Ella Trahan admittedly lacks patience, particularly when wrestling is considered. After sitting through one of her younger brother’s tournaments, Trahan was finished being a spectator. “I was like I’m tired waiting around,” she said. Nine years later, Trahan waits for no one. In ...
Chartiers Valley head coach Cory Dotchin predicted the road to “The Pete” would be a hard one, but if the Colts took it one game at a time they would return to defend their WPIAL championship. He was correct. Entering the Class 5A playoffs as the top seed, the Colts defeated Montour, ...
Standing 6-feet, 7-inches tall and weighing 280 pounds, Ryan Robbins played the role of Atlas well as he carried Upper St. Clair back to the WPIAL Class 6A championship game for the third year in a row. His Herculean efforts in the quarterfinals and semifinals of the tournament propelled the ...
A pile of section plaques sit in a corner of Tom Donati’s office inside the Mt. Lebanon High School natatorium. “Collecting dust,” he said. “Paper weights,” he added. This year’s section titles for both the boys and girls swim teams are “a nice accomplishment” says Donati but ...
With more than a dozen qualifiers, Peters Township is looking for a strong showing at the WPIAL swimming championships to be held Feb. 26-27 at the University of Pittsburgh’s Trees Pool. “Our team will be ready to swim lifetime bests and hopefully earn more swims to the PIAA Championships ...
Haylie Lamonde admits to being a “superstitious” person. The South Fayette High School senior eats chicken and rice with a salad every day at lunch. Before basketball practices end, and after her teammate, Ella Vierra, makes two free throws, she must swish a 3-point field goal. For ...
