Summer has not brought with it a reprieve for North Catholic distance runner Jack Steineman, and he’s not complaining.
Following a freshman track season that saw him brea...
Defending WPIAL Class 2A boys volleyball champion Mars is still in the hunt to repeat.
The Planets and Seneca Valley are the last two Butler County teams playing ...
CRANBERRY TWP — Over 200 students at North Catholic High School turned their tassels on Friday night, May 23, at the commencement ceremony for the school’s class of 2025,...
SHIPPENSBURG — North Catholic's girls track and field team has received an influx of talented athletes in recent years.
Sophomore twin sisters Anna and Audra Lazzara have...
North Catholic opened the PIAA Class 2A boys tennis tournament in dominating fashion Tuesday. The Trojans downed Carrick 4-0, winning 6-0, 6-0 on all four courts after th...
A steal of home and consecutive bases-loaded walks in the bottom of the sixth inning sent West Mifflin past North Catholic 9-6 in Monday’s WPIAL softball tournament opene...
North Catholic’s boys tennis team may have surprised some people when it defeated top-seeded South Park in Monday’s WPIAL Class 2A team semifinals, but the best was y...
ADAMS TWP — Mars boys lacrosse entered this season with more question marks than in recent years, but coach Bob Marcoux likes what he has seen through 12 games.
The Plane...
Santino Sloboda may not use a textbook strategy on the wrestling mat, but no one can argue with the results.
The Butler junior and University of Pittsburgh commit, al...
Mars girls lacrosse does one thing consistently well.
Win.
The Planets are coming off an 18-3-1 season, including their third consecutive WPIAL championship. They were el...
CHAMBERSBURG — Playing the brand of basketball it takes to stay with Lansdale Catholic for stretches of a game is very challenging.
Maintaining that level for an entire 3...
PETERS TWP, Franklin County — Eight points were the difference on the scoreboard, but one player was the deviation on the hardwood.
North Catholic’s PIAA Class 4A boys ba...
CRANBERRY TWP — If North Catholic’s girls basketball team makes its first PIAA final since 2019, the work that goes on behind the curtain will be a large reason why.
Seni...
North Catholic’s boys basketball team has only ever reached the PIAA final once, that trip coming in 2009.
The Trojans (22-6) have won 13 of their last 14, a roll they’ll...
Not all high school sports teams have clear leaders entering the season, but don’t count the boys tennis teams at Mars and North Catholic among them.
The Planets and Troj...
The 2025 PIAA Basketball Championships semifinals will be held Friday and Saturday, and two Butler County teams are still dancing.
North Catholic’s boys and girls tea...
HAMPTON — The heat was on for North Catholic.
Down by a dozen nearly midway through the second quarter in a stuffy Hampton High School gym, the Trojanettes weren’t sweati...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Down by double digits before a rally gets North Catholic back in the game.
The Trojans had been here before. In last month’s WPIAL Class 4A title game aga...
OIL CITY — Closing out a game is one thing, but equating that to what North Catholic girls basketball turned in Wednesday night would be a huge understatement.
Leading Di...
WEXFORD — North Catholic's nickname isn't the Flames.
The Trojans came out on fire anyway in posting an 84-53 PIAA Class 4A boys basketball tournament win over Beaver on ...
The second round of the 2025 PIAA Basketball Championships will be Tuesday and Wednesday.
Three Butler County teams remain after the weekend’s opening round: the three-ti...
CRANBERRY TWP — An errant shot deflected high off the rim, the basketball oddly coming to rest on top of the backboard.
The game wasn’t delayed long. Sarah Loughry took a...
CRANBERRY TWP — North Catholic junior guard Jason Fredericks scored 14 points in the first quarter in helping the Trojans build an early lead in their first-round PIAA Cl...
The PIAA released the 2025 PIAA Basketball Championships brackets Sunday afternoon.
Seven Butler County teams will compete in the boys and girls tournaments beginning Fri...
PITTSBURGH — It seemed only a matter of time before North Catholic overtook top-seeded Belle Vernon in Thursday’s WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball championship game.
Led by...
CRANBERRY TWP — Four weeks ago, North Catholic saw a WPIAL Section 1-4A victory slip from its grasp when Knoch outscored the Trojans by 10 points in the third quarter.
In...
CRANBERRY TWP — North Catholic girls basketball’s defense did not play a perfect game, but when it mattered most, the Trojanettes answered the call.
Over the final 11 min...
JEFFERSON TWP — For one quarter, Knoch couldn't miss.
That's all the Knights needed.
Knoch sank seven of nine shots from the field, including five 3-pointers Friday night...
Butler County cross country coaches have announced their 2024 All-County boys and girls runners.
Freeport’s Michael Braun, who won the WPIAL Class 2A boys championship an...
ELIZABETH — After trading offensive blows all night, somebody from North Catholic or Elizabeth Forward needed to produce a key defensive play.
Enter Andrew Grese.
The War...
