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Early start for winter sports

Though Fort Cherry is still playing football, the high school winter sports seasons will begin Friday. If that late-November start date seems a bit early, that’s because it is indeed earlier than normal. For several decades the start of the PIAA’s winter sports seasons was the first Friday ...

Honoring a local wrestling legend

A local legend who played an important part of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s rich wrestling culture for over four decades was honored recently at the PONY League World Series. Mark Uriah, a well-known announcer for WJPA sports radio, was honored after announcing earlier this year that he was ...

Belle Vernon’s Brown commits to Pitt for wrestling

It has been one heck of a summer for Elijah Brown. The Belle Vernon junior won the championship in the 190-pound weight class in the U.S. Marine Corps Junior & 16U Nationals on July 17 at the Fargodome in Fargo, N.D. Brown won seven matches over three days for the national ...

C-M grad Solorio forced to injury default in finals at Fargo

Canon-McMillan graduate Val Solorio had a four-point lead after the first period of Sunday’s final in the 2024 U.S. Marine Corps Junior & 16U Nationals at the FargoDome, but an injury forced an injury default and the future Iowa wrestler had to settle for second place. Solorio, who ...

Maier to take over as Big Macs’ wrestling coach

Jurdon Maier shouldn’t have any trouble getting a bus when Canon-McMillan’s wrestling team travels to dual meets and tournaments this season. Maier, a 2007 graduate of Canon-McMillan who is the director of facilities and transportation for the school district, was hired during last ...