South Fayette head coach Joe Rossi sometimes suffers with insomnia during the football season, but rarely prior to the start of one.Rossi, however, woke at 3 a.m. last week after he learned the Lions’ conference Sept. 11 opener at Peters Township was postponed because COVID-19 visited that ...
The members of the Mt. Lebanon boys soccer team have been making sacrifices during the coronavirus pandemic.“People are social animals, especially high school boys,” said Lebo head coach Aaron Panczyk. “What we are asking of our players is a lot.”The daily routine for the Blue Devils ...
Peters Township boys soccer coach Bobby Dyer has been trying to figure out several scenarios when it comes to his team and its future during the coronavirus pandemic.“Two things are constant in those discussions,” Dyer said. “Belief that the season is going to happen and being flexible to ...
The Upper St. Clair cross country team does not alter its approach to running, even as a pandemic rages on.“We always stress to the athletes that it is important to use their energy and focus on the elements they can control,” said coach Maureen Chermak. “This season may certainly provide ...
Scholastic sports returned Aug. 24 for the first time since shutting down in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic.Mt. Lebanon High School’s football team, however, was not one of the programs returning to practice.The Blue Devils could not start heat acclimatization sessions because ...
Upper St. Clair athletic director Kevin Deitrick reacted like a kid on Christmas morning greeting each player trying out for a fall sport with exuberance.“It’s great seeing the kids,” he said. “It really is. It’s been a long summer in terms of COVID guidelines.”Indeed, scholastic ...
