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West Greene's Kiley Meek and Mount Pleasant's Mary Smithnosky were menacing double threats during the 2021 softball season.
Beth-Center School District
Bethlehem-Center School District
179 Crawford Road Fredericktown, PA 15333
Schools
Bethlehem-Central Elementary
Bethlehem-Central Middle School
Bethlehem-Center High School
Phone: (724) 267-4910
Fax: (724) 267-4907
Online: http://www.bc.k12.pa.us/
Municipalities
Centerville Borough, Bealsville Borough, Deemston Borough, West Bethlehem Township, East Bethlehem Township, Marianna Borough
Enrollment 2015: 1,248
Board
Don Crile, Karen Drill, Laura Frost, John Greenlee, James Gwyer, Tom Gustovich, Christine Hundertmark, Thomas Katruska, Bridgett Trump
Meetings
School board meetings: Work sessions are held at 6:30 p.m and voting sessions are held at 7 p.m. the fourth Monday of the month in the administration area of the elementary building.
Executive
Superintendent:
Linda Marcolini
Business Manager
Joseph Nepa
Solicitor
Davis and Davis Attorneys at Law, Uniontown, (724) 437-2799
Sports
Laurel Highlands soared into the WPIAL baseball semifinals for the second season in a row and Carmichaels reached the final four as well in 2021.
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California Area High School recently hired Melanie Greco as its new girls basketball head coach.
Beth-Center High School has found its football coach to succeed Joe Kuhns, who resigned earlier this year.
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Brownsville sophomore Jolena Quarzo, Waynesburg Central senior Taylor Shriver, California senior Makayla Boda and Belle Vernon senior Grace Henderson headline a strong contingent of female athletes on the 2021 Herald-Standard Girls All-Area Track & Field Team.
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Waynesburg Central senior Gabe McConville's versatility on the track and his gold medal-winning performance in the WPIAL finals gives him the nod as the top athlete on the 2021 Herald-Standard Boys All-Area Track & Field Team.
The inability to find the energy to run a high school football program the way he knows it needs done, and after a second ACL injury to his son Colby, Joe Kuhns recently decided to resign as Beth-Center’s head football coach after five seasons at the helm.
Carmichaels showed why its one of the top seeds in Class AA baseball with an impressive 12-1, five-inning win over Apollo Ridge in a WPIAL first-round playoff game at Mount Pleasant on Wednesday.
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The WPIAL Track & Field Championships was one of many events cancelled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Laurel Highlands and Carmichaels are the highest seeded local teams and both will open the playoffs on Wednesday, according to the WPIAL baseball pairings released Friday afternoon.
Shayla Reynolds combined to go 4-for-6 with three doubles and a triple and also threw a four-hit shutout as Albert Gallatin swept away visiting Gateway in a Section 5-AAAAA softball doubleheader, 9-0 and 12-2 in five innings, on Wednesday.
Carmichaels scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and those ultimately were the deciding runs for a 5-3 victory over visiting Beth-Center Monday afternoon in Section 1-AA play.
The high school baseball and softball regular seasons are wrapping up and a review of the standings shows there will be plenty of local teams in action in the postseason.
Madison Bednar was 4 for 4 with two doubles, three RBIs and four runs and threw an abbreviated no-hitter as Frazier hammered host Beth-Center, 20-1 in three innings in a Section 3-AA softball game Monday.
Brownsville's Jolena Quarzo won the 3,200 Saturday in the 47th annual Baldwin Invitational, and did so in a personal-best time.
Zack Koffler drove in two runs with a home run and a double as Laurel Highlands capped a doubleheader sweep at Elizabeth Forward with a 7-5 win to clinch a WPIAL baseball playoff berth in Section 3-AAAA on Thursday.
Nicole Palmer threw a two-hitter to help Frazier keep its perch atop the Section 3-AA softball standings with a 2-1 victory over host Charleroi on Wednesday.
Football
COAL CENTER -- The athletes gathered at California on a windy Wednesday faced one another in the season-long team schedule of meets, but had the opportunity to shine individually -- and win a medal or two -- in the Section 6-AA Championship.
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COAL CENTER -- Runners, jumpers and throwers had the opportunity to post another time, height or distance, and win some hardware along the way Wednesday at the annual Section 6-AA Championship hosted by California.
