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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 3, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 57, New Castle 45 Class 5A Section 1 Thomas Jefferson 90, Peters Township 74 Section 2 Shaler 71, Plum 55 Armstrong 58, Woodland Hills 49 Section 4 Moon 55, South Fayette 52 Class 4A Section 1 Indiana 65,...
Mt. Pleasant wrestlers score decisive win over short-handed Frazier
Mt. Pleasant secured five straight victories, including four via pin, in a 49-22 win over Frazier in Section 2-2A action inside the DiVirgilio Field House on Wednesday night. Rhyley Kimmel (133), Joseph Longhi (139), Greg Shaulis (145) and Jamison Poklembo (152) each earned pins, while Tristan Wtorkiwicz (127) won via...
High school roundup for Jan. 3, 2024: Shaler stays undefeated with win in section opener
Keegan Smetanka scored 14 points as undefeated Shaler beat Plum, 71-55, to win its Section 2-5A boys basketball opener Wednesday night. Brandon London and Julian Vizzoca each added 11 for Shaler (11-0, 1-0), which jumped out to a 13-5 lead after one quarter. Will Beckner dropped 23 points for Plum...
Quick start sparks Franklin Regional wrestling to win over Ringgold
A quick start was the perfect recipe for the No. 4 Franklin Regional wrestling team in its Section 3-3A first-place showdown against Ringgold on Wednesday. The unbeaten Panthers (12-0, 2-0) got a pin from senior Ty Kapusta at 127 pounds to start the match, which was followed by a win...
Burrell wrestlers overcome early upset, defeat Derry
How good has the Burrell wrestling team been so far? Hmm, the second-ranked Buccaneers were pretty good Wednesday night, remaining unbeaten with a 40-18 victory over No. 8 Derry. “I’m satisfied. It was a good team win,” Burrell coach Josh Shields said. Derry, despite an upset victory early in the...
Belle Vernon boys get off to fast start then hang on to hand Southmoreland its 1st loss
From its worst start of the season to nearly its best finish, Southmoreland had an up and down kind of night. Then again, so did Belle Vernon, which basically experienced the opposite by opening with a flash and then sputtering to the finish line in the Section 3-4A boys basketball...
Riverview girls basketball team rounding into form
The Riverview girls basketball team got a later jump into the season than some others as several players who enjoyed a run to the state soccer finals in mid November didn’t get onto the court until two days after official practices began. Playing catch-up in a number of areas, the...
East Allegheny football coach Dom Pecora resigns after 8 straight playoff appearances
Winning a conference title and reaching the WPIAL semifinals will always be two of the happiest moments of his life, says East Allegheny football coach Dom Pecora, who is stepping down after 11 seasons with the Wildcats. “When we blocked the extra point (to win the conference), there is nothing...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 4, 2024: Serra Catholic to host GCC for Section 3-2A lead
It’s a busy night of WPIAL section girls basketball Thursday. Back in 2003, both the Greensburg Central Catholic and Serra Catholic girls basketball teams were champions. GCC defeated Carlynton, 49-40, to win the WPIAL Class 2A championship while Serra rolled past Monessen, 68-54, to win Class A gold. The Centurions...
Trib 10: Lincoln Park boys, Norwin girls top 2023-24 season’s 1st power rankings
Last year, WPIAL teams brought their ‘A’ game in the PIAA basketball championships. Imani Christian and Union won Class A boys and girls state titles, respectively, joining Lincoln Park’s boys in Class 4A in the winner’s circle in Hershey. District 7 was a combined 3-4 in the PIAA finals as...
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Franklin Regional hoping for good injury news
Franklin Regional girls basketball coach Bernie Pucka and his players are being kept in suspense. On Jan. 15, doctors may determine if senior point guard Angelina Brush can come back to the lineup. Brush has yet to play a game this season, and her absence has weighed heavily on a...
Hard-working Hempfield girls buy in on defense, get off to promising start
Girls basketball practice is over — so says the clock — but parents sit idle in their vehicles outside of the Hempfield Spartan Field House, waiting to fill their backseats with tired daughters. Ten minutes go by. Then 15. Then 20. Finally, players begin filing out. “I don’t make them...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 2, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Central Catholic 55, Pine-Richland 48 Butler 72, Seneca Valley 60 Section 2 Canon-McMillan 57, Norwin 50 Mt. Lebanon 73, Baldwin 50 Upper St. Clair 57, Hempfield 25 Class 5A Section 1 Bethel Park 70, Ringgold 52 Trinity 64, Connellsville 47...
