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

Everyone notices the athletes who score the big points and get the “oohs” and “awes” from the crowds, and while these individuals might garner the most attention, there are significantly greater numbers of players whose efforts don’t make the scorebooks. Yet, without their contributions, no team could be nearly as successful. These players are the...Read More

The winter sports teams had one of the best overall seasons in many years. Numerous new school records were set, only to be broken again soon after. Just a few of the highlights included a freshman who won our first PIAA gold medal in swimming in 24 years, a diver who broke every school scoring...Read More

To be honest, when you first see the Kieffer triplets – Abby, Maddie and Evan – you would never guess that they are related, much less a trio. They don’t look alike, they all have their individual personalities, and contrary to what some people believe, they don’t have telepathy about what the other is going...Read More