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While coach Daryn Freedman’s AAU team — Basketball Stars of America Nike Elite — barnstorms up and down the east coast, Mt. Lebanon’s Evan Pierce is enjoying the ride. Pierce picked up scholarship offers from Wagner and Iona after averaging 15 points and seven assists in three games of the Morgantown (W.Va.) Jamfest last weekend. [...]

Seton-La Salle High School has come up with an innovative way to raise money for its athletic department. During renovation of the gymnasium, the school is auctioning off its championship banners and replacing them with new, modern ones. Anyone wishing to bid on the felt banners should contact athletic director Brian Geyer at geyerb@slshs.org. Minimum [...]

The first day of the high school football season in Western Pennsylvania is Sept. 4, but a set of five games, beginning the morning of Sept. 5 in Wheeling (W.Va.) Island Stadium, will be the highlight of the weekend. Three of the best teams in WPIAL Class AAAA – Central Catholic, McKeesport and Woodland Hills – are participating, and each team has drawn a formidable opponent.