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Monessen boys set to take on No. 1 Vincentian in Class A semifinals
WPIAL boys basketball playoff preview Class A Semifinals No. 4 Monessen (15-8) vs. No. 1 Vincentian (15-7) 8 p.m. Monday at Peters Township Winner plays: Winner of No. 2 Cornell (19-3)/No. 3 Nazareth Prep (17-3) at 7 p.m. Thursday in championship at Petersen Events Center. Coaches: Dan Bosnic, Monessen; Tim...
Hopewell’s Ealy among 11 WPIAL wrestlers to reach Class AA Southwest Regional finals
Hopewell senior Jacob Ealy has placed at the PIAA wrestling championships before. He finished fifth at 126 pounds in Class AAA in 2018. Now, because of Hopewell’s lower enrollment, Ealy is wrestling in Class AA and is wiping out the competition. Ealy (37-2) advanced to the finals of the PIAA...
Allderdice boys claim 6th straight City League basketball title
Allderdice boys basketball coach Buddy Valinsky felt pretty confident about his team winning the City League boys basketball title. He walked out of the Dragons locker room wearing a brand new Nike hat with “City League Champions” embroidered on it. “It was something that I’ve never done before,” Valinsky said....
Team effort guides No. 5 Highlands past No. 4 Uniontown in Class 4A quarterfinals
As dynamic as Luke Cochran and Johnny Crise are, Highlands operates at a higher level when it gets a group effort. The Golden Rams’ stars shone again on Saturday, but just as importantly, so did their role players. Four players scored in double figures, spurring Class 4A No. 5 Highlands...
No. 3 Quaker Valley boys hold off Knoch in Class 4A quarterfinal victory
With his team down 15 points with five and a half minutes remaining, Knoch coach Ron McNabb didn’t see any panic in his players’ eyes. What he saw was determination, and the Knights did their best to put a scare into No. 3 Quaker Valley in the final moments, but...
PIHL standings through Feb. 23, 2019
Here are the final PIHL high school hockey standings through Feb. 23. Check out playoff coverage over the next four weeks, along with the weekly PIHL Power Play Show at 8 p.m. Wednesday at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. Exclusive coverage of the 2019 PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs can be heard and viewed...
Thomas Jefferson, Galioto celebrate WPIAL gymnastics titles
All they do is win. You name it. They’ve won it. In just three years, Thomas Jefferson has emerged as a powerhouse in girls gymnastics. TJ captured its third consecutive section title this season, and the Jaguars were undefeated all three years. And as a prelude to the WPIAL championships,...
Thomas Jefferson’s Serapiglia looks forward to career at Tulsa
Dom Serapiglia will continue his football career 1,000 miles away from home. Serapiglia, a 6-foot-2, 285-pound senior and four-year varsity lineman for the Jaguars, has committed to play at Tulsa. Tulsa competes in the American Athletic Conference. “I really just fell in love with the campus,” Serapiglia said, “and it’s...
Brentwood girls basketball enters WPIAL playoffs on hot streak
The Brentwood girls basketball team ended the regular season on an 11-game winning streak. The Spartans were lauded as a Trib HSSN team of the week. And the WPIAL took notice. Brentwood racked up a 17-3 record and shared first place with Serra Catholic in Section 2-2A with an 11-1...
Quaker Valley’s Kimmy rises to occasion at world indoor rowing championships
Quaker Valley junior Ben Kimmy was a bit overwhelmed but rose to the occasion in his first C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints World Indoor Rowing Championship on Feb. 17 at Boston University. Kimmy, 16, improved his time to 6 minutes, 32.2 seconds to place 16th of 86 in the junior men 14-18 age...
Quaker Valley wrestling program continues meteoric rise
Quaker Valley’s wrestling program has made its mark three years into its existence. The Quakers will send a school-record six wrestlers, two of whom are Class AA WPIAL champions, to the WPIAL Southwest Regionals. Quaker Valley was the only team with at least four wrestlers in the WPIAL Class AA...
Quaker Valley girls remain alive for PIAA berth
The Quaker Valley girls basketball pulled off one playoff upset last week but fell short of a second Thursday night. Bri Spirnak’s 23 points sparked No. 5 Elizabeth Forward to a 46-38 victory over Quaker Valley in the WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals at North Hills. Bailey Garbee had 19 points,...
Pine-Richland gymnastics team finishes 3rd at WPIALs
The Pine-Richland gymnastics team’s strong season ended Feb. 15, when the Rams secured third place at the WPIAL team championships at Moon. It was the program’s highest finish in the event since 2014. The Rams (6-2) recorded a total score of 144.265, finishing behind champion Thomas Jefferson (146.375) and second-place...
