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Canon-McMillan wrestling coach steps down

Written by Ken Wunderley on .

2013 0521 CMac maryIt was a phone call Chris Mary will never forget. It made him rethink his priorities.

"We were at the Virginia Duals [in January 2012] when my wife, Amy, called," said Mary, who was in his 12th season as head coach of the Canon-McMillan wrestling team. "My daughter, Ava Marie [now 3 years old], asked Amy where daddy lived, and when can we go visit him. That really blew me away."

That phone call, plus the addition of a second daughter, 1-year-old Alivia, reminded Mary of the most important thing in life. "Family has to come first. That's why I'm retiring after 23 years of coaching. It's time for me to spend more time with my family."

Mary's resignation was announced at Monday night's school board meeting, where the Big Macs wrestling team was recognized for winning its fourth consecutive WPIAL Class AAA title, its third team title in a row at the PIAA individual championships and second consecutive PIAA team title.

 

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Big Macs emerge as champs of rugged baseball section

Written by Brad Everett on .

Brad Everett's feature on Canon-McMillan baseball:

 

"If Las Vegas had released odds on who would win the WPIAL Class AAAA Section 5 baseball title this season, Canon-McMillan might have been a 100-to-1 longshot, an underdog to the fullest extent of the word.

But the Big Macs have proved that every dog has its day, or in this case, season.

There are turnaround seasons and then there is what Canon-McMillan has done this spring. No WPIAL team has experienced such a reversal of fortune. A season ago, the Big Macs were tied for last in their section. This season, they're section champions. No other WPIAL team has experienced that type of transformation this season."

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Canon-McMillan baseball team wins section title

Written by Brad Everett on .

A year after finishing in last place, the Canon-McMillan baseball team can call themselves section champions.

Canon-McMillan (11-6 overall) went 8-2 in Class AAAA Section 5, placing them ahead of fellow WPIAL playoff qualifiers Bethel Park (7-3) and Mt. Lebanon (7-3). The Big Macs went 2-10 in section play last season.

The Big Macs put together a big three-game run of wins last week, defeating Mt. Lebanon, Bethel Park and Peters Township.

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Canon-McMillan lone repeat softball section champion in Class AAAA

Written by Nicholas Tolomeo on .

There was an upheaval of sorts in WPIAL Class AAAA this season with a changing of the guard in three of the four sections but the more things change, the more they stayed the same for Canon-McMillan. The defending WPIAL Class AAAA champions defended their Section 4 title successfully. Not only did the Big Macs repeat as section champions, they did it by the widest margin in the WPIAL, four games.

Canon-McMillan (15-1) was a perfect 14-0 in the section and finished four games ahead of Peters Township (16-4, 10-4). It had the section title clinched with two section games remaining.

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