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Kranitz pin secures win as Norwin wrestling edges Franklin RegionalVideo
Almost everyone in the gym Monday night would have loved to see a rematch between Norwin senior wrestler Kurtis Phipps and Franklin Regional sophomore Finn Solomon. The two battled in the Westmoreland County Coaches Association finals at 126 pounds, and Phipps used a defensive pin to win his second title....
Freeport swimmer Lexi Schrecongost on track for impressive second act
Lexi Schrecongost is hoping for an encore and more after a freshman swimming season that saw her earn four WPIAL medals, including an individual bronze in the girls Class AA 100-yard breaststroke. The Freeport sophomore said her motivation to come back and build on last year was strong in the...
Bishop Canevin’s Maziarz, McKeesport’s Robinson named Trib HSSN scholar-athletes of the month for December
The TribLive High School Sports Network is recognizing some of the best and brightest student-athletes in Western Pennsylvania. School administrators, athletic directors, coaches and teachers have the opportunity to nominate one female and one male scholar-athlete to receive the TribLIVE High School Sports Network Scholar Athlete of the Month Award....
Latrobe swimming has one of its largest boys teams in years
Latrobe boys swimming and diving is off to a perfect start with one of its largest teams in recent seasons. The Wildcats won three nonsection meets and downed Armstrong in their Section 1-AAA opener. “I expect great things for us,” senior Corbin Makar said. “During my freshman year, we had...
Standout Bailey Kuhns no longer part of undefeated Southmoreland girls basketball team
Southmoreland will have to continue its best start in girls basketball without one of its best players. Sophomore Bailey Kuhns is no longer on the team, coach Brian Pritts confirmed. Pritts did not give a reason, although Kuhns’ bio on her Twitter account now reads, “Greensburg Central Catholic High School...
Central Valley and West Greene join Trib HSSN’s state girls basketball rankings
There were no changes at the top of the first Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings of 2020. Upper Dublin (Class 6A), Chartiers Valley (5A), North Catholic (4A), Delone Catholic (3A), Bellwood-Antis (2A) and Jenkintown (A) remain No. 1 as teams return to section/district play. Six teams were not as...
Championship-caliber WPIAL girls basketball games highlight a busy Monday
Three years ago, Bishop Canevin and Chartiers-Houston won WPIAL girls basketball championships. On Monday, the Crusaders will host the Buccaneers for first place in Section 3-2A. The 2017 WPIAL Class 3A championship for Bishop Canevin was the second of three straight district crowns. The Crusaders crushed Neshannock, 65-36, in that...
Boys and girls section basketball and scholastic wrestling in first full week of 2020
The first full week of 2020 is a busy one, filled with plenty of scholastic hoops and high school wrestling this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of WPIAL boys and girls section basketball games including the HSSN Video Stream Games of the Week....
High school scores, schedules for Jan. 5, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 4A Section 2 Central Valley at Ambridge, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Hundred, W.Va. at Jefferson-Morgan, 7 p.m. Girls Sunday’s result Woodland Hills 60, Cleveland East Tech, Ohio 50 Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Norwin, 7:30 p.m. Shaler at Seneca...
Hempfield hockey team eager to get back to work
Most people don’t want to return from vacation. Hempfield’s hockey team has the opposite mentality. The Spartans can’t wait to get back to PIHL Class AA play Jan. 13 against Meadville. When the puck drops for that contest, it will be the team’s first game since a 9-1 win over...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Jan. 4
One of the top stories in the WPIAL in 2019 was the Southmoreland football team ending a 40-year postseason drought. Perhaps another great story is being spun at the same location for 2020. The Southmoreland girls basketball team has soared to the top of Section 3-4A with a perfect record....
Highlands’ Luke Cochran reaches 1,000-point career milestone in win over Freeport
Before Friday night’s game against Freeport, Highlands coach Tyler Stoczynski and senior guard Luke Cochran had a conversation about the section matchup. Cochran needed 21 points to become the 10th player in program history to score 1,000 points in his career. Cochran was averaging 18.9 points, so the mark was...