Multisport athlete McMahon eager for WPIAL swim meet, grateful for SSA teammates
As a forward on the Shady Side Academy girls soccer team, senior Sophia McMahon has experienced much success. The team finished second at the PIAA championships in 2016, won it all in ‘17 and made it to the semifinals last season. “I was blessed to have amazing offensive players on...
Herald spotlight athlete: Fox Chapel’s Ellie Schwartzman
Ellie Schwartzman, a sophomore on the Fox Chapel girls basketball team, helped the team’s turnaround this season as she averaged 9 points and 8 rebounds. She’s been playing basketball since first grade and is also on the volleyball team. Here’s a closer look at this week’s Spotlight Athlete: If you...
Plum girls basketball team looks ahead to promising future
Plum girls basketball coach Steve Elsier saw growth in his young team from his inaugural season with the program last year to this recently concluded campaign. The Mustangs bettered their WPIAL playoff seeding in Class 5A and increased their overall win total by five games. Elsier now hopes his squad...
Norwin bowler Dutka rolls 300, sets WPIBL series record
It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. No, it was so quiet you could hear 10 pins drop. On Feb. 4, at the Swissvale Bowl-A-Rama, Norwin sophomore Ethan Dutka rolled a 300 game, the only perfect game in the last two WPIBL seasons, en route to an...
Thomas Jefferson gymnasts claim PA Classic Gold Division title
The Thomas Jefferson gymnastics team continued its winning run Friday night by claiming the state title at the PA Classic competition held at Moon. The Jaguars won the Gold Division championship with a score of 148.557, edging Moon (146.25) and Altoona (142.842). Central Valley (140.917), Baldwin (140.017) and West Allegheny...
Kropp lifts No. 2 Penn Hills to Class 5A quarterfinal win over Montour
With the game up for grabs early in the second half, Penn Hills needed a lift. The No. 2-seeded Indians got it when 6-foot-4 sophomore Wes Kropp scored five points in 11 seconds and nine for the third quarter. Penn Hills then shot 11 of 11 from the free-throw line...
Michael Carmody’s double-double carries No. 1 Mars past Shaler in Class 5A quarterfinals
Michael Carmody’s future in college athletics is likely as an offensive lineman in football, but Friday night he showed he can do plenty of damage on a basketball court with his 6-foot-7, 270-pound frame. Carmody had 23 points and 30 rebounds to lead top-seeded Mars to a 74-52 victory over...
A-K Valley basketball preview capsules: Games of Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019
Boys basketball Class 6A Quarterfinals No. 3 Mt. Lebanon (19-3) vs. No. 6 Fox Chapel (16-7) 3 p.m. Saturday at Canon-McMillan Winner plays: No. 2 Latrobe (18-2) or No. 7 Canon-McMillan (15-8) on Wednesday in the semifinals. Coaches: Joe David, Mt. Lebanon; Zach Skrinjar, Fox Chapel Points scored/allowed: Mt. Lebanon,...
Moon, Lawson lead No. 2 Serra Catholic past Sto-Rox in Class 2A quarterfinals
Second-seeded Serra Catholic used its size to its advantage Friday night as it earned its first trip to the WPIAL semifinals in nine years with a 71-61 victory over No. 7 Sto-Rox in a Class 2A quarterfinal game at Peters Township. The Eagles (19-3) were led by their pair of...
High school roundup for Feb. 22, 2019: No. 1 OLSH cruises past Shenango in quarterfinals
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart looked every bit like the No. 1 seed in the WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball playoffs Friday night. Austin Wigley had 23 points to guide the Chargers to a 85-54 victory over No. 9 Shenango in the quarterfinals at Ambridge. Jake DiMichele had 17...
Sewickley Academy maintains mastery of Jeannette, reaches semifinals
Sewickley Academy led from start-to-finish in dispatching Jeannette from the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs Friday night at Canon-McMillan, but the Panthers weren’t skating to victory. In the fourth playoff meeting in as many years between the schools, defending Class 2A champion Sewickley Academy survived Jeannette’s furious fourth-quarter rally to come...
High school scores, schedules for Feb. 22, 2019
High Schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule Pine-Richland (20-2) vs. Peters Township (16-7) at North Hills, 3 p.m.; Upper St. Clair (19-3) vs. Butler (18-4) at Canon-McMillan, 1:30 p.m.; Latrobe (18-2) vs. Canon-McMillan (15-8) at Norwin, 3 p.m.; Mt. Lebanon (19-3) vs. Fox Chapel (16-7) at...
