After a one-year hiatus, the North Hills High School hockey program played its first PIHL varsity-level game in almost 20 months in October. Over the past month, the Indians showed the rest of PIHL Class AA that they truly are back. North Hills experienced some early struggles in its re-entry into area high school hockey following its only winter without a varsity team since 1973. (Today)

There is a lot of guesswork for a swimming coach that goes into choosing events for swimmers at the WPIAL championships. Coaches want to give their swimmers the best chance to succeed and some events are faster than others, depending on the year. A lot of the guess work in Class AAA is trying to figure out what North Allegheny is going to do. (Today)

Jamie Kyriazis competed for North Allegheny's 1988 wrestling team that ranked No. 1 in the country. But that team never participated in a state tournament because the PIAA did not have a team tournament at that time. "We never really thought about a state team tournament back then," said Kyriazis, who was a 112-pound sophomore in '88. "It's too bad we didn't have that chance. (Today)

Cody Wiercioch spent most of Saturday's WPIAL Class AAA team title match at Chartiers Valley High School relaxing and enjoying the show put on by his Canon-McMillan teammates. "I love being up first," said Wiercioch, referring to the fact that the Big Macs title match with North Allegheny began at the 170-pound weight class. "It allowed me to sit back and enjoy the rest of the match. (Today)

Carrick hockey is back. After three-and-a-half years of mediocre play, Carrick has played like the PIHL Open Class power it was throughout much of the previous decade. The team carries a five-game winning streak into a game at Keystone Oaks Friday. That followed starts of 2-5 and 5-7 to the season and three consecutive non-winning seasons from 2008-09 to 2010-11. (Today)