Joe Tuscano

2 weeks ago | observer-reporter.com | Joe Tuscano

By Joe TuscanoFor the [email protected] ROCKS – They’re baaaack. Chartiers-Houston’s softball team will make another visit to the WPIAL finals, a feat secured with a 7-1 victory over Riverside on Friday in the Class 2A semifinals at Montour High School. Last year, the Bucs made it to the Class 1A finals. This year will see Chartiers-Houston play for the Class 2A title. “I think 2A is always a grind,” said Chartiers-Houston head coach Tricia Alderson.

2 weeks ago | observer-reporter.com | Joe Tuscano

By Joe TuscanoFor the Observer-Reporternewsroom@obserer-reporterMcMURRAY – It’s easy to see why Serra Catholic is the No. 1-ranked baseball team in Class A in the WPIAL this season. The Eagles tore up Jefferson-Morgan Tuesday afternoon, 11-1, in the quarterfinals at Peters Township’s Joe Maize Field. In the day’s nightcap, South Park eliminated Waynesburg 11-1 in a Class 3A quarterfinal.

2 weeks ago | observer-reporter.com | Joe Tuscano

By Joe TuscanoFor the Observer-Reporternewsroom@obserer-reporterMcMURRAY – Take your thumb and fourth finger and spread as far as you can from each other. That’s how close to a foul ball Peyton Gilbert’s base hit was in the bottom of the eighth inning.

4 weeks ago | observer-reporter.com | Joe Tuscano

By Joe TuscanoFor the Observer-Reporternewsroom@obserer-reporterFor the first time in six seasons, a Presidents’ Athletic Conference baseball team not named Washington & Jefferson will be participating in the NCAA Division III championship. Grove City, behind the superb pitching of Bryce Trischler, stopped W&J, 4-1, in a 10-inning PAC tournament game at Ross Memorial Park on Friday night.

1 month ago | observer-reporter.com | Joe Tuscano

1 / 2Fort Cherry’s Emily Frankovich extends her lead on the pack as she finishes the first lap of the girls 1,600-meter run. 2 / 2Izzy Hagerman of Canon-McMillan won the pole vault by clearing 10-7. By Joe TuscanoFor the Observer-Reporternewsroom@obserer-reporterCANONSBURG – They call Emily Frankovich the terminator on the track and they mean it in only the most respectful of terms. “They think I run like a robot,” said Frankovich.