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Bethel Park’s historic softball season ended by Penn Manor

The Bethel Park softball team’s 4-1 loss to Penn Manor in the first round of the PIAA Class 6A tournament stung.While the emotion of the Black Hawks’ season-ending loss was evident from players and coaches alike as they held a postgame meeting June 7 in left field at Norwin High School, ...

Mt. Lebanon girls end lacrosse season with loss to Sewickley

For the second time in three games, the Mt. Lebanon girls lacrosse team surrendered a one-goal lead with less than two minutes remaining and the results were devastating.On May 26, the Blue Devils dropped a 9-8 decision to Shady Side Academy in the WPIAL Class AAA championship match before ...

South Fayette junior competes at states

Jacob Patterson’s trip to Hershey over the Memorial Day weekend was short and sweet.After winning his first match, the South Fayette junior was eliminated from the PIAA Class 3A tennis tournament.Patterson opened competition with a 7-5, 6-1 victory against Justin Minerva from Lower Merion. He ...

USC’s Prunzik wins two medals at PIAA championships

The future is bright for Upper St. Clair sophomore Dani Prunzik.“I’m super excited for the next years to come,” she said.Prunzik’s 2021 track season turned out better than expected. She missed her freshman year when the 2020 spring sports season was canceled in response to the COVID-19 ...

Soltes blasts Bethel Park to first WPIAL softball championship

Sandra Soltes left little doubt as to the Bethel Park softball team’s supremacy on the WPIAL Class 6A landscape.A junior catcher, Soltes smashed a first-inning grand slam, a two-run homer and a two-run double to lift the Black Hawks to a 9-2 victory over Canon-McMillan in the Class 6A ...

Bethel Park’s WPIAL title hopes dashed by Franklin Regional

For half an inning, it was beginning to look like another chapter might be written in the Bethel Park baseball team’s storybook season.The Black Hawks’ hopes for a WPIAL Class 5A championship were ultimately dashed, however, with a 2-1 loss to Franklin Regional June 1 in the title game at ...