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Shaler competitive spirit team relishes top-five finish at states
Members of the Shaler Area competitive spirit team didn’t get to the top of the PIAA small division field as they hoped they might. But the Titans were able to navigate their way to the division finals and prove they were among the top five teams in the state at...
Bishop Canevin’s Alyssa Pollice goes from role player to reliable scorer
When Alyssa Pollice transferred from Seton LaSalle to Bishop Canevin last season, she gave the Crusaders girls basketball team something every team needs: that player who does the dirty work. Defense, rebounding and intangibles that don’t show up in the scorebook were her calling card. She didn’t need to be...
Point guard Kyree Hairston-Mitchell leads Penn Hills into WPIAL title contention
After a rocky 5-2 start to the season, the Penn Hills boys basketball team put together a five-game winning streak. Senior point guard Kyree Hairston-Mitchell played a pivotal role in righting the ship through his consistent play. Penn Hills (10-2, 6-0) suffered a disappointing 59-57 loss to Central Catholic on...
North Allegheny wrestlers building foundation at individual tournaments
The North Allegheny wrestling team has taken full advantage of having more wrestlers at individual tournaments during the season. By bringing 18 or 19 wrestlers to various events, the Tigers have been laying the foundation for building a deep roster. Winning the Mid-Winter Mayhem event Jan. 11 at IUP helped...
Cross-state meets give North Allegheny swimming, diving teams chance to grow
North Allegheny swimming and diving traveled across the state for two meets with mixed results. The boys and girls teams won convincingly at the All-American High School Invitational on Jan. 10-11 in Wilkes-Barre. Earlier, the boys placed third and the girls fourth in the New Year’s Meet Challenge at Bucknell....
North Allegheny hockey team loaded with PIHL all-stars
Six players who had North Allegheny hockey sitting atop the PIHL are among selections for the league’s Class AAA All-Star game Sunday at Robert Morris University Island Sports Center. Senior forward Tyler Lamark was tied for the league lead with 31 points on 19 goals and 12 assists in 14...
Deer Lakes leaning on experience, defense heading into 2nd half of season
Entering the second half of section play, the Deer Lakes boys basketball team is in a position it didn’t expect to be. After their state playoff run last season, the Lancers came into the 2019-20 season expecting the same results. Through 11 games, the Lancers are 6-5 with a 3-3...
Westmoreland County boys basketball notebook: Latrobe shakes off losses
Latrobe is experiencing a down season. Those are words you don’t hear very often coming from the Wildcats’ program. But the coaches and players are taking it all in stride. They knew losing 20-points-a-game scorers Reed Fenton and Bryce Butler would not be easy. “I have been through it before,”...
Westmoreland County rosters loaded with basketball brother combos
Things got a little heated, Norwin junior basketball player Ty Bilinsky said while recalling a run-in with his younger brother. “He pushed me into a glass door on the side of our house,” he said. “The glass broke. I was OK but we had to call that game off because...
A-K Valley Boys Basketball Notebook: Local scorers putting up big numbers
Several players from the A-K Valley have been among the WPIAL’s highest scorers this season. Leading the way is Springdale’s Demitri Fritch. The 6-foot-3 junior guard is averaging 27.1 points — along with 13 rebounds, seven assists and four steals a game. He has been a big reason for the...
Trib HSSN boys swimmer of the week: Moon’s Nicholas Settembrine
Nicholas Settembrine collected four medals — two individual and two in relays — at last year’s WPIAL Class AAA championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Moon senior has returned as a favorite in his events, including the 100-yard backstroke, and Tigers head coach Jeff Berghoff said Settembrine is on a...
Trib HSSN girls swimmer of the week: Thomas Jefferson’s Hallie Findlan
Thomas Jefferson junior Hallie Findlan owns the top time in the Class AA girls 50-yard freestyle, according to the qualifying lists recently posted at WPIAL.org. She recorded a time of 24.91 seconds in the Jaguars’ Dec. 20 meet against Seton-La Salle. On Tuesday against Baldwin, Findlan swam a time of...
