-
2 weeks ago | 
post-gazette.com | Mike White |Keith Barnes |Matt Press
PLAYOFF SCHEDULEBaseballPIAA CLASS 6ASemifinalsMonday -- Neshaminy (16-7) vs. North Penn (21-5) at Villanova University, 3 p.m.; Cedar Cliff (19-6) vs. Bethlehem Liberty (22-6) at Fredericksburg, 4:30 p.m.PIAA CLASS 5A SemifinalsMonday -- Upper Dublin (16-5) vs. Elizabethtown (16-9) at Muhlenberg H.S., 11 a.m.; Shaler (19-6) vs. Lampeter-Strasburg (21-5) at Mount Aloysius College, 3 p.m.PIAA CLASS 4ASemifinalsMonday -- Pope John Paul II (20-4) vs.
-
Jan 15, 2025 | 
dailyitem.com | Mike White
Jan. 15—Neighborhood Academy coach Jordan Marks contends that point guard Courtney Wallace is the best player in the WPIAL. That would be debatable. But numbers don't lie — and Wallace's statistics say he might be at least the best all-around player in the WPIAL. Wallace, a 6-foot-3 senior point guard, is averaging almost a triple-double. He's good for 21.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 9.2 assists a game for the No. 1-ranked team in WPIAL Class 1A.
-
Jan 1, 2025 | 
post-gazette.com | Mike White
When Jeff Ackermann became Baldwin’s boys basketball coach in 2020, he knew all about the Highlanders’ lack of success and knew people thought he was crazy to leave Pine-Richland. But when Ackermann was interviewed after accepting the Baldwin position, he said, “I wouldn’t have taken the job if I didn’t think we were going to win.”Four years later, the Highlanders are winning games at a pace Baldwin hasn’t seen in 40 years. Baldwin is 9-0 and one of only four undefeated teams in the WPIAL.
-
Dec 27, 2024 | 
post-gazette.com | Mike White
Team includes 3 from Peters Township, and 2 each from Pine-Richland and Bethel Park Class 5A was thought to be possibly the strongest classification in WPIAL football this season, at least in terms of depth of quality teams and talented players.
-
Dec 24, 2024 | 
post-gazette.com | Mike White
Warriors are 7-0; Chartiers Valley moves into Class 5A list Central Valley is off to the best start in school history, and the Warriors have moved into the Post-Gazette rankings for the first time this season. Central Valley is 7-0.
-
Dec 18, 2024 | 
post-gazette.com | Mike White
The year was 1995, and Danny Holzer was coming off of four years as a basketball assistant coach at Duquesne University. He was a spry 30-year-old who had just taken a job as a high school coach at Upper St. Clair in the WPIAL, but he had his sights set on returning to the college level. “Honestly, I thought in a few years — or sooner — I would be right back in college as an assistant coach,” Holzer said. “I always thought I would be a college coach.
-
Dec 18, 2024 | 
post-gazette.com | Mike White
Skill-position players often get the majority of publicity and accolades. But the Post-Gazette high school football Players of the Year for the WPIAL and City League include two linemen, as well as two other players who are known mostly for their play on defense at linebacker. The WPIAL and City League Players of the Year are picked by the Post-Gazette scholastic sports staff:WPIAL CLASS 6ABRADLEY GOMPERS, CENTRAL CATHOLICLB-WR, 6-4, 220, SR.
-
Dec 15, 2024 | 
centredaily.com | Mike White
For Central Catholic's Bradley Gompers, those weren't turf fields Central Catholic played on this season. To him, they were proving grounds. Gompers missed most of last season with a broken collarbone. Although he came into this season committed to a major college and had a lofty ranking from scouting services, Gompers felt this inner desire to show out - for his team and himself. "After three losses in the WPIAL championship, my No. 1 goal was to win it this year," Gompers said.
-
Dec 14, 2024 | 
centredaily.com | Mike White
It was billed as a showdown between two of the top big guys in the WPIAL who are both headed to Division I colleges. But the difference was the "other guys" for Montour. Montour placed four players in double figures and the Spartans defeated Upper St. Clair, the No. 1 team in WPIAL Class 6A, 59-50, on Saturday afternoon at the Harry Jenkins Classic at LaRoche College.
-
Dec 6, 2024 | 
au.sports.yahoo.com | Mike White
This will be largely viewed as a positive and progressive appointment by Hull City, who need something to lift them from the despair of being in the bottom three and the stench of the failed Tim Walter experiment.
