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Norwin girls basketball playoff capsule for Feb. 26, 2019
Girls WPIAL Class 6A Semifinals No. 3 Norwin (21-1) vs. No. 2 North Allegheny (22-1) 6 p.m. Tuesday at Fox Chapel Winner plays: Winner of No. 1 Peters Township (23-0)/No. 4 Bethel Park (21-2) at 7 p.m. Saturday in the championship at Petersen Events Center. Coaches: Brian Brozeski, Norwin; Spencer...
Greensburg Central Catholic’s Kurpiel could catch on at St. Francis
Greensburg Central Catholic senior Bryce Kurpiel is a unique case in the recruiting game. He had no scholarship offers for football, yet could end up on a Division I Football Championship Subdivision roster next season. Here’s his story: Kurpiel, who is from Ligonier, wanted to attend a college that offered...
Ligonier Valley boys basketball playoff capsule for Feb. 26, 2019
Boys District 6 Class 3A Semifinals No. 1 Ligonier Valley (21-2) vs. No. 5 Bellwood-Antis (16-7) 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Central Cambria Winner plays: Winner of No. 2 Richland (18-6)/No. 3 Forest Hills (14-8) in championship 7:30 p.m. Friday at Mt. Aloysius College, Cresson Coaches: John Berger, Ligonier Valley; Kevin...
Hempfield’s Orie wins state indoor shot put title
Hempfield senior MacKenna Orie knew if she wanted to win a state indoor title, she needed a quick start. She did just that, breaking the school indoor record in shot put with a winning throw of 47 feet, 7 1/2 inches on her first attempt Sunday at the Pennsylvania Indoor...
Westmoreland H.S. lookahead: Week of Feb. 25-March 2
MONDAY Boys basketball: Led by first-year coach Dan Bosnic, Monessen (15-8) makes its return to the WPIAL Class A semifinals as it takes on top-seeded Vincentian (15-7) at 8 p.m. at Peters Township. Vincentian coach Tim Tyree Jr. is a Monessen alum. The winner goes to the WPIAL title game...
Westmoreland area hockey playoff capsules for games of Feb. 25,2019
Class A First round Greensburg Salem (5-13) vs. Montour (17-1) 7:15 p.m. Monday at Robert Morris Island Sports Complex, Neville Island Winner plays: Winner of South Park (11-6)/Sewickley Academy (9-9) on March 4 at Mt. Lebanon Ice Center. Goals for/against: Greensburg Salem, 65/139; Montour 181/47 About Greensburg Salem: The No....
Westmoreland County teams set to open PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs
Latrobe has waited almost a year to get back to the PIHL Penguins Cup Class 2A playoffs. The Wildcats’ last visit wasn’t pleasant as Quaker Valley stunned Latrobe, 1-0, in overtime in the first round. It’s a defeat that still resonates with the team. “Last year was a heartbreaking loss,...
High school sports broadcasts scheduled this week on Trib HSSN
The Path to the Pete winds down with a golden week in the pool, on the mats and on the hardwood during Championship Week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues exclusive coverage of the 2019 WPIAL boys and girls basketball playoffs with the semifinals Monday through...
Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for week of Feb. 24, 2019
There was little change again in the Trib HSSN weekly girls basketball state rankings through district first round and quarterfinals action last week. However, that will likely change this week with the semifinals and championship games around the commonwealth, including some head-to-head showdowns. In Class 6A, four of the top...
GCC wide receiver Kurpiel lands unique walk-on offer with St. Francis (Pa.)
Greensburg Central Catholic senior Bryce Kurpiel is a unique case in the recruiting game. He had no scholarship offers for football, yet could end up on a Divison I-FCS roster next season. Here’s his story: Kurpiel, who is from Ligonier, wanted to attend a college that offered a five-year physician’s...
Pine-Richland leads Trib HSSN PIHL power rankings
Every Monday during the 2018-19 PIHL hockey season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the rankings for the week of Feb. 24. Overall record includes wins, losses, ties and overtime losses. PIHL TRIB 10 1. Pine-Richland Rams (18-0-0-1) (Last...
High school scores, schedules for Feb. 24, 2019
High Schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Saturday’s results Butler 75, Upper St. Clair 70 Canon-McMillan 83, Latrobe 62 Mt. Lebanon 56, Fox Chapel 40 Pine-Richland 64, Peters Township 62 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...
