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Upper St. Clair inducts four into athletic Hall of Fame

Thomas Steve, Peter Coughlin and Nimit Bansal shared the same question when informed they would be inducted into the Upper St. Clair Athletic Hall of Fame. “Why me?”“To be honest,” said Steve, a 2014 alum, “I never thought about it. I was a little surprised when I got the call, but ...

Peters Township rebounds, readies for showdown with Bethel Park

In less than a handful of years, T.J. Plack has geared his program exactly for this moment.The Peters Township coach couldn’t help but think about it Friday night in the immediate wake of his team’s 43-14 victory over Chartiers Valley.The Allegheny Eight Conference championship will be on ...

SF, Anderson keeping up the pace in cross country

As scholastic cross country enters crunch time, the South Fayette girls and boys as well as Mt. Lebanon’s Patrick Anderson show no signs of easing their stranglehold on the competition.This autumn, the Lions and Anderson have dominated from the starting gun of the first invitational and they ...

Things far from settled for area football teams

With three weeks remaining in the regular season, area football teams find themselves unsettled.However, that may be a positive thing, particularly for Mt. Lebanon and Upper St. Clair.After the Route 19 rivals met Oct. 4, with Lebo posting a 28-14 victory over the Panthers, the two teams return ...

Upper St. Clair’s Slagle swings way into regional

Fittingly, Tori Slagle was in the swing of things when the Upper St. Clair golfer qualified for the PIAA Western Regional.The 15-year-old sophomore finished sixth in the WPIAL Class AAA championships held Oct. 2 at Diamond Run Golf Course in Sewickley.“Pretty much everything was working for ...

Lebo, USC to battle in non-conference clash

Don’t tell the participants that the football game at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 between Mt. Lebanon and Upper St. Clair means nothing because it’s a non-conference clash.For some, it’s a family feud because players like USC’s Brandon Shearer had fathers that excelled in sports for Lebo. Plus, ...