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A-K Valley basketball playoff capsules: Games of Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019
Boys Class 4A First round No. 5 Highlands (15-7) vs. No. 12 Belle Vernon (8-14) 8 p.m. Wednesday at North Hills Winner plays: No. 4 Uniontown (18-3) or No. 13 Beaver (6-15) on Saturday in the quarterfinals. Coaches: Tyler Stoczynski, Highlands; Joe Salvino, Belle Vernon Points scored/allowed: Highlands, 66.0/56.9; Belle...
High school wrestling notebook: Seven wrestlers looking for 3rd section title in Class AAA
As the WPIAL Class AA wrestlers head to Indiana this weekend, the Class AAA wrestlers begin their journey toward Hershey. The Class AAA section tournaments will be held Saturday at four sites — Kiski Area (Section 1), Connellsville (2), Fox Chapel (3) and Chartiers Valley (4). There are three returning...
Trib HSSN indiviudal wrestling rankings for week of Feb. 18, 2019
Trib HSSN individual wrestling rankings Class AAA 106: 1. Dylan Chappell, Seneca Valley (32-4); 2. Carter Dibert, Franklin Regional (31-1); 3. Vince Citrano, Plum (25-3); 4. Mason Prinkey, Connellsville (26-5); 5. Dylan Coy, North Allegheny (30-3). 113: 1. Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, Seneca Valley (38-1); 2. Kyle Burkholder, Hempfield (26-5); 3. Finn...
George Guido: Rare absence of WPIAL coaches leading NFL teams
For the first time since 1966, no coach from a WPIAL high school will be an NFL head coach this coming season. The last two vacancies were filled earlier this month when the Miami Dolphins hired Patriots assistant Brian Flores and the Cincinnati Bengals brought on Zac Taylor to replace...
Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week: Derry Trojans
TEAM OF THE WEEK: Derry The Trojans were a horse at the WPIAL Class AA individual tournament, as a pair of their wrestlers won titles and three others placed in the top three of their weight class. Tyler Cymmerman won his second consecutive WPIAL championship, beating McGuffey’s Jett Pattison by...
Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Week: Frazier’s Thayne Lawrence
WRESTLER OF THE WEEK Thayne Lawrence, Frazier, jr. The Commodores junior commandeered a third WPIAL individual title in as many seasons, capturing the 160-pound weight class at the Class AA tournament Saturday at Canon-McMillan. Lawrence rolled through his bracket, picking up a technical fall in the quarterfinals, a pin in...
WPIAL schedules Aliquippa/Lincoln Park doubleheader at New Castle
Lincoln Park and Aliquippa, the WPIAL’s top seeds in Class 3A boys basketball, can’t meet until the finals. But the Beaver County rivals will share a gym this week. The WPIAL posted sites and times for Thursday’s quarterfinal games, a playoff schedule that includes an Aliquippa/Lincoln Park doubleheader at New...
Schepner among bright spots for youthful Hampton gymnastics team
The Hampton gymnastics team didn’t meet its yearly goal of making the WPIAL team championships, but there were plenty of bright spots. Sophomore Hannah Schepner continued to grow as a WPIAL contender, finishing fifth in the WPIAL Advanced Division all-around and in the bars. “I knew I had to bring...
Shaler defeats McKeesport, celebrates 1st playoff win since ’12
It’s been awhile since this kind of celebration was heard inside Shaler’s locker room. Seven years, to be exact. “There was a lot of jumping, dancing and singing,” said junior Mekhi Reynolds, who scored a game-high 25 points Monday night as No. 8 seed Shaler defeated No. 9 McKeesport, 76-60,...
No. 4 Woodland Hills holds off No. 13 West Allegheny in Class 5A 1st-round victory
It was a throwback to a matchup several decades before, be it Michigan State against Indiana or the Celtics facing the Lakers. It was like Magic vs. Bird. Through two quarters, Keandre Bowles of Woodland Hills and Jackson Faulk of West Allegheny matched each other shot for shot as the...
Elizabeth Forward girls fend off Knoch to advance
With less than two minutes remaining, No. 5 Elizabeth Forward led No. 12 Knoch by just two, and the Knights seemingly had momentum. But the Knights’ upset bid was halted by a late 3-pointer as Elizabeth Forward prevailed 51-42 in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs Monday...
High school scores, schedules for Feb. 18, 2019
High Schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s schedule Penn-Trafford (14-8) vs. Peters Township (15-7) at Mt. Lebanon, 8 p.m.; Butler (17-4) vs. Connellsville (8-14) at Canon-McMillan, 8 p.m.; Canon-McMillan (14-8) vs. North Allegheny (13-8) at West Allegheny, 8 p.m.; Fox Chapel (15-7) vs. Seneca Valley (11-10)...
