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Johnson’s double-double guides No. 3 Moon past Penn Hills in Class 5A semifinals
Two years ago, a star basketball player transferred home to Moon, reunited with his childhood friends and led the Tigers’ run to the WPIAL finals. Now comes the sequel. Seven months after switching schools, Donovan Johnson is following the same script. The 6-foot-6 junior scored 20 points and grabbed 14...
Mars bests Chartiers Valley in physical WPIAL Class 5A semifinalVideo
With momentum swinging on every second-half possession and fans from both teams screaming and shouting, Chartiers Valley’s 5-foot-9 guard Louis Kearney ran straight into Mars’ 6-foot-6 forward Michael Carmody as the third-quarter buzzer sounded. Kearney fell on top of Carmody. Players from both benches took to the floor. Fans jumped...
Serra Catholic takes down Sewickley Academy in Class 2A semifinals
Isiah Warfield did everything he could to lead his team back to the district championship game, but in the end, a lunar eclipse turned out the lights on Sewickley Academy’s title run. Jimmy Moon scored 30 points, including 12 from the free-throw line, all in the second half as Serra...
Top-seeded West Greene downs Vincentian Academy in Class A semifinals
The West Greene girls basketball team has been on a mission all season to return to the Petersen Events Center to avenge a loss in the WPIAL Class A championship last season. The No. 1 Pioneers got their wish after making timely shots and creating turnovers in a 59-55 win...
OLSH boys headed back to WPIAL title game, take down South Side in Class 2A semifinals
After losing to Sewickley Academy in the WPIAL finals the last two seasons, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is hoping to bring home the gold against a different opponent this time. The top-seeded Chargers (21-2) will take on Serra Catholic at 5 p.m. Friday at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center....
Ligonier Valley boys advance to District 6 Class 3A final
EBENSBURG — It’ll be Ligonier Valley and Richland in a rematch of the District 6 Class 3A boys basketball championship this season after both posted victories Tuesday night in the semifinals. By most accounts, it was anticipated that the two top-seeded teams would meet in the title game Friday at...
Strong 3rd period guides Hempfield past Quaker Valley in PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs
Hempfield controlled zone time, puck possession and outshot Quaker Valley by 26 shots through the first two periods, but due to giving up some odd-man breaks, the Spartans found themselves with only a one-goal lead heading into the intermission. During the break, Spartans coach Denny Zeravica told his players to...
High school scores, schedules for Feb. 26, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Wednesday’s schedule Pine-Richland (21-2) vs. Butler (19-4) at Fox Chapel, 8 p.m.; Canon-McMillan (16-8) vs. Mt. Lebanon (20-3) at Moon, 8 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Tuesday’s results Mars 53, Chartiers Valley 44 Moon 59, Penn Hills 46 Championship Friday’s schedule Mars...
Balouris’ score, steal in final seconds lift North Allegheny past Norwin in Class 6A semifinalsVideo
Norwin girls basketball coach Brian Brozeski played football at Penn State so he appreciated a gridiron analogy of Tuesday night’s playoff game. Early on, North Allegheny and Norwin traded scoring plays from spread offenses. Fly patterns and go routes. Go deep. In the fourth quarter, it was handoff after handoff...
Peters Township girls top rival Bethel Park, earn return trip to WPIAL Class 6A final
The top-ranked Peters Township girls basketball team leads WPIAL Class 6A squads in scoring at nearly 70 points per game. But the undefeated Indians proved Tuesday they can also win when scoring half that number. Peters Township withstood a slowdown, deliberate game plan from section rival Bethel Park, and the...
Rochester girls advance to 1st WPIAL title game after defeating Quigley Catholic
After battling neck-and-neck through the first three quarters of their WPIAL semifinal matchup, the Rochester girls basketball team exploded for 26 points in the fourth quarter to topple rival Quigley Catholic, 66-55, on Tuesday night at North Hills. The victory for the Rams (18-6) could very well be the biggest...
A-K Valley freshmen hoping to make splash at WPIAL swimming championships
At the start of her first WPIAL swim season in November, Alexis Schrecongost didn’t think she would ascend to the position she is at heading into the WPIAL championships Thursday and Friday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Freeport freshman is seeded second in the 100-yard breaststroke and sixth in the...
