Eight area teams fell short of reaching the WPIAL team track & field finals in Wednesday’s semifinal meets. California hosted a Class 2A boys and girls semifinal meet with Carlynton advancing to the girls final and Beaver to the boys. Mount Pleasant’s boys team and Southmoreland’s ...

Laurel Highlands’ Neela Hill not only won the high jump on Friday at Latrobe Memorial Stadium in the Hempfield Lady Spartan Invitational, but hit a state-qualifying-standard in the process. Hill jumped 5-03 to top the field, which would have been high enough to qualify her for the state ...