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A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Valley’s Charles Perkins
Valley senior wrestler Charles Perkins comes from a family steeped in wrestling. His father, Chuck, runs the Valley Youth Wrestling program. His three younger brothers wrestle in the program or did when they were younger, and his sister handles the media for the program. Charles even helps referee the program’s...
Freeport bowlers off to strong start in quest to return to state tournament
The Freeport girls bowling team swarmed out of the gate, looking to make it back to the state tournament. The Yellowjackets finished third in the state last year and aim to finish even higher this year. Freeport won its first four matches behind some noteworthy efforts. Kylie McConahy bowled a...
2023-24 PIHL standings through Dec. 24, 2023
Here are the latest 2023-24 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Dec. 24. Play in the PIHL will continue is on winter break and will continue in the new year. Don’t miss live and archived PIHL action every week at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout...
Kiski Area swimmers won’t rest on laurels
Landon Seman remembers it well. The current senior and the other three members of the Kiski Area boys 400-yard freestyle relay — junior Justin Tucker and graduates Parker Sterlitz and Levi Hansen — knew what they needed to do to overtake Indiana in the Class 2A team standings and wrap...
WPIAL girls basketball rankings for week ending Dec. 24, 2023
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 6-0, 1 2. Norwin, 7-1, 2 3. Peters Township, 7-0, 3 4. Chartiers Valley, 6-1, NR 5. Upper St. Clair, 5-3, 4 Out: Canon-McMillan (6-2, 5) Class 5A 1. Oakland Catholic, 6-0, 2 2. McKeesport, 5-1, 1 3. Lincoln Park, 7-0,...
WPIAL boys basketball rankings for the week ending Dec. 24, 2023
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Mt. Lebanon, 6-0, 1 2. Butler, 5-1, 2 3. New Castle, 7-1, NR 4. Upper St. Clair, 4-3, 3 5. Baldwin, 5-2, 4 Out: Central Catholic (1-3, 5) Class 5A 1. Gateway, 6-1, 1 2. Shaler, 8-0, 2 3. Penn Hills, 3-1, 3...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Burrell’s Anna Clark, Springdale’s John Hughes
Anna Clark Class: Junior School: Burrell Sport: Basketball Report card: Burrell’s girls basketball team is off to a 6-0 start and won its Section 3-3A opener Wednesday. Clark had 18 points in the 37-35 victory over Mt. Pleasant. The junior guard also scored 13 points in Monday’s nonsection win over...
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Norwin’s Lauren Palangio, Latrobe’s Luke Willochell
Lauren Palangio School: Norwin Class: Senior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Palangio, a 6-foot-1 center for the Knights, is one of the top post players in WPIAL Class 6A. The Division II Holy Family commit had 14 points and 10 rebounds in an impressive 75-44 win over McKeesport, the No....
Pillar of volleyball community headlines Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2024
One of the sadder days in the Alle-Kiski Valley was Feb. 22, 2016. Ellen Mangus Toy — educator, girls volleyball coach and a star in that sport during her playing days — died after a years-long battle with stomach cancer. A charity foundation and an outdoor volleyball court in Vandergrift...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Norwin receiver’s options include WVU walk-on offer
Norwin football player Luke Denny popped up on a lot of college radar screens after a big play-filled senior season. As Division II offers roll in, Denny received a preferred walk-on invitation from a Power Five school. West Virginia presented him with an opportunity to come in and work for...
Greensburg Central Catholic withstands crafty foul strategy to beat Hempfield
Teams have tried to slow down Greensburg Central Catholic in a number of ways, but this was something new. Coach Bill Swan and Hempfield took advantage of the new five-foul format and used some of their fouls tactically in the first and second quarters, forcing fast-paced GCC to slow down...
High school basketball holiday tournament schedule for Dec. 27-30, 2023
Here is a listing of schedules for holiday basketball tournaments involving WPIAL teams from Dec. 27-30. Please email any corrections or additions to ptrsports@triblive.com. Boys Wednesday’s schedule Beach Blast At Coconut Creek, Fla. Mt. Lebanon at Coconut Creek (FL), 7:30 p.m. Bentworth tournament Carrick vs. Brownsville, 2 p.m. West Greene...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 22, 2023
High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s results Charleston Classic Upper St. Clair 47, Ashley Ridge (SC) 32 KSA Pre-Holiday Tournament At Orlando, Fla. Uniontown 67, Tuscaloosa Central (AL) 55 McDowell 61, Canon-McMillan 38 Nonsection Brashear 68, Cornell 39 Burgettstown 75, South Side 71 Butler 76, Slippery Rock 48 Cameron (WV) 61,...
