Greg Macafee stories, Page 2
Brashear looks to build behind young roster
Last season didn’t go as planned for the Brashear football team, but there’s excitement surrounding the program heading into the 2025 season. After a year in which they battled with low numbers and took just 24 players to their Week Zero matchup against Cornell, coach Andrew Moore and the Bulls...
Allderdice ready to flush 2024, contend for City League title
Allderdice’s players and coaches were left with a bad taste in their mouths after the 2024 season. The Dragons started 4-1, earning wins over Fox Chapel, Perry Traditional Academy, Uniontown and Brashear by a combined score of 115-24 while pitching two shutouts. Their only loss in that stretch came against...
Carrick looks to carry on momentum despite revamped roster
The Carrick football team is looking to build off its best season in quite some time, but the Raiders will have to address some holes left by a large and talented senior class. The Raiders won three games last season, beating Brashear and Brownsville by a combined score of 80-2...
Westinghouse reloads to defend City League title
The Westinghouse Bulldogs may have lost starting quarterback Khalil Green and a talented senior class that helped them capture their 40th City League title and fifth in the past six seasons, but don’t expect them to take a step backward. The Bulldogs have reloaded and are preparing to put together...
Bolstered by returning starters, University Prep eyes more City League success
The University Prep Panthers felt like they were on the verge of accomplishing something special a year ago. They put together a 4-6 overall record and went 3-1 in City League play. However, an unfortunate incident in their final regular season game against Westinghouse, which resulted in several University Prep...
Perry carries over late-season momentum into 2025
Perry Traditional Academy didn’t have the success it would’ve liked last season, but the Commodores are ready to build on what they did accomplish. Perry (1-6, 1-3) was shut out in two of its first three games and scored just six points. In their final three games, the Commodores scored...
A-K Valley boys soccer preview: Deer Lakes, Plum, Fox Chapel among teams to watch
Over the last seven years, the Deer Lakes boys soccer program has found a way to insert itself into the WPIAL championship conversation on an annual basis. First, it was the trio of Michael Sullivan, Colton Spence and Devin Murray — who’s now an assistant coach with the program —...
Pirates, Mitch Keller start slow, never recover in loss to Toronto
Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller hit Blue Jays designated hitter George Springer with his second pitch of Tuesday’s game at PNC Park and everything went downhill from there. Keller worked 3⅓ innings, allowing seven hits, five earned runs and three walks. The offense tallied eight hits but failed to capitalize in...
Pirates pitcher Johan Oviedo return to majors, set to make 2nd start of season
Right-handed pitcher Johan Oviedo will make his second start of the season Wednesday afternoon when the Pittsburgh Pirates host the Toronto Blue Jays, Pirates manager Don Kelly said Tuesday afternoon at PNC Park. Oviedo joined the team in Pittsburgh ahead of Tuesday’s matchup against the Blue Jays but has not...
Brewers rough up pitching squad, send Pirates to loss
There’s no slowing down the Milwaukee Brewers. The Pittsburgh Pirates can attest to that. The Pirates lost their fifth straight game and were swept for the ninth time this season Wednesday afternoon at American Family Field in Milwaukee as the Brewers punished Mitch Keller and the Pirates’ bullpen on the...
Sewickley Academy girls lacrosse caps storybook season in PIAA semifinals
The Sewickley Academy girls lacrosse team had its storybook-type season come to an end June 8 in the semifinals of the PIAA Class 3A tournament, but this year was nothing short of spectacular for the Panthers. They produced a record of 17-3, took third place in the WPIAL after losing...
Ron Moncrief, 7-time WPIAL champ, excited to take over Mohawk girls basketball program
The Mohawk girls basketball team is replacing one WPIAL championship coach with another. After leading the Warriors to back-to-back WPIAL titles the past two seasons, Mike O’Lare is taking over the boys basketball program at the school. To fill the opening, Mohawk recently announced the hiring of former Vincentian Academy...
Pitt men’s basketball officially adds American East Defensive Player of the Year Mouhamadou Gueye
Jeff Capel and the Pitt men’s basketball team officially added another transfer Tuesday when the Panthers announced the signing of 2021 American East defensive player of the year, Mouhamadou Gueye. The 6-foot-9 forward from Stony Brook averaged 9.7 points and 7.1 rebounds, while recording a single-season school-record 3.1 blocks per...
