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Rockets give Curtis playoff win in final season

At practice on Sunday, Jefferson-Morgan baseball coach John Curtis told his team he wanted at least one more week with them. He didn’t want his coaching career to end Monday night and his team got him a playoff victory in his 42nd and final season as the Rockets’ coach. Deakyn DeHoet ...

Frazier puts up valiant fight in loss to No. 4 Riverview

Rob Dorcan had his team set its sights on one major accomplishment going into his second season as Frazier's baseball head coach. "Our goal at the beginning of the year was to make the playoffs," Dorcan said. "We reached that goal for the first time since 2013." The 13th-seeded Commodores ...

Hampton upends No. 5 Leopards, 7-1

Hampton and Belle Vernon each had six hits and drew three walks in their WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game on Monday at Gateway High School. The 12th-seeded Talbots played cleaner in the field, though, committing just one error to four along with a run-scoring balk by the No. 5 Leopards, ...

Payton’s place

IRWIN — Payton Senge is a solid high school softball pitcher. And just in case anyone wasn’t aware of her abilities, the Laurel Highlands sophomore provided a reminder in throwing a no-hitter on Monday in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs against Freeport on Monday at Norwin ...

Sincerely yours

IRWIN — Sincere Dunlap has been involved in plenty of high-pressure situations, which was one of reasons Uniontown head coach Jason White had no problem in starting the ninth grader at pitcher in Monday’s WPIAL Class 4A first-round softball playoff game against Indiana at Norwin High ...

Into the Hall … Ron Fudala

Ron Fudala and Harold “Horse” Taylor are two names that go hand in hand when talking about the inception and quick ascension of Laurel Highlands boys basketball. Taylor was the first head coach of the Mustangs and guided them to a 320-129 record from 1966 to 1982, winning WPIAL and PIAA ...