When the umpire cries “Play ball!”, the Mt. Lebanon High School baseball team gets serious. Even in June.With 11 seniors about to graduate, the Blue Devils zeroed in and defeated Manheim, 4-1, on June 5 at Boyce-Mayview Park in the first round of the PIAA Class 6A tournament.Though only an ...
David Shields never considered golf for his sport even though his dad is a champion on the links.“My father is an awesome golfer,” Shields admitted. “I play a lot but I’m so inconsistent.“I have 100 percent appreciation for the sport,” he continued, “but it’s too hard.”For ...
A change in race strategy turned disaster into a record-breaking gold-medal performance for Logan St. John Kletter of Mt. Lebanon during the PIAA track and field championships held over the Memorial Day weekend at Shippensburg University.On the first day of the competition, in the 1600-meter ...
After a 10-1 loss to Shaler on May 30 at Wild Things Park in Washington, Bethel Park still hasn’t won a WPIAL baseball championship since 1987. However, the Black Hawks still have a shot to do something that no WPIAL team has done … win three straight PIAA titles.BP’s quest commences on ...
The stars aligned May 31 when Mt. Lebanon defeated North Allegheny, 4-0, in the WPIAL Class 6A baseball championship contest played at Wild Things Park in Washington.Southpaw David Shields tossed a no-hitter while senior Tanner Donati tagged a two-run triple in staking the Blue Devils to their ...
Survival, rather than defending, was the name of the game for the Mt. Lebanon baseball team.Now after overcoming an 0-8 start to the season, the Blue Devils find themselves in a position to repeat as WPIAL Class 6A champions.By virtue of playoff wins against Pine-Richland, 3-0, and Seneca ...
