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Playmakers shine for Prexies in win over South Allegheny

Call it what you will. Speed and power. Thunder and lightning. Well … maybe not that considering the weather lately, but regardless, Wash High has a variety of weapons. A punishing runner in Trenton Grooms. Speed demons Ameer Nelson and JaQuay Heyman. And an all-purpose back in Jamarie ...

Realignment brings ‘brutal’ section for softball teams

When asked about his team’s new section, Carmichaels softball coach Dave Briggs replied with two words. “It’s brutal,” he said. The WPIAL released the new alignments and sections for spring sports on Tuesday and assembled one of the most difficult softball sections in recent ...

Loaded backfield has Wash High dreaming big

High school basketball coaches all over the region preach sharing the ball. Wash High has taken that philosophy to football. The Prexies have a backfield loaded with talent and they don’t mind spreading the wealth. Just look at last year’s stats for returning players: Jamarie Walker ...

Realignment brings plenty of change to local high school football

Every two-year enrollment cycle in Pennsylvania High School sports brings change, but the latest one completely shifted the landscape in local high school football. Seven teams from the Observer-Reporter and The Almanac coverage areas either went up or down in classification. The vast ...

Washington High graduating 72

Washington High will hold its commencement at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 4, in the Washington High School auditorium with 72 seniors graduating. Ada Ralston is valedictorian, and Isaac Charnik is salutatorian. Ada is the daughter of Christopher and Jennifer Ralston. She was a member of the ...

PT teams, Chartiers-Houston girls movin’ up in winter sports

By John Sacco Contributing writer A whole lot of shuffling is going on with local girls’ and boys’ basketball teams and a pair of two-county area wrestling programs in the WPIAL’s realignment over the next two-year cycle. Chartiers-Houston girls’ basketball team is moving from Class ...