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Adam Janosko is excited about the passion athletes in the Shady Side Academy track program are finding to compete in the sport. Not long after the state championships, a number of Bulldog athletes have found success on the summer circuit.

CJ Hart would like to have the opportunity to create some of the images he spent time watching as a kid. The Plum senior running back/linebacker, who recently committed to play football at Youngstown State, always gravitated toward the more physical runners.

Anna Korney was the youngest member of the Pittsburgh Riveters inaguaral season last year. Korney, a 16-year-old DuBois student, has continued to help the pre-

Kate Friday feels the Pittsburgh Riveters are more equipped this time around for the challenges that come with playing in the USL W League playoffs.

Dan Mason credits the Penn Hills football program for steering his life in the right direction. The Indians' newly minted interim football coach would like to try and put others on the same path.

Jamal Woodson started coaching basketball when he was 16, gaining experience at a Christian school in Silver Spring, Md.

Being at every event for your kids is impossible with four children. When Fox Chapel baseball coach Jim Hastings included work and coaching baseball into the formula, the numbers weren't where he wanted them to be.

Rosa Ianetti has her finger on the pulse of what helps a young athlete develop into a good leader. The Shady Side Academy sophomore field hockey goalie is participating in the AAU Junior Olympics this summer. Playing well is important but so is building a quick rapport with people you don't know.

Jack Natili wasn't sure what would be for him when he chose to leave Rutgers after his freshman season.

Nick Turowski didn't have the look of a man beset by disappointment Sunday at Hannastown Golf Club.