Ligonier Valley holds off Sharpsville to advance to PIAA quarterfinals
The Ligonier Valley softball team is moving on in the PIAA Class 2A tournament after another special performance from junior pitcher Maddie Griffin. In a pitchers’ duel with Sharpsville’s Breanna Hanley, Griffin allowed only two runs and three hits while striking out nine as the Rams (20-2) earned a 3-2...
Alle-Kiski Valley PIAA softball capsules for June 7, 2021
PIAA softball playoffs Monday’s games Class 5A First round 7-1 North Hills (16-5) vs. 7-4 Fox Chapel (13-8) 6:30 p.m. at North Allegheny Coaches: Libby Gasior, North Hills; Chris Olbrich, Fox Chapel Winner plays: Winner of 6-1 Bellefonte (18-2)/7-3 Chartiers Valley (14-8) on Thursday in the quarterfinals, (site and time,...
Alle-Kiski Valley PIAA baseball capsule for June 7, 2021
PIAA baseball playoffs Monday’s game Class A First round 10-1 Kennedy Catholic (9-10) vs. 7-2 Riverview (11-7) 1 p.m. at Slippery Rock University Coaches: Steve Pinney, Kennedy Catholic; Bill Gras, Riverview Winner plays: Winner of 9-1 Dubois Central Catholic (10-11)/7-3 Eden Christian (17-5) on Thursday in the quarterfinals (Time and...
Quaker Valley middle school boys lacrosse finishes undefeated
The future of the Quaker Valley boys lacrosse program looks bright. The Quakers high school boys lacrosse team made a run to the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs this season but fell to Indiana on the road, 7-5, in the first round. With the success of the middle school team this...
Sewickley Academy alum Jason Li again named finalist for Jack Nicklaus Award
For the second straight year, former Sewickley Academy golfer Jason Li has been recognized as one of the top golfers in NCAA Division III competition. At the end of May, the Carnegie Mellon senior was named a finalist for the NCAA Division III Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year...
Future remains bright for Shady Side boys lacrosse after WPIAL championship loss
Shady Side Academy coach Cam Thompson and the Bulldogs boys lacrosse team set their expectations high every year. WPIAL championship or bust. Whether the team had just lost a season due to the coronavirus pandemic didn’t matter, Thompson and his team had their eyes set on WPIAL gold and they...
Fox Chapel softball ready to continue historic playoff run in PIAA tournament
The Fox Chapel softball team is in the midst of the best playoff run in program history, and as the Foxes enter the first round of the PIAA Class 5A tournament, they are hoping it doesn’t stop soon. The Foxes (13-8) will have a tough challenge Monday at North Allegheny...
Riverview baseball savors unexpected run to WPIAL championship game
The Riverview Raiders hadn’t been to the WPIAL championship game in 20 years, and no one necessarily expected them to get there in 2021 either. Before the coronavirus pandemic stole their 2020 season from them, the Raiders went 4-10 and allowed 10 or more runs in nine of their 10...
Hopewell survives roller-coaster Class 3A final, beats South Park for 4th WPIAL title
Two years ago, the Hopewell Vikings coughed up a three-run lead in the bottom of the seventh inning against Steel Valley in the WPIAL Class 3A championship game. They weren’t about to do it again on Wednesday. No. 3 South Park (15-5) tied the game in the top of the...
Union captures 1st WPIAL baseball title behind Jake Vitale’s no-hitter
After making trips to the WPIAL Class A baseball championship game in 2018 and ’19 without claiming a championship, the Union Scotties weren’t leaving Wild Things Park empty handed Tuesday. Senior Jake Vitale made sure of it. The 5-foot-9 southpaw threw a no-hitter with 15 strikeouts and three walks in...
WPIAL Class 4A baseball championship preview: Montour vs. New Castle
Baseball Class 4A 1-Montour (15-5) vs. 7-New Castle (13-9) 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wild Things Park, Washington Road to the finals • Montour — As the top seed, the Spartans received a first-round bye and might have had a little rust heading into their quarterfinal matchup against Quaker Valley. The...
WPIAL Class A baseball championship preview: Riverview vs. Union
4-Union (10-5) vs. 7-Riverview (11-6) 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wild Things Park, Washington Road to the finals • Union — The Scotties have plowed through their competition in the Class A bracket. After receiving a first-round bye as the fourth seed, they took down a promising Our Lady of the...
