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Aliquippa casts PIAA competitive-balance rule as ‘irrational, unconstitutional’ in final day of testimony
After three days of testimony in a Beaver County courtroom, attorneys for Aliquippa and the PIAA used their closing arguments to paint a contentious competitive-balance rule in drastically different ways. Aliquippa attorney Tina Miller said the PIAA Competition Formula was “irrational and unconstitutional,” while requesting a preliminary injunction to keep...
Ellwood City's Crizer wins WPIAL track championship
SLIPPERY ROCK — The unexpected weather delay in the completion of the WPIAL Track and Field Championships, held at the William C. Lennox Track at Slippery Rock University, put a little more pressure on Ellwood City senior Colten Crizer. “We wrote letters to ourselves as sophomores about where we...
Timely hitting punches OLSH softball's ticket to WPIAL semifinals
MCKEES ROCKS — In Monday’s first-round matchup against Steel Valley, the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart bats could not convert in key situations during the contest as the bats fell silent until late in the game when the Chargers finally put the game away in the sixth inning.
New Philadelphia baseball wins sectional title with mercy-rule win over East Liverpool
NEW PHILADELPHIA — New Philadelphia, which is a defending Division II district baseball champion, is headed back to district play after registering an impressive 10-0 six-inning shutout of East Liverpool in a sectional title game Tuesday evening at Tuscora Park. “Back in the district and it feels good,” New...
Strong Carmichaels pitching shuts down South Side softball in 7-0 loss
MCKEES ROCKS — After defeating Monessen handily on Monday, South Side Beaver ran into a tough pitching matchup Thursday evening at Montour High School as it fell to Carmichaels 7-0 in the quarterfinal round of the WPIAL Class A playoffs. It was all Mighty Mikes Thursday afternoon as they...
PIAA moves closer to approving girls flag football as official sport
High school girls flag football took an important step toward becoming an official PIAA-sponsored sport Wednesday. The PIAA board of directors unanimously approved on a first reading to sanction girls flag football as a sport. Girls flag football achieved emerging status last July by reaching 25 schools statewide. At the...
Western Beaver's patient approach leads to 11-5 win over Sewickley Academy
HARMONY — Tuesday night marked the lone matchup between two Beaver Valley schools in the 2024 WPIAL baseball playoffs as No. 12 Sewickley Academy matched up against No. 5 Western Beaver in the Class 1A first round. After the Panthers put the Golden Beavers on the ropes in the top of the 4th...
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...
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