The Portage Area High School boys basketball team faces a familiar scenario in a different role as the WestPAC semifinal round playoffs begin on Thursday.

His senior captains provided Conemaugh Township High School boys basketball coach Chuck Lesko with a dramatic, WestPAC playoff-clinching birthday present on Monday night.

The Windber High School boys basketball team trailed by six points at halftime and faced an 11-point deficit in the third quarter before rallying to a double-digit victory in the District 5 Class AA semifinal round on Friday night.

North Star senior guard Andy Zuchelli already was having a great game through three quarters on Tuesday night when he elevated his play to yet another level.

Windber High School won its first District 5 Class A girls cross country team championship and North Star’s Emily Coddington was the individual champion on Tuesday.

The Windber High School girls soccer team successfully pulled off a three-peat in the District 5 Class A championship game via a 3-0 victory over top-seeded Rockwood on Wednesday at Somerset High School.

Austin Curtis scored a goal in the second overtime as the two-time defending District 5 Class A champion Windber High School boys soccer team edged Fannett-Metal, 2-1, on Tuesday night.

Jeremy Layton carried 25 times for a game-high 174 yards and two touchdowns as the Ramblers edged the gritty Yellow Jackets, 21-13, in a game that took almost four hours to complete.

Two versatile Windber High School student-athletes announced their intentions to attend Mount Aloysius College on Wednesday.

Cody Simanski was a huge part of a Windber High School football revival this past season, while Devan Marhefka and Abigail Steinbeck each were mainstays on the Ramblers’ championship boys and girls soccer teams, respectively.