Toby Simon has had an interesting journey through life as an athlete, scholar, teacher, poet and writer.It began for Simon in Fredericktown. He was a crackerjack point guard on some very competitive basketball squads at Beth Joint and then at Beth-Center after the merger with ...
INDIANA — Frazier’s Thayne Lawrence is a defending state champion and three-time WPIAL title holder, but the junior has yet to win a PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional Championship.Lawrence (23-3, 90-11) is two victories away from achieving that feat after advancing to the semifinals on ...
CANONSBURG — Dom Fundy has had a lot of luck heading into wrestling’s postseason.Most of it over the past two years has been bad.Fundy, a senior from Beth-Center High School, finished second in the 195-pound weight class of the WPIAL Section 1-AA Tournament Friday night at Canon-McMillan ...
West Greene drew the top seed in the WPIAL Class A girls basketball playoffs for the first time on Tuesday night.Lady Pioneers coach Jordan Watson was happy to take care of first things first, though.Watson picked up his team's third consecutive section championship plaque at the annual ...
FALLOWFIELD TWP. — Heading into the Section 4-AAA game Thursday night featuring Beth-Center at Charleroi, the lead stories were if the Cougars could clinch at least a tie for third place and if JJ Green would become the newest member of the Beth-Center 1,000-point club.Both happened as the ...
Charleroi ended its season on a winning note with a 28-27 Section 2-AAA victory over Beth-Center on Senior Night Thursday at Charleroi Area High School.The Lady Cougars’ Bella Skobel sealed the win with a free throw. Skobel had a game-high 11 points.Charleroi (2-12, 5-16) trailed 12-10 at ...