Alle-Kiski Valley area basketball playoff capsule for Feb. 27, 2019
Boys Class 4A No. 1 New Castle (19-4) vs. No. 5 Highlands (17-7) 8 p.m. Wednesday at North Allegheny Winner plays: No. 2 Ambridge (15-8) or No. 3 Quaker Valley at 1 p.m. Saturday in the WPIAL championship game Coaches: Ralph Blundo, New Castle; Tyler Stoczynski, Highlands Points scored/allowed: New...
A-K Valley Athletes of the Week: Highlands’ Korry Myers, Deer Lakes’ Julia Hollibaugh
Korry Myers School: Highlands Class: Junior Sport: Basketball Report card: Myers is coming off his best defensive performance of the season in the No. 5-seeded Golden Rams’ 69-61 win over No. 4 Uniontown in Saturday’s WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals. A 6-foot guard, Myers put up 15 points to pace the...
Broken hand will force Shaler’s Sullivan to miss WPIAL, PIAA wrestling tournaments
A broken right hand will keep Shaler senior Ryan Sullivan, the returning WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA 113-pound champion, from defending his titles. Sullivan (28-1), seeded No. 1 at 120 pounds, was pulled from the WPIAL Class AAA tournament bracket Tuesday, according to WPIAL wrestling chairman Frank Vulcano. “It was...
Five boys swimmers to watch at the WPIAL Class AA championships
The WPIAL Class AAA and AA swimming championships will be held Thursday and Friday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Class AAA boys and girls meet will be from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Class AA meet will be held from 3-5:30 p.m. each day. The TribLive High School Sports Network will...
Five boys swimmers to watch at the WPIAL Class AAA championships
The WPIAL Class AAA and AA swimming championships will be held Thursday and Friday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Class AAA boys and girls meet will be from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Class AA meet will be held from 3-5:30 p.m. each day. The TribLive High School Sports Network will...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Derry’s Dom DeLuca, Penn-Trafford’s Paige Kalik
Dom DeLuca School: Derry Sport: Wrestling Class: Senior Claim to fame: DeLuca (36-1), a Mercyhurst football commit, defeated Chestnut Ridge junior Duane Knisely, 3-2, to capture the PIAA Class AA 220-pound Southwest Regional title at IUP on Feb. 23. DeLuca placed second in the regional in 2017 and ’18. He...
Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week: Freedom
TEAM OF THE WEEK: Freedom The Bulldogs had about as efficient a performance as possible at the PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional tournament at IUP. Freedom sent five wrestlers to regionals, and all five earned top-six finishes and a berth at next month’s PIAA championships in Hershey. The five state...
Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Week: Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer
WRESTLER OF THE WEEK: Dayton Pitzer, Mt. Pleasant, fr. The fantastic frosh continued his dominant season with a PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional title, one week after winning a WPIAL championship. Pitzer, who has just one loss all season, pinned his first three opponents in the 182-pound bracket — including...
Longtime coach Chuck Crummie ‘hurt’ after Central Catholic fires him
Chuck Crummie will no longer coach on Chuck Crummie Court. The longtime Central Catholic boys basketball coach said he was fired on Monday, an unexpected exit for one of the WPIAL’s winningest coaches after more than four decades at the school. Last February, Central Catholic named its basketball court after...
Knoch hockey team denied postseason berth
Knoch’s bounce-back hockey season ended without a trip to the Penguins Cup playoffs. Gregory Hensh scored a pair of goals and added two assists, leading Connellsville to a 5-0 win over Knoch on Monday night in the teams’ PIHL Division 2 regular-season finale. Ryan Brown added a goal and two...
Leechburg, Deer Lakes qualify for PIAA boys basketball playoffs
Deer Lakes’ and Leechburg’s boys basketball teams are following the leader right into the PIAA tournament. The Lancers and Blue Devils qualified for the state playoffs Monday night thanks to WPIAL semifinal wins by the teams that beat them in the quarterfinals last week. The WPIAL’s follow-the-leader format for PIAA...
No. 3 North Catholic boys knock off Aliquippa in Class 3A semifinals
North Catholic was aware of the intense defensive pressure it would face Monday in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals against Aliquippa. But the Trojans weathered several storms and came away with a 61-49 victory over the Quips at North Allegheny. No. 3 North Catholic (21-4) will face top-seeded Lincoln Park...
Nazareth Prep beats No. 2 Cornell to reach 1st WPIAL championship game
The character of a team is often revealed by how it responds to adversity. Nazareth Prep had the content of its character challenged on several occasions against Cornell Monday night in the WPIAL Class A semifinals at Ambridge High School, and each time it responded. In fact, its response was...
