When Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration enacted measures to once again mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, scholastic sports teams adopted a wait-and-see attitude until Jan. 4 when sanctions are expected to be lifted.For Mt. Lebanon, that spelled doom regarding progress the boys basketball ...
Dori Oldaker uses a basketball term to describe how Mt. Lebanon is approaching a season during the coronavirus crisis.“It goes without saying we are trying to keep positive and we understand that we are living through a pandemic but we are making the best of it,” the Blue Devils girls ...
COVID-19 interfered with the Chartiers Valley girls basketball team’s plans to repeat as state champions in the spring.Now, in December, despite the disease’s recent surge, the Colts hope their 2020 agenda is not derailed again.So far, so good.CV has not skipped a beat since teams have been ...
Danny Holzer envisions himself as an eternal optimist.Although the coronavirus pandemic threatens to shutdown the winter scholastic sports scene, the Upper St. Clair varsity basketball coach sees the 2020-21 campaign being completed.“I always see the glass as half full,” Holzer said. “We ...
Kate Pipilo listened to the sounds of hard work. Their lullabies rocked her to sleep.“My brother practiced basketball late into the night and I would fall asleep to the sound of a ball bouncing,” she said.Pipilo’s older brother, Joe, was a four-year starter at Chartiers Valley. He ...
Jake Casey never felt pressure to follow in his father’s footsteps and play baseball. The Upper St. Clair native is the son of Sean Casey, who played 12 Major League Baseball seasons.“For me, playing baseball has nothing to do with my dad. No, not at all,” said the 18-year-old son of ...