WPIAL team wrestling sectional matches set
The WPIAL team wrestling regular season is complete. The top three teams from each sub-section have qualified for the section tournaments Wednesday, Jan. 22. The first-place teams in each of the two sub-sections will face the runners-up in the opposing sub-section with the two winners then doing battle for the...
Knoch, North Catholic boys join Trib Ten power rankings
We’ve hit the midway point of section play in WPIAL hoops heading into this edition of the Trib Ten boys and girls basketball power rankings. There were no changes on the girls side of the Trib Ten as only North Allegheny slipped a bit after the Tigers’ second loss in...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 15, 2020
Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Aliquippa 56, Hopewell 43 Aquinas Academy 82, Cheswick Christian 48 Avonworth 63, New Brighton 61 Belle Vernon 67, Carrick 53 California 63, Beth-Center 47 Chartiers-Houston 66, Jefferson-Morgan 53 Mohawk 61, Beaver County Christian 41 New Castle 88, Freeport 40 Ringgold 75, Frazier 39 Riverview...
WPIAL football future finalized, girls hoops tip off 2nd half of season Thursday
The much discussed landscape of WPIAL football for the next two years will be finalized Thursday when the district football steering committee meets to map out the conferences for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. The WPIAL presented two options to schools coaches and administrators in a town hall meeting last...
High school roundup for Jan. 15, 2020: Connellsville clinches first place with comeback win
Jared Keslar (145) won by technical fall to give his team the lead for good and George Schultz (152) clinched the victory with a pin as Connellsville rallied past Thomas Jefferson for a 35-29 win in a battle of unbeatens to claim the Section 2A-AAA title Wednesday night. Logan Danielson...
Steel Valley’s Camden Polak likes making noise in the libraryVideo
Many high school students go to the library to check out a book for their next homework assignment, but Steel Valley senior Camden Polak goes there for a different reason. Every morning, from the start of the school year until the beginning of the Ironmen basketball season, Polak woke up...
Hempfield wrestling puts it all together in rout of rival Greensburg Salem
Hempfield wrestling coach Tommy Dolde couldn’t ask for a better performance from his Spartans heading into the WPIAL Class AAA Section 1 tournament Jan. 22. The No. 4-ranked Spartans used seven pins and a forfeit to easily defeat rival Greensburg Salem, 54-21, on Wednesday in the final regular-season match in...
A-K Valley girls basketball notebook: Big game with Butler up next for Fox Chapel
The Fox Chapel girls basketball team opens the second half of Section 1-6A play Thursday at Butler in a game head coach Marty Matvey called crucial for its chances at a WPIAL playoff spot. The Foxes, who suffered a 58-51 loss to the Golden Tornadoes on Dec. 12, are 3-4...
Monessen girls bringing storied program back to prominence
Monessen has a long, proud girls basketball history filled with WPIAL and state titles, but the past decade was a lean one for the Greyhounds. Those tough times finally seem to be coming to an end. The Greyhounds, at 10-4 (4-2 in Section 2-A), already have as many wins this...
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: GCC’s Scala making impact
Gia Scala sat out with an injury and waited to get cleared to return to basketball at Greensburg Central Catholic. She missed the first three games but quickly made her presence known when she returned. Scala, who is from North Huntingdon and attended Norwin before transferring to GCC, has scored...
Improving Riverview girls excited to tackle second half of section schedule
With a collection of experienced varsity players returning for this season, Riverview girls basketball coach Keith Stitt voiced an optimistic tone throughout preseason practices and scrimmages. With 14 games now under his team’s belt, he feels that his players are rounding into form and ready to tackle the challenges of...
West Allegheny’s Austin Hendrick next WPIAL standout who could join MLB ranksVideo
West Allegheny’s Austin Hendrick tells a story about hitting baseballs two years ago with Neil Walker, the former Pine-Richland player and first-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates. “It was a really cool experience meeting him and talking to him a little bit,” said Hendrick, describing himself as a sponge...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 14, 2020
Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 80, Seneca Valley 66 Central Catholic 78, Pine-Richland 69 North Allegheny 57, North Hills 51 Section 2 Bethel Park 83, Baldwin 57 Mt. Lebanon 63, Upper St. Clair 56 Peters Township 55, Canon-McMillan 46 Section 3 Fox Chapel 49, Connellsville...
