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A-K Valley girls basketball notebook: Freeport looks to repeat fast start
Last season, the Freeport girls basketball team went 1-1 at the season-opening Southmoreland tournament before winning six straight to head into the new year 7-1 en route to an 18-4 regular season and a runner-up finish in Section 1-4A. Yellowjackets coach Fred Soilis hopes his team, which split a pair...
Deer Lakes’ Makayla Blair makes successful return from hoops hiatusVideo
Makayla Blair scored a game-best 18 points and pulled down 10 rebounds Monday in the Deer Lakes’ girls basketball team’s 57-41 victory over Burrell. It was a breakout game for the Lancers senior guard in a comeback of sorts after three seasons away from the sport. “My main goal was...
PIAA could force Aliquippa football to Class 4A under competitive-balance rule
Add Aliquippa to the list of football teams that might be forced into a higher classification next season. The Quips already are voluntarily playing up two classifications but they could be moved to Class 4A under a PIAA competitive-balance rule that targets postseason success and transfers. That possibility came as...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 10, 2019
Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results WPIAL Mike Rettger tournament At Franklin Regional Baldwin 68, Franklin Regional 49 Bethel Park 107, Trinity 80 Norwin 70, Monessen 52 Nonsection Allderdice 49, Central Catholic 46 Avella 74, Bentworth 59 Avonworth 71, Northgate 50 Brentwood 61, Carlynton 50 Burgettstown 70, Fort Cherry 65 (OT) Butler...
The mats are back as WPIAL team wrestling section matches begin Wednesday
Section play begins big time on Wednesday on mats around the WPIAL. The district team wrestling regular season kicks into full gear with section matches up and down both Class AAA and AA. Four matches involving playoff teams from a year ago include: • West Mifflin at Connellsville in Section...
Greensburg Central Catholic takes down rival Jeannette
Greensburg Central Catholic rookie basketball coach Christian Hyland said his young lineup was not starstruck playing at Jeannette. Neither was the 24-year-old coach, who made it two wins in his first three games as the Centurions clipped the Jayhawks, 48-46, in a nonsection game Tuesday night. An introduction to varsity...
High school roundup for Dec. 10, 2019: Sizzling Tommy DiRienzo scores 51 for Bethel Park
Senior Tommy DiRienzo had a night he’ll never forget, scoring 51 points to lead Bethel Park to a 107-80 victory over Trinity on Tuesday night in WPIAL boys basketball. DiRienzo went 19 of 22 from the floor and 9 of 11 from 3-point range. Ryan Meis added 24 for the...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Yough’s Gamal Marballie and Greensburg Salem’s Abby Mankins
Gamal Marballie School: Yough Sport: Basketball Year: Junior Claim to fame: Marballie scored 22 points to lead Yough (2-0) to a 48-44 win over Brownsville in the Brownsville Tournament on Dec. 6. Marballie led Yough with 16 points in a 48-45 win over Chartiers-Houston on Dec. 7. “It means a...
Wrestling notebook: Greensburg Salem coach Randy Parsley set for family reunion at Delaware tournament
When the Greensburg Salem wrestling team goes to the Milford (Del.) Invitational on Saturday, it will be a special time for the Parsley family. It’s the first time that Randy’s Golden Lions will face the team his brother Don coaches, the Milford Buccaneers. The Bucs have won six consecutive Delaware...
Trib HSSN state team wrestling rankings for Dec. 10, 2019
Class AAA 1. Nazareth (11) 0-0 2. Bethlehem Catholic (11) 0-0 3. Hempfield Area 5-0 4. Kiski Area 0-0 5. Waynesburg 1-0 6. Council Rock South (1) 0-0 7. Erie Prep (10) 0-0 8. Seneca Valley 0-0 9. Canon-McMillan 0-0 10. Northampton (11) 0-0 Class AA 1. Reynolds (10) 0-0...
Alle-Kiski Valley Athletes of the Week: Valley’s Tori Johnson, Fox Chapel’s Arnold Vento
Tori Johnson Class: Freshman School: Valley Sport: Basketball Report card: In her second varsity start, Johnson scored a game-high 24 points for Valley in a 49-26 win over Springdale on Saturday in the consolation game of the Springdale Tip-Off Tournament. She also had 16 points in her varsity debut, a...
George Guido: Section basketball play already upon us
Despite being just a few days into the new high school basketball season, section play is upon us already. The larger sections begin play Thursday and Friday. The smaller sections get going Dec. 19-20. For many years, section action didn’t start until January. But with shortening the length of the...
