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John Santa

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Pittsburgh Union Progress sports reporter, on strike from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Husband of an educator. Father of a Wild Thing.

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PUP recruiting notebook: With 52 offers and a top-30 national ranking, Quaker Valley’s Mimi Thiero the WPIAL’s biggest girls basketball recruit since Swin Cash Quaker Valley Basketball slaambasketball Mimi Thiero Almamy Thiero unionprogress.com/2025/04/22/pup…

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Kemon Spell decided to give track a try this spring. Same with Rowan Carmichael and Brady Mayo. These stars in other sports are more than holding their own, too. They headline this week’s PUP track notebook. Kemon spell RowanCarmichael Brady Mayo unionprogress.com/2025/04/23/pup…

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Some recruiting news: Beaver's Brady Mayo no longer plans on playing football in college, saying he is "100% pursuing basketball." Was a Bucknell football recruit. Several PSAC schools have offered for hoops. Was second in the WPIAL in scoring his senior season (26 ppg).

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🚨New PUP baseball notebook🚨 ⭐️Section leader Canon-McMillan making noise in 6A ⭐️Baldwin’s big turnaround ⭐️Mohawk’s Bobby Fadden a star for all seasons ⭐️New Brighton’s Brock Budacki doing it all Story: tinyurl.com/2cb34rk3

🚨New PUP baseball notebook🚨
⭐️Section leader Canon-McMillan making noise in 6A
⭐️Baldwin’s big turnaround
⭐️Mohawk’s Bobby Fadden a star for all seasons
⭐️New Brighton’s Brock Budacki doing it all
Story: tinyurl.com/2cb34rk3
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⚾️ With their win over Wheeling the Pioneers claim the North Division! Point Park locks up the #1 seed in the MEC Baseball Championship! #GoPioneers

⚾️ With their win over Wheeling the Pioneers claim the North Division! Point Park locks up the #1 seed in the MEC Baseball Championship!

#GoPioneers
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Our Steve Mellon, Helen Fallon and John Santa cover Workers Memorial Day, the name-the-still-mill-eaglet contest and Point Park Baseball "just having fun really." Ed Blazina's covering today's transit hearings and riders' rally: unionprogress.com

Our <a href="/stevemellon412/">Steve Mellon</a>, <a href="/HFallonPPU/">Helen Fallon</a> and <a href="/johnnysantaPUP/">John Santa</a>  cover Workers Memorial Day, the name-the-still-mill-eaglet contest and <a href="/PPUBaseball/">Point Park Baseball</a> "just having fun really." <a href="/EdBlazina/">Ed Blazina</a>'s covering today's transit hearings and riders' rally: unionprogress.com
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Loren Torres has built one of the region’s top college baseball programs at Point Park University Athletics over the past 16 years. It should come as no surprise Point Park Baseball has found immediate success in Mountain East Conf. right away. Pittsburgh Union Progress 📰 has the story. unionprogress.com/2025/04/29/poi…

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🚨BIG news: Today the federal judges who granted us an injunction last month ordering Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to restore our illegally-taken health care DENIED the company’s desperate attempts to rehear the case, delay justice and cut its *current* workers out of the plan we’ve won back.

🚨BIG news: Today the federal judges who granted us an injunction last month ordering <a href="/PittsburghPG/">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</a> to restore our illegally-taken health care DENIED the company’s desperate attempts to rehear the case, delay justice and cut its *current* workers out of the plan we’ve won back.
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Coming off its first WPIAL title in a dozen years, expectations were higher than ever for Chartiers-Houston — and so far, the high-powered Bucs have been every bit as good as advertised. Chartiers-Houston Softball headlines this week’s Pittsburgh Union Progress 📰 softball notebook: tinyurl.com/5etkk2sp

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A year after his passing, Western Pa. running community titan Ed Helbig to be honored at Baldwin Invitational. That headlines the latest PUP track notebook. Also … Latrobe speedster Preston Miller blazes, Scoop Smith to make debut, & more! 🏃‍♀️🔥💨 Story: tinyurl.com/349ctuy3

A year after his passing, Western Pa. running community titan Ed Helbig to be honored at Baldwin Invitational. That headlines the latest PUP track notebook. Also … Latrobe speedster Preston Miller blazes, Scoop Smith to make debut, &amp; more! 🏃‍♀️🔥💨
Story: tinyurl.com/349ctuy3
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ICYMI — this week’s Pittsburgh Union Progress 📰 baseball notebook shined the spotlight on Pine-Richland Athletics, NESHANNOCK HS BASEBALL and Montour Baseball, while our softball notebook featured Chartiers-Houston Softball and its pursuit of a historic 10th WPIAL title. ⚾️📒: tinyurl.com/h92hm373 🥎📒: tinyurl.com/5etkk2sp

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🚨Class 3A boys 🏀 all-state team 🚨 First team: Aliquippa's Josh Pratt (Player of the Year), South Allegheny's Drew Cook Second team: South Allegheny's Cam Epps, Mohawk's Bobby Fadden Co-Coach of the year: South Allegheny's Tony DiCenzo

🚨Class 3A boys 🏀 all-state team 🚨
First team: Aliquippa's Josh Pratt (Player of the Year), South Allegheny's Drew Cook
Second team: South Allegheny's Cam Epps, Mohawk's Bobby Fadden
Co-Coach of the year: South Allegheny's Tony DiCenzo
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In the new PUP recruiting notebook … ⭐️ Sledge, Mayo talk Slippery Rock commitments (Givner headed there, too) ⭐️South Fayette girls with five D1’s ⭐️Shanafelt, Timmons pick schools ⭐️Kelly, Valentine to Northern Illinois ⭐️Henderson to Mizzou Story: tinyurl.com/mrnu2y64

In the new PUP recruiting notebook … 
⭐️ Sledge, Mayo talk Slippery Rock commitments (Givner headed there, too)
⭐️South Fayette girls with five D1’s
⭐️Shanafelt, Timmons pick schools
⭐️Kelly, Valentine to Northern Illinois
⭐️Henderson to Mizzou
Story: tinyurl.com/mrnu2y64
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Keara Mangieri’s high school career might be coming to an end soon, but the New Castle star has had a year to remember for the Red Hurricanes. The power-hitting Pitt recruit and WPIAL home run leader headlines this week’s Pittsburgh Union Progress 📰 softball notebook: tinyurl.com/2fmek7fc

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One of the WPIAL’s top running backs hopes to run it back as WPIAL long jump champ next week. California’s Lee Qualk headlines the latest PUP track notebook. Plus … USC’s Tayla Kurzawa, Allderdice’s Bailey White, & WPIAL team champs‼️ Lee Qualk Story: tinyurl.com/9nxab5jv

One of the WPIAL’s top running backs hopes to run it back as WPIAL long jump champ next week. California’s Lee Qualk headlines the latest PUP track notebook. Plus … USC’s Tayla Kurzawa, Allderdice’s Bailey White, &amp; WPIAL team champs‼️ <a href="/LeeQualk/">Lee Qualk</a> 
Story: tinyurl.com/9nxab5jv
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If anybody knows how to heat up for the home stretch and peak at the right time, it’s Bethel Park — and this year is no different. The Bethel Park Hawks Baseball headline this week’s Pittsburgh Union Progress 📰 baseball notebook alongside Burgettstown Blue Devil Baseball, FortCherrySD and Plum Athletics: tinyurl.com/555vuw25