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Athlete of the Week

Name: Makenna Crothers School: McGuffey Grade: Senior Sport: Softball Crothers’ week: On consecutive days Crothers pitched a gem and got the job done in two different ways. On Tuesday she racked up a dozen strikeouts in a 12-1 win over South Side Beaver. Wednesday, she induced weak ...

Name: Lucas Judy School: Belle Vernon Grade: Senior Sport: Baseball Judy’s week: It didn’t take long for Judy to find a feel for all four of his pitches on the mound Thursday and that spelled doom for Uniontown. Judy pitched a complete game one-hitter with a dozen strikeouts to lead ...

Name: Colton Temple School: Fort Cherry Grade: Sophomore Sport: Baseball Temple’s week: Sometimes it can take hitters a little bit to adjust to live pitching once the season begins, but that certainly wasn’t the case for Temple. He went to the plate 10 times last week and did not ...

Observer-Reporter Athlete of the Week

Name: Juliette Leroux School: South Fayette Grade: Junior Sport: Basketball Leroux’s week: South Fayette is one of the final four Class 5A girls basketball teams in the state and Leroux’s performance last week is part of the reason why. Leroux had 20 points in a 70-41 win over West ...

Name: Marlee Solomon School: Canon-McMillan Grade: Sophomore Sport: Wrestling Solomon’s week: Coming to Pennsylvania from the state of California, Solomon didn’t exactly know what to expect when it came to the girls wrestling scene, but she adapted pretty quickly. Solomon won the ...

O-R Athlete of the Week: Ava Komoroski

Name: Ava Komoroski Grade: Sophomore School: Peters Township Sport: Swimming Komoroski’s week: After finishing the WPIAL Class 3A 100-yard freestyle race, Komoroski poked her head out of the water and searched for the scoreboard. She liked what she found on it. “I looked up ...