1. Fort Cherry football repeats The old sports adage says it’s more difficult to defend a championship than it is to win one the first time. For the Fort Cherry High School football team, winning its second consecutive WPIAL Class A title seemed like a breeze for the first 13 weeks, then ...
By Jerin Steele Staff writer jsteele@observer-reporter.com Canon-McMillan senior Natalie Rush has accomplished pretty much everything in her wrestling career, but there’s still one major prize on the list. A PIAA gold medal. Rush, the reigning 192-pound WPIAL champion, has finished ...
Former Canon-McMillan head coach Brian Krenzelak has been hired as the first women’s wrestling coach at Washington & Jefferson, the school announced Monday. The program will begin competition during the 2026-27 school year. Krenzelak was the 2023 WPIAL Class 3A Coach of the Year. ...
Lilly Bane’s dream of playing college soccer for a Power 5 conference came to fruition when she committed to Purdue. Despite the excitement of reaching a goal, Bane’s path to West Lafayette, Ind., was not an easy one, as she battled through trials and tribulations. The Canon-McMillan ...
Peters Township conceded an early goal but rallied for a 2-1 victory of Seneca Valley in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class 4A boys soccer playoffs Saturday at Confluence Financial Partners Stadium on the campus of Peters Township Middle School. The Indians (16-1-1) advanced to the ...
PITTSBURGH — Canon-McMillan hung tough for the first quarter before Central Catholic started to flex its muscles in a 38-13 victory on Friday night in Class 6A Quad County Conference play at Carnegie Mellon University. With the loss, the Big Macs (2-4, 3-7) were eliminated from playoff ...
