Area high school football teams received positive news when the PIAA decided July 15 to move forward with the normal start of the fall sports season.Unless otherwise directed by the Commonwealth, the PIAA said football will commence with heat acclimatization practices Aug. 10. The first ...
Gov. Tom Wolf and the PIAA have given the green light for scholastic sports to start up.As as result, athletic directors across Pennsylvania had a busy week preparing proposals and action plans that required school board approval before teams could start voluntary summer workouts.“Hoping to ...
Braden Yates of Upper St. Clair calculates many things in life. The mathematics wizard, however, does not consciously angle his way through a lacrosse match.“A lot of thought goes into the game,” Yates said, “but in the moment, I’m not thinking ‘oh, I’m going to shoot like this’ ...
Sydney Burns rebelled against running initially.“I swore I would never run,” said the Bethel Park graduating senior.Burns had grown weary of comparisons to her mother, Angela, who continues to excel in marathon races.“People say I look like my mom,” Burns said. “I act like her. So I ...
Timing may be everything, but not in high school basketball.Especially after the National Federation of State High School Associations rules committee voted down a proposal that would have mandated use of a shot clock.The organization, which establishes a national rulebook for sports used by ...
It wasn’t the recognition night the eight seniors on the Bethel Park girls lacrosse team expected. It was better.When the Black Hawks learned their season was canceled by the coronavirus pandemic, the booster club planned a proper send off.A parade, featuring underclassmen families and ...
