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Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Week ending Feb. 15, 2020
It was a big week for the Shenango boys basketball team. It began with a stunning win to end the regular season, then concluded with a big victory to open the postseason. Leading the way was Colin McQuiston, as the senior scored 51 points in wins over Mars and California....
WPIAL boys 6A, girls 5A and A headline Day 4 of first-round basketball
Last year, Peters Township knocked off Penn-Trafford in a Class 6A boys basketball first-round playoff game before losing an upset bid to Pine-Richland in heartbreaking fashion at the buzzer, 66-64, in the district quarterfinals. The opening-round win was the first Indians’ postseason victory in seven years. Hempfield is making its...
West Allegheny, last team into WPIAL boys playoff field, shocks McKeesport
The WPIAL playoffs apparently don’t follow a last-in, first-out policy. West Allegheny, which needed help on the final day of the regular season to qualify for the Class 5A tournament, got 30 points from Scott Bilovus to knock off fifth-seeded McKeesport, 65-62, at North Allegheny High School. West Allegheny led...
OLSH new No. 1 in 2A with few other changes in latest HSSN PIAA boys basketball rankings
Only one team dropped from this week’s Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings as the transition from regular season to postseason is made. Only Camp Hill Trinity was bumped and Bishop McDevitt in Wyncote was added in Class 3A, but there were changes at the top in classes 3A, 2A...
WPIAL approves site, schedule change for cross country championships
The WPIAL cross country championships will return to Cal (Pa.) next fall with an overhaul to the race schedule. The WPIAL board approved using the university site Monday with the caveat that the event will alternate girls and boys races with medals awarded after each classification, said WPIAL associate executive...
St. Ledger’s last-second layup lifts South Fayette over Franklin Regional
As South Fayette brought the basketball up the floor in the closing seconds, its season on the line and elimination perhaps one unlucky bounce away, the Lions had an air of calmness about them. It was like they had been here before. That’s because they have. Close finishes are nothing...
Indiana girls clean glass, knock off shorthanded McKeesport
All season long, the McKeesport girls basketball team wreaked havoc on the glass thanks to the play of Jhayla Bray. The senior went over the 1,000 mark in both points and rebounds this season, and the Tigers earned the No. 5 seed in the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs. McKeesport was...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Week ending Feb. 15, 2020
Neshannock finished in fourth place in Section 1-3A and seeded No. 9 for the WPIAL playoffs, which meant a first-round game against Section 4-3A co-champion and perennial power Washington. It looked like the section champs would knock off the Lancers as the Prexies took a 26-13 lead into halftime. “Make...
Reynolds makes clutch plays as Shaler boys beat Gateway
Late in the fourth quarter of Monday’s WPIAL Class 5A first-round game, seventh-seeded Shaler Area’s 14-point halftime lead was gone, erased by upset-minded, 10th-seeded Gateway. With the score tied at 42, and the Titans reeling, senior Mekhi Reynolds saw an opening to the basket and wasn’t going to miss. Reynolds’...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 17, 2020
Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s schedule Hempfield (12-10) vs. Peters Township (13-9) at Mt. Lebanon, 8 p.m. Pine-Richland (14-8) vs. Connellsville (8-14) at Fox Chapel, 8 p.m. Central Catholic (12-10) vs. Penn-Trafford (14-8) at Norwin, 8 p.m. Bethel Park (13-8) vs. North Allegheny (11-11) at North...
High school roundup for Feb. 17, 2020: Laurel Highlands handles Hampton
Thanks to a first-round victory Monday night, Laurel Highlands will find itself in an intriguing WPIAL boys basketball quarterfinals matchup on Friday. Tim Smith scored 20 points, including six 3-pointers, as eighth-seeded Laurel Highlands got off to a quick start and held off ninth-seeded Hampton, 52-46, in Class 5A. Laurel...
Knoch girls use defense, free-throw shooting to hold down New Castle
It wasn’t easy for the Knoch girls basketball team in its WPIAL Class 4A first-round game against New Castle on Monday at Fox Chapel. The No. 11 Red Hurricane gave the Knights all they could handle before the No. 6 seed held on for a 43-35 victory and punched its...
Freeport comes up big in 4th, holds off Belle Vernon
After three hotly-contested quarters, Freeport was looking for players to come up big in the fourth quarter. And seniors Sidney Shemanski and Madeline Clark did as the No. 7-seeded Yellowjackets held off No. 10 Belle Vernon, 44-38, in an WPIAL Class 4A first-round game at North Hills Middle School. Leading...
