The Kiski girls and boys wrestling teams swept Fox Chapel Wednesday night.

The 2025 NFL season has become known for the year of unlikely comebacks. Philip Rivers came out of retirement to try and help the Indianapolis Colts make the playoffs after being out of the league for five years. Pine-Richland graduate Ben DiNucci doesn't have quite as high of a profile, but was signed to the Denver Broncos practice squad ahead of the AFC Championship game next Sunday.

DiNucci was brought on board after it was announced Broncos' quarterback Bo Nix broke his ankle in Denver's overtime win over Buffalo Saturday. Jarrett Stidham will start in Nix's place in the AFC Championship game against the Patriots.

DiNucci, who played collegiately at Pitt and James Madison, made three appearances for the Dallas Cowboys in 2020. DiNucci's best season as a pro came in the XFL in 2023. He led the Seattle Sea Dragons to a 7-3 record and led the league with 2,671 passing yards. He also threw 20 touchdowns and 13 interceptions.

In Seattle's playoff game that season, DiNucci threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns, but the Sea Dragons lost 37-21 to the D.C. Defenders. DiNucci hasn't made an NFL squad in the years since he left Dallas. He has had a number of opportunities to try and earn a job. DiNucci was on the practice squad with the Broncos in 2023 and also had tryouts with the New Orleans Saints in 2024 and the Atlanta Falcons in 2025.

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Trevor George battled through the challenges, and finding enough players, to lead a Class A football program during his time at Riverview. The Raiders coach will take on a new challenge next season. George was chosen as the next head coach at Blackhawk, according to Beaver County Radio. Riverview finished this past season 4-6.

George, a Carlynton graduate, was previously an assistant coach with the Cougars. Blackhawk finished last season 3-7. George was 17-38 during his time with the Raiders. George's best season came when Riverview finished 5-5 in 2023.

Riverview opened this past season by wining four of its first six games and was in position to a postseason appearance for the first time since 2016 after a win over Greensburg Central Catholic. The Raiders, however, couldn't steal a win on the road against Brentwood or Frazier. Closing the season with matchups against eventual state champion Clairton and playoff qualifier Jeannette didn't provide the Raiders with an opportunity to escape from the Eastern Conference.

Here is George's record with Riverview.

2025       4-6
2024       3-6
2023       5-5
2022.      4-6
2021       1-8
2020       0-8

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The Deer Lakes boys basketball team got revenge on Friday night for a previous loss to Freeport in section play. Read my story in the Tribune Review.

The game featured a nearly four-minute scoreless stretch to start the game. Things heated up in in the second half.

PENN HILLS - Milani Oliver shot down the idea that scoring 1,000 points was a lifelong goal. The Penn Hills senior was pushed in that direction once she demonstrated she had the ability to reach for the stars. 

"As a freshman, it actually wasn't the goal," Oliver said. "But when I was like a sophomore and junior, (coach) Robert (Cash) was telling me to step it up and I could get it if I work hard enough to do it. He was pushing me the whole time I got it."

Oliver hit that mark early during a 48-12 Section 1-5A contest with Gateway Tuesday night at home. Oliver, who finished with 11 points to push her career total to 1,007 points, was happy to part of the lineage of Penn Hills athletes to reach the mark. Hannah Pugliese, who now plays at Slippery Rock University, was the last Indians' player to reach 1,000 points in 2014.

Before that, Penn Hills assistant coach Desiree Oliver was the last player in the program to take her scoring total that high.

"It feels great," Milani said. "It actually feels great being apart of that."

Putting aside her personal accomplishment, Milani knew that the Indians to pick up an emphatic win against Gateway. Penn Hills has lost five consecutive games entering the matchup and the Gators have wallowed at the bottom of the section all season.

"I feel like this win right here, it sets up for some of the goals we set before the season started," Milani said. "I feel like this sets us up to be good. I think our biggest competition is going to be Fox Chapel and Plum. Winning this game gave us our confidence back."

Milani said this Penn Hills has a strong support system in place alongside her. She is hoping to try and lead the Indians back to the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs during her senior season. She isn't sure what will be next for her after high school.

"For college, it's still undecided," Milani said. "I was getting a lot of emails and getting a lot of looks, but I don't know yet."

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The news out of Oakmont is that there will be lights added to Riverside Park before the start of next football season. That means the Raiders will now join every other public school in the WPIAL in playing their home football games on Friday nights. After Western Beaver got lights before the start of the 2025 season, Riverview was the last public school in the Pittsburgh area to play on Saturday afternoons.

It's a disappointing change, but one that the parents wanted badly, so it was destined to happen. The Raiders' home atmosphere, being close to the Allegheny River and the Oakmont Bakery, provided a festive environment.

The only school still playing all of its home games on Saturdays is Summit Academy, a school for at-risk youth in Butler County. It doesn't guarantee that all games will be on Fridays in the Pittsburgh area. Due to a lack of officials, many districts around the state have been forced to move games to Thursday or Saturday nights.

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The opener at The Challenge at Allderdice required overtime to find a winner. Penn Hills did just enough in overtime to pull out a 58-57 win over the defending PIAA and WPIAL Class 1A champions.

I wrote a story for SBLive, which the link will be posted here. The Bulldogs were without a few key players, but showed plenty of fight.

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Penn Hills' Milani Oliver is inching closer to the 1,000-point plateau for her career. Oliver scored six points against McKeesport Friday night during a 48-32 loss. She now has 996 points in her career.

Oliver would be the third Penn Hills player since 2016 to hit 1,000 points. Hannah Pugliese, who now plays at Slippery Rock University, hit the mark in 2024. Desiree Oliver, who has served as an assistant coach for the Indians, also topped 1,000 points back in 2016. Desiree went on to play for UMass.

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PLUM - Chris Giles' biggest supporters were sound asleep when he made his cameo appearance on Sunday Night Football But the Penn Hills boys basketball coach found plenty of people were able to see him coach during the broadcast of the Steelers and Ravens game last Sunday.

The Sunday Night Football crew had stopped by to shoot footage of the Central Catholic-Penn Hills game on Jan. 2 at Penn Hills High School. 

"It was great," Giles said. "I wish my kids would've seen it, but they were in bed. It was great, my mom was able to see it and so were some relatives and family members. The best part about it is that when I went to work and some of my students said 'Mr. Giles, I saw you on TV.' So that's exciting."

The Vikings won the non-conference game 42-31. Typically Sunday Night Football will go to a high school game every week, but since the PIAA football season was over, they made the trip to Penn Hills again.

The Indians, who beat Plum 67-39 Tuesday night on the road, have won six of their past seven games. Penn Hills is 6-5 overall and 4-1 in Section 1-5A play.

"Kudos to those guys for coming out and supporting," Giles said. "Central's a really good team and it was two really good historical programs in basketball and football competing."

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