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After rain halts WPIAL meet, Butler’s Drew Griffith doesn’t mind waiting to make more history
Butler’s Drew Griffith ran the 1,600 meters in record time at the WPIAL track and field championships and then waited around for hours as it rained off and on. He’s one of the fastest seniors in the country, but wasn’t too bothered by the slow down. “We...
Sewickley Academy, Moon Area School District teaming up to create new football program
SEWICKLEY, Pa. (KDKA) -- Sewickley Academy students are about to get their first chance to play football, but they won't be fielding a full team on their own.Sewickley promises the partnership with Moon Area schools will create a dynamic football program.Moon is coming off a 6-6 season. Sewickley thinks they can help, and school leaders are excited about the chance.Students have walked the halls at Sewickley Academy for nearly 200 years, but in all that time, they've never had the chance to play football, like many other schools in Western Pennsylvania."It's a way of life here, and it's a way...
District 10 track and field: 26 athletes to watch at Saturday's championship meet
Northwestern Pennsylvania's top track and field athletes will gather at Slippery Rock University on Saturday to chase records and PIAA meet berths at the District 10 championships. At least one of the D-10 records set at last year's meet is in jeopardy if Anne-Catherine Brown has her way. ...
Distance-running power couple shatters records at WPIAL championships
There’s probably not much that makes Butler’s Drew Griffith too nervous at a track meet nowadays, but watching Mt. Lebanon’s Logan St. John Kletter run could be on that list. “Honestly, I probably get more nervous for her than me,” he said with a laugh. Kletter...
District track and field will test Titusville Rockets’ mettle
The Rockets head to Slippery Rock University Saturday in hopes of making a top two impression to stamp their ticket to states. The event begins at 10 a.m. “The state standards are very difficult to achieve, but the top 2 in each event get to progress to states,” said girls head coach Stacey McDonald. She said the 4X800 relay squad has a legitimate shot, though knows some injuries are also playing a role at the trend of the season. “We hope they can be resolved by next Saturday,” she said.
Mt. Pleasant’s Garn, Hempfield’s Prola take WPIAL silver
SLIPPERY ROCK — Mt. Pleasant junior Jarret Garn and Hempfield senior Caleb Prola would have rather run Wednesday at the WPIAL track and field championships. But Mother Nature wouldn’t cooperate. So the meet resumed Thursday at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium at Slippery Rock University, and the duo earned trips to...
Indiana's buzzsaw of pitchers ends Central Valley baseball's season
WEXFORD — After coming into the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs as the No. 8 seed and finishing second in its respective section, Central Valley ran into a buzzsaw of pitchers Wednesday night as the Warriors fell to Indiana 4-1 in the first round at North Allegheny High School. “You...
Ligonier Valley’s Cheyenne Piper throws 3rd straight no-hitter in quarterfinals vs. Ellwood City
She had just thrown her third straight no-hitter — the second in a row in the WPIAL playoffs — and Ligonier Valley senior Cheyenne Piper was just as dumbfounded as her opponents. “I just know when I got the first out, we came together and said, OK, 20...
Tickets On Sale Now for Silver Cup XXXIII
Sarver, PA (May 16, 2025) Tickets are now available for one of the biggest Sprint Car races in the country coming up on Tuesday, July 23 as the Kubota High Limit Sprint Car Series invades The Action Track to take on the area's best Sprint Car drivers in the 33rd annual Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup!
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