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Posted: May 22nd, 2013

Fans can vote for the Breakout Team of the Week on the top right corner of the page. Voting continues through Friday at 4:59 p.m. with the winner being featured Sunday in the Erie Times-News. Teams who have won the award this season are no longer eligible. Fans are encouraged to nominate teams by 5 p.m. each Tuesday.

Wilmington baseball – Pulled off the biggest upset of the first round by beating Titusville 8-5 in the D-10 Class AA quarterfinals.
Sharpsville baseball – The Blue Devils scored four runs in the seventh inning to hold off West Middlesex 5-1 in the D-10 Class AA quarterfinals.
Warren baseball – Held off General McLane 13-10 in the D-10 AAA quarterfinals.
Cathedral Prep baseball – Continued their hot play with a 5-0 win over Corry in the D-10 Class AAA quarterfinals.
Grove City baseball – The Eagles beat Strong Vincent 10-4 in the D-10 Class AAA quarterfinals.
Slippery Rock baseball – The Rockets knocked off Harbor Creek 1-0 in the D-10 Class AAA quarterfinals.
McDowell boys lacrosse - The Trojans won the District 10 championship with a 12-6 win over rival Cathedral Prep.
Villa Maria track – Put together a terrific performance to win the District 10 Class AA championship.
Hickory boys track – The Hornets held off rival West Middlesex to win the D-10 Class AA championship.
Grove City girls track – The Eagles won the D-10 Class AAA title.
Cathedral Prep track – Took home the D-10 Class AAA championship.
Reynolds softball – Rallied to beat West Middlesex 5-4 in 8 innings in the D-10 Class A quarterfinals.
Sharpsville softball - Beat Rocky Grove 5-0 in the D-10 Class A quarterfinals.
Fairview softball – Moved to 20-0 with an 8-1 win over Maplewood in the D-10 AA quarterfinals.
Northwestern softball – The Wildcats upset Wilmington 9-5 in the D-10 Class AA quarterfinals.
Titusville softball – Held off North East 3-1 in the D-10 Class AA quarterfinals.
Harbor Creek softball – Walked off with a 4-3 win over Mercer in the bottom of the seventh inning in the D-10 Class AA quarterfinals.
Meadville volleyball – Swept Fort LeBoeuf in the D-10 Class AA quarterfinals.
Cochranton volleyball – Took care of Conneaut in the D-10 Class AA quarterfinals.
Maplewood volleyball – Swept Cambridge Springs in the D-10 Class AA quarterfinals.
Saegertown volleyball – Knocked out Rocky Grove in the D-10 Class AA quarterfinals.

Posted in: Breakout Team
Posted: May 22nd, 2013

We are in the home stretch for not only the spring season but the 2012-13 school year. Five more athletes were honored this week as breakout athletes. Harbor Creek’s Patrick Brennan won the baseball poll and Fort LeBoeuf’s Kelsey Kuzma won the softball poll. Walker Stone (Fort LeBoeuf) won the spring athlete poll as a volleyball player, while Caleb Sanford (McDowell) and Rebekah Petty (Greenville) won the track polls.

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Posted: May 21st, 2013

Playoff Central – Tuesday

Posted: May 21st, 2013

District 10 playoffs Baseball Class AA quarterfinals Mercyhurst Prep 13, Northwestern 4 Wilmington 8, Titusville 5 Sharpsville 5, West Middlesex 1 Saegertown 6, Franklin 0,

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Posted: May 20th, 2013

Baseball Region 8 Central Tech 9, East 3 Softball Non-region Mercyhurst Prep 12, Villa Maria 10 Boys volleyball PIAA Class AAA Subregional McDowell def Allderdice

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Posted: May 20th, 2013

The District 10 Class A semifinals and the D-10 Class AAAA championship are set for Wednesday at Northwestern High School. The start time for each

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Posted in: Baseball, District 10
Posted: May 19th, 2013

Erie Times-News District 10 baseball rankings Class A Rank School Rec. Prv 1. Cochranton 9-6 1 2. Rocky Grove 8-5 2 3. Kennedy Catholic 7-5

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Posted in: Baseball, Softball
Posted: May 19th, 2013

District 10 is in line for a solid showing at the two-day PIAA championship meet this coming weekend at Shippensburg University. Below are the performance

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Posted in: PIAA, Track and field
Posted: May 19th, 2013

Fans can vote for the Breakout Athlete of the Week on the top right corner of the page. Voting continues through Tuesday at 11:59 p.m.

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Posted: May 18th, 2013

Baseball Region 8 Cathedral Prep 10, Central Tech 2 Non-region Cathedral Prep 7, Central Tech 1 Warren 6, Jamestown (N.Y.) 2 Conneaut 9, Mercyhurst Prep

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Posted: May 17th, 2013

District 10 softball playoffs Class A Quarterfinals Tuesday At Allegheny College Reynolds vs. West Middlesex, 1 p.m. At Penn State Behrend Sharpsville vs. Rocky Grove,

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Posted in: Softball
Posted: May 17th, 2013

Baseball Non-region Fairview 3, Eisenhower 2, 8 innings Union City 8, Youngsville 6 McDowell 4, General McLane 2 Cathedral Prep 7, St. Joe’s (N.Y.) 5

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