Name: Aaron Walsh Grade: Senior School: Chartiers-Houston Sport: Football Walsh’s week: At the end of the third quarter with his team trailing Mapletown 28-13, Chartiers-Houston coach Dan Lis asked his team a simple question. Who was going to step up and make a play? Walsh, the ...
Name: Carson Vanata Grade: Junior School: Mapletown Sport: Football Vanata’s week: It is hard to imagine Vanata could have had a better final three plays than what transpired Friday night. A successful throw on a halfback pass, a touchdown run with three seconds remaining and two-point ...
Name: Teagen Crouse Grade: Junior Sport: Football School: Waynesburg Crouse’s week: Crouse wasted little time making an impact in his first game as Waynesburg’s full-time starting quarterback. He rushed for three touchdowns and threw two more, all in the first half, and the Raiders ...
Name: Payton Gilbert School: West Greene Grade: Senior Sport: Softball Gilbert’s week: Gilbert had never pitched in conditions quite like the ones West Greene played in during its WPIAL Class A consolation game with Jefferson-Morgan last Tuesday at Pleasant Valley Elementary ...
Name: Aaron Taylor School: Canon-McMillan Grade: Junior Sport: Track Taylor’s week: A silver medal in the 300-meter hurdles was a pretty good accomplishment in its own right for Taylor over the weekend at the PIAA Track and Field Championships in Shippensburg, but a fifth-place finish ...
Name: Jonah Pfender Grade: Senior School: Fort Cherry Sport: Track and field Pfender’s week: It was a moment a few years in the making for Pfender at the WPIAL Track & Field Championships last Wednesday at Slippery Rock University. He left with two gold medals and a new WPIAL ...
