Youth is served as Indians finish close to top in Class 3A. Waynesburg, Carmichaels are among top-6 in Class 2A.

Mt. Lebanon’s Lindsey Powanda and Peters Township’s Allison Poon will join WPIAL champion Marissa Malosh and her South Fayette teammate Caroline McConnell as the local qualifiers at the PIAA Class AAA girls golf championships being held Oct. 18-19 at Heritage Hills Golf Resort.

Grace Triebsch of Upper St. Clair was named the Class 4A Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association’s Player of the Week.

For Mt. Lebanon, the 2021 football season is akin to a boxing match. The Blue Devils must go 10 rounds before they can even consider the next step.

Bethel Park football coach Brian DeLallo and his counterpart at Peters Township, T.J. Plack, like to make a friendly wager before their teams face off.

Marissa Malosh was just 10 years old when she first decided to join her father, Greg, and brother, Dom, in their backyard to hit some golf balls.

Five games into the 2021 campaign and the football season was already too long for Upper St. Clair.

Kyle McClintock from Peters Township patiently waited in the clubhouse at Nemacolin Country Club.

When Mt. Lebanon football coach Bob Palko describes Alex Tecza, he doesn’t start with the size, speed or strength that has transformed him into one of the top rushers in the WPIAL.

Four pairs of local doubles tandems were eliminated before the semifinal rounds in the WPIAL Class 3A team tennis tournament held at North Allegheny.

The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League has teamed up with Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to hold an inaugural league-wide food drive through Oct. 23.

After meeting in a crucial clash Oct. 1, Upper St. Clair and Peters Township go their separate ways in Allegheny Six Conference football action.

Bethel Park football coach Brian DeLallo knows what his team has to do to emerge with a victory when it travels to South Fayette for a key Allegheny Six Conference football clash at 7 p.m. Oct. 8.

The Mt. Lebanon football team might have hoped the WPIAL would have given it a break between playing consecutive games against Class 6A powers North Allegheny and Central Catholic.

When Jonna Burke accepted the girls basketball coaching job at Butler High School in 1995, she thought that would be permanent. Then in 2003 Bethel Park High School courted her and she accepted a similar position at her alma mater.

Western Pennsylvania athletes lost pioneering orthopedic surgeon Dr. Freddie Fu, who died Sept. 24 from metastatic melanoma. He was 70.

Mt. Lebanon had four qualifiers for the WPIAL Class AAA boys golf championships to be held Oct. 5 at Nemacolin Country Club.

Wait until next year.

Mt. Lebanon’s Logan St. John Kletter is all about taking chances during a cross country meet.

Aubrey Lang of Upper St. Clair and Sadie McClinchie from Mt. Lebanon garnered Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association Player of the Week honors.

After back-to-back games with rivals like Thomas Jefferson and Chartiers Valley, South Fayette is prepared for its Allegheny Six Conference opener. The Lions travel to Moon for a 7 p.m. kickoff Oct. 1.

Peters Township head coach T.J. Plack views the Indians’ reign as three-time Allegheny Six Conference champions as both a blessing and a curse.

The Bethel Park football team may be weary after five weeks of non conference clashes.

For the second time in eight days, a tennis title was on the line for Mia Gorman of Bethel Park and Kat Wang from Peters Township.

South Fayette’s Marissa Malosh earned medalist honors and led area qualifiers during the Section 3 individual golf championships held Sept. 22 at Cedarbrook Golf Course.

Peters Township advanced all six of its golfers to the semifinals of the WPIAL Class AAA boys individual championships.

Three area athletes shared Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association’s Player of the Week honors.

Lamont Payne quit football once. He said he got hit too hard.

After visiting defending WPIAL and PIAA champion Pine-Richland Sept. 17, Upper St. Clair’s football schedule does not get any easier. The Panthers will host Penn Hills at 7 p.m. Sept. 24.

Peters Township has one week to regain its health before commencing with conference action.

After going 0-7 in 2020, the good news at Bethel Park is its football team has won a game in 2021.

Bethel Park’s Mia Gorman discovered that placement beats speed in tennis as she successfully defended her Section 4 singles title.

The Peters Township boys soccer team remained undefeated after posting a 5-2 win against Bethel Park.

The Peters Township field hockey team recently picked up shutouts wins against Fox Chapel and North Allegheny.

Sydney Angel from Upper St. Clair and Grace Lejeck from Bethel Park were named Class 4A Players of the Week by the Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association.

For the second time during the cross country invitational season, Peters Township’s Brett Kroboth finished as a runner-up. This time, though, he narrowed the margin of victory.

South Fayette and Chartiers Valley have had a cooperative relationship in sports, but the teams will be on opposite sides when the Lions football team hosts the Colts at 7 p.m. Sept. 18.

After consecutive non-conference victories against South Hills rivals to open its season, Mt. Lebanon is hoping to keep its hot start going when it hosts Canon-McMillan at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17.

Brett Kroboth of Peters Township and Logan St. John Kletter from Mt. Lebanon took runner-up honors at the Marty Uher Invitational held on the 5,000-meter course at California University of Pennsylvania.

At nearly midnight, Eric McElvenny thought he would silently slip home after traveling from Tokyo, Japan, where he recently competed in 2021 Paralympic Games.

Christian Kuntz is set to make his NFL regular season debut with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Peters Township men’s soccer club is reaching for the stars this season.

Peters Township preparing to host Mt. Lebanon.

The learning process continues for Upper St. Clair and Baldwin as the neighboring rivals meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 10 in a non-conference football game.