Mt. Lebanon lacrosse glimpsed the future when the Blue Devils participated in the PIAA Class AAA playoffs.On June 10, the Blue Devils opened up a 5-3 lead against powerhouse Springfield in a quarterfinal game played at Frederick Field in Memorial Park in Mechanicsburg. Though Lebo lost, 15-8, ...
By putting together a complete game, Mt. Lebanon shed the pressure of losing and found itself playing for a state championship on the final day of the 2023 high school baseball season.On June 13 at Mount Aloysius College’s Calandra-Smith Field, the Blue Devils (16-10) defeated Cedar Cliff, ...
Shields sets strikeout standard With his 12 strikeouts in Mt. Lebanon’s 5-2 win against Spring-Ford in the PIAA quarterfinals, David Shields broke the school’s single-season strikeout record set by Josh Wilson in 1998. Shields has 98 Ks this spring. “David was awesome,” said Lebo ...
Bethel Park’s quest for a third straight state baseball championship ended when the Black Hawks dropped a 3-1 decision to Bonner-Prendergast (17-7), in the quarterfinal round of the PIAA Class 5A baseball playoffs.“I wish we could have won,” BP manager Patrick Zehnder said with a sigh, ...
Less than 84 minutes after McDowell got off the bus to play its first round PIAA boys’ lacrosse playoff match, Mt. Lebanon sent the Trojans back home to Erie by virtue of its 17-3 triumph.The Trojans were late arrivals to the stadium, getting stuck in I-79 traffic and never seemed to get in ...
Patrick Zehnder welcomes the break in his routine. An early riser because of his requirements as a mathematics and special education teacher at Bethel Park High School, he burns the midnight oil in June because of his baseball team’s success.“Getting up at 5 a.m. for school after pulling ...
