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Upper St. Clair baseball coach retires

Jerry Malarkey plans to attend every Upper St. Clair High School baseball game this spring. Just not as the Panthers’ head coach.After 37 seasons, Malarkey has decided to retire.Malarkey, 68, owns 433 career wins and a WPIAL championship in 1992. He coached three players who ascended to Major ...

Peters Township ends season in WPIAL semifinals

Peters Township’s 2021 football season ended in similar fashion as 2020 with a loss to Pine-Richland.On Nov. 12, the Indians lost 20-14 to the Rams in the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals. The Pine-Richland knocked off Peters Township 35-0 in the district championship game a year earlier.The Indians ...

‘Special’ group guides Mt. Lebanon to WPIAL finals

Mt. Lebanon’s return to the top in high school football began three years ago when Bob Palko took over the program as head coach.A WPIAL Hall of Fame inductee with eight WPIAL championships as head coach at West Allegheny, Palko saw the makings for this year’s undefeated team that found ...

Peters Township upends North Hills in WPIAL playoffs

Peters Township (7-4) defeated North Hills, 33-28, and earned a date with Pine-Richland (6-4) in the WPIAL 5A football playoffs.The game is a rematch of last year’s championship contest. The Indians visited the Rams in the quarterfinals played Nov. 12.The Indians entered the playoffs as the ...

Peters Township runner finishes fifth in the state

Peters Township junior Brett Kroboth has run with and against some of the best competitors in the state.Now he is aspiring to affix his own stamp on the WPIAL and PIAA cross country scene.Kroboth finished in fifth place at the state championships Nov. 6 in Hershey and after a fourth-place ...