High school roundup for Jan. 2, 2024: Norwin tops North Allegheny in clash of 6A contenders
Ava Kobus scored 15 points, and Lauren Palangio finished with 13 to lead No. 2 Norwin to a 47-42 victory over No. 1 North Allegheny in a battle of the top two girls basketball teams in Section 1-6A Tuesday night. Norwin (8-2, 1-0) took control of the game with a...
WPIAL wrestling notebook: Dual meet season heating up
Now that we’ve begun a new year, wrestling’s dual meet season will heat up over the next four weeks. There are some key matchups to begin the year Wednesday. In Class 3A, Ringgold (14-1) will visit unbeaten No. 4 Franklin Regional (11-0) in the Section 3 opener. Penn-Trafford grad and...
Megan Marston scores 1,000th career point to lead Plum girls past Woodland Hills
The Plum girls basketball team entered the New Year hoping to get back on the winning track after three straight losses to close out 2023. The Mustangs got what they were looking for as they improved to 3-0 in Section 1-5A on Tuesday with a 53-43 victory at Woodland Hills....
Franklin Regional pulls away after Penn-Trafford shrinks Panthers’ big lead
Franklin Regional has a pilot light that burns brightly and ignites the Panthers’ fast-paced attack. Coach Jesse Reed never wants to see that light burn out, but he wants to temper it. Why? Because he loves his team’s fire. It’s just a matter of when to crank up the heat....
Fast start leads Hampton past Highlands in key section clash
Sometimes games are decided by a fourth-quarter run, but Hampton showed Tuesday that the first few minutes can be just as crucial. Hampton scored the game’s first 11 points, built an early lead and then relied on its defense for a 49-41 victory over Highlands in a low-scoring section opener...
WPIAL wrestling rankings: Week of Jan. 1, 2024
WEEK 3 2023-24 Class 3A Top 10 Team (This year’s record) Last week’s rankings 1. Trinity (4-0) 1 2. Connellsville (2-0) 2 3. Canon-McMillan (2-0) 3 4. Franklin Regional (11-0) 4 5. North Allegheny (8-2) 5 6. Norwin (8-4) 6 7. Plum (5-2) 7 8. West Allegheny (6-0) 8 9....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 3, 2024: Imani Christian begins title defense
On the third day of 2024 and just over a month into the season, defending WPIAL Class A boys basketball champion Imani Christian will finally play another district team. The Saints have been marching here, there and everywhere but in the WPIAL through the first month of the season. Imani...
Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for Jan. 2, 2024
With the start of a new year, it’s time to start ranking the best high school girls basketball teams across the state. Each week until the final buzzer in Hershey in mid-March, Trib HSSN will rank the top five teams in each classification. Here is a reminder of the PIAA...
Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for Jan. 2, 2024
The TribLive High School Sports Network begins 2024 by introducing the first Trib HSSN boys basketball rankings from across the PIAA. Each week until the final buzzer in Hershey in mid-March, Trib HSSN will rank the top five teams in each classification. Here is a reminder of the PIAA boys...
Trio looking to join elite list at WCCA wrestling tournament
Three wrestlers have the opportunity to become part of an elite group with victories this weekend at the 71st annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament. Latrobe junior Luke Willochell, Hempfield senior Eli Carr and Franklin Regional senior Juliano Marion could join the list of 45 others as three-time county champions....
Quaker Valley swimmers again have high expectations for 2023-24 season
Quaker Valley’s Emily Connors is widely recognized as one of the blue-ribbon swimmers in the WPIAL. She was coached at QV for three years by John Nemeth, who resigned following the 2022-23 season and has been succeeded by former Oakland Catholic/Central Catholic coach Merci McCarthy. “I started coaching Emily as...
High school sports schedules for Jan. 2, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland at Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m. Seneca Valley at Butler, 7:30 p.m. Section 2 Canon-McMillan at Norwin, 7:30 p.m. Mt. Lebanon at Baldwin, 7:30 p.m. Upper St. Clair at Hempfield, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Section 1 Ringgold at Bethel Park,...
