PITTSBURGH -- Neshannock accomplished a feat Tuesday night that no other PIHL has been able to do in over two seasons -- hand Ringgold a loss in regulation.

Laurel Highlands' Rodney Gallagher is the Herald-Standard Boys Basketball Player of the Year for the second straight season and Frazier's Zach Keefer is the Coach of the Year.

Laurel Highlands' Rodney Gallagher is the Herald-Standard Boys Basketball Player of the Year for the second straight season and Frazier's Zach Keefer is the Coach of the Year.

Forming a Fayette County football conference is an idea whose time maybe has come.

CONNELLSVILLE -- Connellsville's offense put together some big numbers, but it was Beau Bigam's performance on the mound Thursday afternoon that provided the spark in the Falcons' 13-4 non-section win over visiting Laurel Highlands.

This year's Roundball Classic will feature 22 area seniors.

Nate English has left a lasting imprint on Albert Gallatin basketball as a four-year starter and 1,000-point scorer who helped the Colonials reach the WPIAL playoff three times. He also recently was invited to play in the Roundball Classic at Geneva College.

In athletics size can sometimes be deceiving with a good example of that being the late Uniontown High School athletic standout Jim Shaner.

Rylee Evans and winning pitcher Nicole Palmer each had two hits as Frazier rallied for a 5-4 Section 3-AA softball win over Charleroi at Commodore Park on Friday.

ALVERTON -- The Mount Pleasant girls clinched Thursday's Section 8-AA meet with a victory in the 1,600 relay for a close 77½-71½ win at Southmoreland.

Laurel Highlands put up eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning Wednesday to invoke the mercy rule in a 13-3 victory over visiting Ringgold in Section 3-AAAA action.

CONNELLSVILLE -- The Connellsville boys were solid throughout the lineup Tuesday afternoon to remain undefeated in Section 2-AAA action with a 97-43 victory over visiting Laurel Highlands.

DELMONT -- Connellsville coach Ray Brown told his team between the second and third periods in a 2-2 game the team that scored next would be a huge goal.

Ringgold advanced to the 2020 PIHL Class B Division title game with a thrilling 6-5 overtime victory over rival Elizabeth Forward.

Brian Gates was recently hired to reinvigorate a Brownsville football program that hasn't reached the playoffs since 2000 and hasn't won more than two games in a season since 2005.

That last remaining high school football head coaching vacancy in the area has been filled, but it has caused another local school to hang a “Help Wanted” sign.

Waynesburg High School wrapped up the PIAA Class 3A Team Tournament title with a convincing 42-3 drubbing of Central Dauphin in the finals at Cumberland Valley High School Saturday.

Gary Michaux cast a big shadow over area football as a top-notch running back at California High School and California State College (now Cal U) in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

YORK RUN -- The Albert Gallatin boys track team welcomed Ringgold into Section 2-AAA play Friday afternoon with a 75-65 victory over the visiting Rams.

Ian Shahan had quite a day in his final high school meet at the 2021 PIAA Class AA Swimming Championship. 

Washington & Jefferson senior and Brownsville graduate Alie Seto was voted the Presidents' Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year.

Mapletown’s Ella Menear certainly had quite the season in a year filled with uncertainty at the hands of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Lechner family is synonymous with Carmichaels athletics.

Ella Menear entered the PIAA Class AA Swimming Championships at Cumberland Valley High School on Friday with the fastest qualifying time in the state in the 100 backstroke.

Some swimmers were already on the Bucknell University campus, while others were in transit when the word came down the Class AA portion of the 2019 PIAA Swimming Championships was going to be shut down because of concerns with the coronavirus.

Connellsville featured a potent, balanced offensive attack last football season that was anchored by a strong offensive line.

McMURRAY – This is becoming a habit.

Frazier freshman Rune Lawrence won a 9-7 decision over Penns Valley's Malachi DuVall with a late takedown in the 172-pound final to earn a gold medal during Friday's PIAA Class AA Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey.

You could make a case the Quertinmont family is the first family of basketball in Fayette County.

West Greene reached the WPIAL Class 1A girls basketball championship game for the fourth year in a row by holding off Eden Christian, 54-49, in their semifinal battle Thursday night at West Greene.

This time the hole was too big for Laurel Highlands to climb out of.

LEETSDALE -- The Quaker Valley girls threatened to run away from visiting Southmoreland in the first quarter Tuesday night, but the defending champion Lady Scots fought back before eventually falling to the Lady Quakers, 60-50, in the WPIAL Class AAAA semifinals.

Ten days into the WPIAL playoffs, West Greene played its first game of the postseason. The Pioneers wasted no time in eliminating Bishop Canevin.

The passing of former Western Pennsylvania professional wrestling great Jumping Johnny DeFazio brought back memories of a time when pro wrestling was huge on local television and pro wrestling shows were a staple on the local scene.