Shock and Awe”, a military-coined phrase, applied as Upper St. Clair overwhelmed Mt. Lebanon, 35-14, in its season-opening football game on Aug. 22. The Panthers cruised to a 35-0 lead with 5:57 left in the first half, which invoked the “Mercy Rule”, running clock, for the second half ...