Mt. Lebanon boys start fast in win over Fox ChapelVideo
For the final three-and-a-half quarters, Fox Chapel and Mt. Lebanon were even on the scoreboard. The problem for the Foxes came the first four minutes of the game, when the Blue Devils raced to a 16-point lead. Add it all up, and Mt. Lebanon advanced to the WPIAL Class 6A...
Mt. Pleasant’s Pitzer, Derry’s DeLuca claim regional wrestling titlesVideo
Wrestlers who give up a five-point move early in a championship match usually don’t recover. Someone forgot to give Mt. Pleasant freshman Dayton Pitzer the memo. Pitzer rebounded from the first-period toss by Ellwood City junior Austin Walley to capture the PIAA Class AA 182-pound Southwest Regional title 9-6 on...
Paola leads Ligonier Valley boys past Central Cambria
Luckily for Ligonier Valley, free-throw shooting didn’t figure in the outcome of the top-seeded Rams’ 75-55 boys basketball victory Saturday over visiting Central Cambria in a District 6 Class 3A quarterfinal. They made just 6 of 13 attempts (46 percent) to Central Cambria’s 10 of 11 (91 percent). From the...
Burrell’s Oswalt achieves goal at PIAA Class AA Southwest wrestling regional
Burrell sophomore Ian Oswalt had one goal in mind at the PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional: He wanted to dominate. That’s exactly what he did in capturing the 120-pound title Saturday at IUP’s Kovalchick Complex. Oswalt (45-2 this season, 92-12 career) achieved his goal by picking up two pins on...
Defense leads Penn Hills girls past Franklin Regional
Penn Hills has been one of the top defensive girls basketball teams in the WPIAL all season. The spark that ignites the engine has been relentless, wall-to-wall pressure. Add that hassling style to a healthy lineup, and Penn Hills has the look of a title contender in WPIAL Class 5A....
Fox Chapel’s Cagley, Penn-Trafford’s Kalik repeat at WPIAL diving
Defending champs reigned at North Allegheny during Saturday’s WPIAL Class AAA diving championships: When all was said and done, both student-athletes who entered as defending champs left with gold. In the boys field, 26 of the 29 dives scored 50 or more points. Eight scored better than 60,and two were...
Kiski Area’s Miller wins showdown for 3rd section title
When Kiski Area’s Darren Miller and Franklin Regional’s Colton Camacho met in the 126-pound final at Saturday’s Section 1-AAA tournament at Kiski Area, a three-time section champion was guaranteed to be crowned. Miller and Camacho each captured section titles the previous two seasons. The senior rivals met at the season-opening...
High school roundup for Feb. 23, 2019: Butler takes down Upper St. Clair in quarterfinals
After a sub-par performance in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball playoffs, Butler’s Ethan Morton more than made up for it in the quarterfinals. Morton hit three 3-pointers, three two-point field goals and was 17 of 18 from the free-throw line for 32 points as Butler...
Canon-McMillan cruises to upset victory over No. 2 Latrobe
Veteran Canon-McMillan coach Rick Bell had a few defensive strategies lined up for Latrobe, but it took him some time to decide which one to open with in Saturday afternoon’s playoff game. “On the bus ride over, that’s when I figured out what we’d do,” Bell said. “I figured, what...
Last second putback helps top-seeded Pine-Richland survive Peters Township’s upset bid
After Pine-Richland coach Jeff Ackermann finished his instructions for an inbounds play during a time out with the score tied and five seconds remaining, Colin Luellen reminded everyone to go hard for the rebound if there was a missed shot. Luellen followed his own advice and found a rebound to...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Norwin’s Salopek draws more offers
Jack Salopek knows the recruiting process soon might be coming at him hot and heavy, like a rush linebacker in a Friday night conference game. But the Norwin junior quarterback is adjusting and seems prepared for the onslaught. “I think I’m handling it pretty well,” he said. “I try not...
Allderdice girls top Obama Academy, defend City League title
Watching a 21-point first-half lead evaporate over the course of 12 minutes of basketball, Allderdice girls basketball coach Ellen Guillard looked calm, cool and collected on the outside, but she was a nervous wreck on the inside. Guillard watched her team play on its heels for most of the second...
No. 2 South Park girls rally back to defeat Deer Lakes in Class 3A quarterfinals
For much of Saturday afternoon, Deer Lakes appeared headed toward its first WPIAL girls semifinal appearance since 1991. But South Park’s Maura Huwalt took over, scoring 20 of her 26 points in the second half as the No. 2-seeded Eagles came from behind to defeat the No. 7 Lancers, 46-41,...
