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Avella’s rally falls short in loss to Serra

AVELLA – Down by 15 at halftime, the Avella boys basketball team wasn’t about to pack it in. They did their best to battle back and try to prolong their best season in over 15 years, but the hole was ultimately too big to climb from. No. 6 Serra Catholic used a hot-shooting first half ...

Turnovers turn tide against Waynesburg

McMURRAY – The Waynesburg girls basketball team knew it had a tall mountain to climb Wednesday evening in the WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinals at AHN Arena at Peters Township High School. Yes, the Raiders were fresh off an impressive win in the first round last Friday night at home against ...

O-R Athlete of the Week: Gage Bradley, Burgettstown

Name: Gage Bradley Grade: Senior School: Burgettstown Sport: Wrestling Bradley’s week: For Bradley, winning the 121-pound title at the Class 2A South Sectional was as easy as 1, 2, 3. Well, 3, 2, 1 might be more accurate, because that was the order of the seeds of the wrestlers he took ...

Fort Cherry gets defensive, moves on

McDONALD – Fort Cherry's girls basketball team didn’t get off to the start it wanted. It turns out, not giving up a point for the entire second quarter was a good cure to this. No. 4 Fort Cherry allowed 15 points in the first quarter of its first-round WPIAL playoff matchup against No. ...

Seton LaSalle zips past Charleroi for 1st-round win

McMURRAY – Prior to Tuesday’s game, Charleroi boys basketball coach Joe Dunn said Seton LaSalle would provide a tough test. The Cougars have adopted the Paul Westhead run-and-gun system for this season and it took them to new heights, but the Rebels proved they could run too. No. 7 ...