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JEFFERSON TWP — In a weird way, Knoch might gain strength from its 21-0 boys lacrosse section loss to Mars on Monday night. The Knights (0-4, 0-3) didn’t gain possession on the attacking side of the f...

MECHANICSBURG - Trailing by three touchdowns late in the first half, Northwestern was looking to repeat what it had done a week before in the state semifinal, when the Tigers came back from a deficit ...

MECHANICSBURG — Not Ty Law. Not Darrelle Revis. None of the all-time greats in Aliquippa history had ever celebrated an undefeated state championship. That perfect ending had eluded the Quips five times before, including just a year ago here at Cumberland Valley.

In a jubilant locker room where the players were even louder than the cranked-up music, Aliquippa quarterback Quentin Goode paused to think about the WPIAL football title he’d just won and why it felt different than his first two.

Whether the stadium on the North Shore is called Heinz Field or Acrisure Stadium doesn’t much matter to Aliquippa’s football players, since they have their own nickname for it.

North Allegheny’s practices were noticeably faster this week, said coach Art Walker, but the Tigers weren’t getting off the field any earlier. It’s just that the defense was working at a quicker pace.

The senior midfielder and second-year captain has scored two goals per game in each of the last five contests for the Hurricanes (7-0 as of Sept. 17). Last fall, she was runnerup for the AACA’s Most Valuable Soccer Player, scoring a school-record 21 goals and dishing out 20 assists in 20 games. The Penn State-bound […]

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