With program showing signs of progress, Highlands wrestling ready to compete
Since Highlands wrestling coach Grant Walters took over the program in 2011-12, it’s been a process to build it from the ground up. As the Golden Rams head into the 2019-20 season, the program is at a point where it can build for the future while competing in the present....
Final HSSN state football rankings: How do they compare to first top 5 of 2019?
The 2019 high school football season in Pennsylvania has come to an end. Six champions were crowned this past weekend in Hershey, with three of the winners repeating as state champs. Congratulations to St. Joseph’s Prep, Archbishop Wood, Thomas Jefferson, Wyoming Area, Southern Columbia and Farrell after they added to...
Highlands’ Johnny Crise accepts preferred walk-on offer from Penn State
Highlands’ athlete Johnny Crise made his college decision Tuesday and accepted a preferred walk-on offer to play football at Penn State. I’m staying home!! #WeAre @TylerBowen @DannKabalaPSU @coachjfranklin pic.twitter.com/LSmydwcaNd— Johnny Crise (@Crise_20) December 10, 2019 Until this past summer, Crise planned to play basketball at the collegiate level. But after...
Kevin Gorman: Cameron Johnson becomes shooting star for SunsVideo
PHOENIX — Cameron Johnson is past the pinch-me phase of his first NBA season, where the wide-eyed wonder of playing against the world’s best basketball players has worn off. When it comes to shooting, Johnson is an old pro. The highest NBA draft pick from Western Pennsylvania since Danny Fortson...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 9, 2019
Basketball Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Mike Rettger tournament At Franklin Regional Franklin Regional 71, Monessen 32 Norwin 56, Baldwin 48 Nonsection Aliquippa 55, Blackhawk 49 Brownsville 60, Propel Andrew Street 56 Freedom 66, Ellwood City 60 Leechburg 72, Summit Academy 57 Penn Hills 72, Perry 32 Quaker Valley 54, Albert...
High school roundup for Dec. 9, 2019: Aubrey Burns beats buzzer for Armstrong
Aubrey Burns made 10-foot jumper with 4.5 seconds remaining to lead Armstrong to a 43-42 victory over South Park in WPIAL girls basketball Monday night. The Riverhawks trailed by as many as 11 points in the fourth quarter. It was the 100th career victory for Armstrong coach Kirk Lorigan. Shaelyn...
PIHL Players of the Week: Dec. 8, 2019
It’s not always easy to pick just one player of the week with all of the good performances logged in the PIHL each week. This past week was no different. Couple a lot of good performances with three in a drubbing of Sewickley Academy by Norwin, 17-0, and sometimes you...
Deer Lakes girls break into win column with double-digit triumph
Something had to give Monday between the Deer Lakes and Burrell girls basketball teams after both had suffered a pair of losses in tip-off tournaments over the weekend. Led by the 1-2 punch of senior Makayla Blair and sophomore Reese Hasley, the Lancers were the ones to get into the...
GCC girls basketball moving on without top scorer Melina Maietta
Senior basketball player Melina Maietta, a 20-point scorer, has been dismissed from the Greensburg Central Catholic girls basketball team, according to Centurions coach Sam Salih. Maietta was in attendance at Monday night’s game at Jeannette but sat in the opposite-side bleachers and did not play. Salih said the move was...
Norwin boys go to 3-0 with win over BaldwinVideo
Norwin basketball coach Buddy Valinsky couldn’t ask for a better start to the 2019-20 season. The Knights’ first-year coach, who came from Allderdice in the offseason to replace Lynn Washowich, saw his team improve to 3-0 with a 56-48 victory over a young Baldwin team Monday at the Mike Rettger...
Tune-up Tuesday in boys and girls WPIAL basketball
Five years ago, Norwin won the WPIAL Class AAAA girls basketball championship, and Blackhawk took home the Class AAA title. On Tuesday, the two traditional powers meet in an early season nonsection game. It is the season opener for the visiting Knights. The Cougars are off to a 2-0 start...
PIHL Team of the Week: Dec. 8, 2019
Chris Serakowski is in his second season as the head coach of Carrick’s varsity hockey team, and he has a message that he and his staff have been preaching to the Cougar players this season, a season removed from a fifth-place finish in the final Division 2 standings last year,...
WPIAL Football Team of the Week: Week 15
One of the most successful football programs in the WPIAL the last three decades enjoyed another golden moment last week. Thomas Jefferson rolled past previously unbeaten Dallas, 46-7, to win the 2019 PIAA Class 4A championship. The title ties TJ with Central Catholic and Clairton for most state football titles...