High school roundup for Feb. 18, 2019: Montour, Chartiers Valley earn playoff wins
The Montour boys basketball team buckled down on the defensive end Monday night to earn a spot in the WPIAL quarterfinals. The Spartans held Hampton to 18 second-half points to secure a 60-44 victory in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs at North Allegheny. James Eubanks had...
Canon-McMillan wins WPIAL Junior High title; Latrobe has 4 champions
Canon-McMillan took home the team title at the 2019 WPIAL Junior High championships Saturday at Norwin, but the Latrobe Black team had the most individual champions with four. The two-day event had 55 schools and more than 620 wrestlers competing for the 18 titles. Canon-McMillan finished with 277.5 points and...
No. 13 Quaker Valley girls upset No. 4 Freeport in Class 4A 1st round
It is often said that when the WPIAL playoffs begin, every team enters with a clean slate. The No. 13 Quaker Valley girls basketball team held fast to that belief and used it to score a 41-38 Class 4A first-round upset of No. 4 Freeport on Monday at North Allegheny....
McKeesport’s pressure rattles Greensburg Salem girls in 1st-round win
With leading scorer Jhayla Bray spending most of the first half on the bench with foul trouble, McKeesport’s defense started strong and built a double-digit lead Monday night against Greensburg Salem. Bray scored all 16 of her points in the second half and pulled down 17 rebounds as the Tigers...
Keystone Oaks gets defensive in Class 4A 1st-round win over Belle Vernon
Two long runs and 12 Belle Vernon turnovers in a span of two quarters helped Keystone Oaks advance to the WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball quarterfinals. The eighth-seeded Golden Eagles will face No. 1 North Catholic Thursday at a time and site to be determined after defeating No. 9 Belle...
Experience pays for Franklin Regional in playoff win over Thomas Jefferson
In WPIAL basketball, playoff experience knows no bounds. Its importance can’t be overstated, its benefits can be immense. Franklin Regional only has one player with substantial experience from last year’s Class 5A runner-up finish in senior guard Nick Leopold. But experience will come with time for his teammates, who were...
Southmoreland girls lean on defense to hold off Apollo-Ridge
All conscious thought left Bailey Kuhns’ mind as she saw Apollo-Ridge’s Rylee Eaton break into the clear for a potential go-ahead layup in the final minute of Southmoreland’s first playoff game in more than a decade. “I was pretty far behind her, and I was like, ‘Gotta get there, gotta...
Mid Mon Valley Hall of Fame announces Class of 2019
Monessen grad Charel Allen and Belle Vernon grad Marlon McIntyre headline the 2019 Mid Mon Valley Hall of Fame Class of 2019, which was announced Friday. Allen, a 2004 graduate of Monessen, scored 3,110 points and led the Greyhounds to a state championship. She was the Class A Player of...
Westmoreland basketball playoff preview capsules for Wednesday’s games
Boys Class 4A First round No. 10 Derry (12-7) vs. No. 7 Blackhawk (9-13) 8 p.m. Wednesday at North Allegheny Winner plays: No. 2 Ambridge (14-8) Saturday in quarterfinals. Coaches: Tom Esposito, Derry; Brooks Roorback, Blackhawk Points scored/points allowed: Derry, 57.8/56.6; Blackhawk, 60.8/58.4 Players to watch: John Kerr, Sr., F,...
A-K Valley basketball playoff capsules for games of Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019
Boys Class 6A No. 6 Fox Chapel (15-7) vs. No. 11 Seneca Valley (11-10) 8 p.m. Tuesday at North Allegheny Winner plays: No. 3 Mt. Lebanon (19-3) on Saturday in quarterfinals. Coaches: Zach Skrinjar, Fox Chapel; Kevin Trost, Seneca Valley Points scored/allowed: Fox Chapel, 59.3/52.6; Seneca Valley, 61.2/61.0 Players to...
Veteran, championship-winning boys basketball coaches to lead P-T vs. PT on Tuesday night
Ten years ago, one coach was hoisting WPIAL gold. Sixteen years ago, the other coach was winning a district championship. On Tuesday, the two veteran coaches meet in a Class 6A boys basketball first-round contest when Peters Township takes on Penn-Trafford. On one side, Gary Goga leads his Indians back...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week: Lincoln Park’s Keeno Holmes
Keeno Holmes School: Lincoln Park Class: Senior The Path to the Pete has been a completed march for Lincoln Park the last three years. The Leopards lost to Aliquippa in the 2016 finals, fell to North Catholic in the 2017 title game and beat Seton LaSalle in the 2018 championships...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week: Beaver Falls Tigers
The Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week returned to the playoffs last week and picked up a win to advance to Round 2 — the Beaver Falls Tigers. This century has been a good one for Beaver Falls boys basketball. After missing the postseason in 2000, the Tigers...
