The WPIAL announced the 2025 James Collins Scholar-Athlete Award winners and three area athletes from The Almanac’s readership area were among the 20 recipients. In its 34th year, the program recognized 10 males and 10 females from a pool of 158 nominees. Winners earned a $1,000 scholarship ...
Nicholas McGarrity of Peters Township is making progress. In his first two scholastic seasons on the mats, the sophomore has improved by leaps and bounds. After placing sixth as a freshman in the PIAA championships, McGarrity moved up three slots and finished third in the state. McGarrity ...
Elan Green, like any good reporter, used his connections to get the biggest interview of his budding journalism career. During the South Hills Memorial Day Parade fundraising kickoff event April 3 at the Mt. Lebanon Historical Society, Green used his cellphone to converse with former ...
Natalie Wetzel experienced two defining moments in her basketball career at Peters Township. Both came within three weeks of each other. Wetzel enjoyed the thrill of victory in leading the Lady Indians to their second WPIAL championship in school history then suffered the agony of defeat in ...
With a pair of PIAA finalists and a trio of WPIAL championship participants, 2025 proved a very good year for girls basketball in The Almanac readership area. South Fayette reached the pinnacle, capturing the program’s first state championship and compiling a 29-2 overall record without a ...
The South Fayette girls are believers. They thought they could knock off four-time defending state champion Archbishop Wood in the PIAA finals. And, they did. Much to the amazement of many, South Fayette dethroned the Vikings, 45-37, in the Class 5A championship contest played March 29 at the ...
