CHAMPIONSHIP BOUND: Clarion Earns Third Consecutive State Playoff Shutout to Punch Ticket to PIAA Title Game

CRESSON, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Three state playoff games. Three wins. Zero runs given up. Even Clarion baseball coach Rob Jewett can’t...

DOWN WITH A FIGHT: Punxsutawney Gives Undefeated Riverside Best Shot in 8-5 Loss in PIAA Class 3A Semifinals

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Mike Dickey blinked away tears. Losses are always hard. They are even more difficult to bear...

Clarion, DuBois Central Catholic and Punxsutawney Face Tough Semifinal Tests With Trip to State Title Games on the Line

CLARION, Pa. (EYT/D9) — The surging Clarion baseball team, fresh off of 15-0 and 10-0 wins in the first two rounds...

PRETTY GOOD DAY: Freshman Pitcher Shines for Punxsutawney in 6-1 PIAA Class 3A Quarterfinal Win

DuBOIS, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Nevin Day is just a freshman. He doesn’t act like one. Given the ball on the mound...

Red-Hot Clarion Rolls Again With 10-0 Win Over Saegertown; DCC Rallies With Six in Sixth to Keep Potential all-D9 Class A State Title Game Clash Alive

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. (EYT/D9) — It isn’t supposed to happen this way. The wins in the state playoffs aren’t supposed to...

BASH BROTHERS: Dawson and Derek Smail Have Been Huge Part of Clarion’s Run to D9 Title, Second Round of PIAA Playoffs

SHIPPENVILLE, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Like most siblings close in age, Dawson and Derek Smail grew up as friendly rivals. Well, mostly...

THE NEXT STEP: District 9 Teams Learn Sites, Times of PIAA Quarterfinal Round Games on Thursday

CLARION, Pa. (EYT/D9) — The march continues. The five District 9 baseball and softball teams still alive in the PIAA playoffs...

Clarion Rolls to First-Round Playoff Win, DCC Rallies in Eighth, Punxy Cruises and RV Ousted; DCC, ECC, Moniteau Softball Each Fall

DuBOIS, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Dawson Smail went 3 for 3 with a home run, single and double and also drove in...

TOUGH AS NAILS: Cranberry Outlasts Greensburg Central Catholic for Dramatic 8-7 Walk-Off State Playoff Win

SENECA, Pa. (EYT/D9) — As Cranberry players kicked up dust during a wild celebration on their home field, coach Chrissy Shumaker...

GREMLIN GRIT: Karns City Wins First State Playoff Game Since 1996 With 2-1 Upset of District 7 Champ Seton LaSalle

WEXFORD, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Mallick Metcalfe shrugged it off. It was understandable, really. There was no mystery why few gave the...