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    pennsylvania interscholastic athletic association

    PIAA football semifinal preview capsules
    Football, High School, Local Sports, ...
    PIAA football semifinal preview capsules
    DON REBEL The Tribune-Review/TNS 
    Nov 29, 2024
    Welcome to the PIAA final four with 11 games scheduled for Friday and one for Saturday. With 24 teams set to collide post-Thanksgiving for the opportu...
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    Dush legislation preserving cash entrance to PIAA events earns Senate approval
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    Dush legislation preserving cash entrance to PIAA events earns Senate approval
    Oct 09, 2024
    HARRISBURG – Sponsored by Sen. Cris Dush (R-25), legislation to require schools to accept cash as payment for entry to all school-sponsored activities...
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    Appellate judge denies PIAA request, keeping Aliquippa in Class 4A football
    Football, High School, Local Sports, ...
    Appellate judge denies PIAA request, keeping Aliquippa in Class 4A football
    CHRIS HARLAN The Tribune-Review, Greensburg/TNS 
    Jul 19, 2024
    The injunction keeping Aliquippa in Class 4A football remains in place after a Commonwealth Court judge denied a PIAA request for a stay. Appellate Ju...
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    PIAA makes initial vote to strike health and safety terminology from Competition Formula
    High School, Local Sports, Sports
    PIAA makes initial vote to strike health and safety terminology from Competition Formula
    CHRIS HARLAN The Tribune-Review, Greensburg 
    Jul 18, 2024
    The PIAA board wants to remove some much-maligned words from its competitive-balance rule, those that prohibited health and safety as grounds for an a...
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    St. Marys, Elk County Catholic agree to football co-op
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    St. Marys, Elk County Catholic agree to football co-op
    Jul 10, 2024
    ST. MARYS — St. Marys Area and Elk County Catholic are joining forces. The two schools have agreed to a co-op in football for the upcoming 2024 season...
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    St. Marys softball learns details of PIAA 4A quarterfinal matchup against Archbishop Wood
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    St. Marys softball learns details of PIAA 4A quarterfinal matchup against Archbishop Wood
    Jun 05, 2024
    ST. MARYS — Details for the PIAA quarterfinals are all set for the St. Marys softball team. St. Marys, which won a PIAA D6-9 Class 4A subregional agai...
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    PIAA, just say no to NIL
    Opinion, Сolumns
    PIAA, just say no to NIL
    Apr 27, 2022
    The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association should forbid name, image and likeness deals for its athletes. It’s bad for high school sports, ...
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    Pennsylvania bill targets transgender girls in school sports
    High School, Local Sports
    Pennsylvania bill targets transgender girls in school sports
    MARK SCOLFOLRO The Associated Press 
    Mar 30, 2022
    HARRISBURG (AP) — A Republican proposal to prevent transgender girls from competing in girls’ school sports passed the Pennsylvania House Education Co...
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    Pa. bill targets transgender girls in school sports
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    Pa. bill targets transgender girls in school sports
    MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press 
    Mar 29, 2022
    HARRISBURG — A Republican proposal to prevent transgender girls from competing in girls' school sports passed the Pennsylvania House Education Committ...
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    Guest Commentary: PIAA competitive balance rule is anything but balanced
    Football, High School, Local Sports
    Guest Commentary: PIAA competitive balance rule is anything but balanced
    REP. ROB MATZIE Special to The Era 
    Jan 08, 2022
    On Jan. 4, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association released its list of football classifications for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school year...
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    Commentary: This time, Wolf makes the decision himself
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    Commentary: This time, Wolf makes the decision himself
    JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 11, 2020
    Back in August, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association defied Governor Tom Wolf’s strong recommendation of putting athletics on hold am...
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    Winter sports still on… for now
    Bradford, Columns, High School, ...
    Winter sports still on… for now
    JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
    Nov 19, 2020
    It was perhaps expected that the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association wouldn’t take any substantive action on winter sports during its me...
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    Column: Big decision looming for the PIAA
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    Column: Big decision looming for the PIAA
    JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
    Nov 14, 2020
    There’s much less fanfare going into the winter athletic season, to be sure. When the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association pressed on wit...
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    We finally got our fall sports answer, but questions remain
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    We finally got our fall sports answer, but questions remain
    JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
    Aug 24, 2020
    Better late than never. After months of uncertainty this summer and a two-week frenzy this month during which the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athleti...
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    Pennsylvania school athletics board greenlights fall season
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    Pennsylvania school athletics board greenlights fall season
    MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press 
    Aug 21, 2020
    High school athletes across Pennsylvania will be taking the field this fall, after all. Ending weeks of uncertainty, the governing body for Pennsylvan...
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    PIAA official: ‘Fairly comfortable’ fall sports can proceed
    High School, Local Sports, Sports
    PIAA official: ‘Fairly comfortable’ fall sports can proceed
    MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press 
    Aug 18, 2020
    The governing body for Pennsylvania interscholastic sports signaled again Monday that it's seriously considering moving ahead with the fall season des...
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    PIAA speaks with Wolf’s staff; decision on hold until Aug. 21
    Big 30, Bradford, Football, ...
    PIAA speaks with Wolf’s staff; decision on hold until Aug. 21
    Times-News staff Erie Times-News (TNS) 
    Aug 14, 2020
    Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association officials spoke with Gov. Tom Wolf's staff Friday about the possibility of playing the high school f...
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    Football without fans a different, but okay experience
    Columns, Football, High School, ...
    Football without fans a different, but okay experience
    JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
    Aug 10, 2020
    BROCKWAY — Friday night’s Varischetti All-Star Game was certainly a different experience than any other game I’ve covered or attended. There were no l...
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    PIAA holding  firm on fall,  at least for now
    Columns, High School, Local Sports, ...
    PIAA holding firm on fall, at least for now
    JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
    Jul 21, 2020
    I was in DuBois covering the District 9 North/South Softball Challenge last Wednesday when an unexpected, but welcome, press release from the Pennsylv...
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    PIAA moving forward with scheduled fall sports season
    Big 30, Bradford, High School, ...
    PIAA moving forward with scheduled fall sports season
    JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
    Jul 16, 2020
    The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) announced through a press release on Wednesday that it is moving ahead with the scheduled...
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    UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
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    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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