WPIAL wrestling realignment takes geographical approach
The WPIAL board approved new wrestling sections Monday based more on geography and less on competitive balance. As a result, Class AAA will have a much different alignment next season, said Canon-McMillan athletic director Frank Vulcano, chairman of the wrestling committee. Nineteen of the 45 teams are moving to a...
A-K Valley basketball playoff preview capsules: Games for Feb. 18, 2020
Tuesday’s games Girls First round Class 5A No. 8 Penn Hills (11-11) vs. No. 9 Plum (14-6) 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fox Chapel Winner plays: No. 1 Chartiers Valley (22-0) on Saturday in the quarterfinals Coaches: Robert Cash, Penn Hills; Steve Elsier, Plum Points scored/allowed: Penn Hills 44.6/37.7; Plum: 47.5/42.1...
Westmoreland County basketball playoff preview capsules: Games for Feb. 18, 2020
Boys Class 6A First round No. 8 Hempfield (12-10) vs. No. 9 Peters Township (13-9) 8 p.m. Tuesday at Mt. Lebanon Winner plays: No. 1 Butler (17-4) Saturday in quarterfinals Coaches: Bill Swan, Hempfield; Gary Goga, Peters Township Points scored/allowed: Hempfield 58.1 ppg/55.2; Peters Township 57.7/57.7 Players to watch: Marcus...
Penn-Trafford wrestlers look to take next step at individual section tournament
Coming into the 2019-20 season, Penn-Trafford first-year wrestling coach AJ Brentzel knew it might be a tough winter as he tried to rebuild the program’s winning culture. He knew it would take more than one season. The Warriors are 2-4 and did not qualify for the playoffs in Section 1-AAA,...
‘Fun begins’ for Norwin swimmers as WPIAL championship looms
Norwin junior swimmer Jordan Kutchak worked hard in the offseason and is reaping the rewards. Kutchak earned a gold medal in the girls 200-yard freestyle in the Westmoreland County Coaches Association meet in January. Her time of 1 minute, 57.65 seconds is on a list of top marks in WPIAL...
Chartiers Valley sophomore Aislin Malcolm receives Princeton offer
Chartiers Valley sophomore Aislin Malcolm, who hasn’t lost a game in two seasons, announced a college basketball offer Sunday from Princeton. The Tigers join Pitt, Duquesne, West Virginia, Western Michigan and Kent State as Division I programs recruiting the 5-foot-10 shooting guard. Malcolm is an 18-point scorer for a Chartiers...
Peters Township safety Donovan McMillon announces Penn State offerVideo
Add Penn State’s James Franklin to the growing list of college football coaches hoping to recruit Peters Township junior Donovan McMillon. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound safety announced a scholarship offer Saturday from the Nittany Lions, his seventh new offer in the past nine days. The Penn State offer came a little...
Trib HSSN PIHL team of the week: West Allegheny
Going into the final two weeks of the PIHL regular season, there is only one remaining unbeaten team. That team resides in Class B and is the defending champion in the Co-Op Division. Ringgold’s victory last week is not the only reason it remains undefeated. There were two unbeaten teams...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Feb. 15
With a Jan. 13 loss to defending WPIAL Class 2A champion Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, the South Side girls basketball team dropped to 7-5 overall. Then something kicked in and the team won nine of its next 11 games, including a Class 2A first-round playoff triumph. “We really...
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week: Week ending Feb. 16, 2020
High-scoring nights are nothing new to Burrell senior Gio Palombo. He has missed games this season because of injury, but he has been very good in a multitude of roles in the games he has played. The Bucs have needed Palombo to play defense — something he has done with...
High school schedules for Feb. 17, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s schedule Hempfield (12-10) vs. Peters Township (13-9) at Mt. Lebanon, 8 p.m. Pine-Richland (14-8) vs. Connellsville (8-14) at Fox Chapel, 8 p.m. Central Catholic (12-10) vs. Penn-Trafford (14-8) at Norwin, 8 p.m. Bethel Park (13-8) vs. North Allegheny (11-11)...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Feb. 15
There were only 34 WPIAL girls basketball games played last week: 30 on the final night of the regular season and four playoff games Friday. In two of those games, Ellis School junior Natalie Jasper was a dominant force. “Natalie has been one of our leaders this season both on...