Fox Chapel hockey hopes experience in close games helps with playoff push
The Fox Chapel hockey team has played its share of close games this season. Of the Foxes’ 11 games, eight have been decided by two goals or fewer, six have been one-goal games and four have gone to overtime. Through it all, the Foxes have a 4-5-2 record and are...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Jan. 4
Bishop Canevin has been one of the queens of WPIAL girls basketball over the last half decade. The Crusaders won WPIAL gold three straight years in 2016, ‘17 and ‘18. The run came to a sudden end in the 2019 Class 3A semifinals when top-seed Bishop Canevin was upset by...
Butler high jumper ranks 2nd nationally after TSTCA indoor opener
Butler high jumper Sami Taoufik started his TSTCA indoor track season Saturday with an early-season victory that has him ranked second nationally. The senior cleared 6 feet, 8 inches and was among 14 WPIAL athletes that won individual events at the TSTCA opener in Edinboro. Indoor track season is just...
WPIAL athletes shine at 1st Tri-State Coaches indoor meet
Temperatures outside were cold Saturday, but inside at the Edinboro’s Sports and Recreation Center, competition quickly heated up as some of the top track and field athletes in the region gathered for the season’s first Tri-State Track Coaches Association meet. The meet involved participants from more than 60 schools, and...
High school roundup for Jan. 4, 2020: CV girls roll past North Catholic in battle of No. 1 teams
Perry Paige scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Class 5A No. 1 Chartiers Valley to a 72-44 win over Class 4A No. 1 North Catholic (7-1) in the Don Graham Classic at North Catholic. Amaleen Malcolm scored 24 points for Chartiers Valley (10-0). Kylee Lewandowski led North...
Kiski Area wrestling wins 5th consecutive county title
Kiski Area’s wrestling dynasty continued to grow Saturday at the 67th Annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament. The Cavaliers rallied to win a county-record 13th team title, their fifth consecutive, in front of their home crowd. Kiski Area, which began the day trailing Latrobe, dropped to fourth in the standings...
Trib WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 5, 2020
WPIAL rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Fox Chapel, 10-0, 1 2. Butler, 7-4, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 8-3, 3 4. Pine-Richland, 8-2, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 10-1, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Penn Hills, 6-2, 1 2. Trinity, 9-2, 2 3. Shaler, 7-3, 3 4. Mars, 6-2,...
High school scores for Jan. 4, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 3 Shaler 44, Hampton 38 Class 4A Section 2 Central Valley 67, Blackhawk 58 Nonsection Eden Christian 42, Sewickley Academy 40 Erie McDowell 56, Peters Township 52 Laurel Highlands 53, Connellsville 51 Shady Side Academy 63, Springdale 56 West Allegheny...
Trib WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 5, 2020
WPIAL rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Bethel Park, 8-0, 1 2. Norwin, 7-2, 3 3. North Allegheny, 6-1, 2 4. Upper St. Clair, 6-2, 4 5. Mt. Lebanon, 8-2, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 9-0, 1 2. Woodland Hills, 7-2, 4 3. Trinity, 7-2, 2 4....
Baldwin, South Park, Laurel win WPIAL spirit championships
The new year also marked the potential beginning of a new era for competitive cheer in Western Pennsylvania. Baldwin, South Park, and Laurel were big winners at the eighth WPIAL competitive spirit championships Saturday at Hempfield. It is the first WPIAL championship for each of the three spirit squads. “They...
2nd WCCA wrestling championship includes a 1st for Norwin’s PhippsVideo
Norwin senior Kurtis Phipps never had a defensive pin before Saturday’s finals at the 67th Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association wrestling tournament. Now he can scratch that off the list of his accomplishments. Phipps (15-0) was locked in a scoreless match late in the third period of the 126-pound final against...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Weather slows work on Penn-Trafford baseball field
Look to the right while cruising up the driveway to Penn-Trafford High School, and it is clear change is happening at the baseball field. When it is not blocked by construction vehicles, the infield glistens on a sunny day. That is because Penn-Trafford is installing artificial turf to the infield...
2010s TribLive HSSN All-Decade Football Team: Coaches
The WPIAL awarded 48 football titles during the past decade and most of them went to the same 10 coaches. Combined, Bill Cherpak, Eric Kasperowicz, Mark Lyons, Tom Nola, Bob Palko, Joe Rossi, Terry Totten, Wayne Wade, Art Walker and Mike Zmijanac collected 34 WPIAL titles. The rest of the...
