Over the years, the girls’ lacrosse teams from the WPIAL have not fared very well at the PIAA playoffs. In fact, since 2009 when lacrosse became an official PIAA sport, there has not been a boys or girls team from the WPIAL that has ever won or been a runner-up at the state championship. A...Read More

The boys’ tennis and girls’ gymnastics teams are this year’s winners of the annual Team QPA Awards. Recipients are determined by the quality grade point average of the varsity team members. The boys’ varsity tennis team has an overall QPA of 4.071. In addition to their achievements in the classroom, the team is favored to...Read More

Once lacrosse attackman Reed Seybolt gets the ball, it’s hard to get it away from him. In fact, the senior has been darting around defenses with such consistency, slickness, and fluidity that his teammates refer to him as “slippery.” His talents also have resulted in his top spot in points and goals on the offensive...Read More

Part 1 in a Series Before the 2019 baseball season even got started, Coach Jim Hastings gathered his thoughts for the season, put pen to paper, and gave a laminated copy of his goals to each of his 18 players. He didn’t mince words: “Win section, win WPIAL, make state playoffs.” The players still have...Read More

Robby Shymansky is a five-star college tennis recruit and is classified among the top 50 boys singles players in the country. He proved, once again, that there’s credence in those rankings by winning a back-to-back WPIAL singles title on Tuesday, April 16. Just a week beforehand, he earned his fourth WPIAL Class AAA Section 3...Read More