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Mt. Lebanon wins South Fayette Invitational

Mt. Lebanon prepared for the track and field championship season by dominating the action April 27 at the South Fayette Invitational. Held prior to the semifinals of the WPIAL team competition on May 1 at the same site, the Lebo girls beat out 33 squads for the team trophy. The Blue Devils ...

Conquering cancer

When life threw him a curve, Tyler Schepis leaned on baseball to conquer childhood cancer. Diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin lymphoma, the South Fayette infielder is in his first year of remission from the disease. “In baseball you need perseverance, mental toughness and a lot of resilience to ...

Flag football flourishing at Bethel Park

Vinny Ziccardi has coached under Nick Saban at Alabama and Mack Brown at Texas but the former skipper at Coral Springs High School hasn’t had a better assignment than his most recent gig at Bethel Park High School. The Florida native is the head coach of the Lady Hawks’ flag football ...

South Fayette topples Bethel Park

South Fayette knocked off Bethel Park, 4-1, in Section 2 baseball action on April 10 at Purkey Field. The Lions scored three runs in the top of the 11th inning and handed the Black Hawks their first loss in the division. Ethan Rose tagged an RBI single while Gino Satira and Tyler Schepis ...

Plutko finishes fourth in WPIAL

Ari Plutko of Upper St. Clair finished fourth in the WPIAL Class AAA boys’ singles tennis tournament. The junior dropped his consolation match to Zidaan Hassan from Gateway, 6-2, 6-2, while North Allegheny’s Advaita Sircar outlasted Hassan’s teammate, Adam Memije, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, in the ...

Dupre playing in Turkey for USYNT

Sierra Dupre of Upper St. Clair was called up to the United States Under-16 Women’s National Team to compete at the UEFA Friendship Tournament being held through April 18 in Riva, Turkey. The U.S. was to play four matches, with Pool A play pitting them against the host nation, Vietnam and ...