High school roundup for Dec. 22, 2023: Greensburg Salem girls grateful for Christmas Blessing
Call it a Christmas Blessing for the Greensburg Salem girls basketball team. Blessing Gantt hit the buzzer-beating game-winner to defeat Buckeye Valley (Ohio), 33-31, on Friday in the championship game of the pink division at the KSA Pre-Holiday Tournament in Orlando, Fla. Gantt finished with seven points and was named...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 21, 2023
High schools Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Class 3A Section 4 Charleroi 58, Waynesburg 41 Charleston Classic Goose Creek (S.C.) 47, Upper St. Clair 45 KSA Pre-Holiday Tournament Uniontown 75, Auburn (Va.) 50 Raines (Fla.) 56, Canon-McMillan 54 Nonsection Aliquippa 69, Chartiers Valley 64 Armstrong 49, Indiana 34 Baldwin 84, Brashear...
High school roundup for Dec. 21, 2023: Cameron Lindsey leads Aliquippa past Chartiers Valley
Cameron Lindsey put up 23 points to lead Aliquippa to a 69-64 victory over Chartiers Valley in nonsection boys basketball Thursday night. Quentin Goode added 18 points, Jayace Williams produced 11 and Qa’lil Goode chipped in with 10 for the Quips (4-1). Julian Semplice drained five 3-pointers and finished with...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Dec. 22, 2023: Boys basketball section play wraps up for calendar year
The final section contest in 2023 takes place Friday as two boys basketball teams find if they have been naughty or nice on the section standings list. Last year, Mohawk finished tied with Neshannock for the Section 1-3A title. The Warriors lost to eventual Class 3A champion Deer Lakes in...
Norwin girls crank up offense to roll past previously unbeaten McKeesport
Norwin senior point guard Bailey Snowberger said her team has not played its best basketball game yet. A runaway nonsection win over the No. 1-ranked team in Class 5A surely will have to rank up there, though. Norwin, ranked No. 2 in Class 6A, scratched out an unsteady first quarter...
Kiski Area boys basketball team proving it will be force when section play starts
Corey Smith always has believed in making the nonsection schedule as difficult as possible, and that’s what he has done at Kiski Area. He wants his team to be battle-tested before section play. This year, his team has proven it belongs in the discussion among the best. The Cavaliers have...
With more players joining Ty Keffer in scoring column, Southmoreland boys ready to rock
There are times when Ty Keffer feels like he’s playing the drums instead of lead guitar for the Southmoreland basketball team. But that is OK because the Scotties still rock. “I knew from summer league we had other guys who could score,” said Keffer, a senior guard with more than...
A-K Valley girls basketball notebook: Injuries pose another challenge for Fox Chapel
Fox Chapel coach Marty Matvey said his team had a strong offseason and had designs on claiming a section championship after just missing the playoffs a year ago. But after injuries to a pair of seniors – Sarah Slember and Skye Byrnes – Matvey has retooled the Foxes lineup as...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 20, 2023
High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Class 2A Section 3 Clairton 69, Riverview 57 Nonsection Albert Gallatin 70, Connellsville 35 Aliquippa 66, Farrell 49 Allderdice 62, Pine-Richland 55 Butler 69, Highlands 63 Canon-McMillan 38, Ross Sheppard (Canada) 31 Carrick 65, Apollo-Ridge 29 Greensburg Salem at Valley, ppd. Nazareth Prep vs.Cimarron...
High school roundup for Dec. 20, 2023: West Allegheny wrestling finishes strong in win over Waynesburg
Blake Schepis (139), Chase Schepis (145) and Nick Jones (152) closed out the match with three straight pins to salt away a 42-22 victory for West Allegheny over Waynesburg in Section 5-3A wrestling Wednesday night. Caiden Harbert (121) and Cameron Simon (172) also had pins for West A (6-0, 1-0)....
Central Catholic’s Xxavier Thomas gets offer he ‘always wanted,’ commits to Penn State
Xxavier Thomas says he was ready to commit to Penn State since visiting the campus a year ago, but the Central Catholic junior first needed an offer from the Nittany Lions. That arrived Wednesday. After school, he and his parents joined a video conference call with Penn State coaches James...
WPIAL players in 2024 recruiting class sign with Division I FBS, FCS programs
Here’s a look at senior football players from the WPIAL who signed with Division I programs on the first day of the early-signing period Wednesday: Division I FBS Demetrius Ballard, Valley, DE, Buffalo Cameron Chmura, North Allegheny, DL, Marshall Ryan Cory, Pine-Richland, OL, Wisconsin Jason Cross, Bishop Canevin, DB, West...
