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Canon-Mac beats Trinity for section title

If there’s any question of where the Trinity and Canon-McMillan wrestling rivalry has been rekindled it was answered Wednesday. A packed house and two teams that wrestled with a fire and dislike for one another made for a raucous environment. For Canon-McMillan, it was personal, because ...

Wright nets 1,000th in Avella victory

Avella senior Bryce Wright scored 14 points, including his 1,000th career point, and Brayden Fuller tossed in a team-high 17 as the Eagles cruised to a 67-23 home-court victory over winless Mapletown in a non-section boys basketball game on Wednesday night. Brayden Davis added 14 points and ...

Wrestling roundup: McGuffey pins on perfect section record

McGuffey capped off an undefeated Class 2A Section 1 season with a 59-18 victory over host Chartiers-Houston on Wednesday. The Highlanders lost the first bout and the final two, but in between they strung together 10 consecutive victories, almost all of them via pin. Recording the falls for ...

PT’s DiLucia named Willie Thrower Award finalist

Observer-Reporter Peters Township quarterback Nolan DiLucia was named one of five finalists for the Willie Thrower Award on Wednesday. The award recognizes the top quarterback in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Other finalists are Avonworth’s Carson Bellinger, North Catholic’s Joey Felitsky, ...

O-R Athlete of the Week: Paige Klodowski, Burgettstown

Name: Paige Klodowski Grade: Junior School: Burgettstown Sport: Basketball Klodowski’s week: Klodowski’s preferred method of attack is driving to the rim. But that’s the only way she can score the basketball and she proved that last week. Klodowski was a model of consistency, scoring ...