Tag: Mars

George Guido: Mars’ Carmody reaches coaching milestone

December 11, 2018

Congratulations to Mars boys basketball coach Rob Carmody on his 300th career victory Saturday afternoon as the Planets routed Freeport, 94-47. Mars won both games at the Freeport Tip-off Tournament in decisive fashion. After a WPIAL title PIAA Class 5A runner-up finish last season, Carmody had three starters to replace

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Recchia helps top-ranked Mars overwhelm Freeport

December 8, 2018

After Mars lost one of the WPIAL's all-time top scorers in Robby Carmody last season, the question was who would pick up the scoring slack Enter Andrew Recchia. The senior guard tallied 26 points -- 20 in the first half -- on an assortment of jumpers, drives and step-backs as

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WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball breakdown

December 2, 2018

WPIAL Class 5A Preseason Player of the Year Megan McConnell Chartiers Valley 5-6, Jr., guard 19.0 ppg in 2017-18 Players to watch Adia Brisker Penn Hills 5-8, Sr., G, 13.2 ppg Jenna Clark Thomas Jefferson 5-7, Sr., G, 17.7 ppg Tai Johnson Mars 5-7, Sr., G, 18.4 ppg Tayonna Robertson

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WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball breakdown

WPIAL Class 5A Preseason Player of the Year Donovan Johnson Moon 6-6, Jr., guard 19.0 ppg last season Players to watch Michael Carmody Mars 6-6, Jr., F, 12.0 ppg Nick Leopold Franklin Regional 5-9, Sr., G, 12.0 ppg Jaden Nelson Montour 6-0, Sr., G, 12.0 ppg Joe Pipilo Chartiers Valley

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Freedom’s Jayden Sharpless named Trib HSSN Girls Soccer Player of the Year

December 1, 2018

Trib HSSN Girls Soccer Player of the Year Jayden Sharpless Freedom, freshman, midfielder Freedom rang up goals at a WPIAL-best pace this season, and its freshman phenom provided much of the firepower. The younger sister of Florida Atlantic commit Myla Sharpless, Jayden adapted to the high school level quickly. She

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7 Penn Hills players earn first-team all-conference in Class 5A Northern

November 12, 2018

Northern Conference champion Penn Hills placed seven players on the all-conference first team Monday and the Indians' Jon LeDonne earned coach of the year. Penn Hills' George Freeman III, Hollis Mathis, Terry andquot;Tankandquot; Smith, Dante Cephas, Corey Thomas Jr., Jordy Boswell and Deaquan Hardy all earned first-team honors. North Hills

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Hockey steps into spotlight in 3 things to watch Thursday in high school athletics

November 7, 2018

Two days before the state playoffs resume in soccer, volleyball and field hockey and one day before the WPIAL football playoffs continue with semifinals and quarterfinals action, high school hockey jumps into the spotlight. The marquee matchup in the PIHL is in Class AA as Pine-Richland faces rival Mars in

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George Guido: A-K Valley football teams failed to surpass .500 record

November 6, 2018

For the first time since 1909, there are no Alle-Kiski football teams that finished over .500. Of course, there were only a handful of teams that were around in 1909 -- New Kensington, Tarentum, Ford City, Apollo, Aspinwall and Parnassus. Forbes Field opened that year, William H. Taft was in

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PIAA girls soccer matchups finalized

November 4, 2018

The WPIAL girls soccer champions and other state qualifiers from the WPIAL have been determined, and those teams are set for what they hope are successful journeys in the PIAA playoffs that begin Tuesday at sites all throughout the state. Sixteen teams are ready for first-round matchups in each of

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Oakland Catholic girls edge Mars in overtime to claim 1st WPIAL championship

November 2, 2018

For Oakland Catholic's Caitlyn Berl, Friday's WPIAL Class AAA girls soccer championship game with Mars went from a nail-biter to a nail-breaker. It was midway through the first overtime, and Berl, a junior middle fielder, lined up for a corner kick with the two teams deadlocked in a scoreless tie.

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