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Fox Chapel’s Sophie Shao in the girls 100 breaststroke during the 2020 AAA WPIAL Swimming and Diving Championship at Trees Pool on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020.
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Fox Chapel freshman Sophie Shao won the PIAA title in the girls Class AAA 100 butterfly on Wednesday, March 11, 2020.
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Fox Chapel’s Sophie Shao competes in the girls 100 butterfly during the 2020 AAA WPIAL Swimming and Diving Championship at Trees Pool on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020.
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Fox Chapel’s Sophie Shao competes in the girls 100 butterfly during the 2020 AAA WPIAL Swimming and Diving Championship at Trees Pool on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020.
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When part of a successful wrestling family, there is plenty of advice to go around.
Penn-Trafford freshman Hayden Coy gets it if he wants it or not. Usually, the youngest of the Coys doesn’t mind the tips from brothers Cam and Nick.
“We talk almost every day,” Hayden Coy said before competing in a nonsection match against Mt. Pleasant last week. “They tell me what I did well and tell me what I can do better.”
He also said when they are home, they work out in the wrestling room in their basement.
Cam Coy, a 2017 Penn-Trafford graduate, was a three-time PIAA and WPIAL champion. Nick Coy, a 2019 Penn-Trafford grad, was a WPIAL champion and two-time PIAA placewinner. Both are wrestling at Virginia.
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Greater Latrobe’s Vincent Kilkeary (top) wrestles Waynesburg’s Joseph Simon (bottom) in the 113-pound final of the Powerade Wrestling Tournament on Jan. 30, 2021.
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Malvern Prep’s Cole Derry (left) wrestles Hempfield’s Isaiah Vance (right) in the 285-pound final at the Powerade Wrestling Tournament on Jan. 30, 2021.
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Malvern Prep’s Cole Derry (right) wrestles Hempfield’s Isaiah Vance (left) in the 285-pound final of the Powerade Wrestling Tournament on Jan. 30, 2021.
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Malvern Prep’s Nick Feldman (left) wrestles Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer (right) in the 215-pound final at the Powerade Wrestling Tournament on Jan. 30, 2021.
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Anthony Giansante could have tapped out.
When Western Kentucky pulled his football scholarship offer several months back, and a few other offers went by the wayside, the senior from Norwin had to regroup and essentially start over.
He continued to cast lines to college coaches, posting videos of his workouts, from weightlifting to footwork drills.
He got a few nibbles but only one school was able to reel in the brawny lineman.
Giansante announced verbal commitment No. 2 earlier this month, to Western Carolina of the Division I FCS Southern Conference.
This one, he hopes, will stick.
The 6-foot-4, 300-pound offensive guard and defensive tackle could not visit the Western Carolina campus, but went through a virtual tour.
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Hempfield’s Sean Gordon scores past Jayden Walker Norwin’s Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 at Hempfield Area High School.
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Hempfield’s Christian Zilli grabs a rebound away from Norwin’s Kaleb Pryor Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 at Hempfield Area High School.
Chaz Palla | Tribune-Review
Norwin’s Adam Paul Bilinsky scores past Hempfield’s Sean Gordon Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 at Hempfield Area High School.
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Hempfield’s Dom Hipps gets grabbed by Norwin’s Joshua Williams Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 at Hempfield Area High School.
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Hempfield’s Mario Perkins scores over Norwin’s Conor McCutcheon Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 at Hempfield Area High School.