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North Catholic starts section play with 20-point win vs. Highlands
With about four minutes left in the third quarter of Thursday’s Section 1-4A opener between Highlands and North Catholic, the host Golden Rams trailed by two points. Moments before, senior sharpshooter Kate Myers had drained a 3-pointer from the left wing to draw Highlands to within one possession and energize...
Burrell boys ride wave of confidence into section schedule
For the current, senior-laden group of Burrell boys basketball players, this is the last ride. And they hope it’s a long one. The Bucs (4-0) are loaded with experience. Even the one junior in the lineup, Tucker Bitar, has started since he was a freshman. They made their presence known...
Franklin Regional softball’s Ciara Camacho has baseball past, Division I future
A college softball career at Kent State awaits Ciara Camacho, who two years ago was new to the game. She didn’t know a slap hitter from a designated hitter, a courtesy runner from a pinch runner. The Franklin Regional junior played baseball for most of her youth sports career, mixing...
Westmoreland County boys basketball notebook: Derry senior filling nets
With four 30-point games this season, Derry’s Nate Papuga is one of the top scorers in the WPIAL. The senior guard had 27 points, and the game-winning shot, in a 56-55 win over Laurel Highlands, then added 31 in a 66-55 win over Connellsville, went for 33 as the Trojans...
Franklin Regional boys off to blockbuster start
Franklin Regional’s boys basketball coaches like to take a game film and pick it apart. They dissect it into dozens of short clips for instructional purposes. Some are examples of perfect execution. Others are used to emphasize what might have worked better. Either way, it gives the players something to...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 13, 2023
High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Nonsection Aliquippa 71, Beaver Falls 35 Central Catholic 54, Neighborhood Academy 49 Charleroi 48, California 38 Cheswick Christian Academy 59, Redeemer Lutheran 39 Derry 65, Freeport 56 Gateway 62, Woodland Hills 36 Greensburg Central Catholic 73, Berlin-BrothersValley 64 Jeannette 46, Steel Valley 41 Indiana...
High school roundup for Dec. 13, 2023: Top-ranked Canon-McMillan, Burgettstown wrestlers fend off challenges
No. 1 Burgettstown won the final six bouts to rally for a 44-24 victory over Jefferson-Morgan after trailing 24-15 after seven matches in Section 1-2A wrestling Wednesday night. Darius Simmons (107) and Parker Sentipal (133) had pins, Daniel Smith (121) and Dylan Slovick (127) won by major decision and Joseph...
Frazier grabs win vs. Southmoreland without state champ Lawrence
Frazier won a wrestling match Wednesday and did it without three-time PIAA Class 2A champion Rune Lawrence. The fourth-ranked Commodores recorded seven pins and defeated Southmoreland, 44-33, in a Section 2 battle for first place. Lawrence weighed in and was dressed for the match, but he was there to root...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Dec. 14, 2023: Section play tips off in girls basketball
Welcome to the start of section play in four of the six classifications in WPIAL girls basketball. Section play tips off Thursday in Section 2-6A, Sections 1, 2 and 3 in 5A, Section 1 and 3 in 4A and Section 1, 3 and 4 in 2A. One of the highlights...
Burrell, Kiski Area wrestlers celebrate sport with 1st A-K Valley girls dual, latest edition of boys rivalry
The final score of the history-making girls wrestling match between Kiski Area and Burrell — the first-ever in the Alle-Kiski Valley — was won by the Cavaliers, 30-12. But the wrestlers, coaches and spectators who witnessed the match know both Kiski Area and Burrell were winners Wednesday night. “This is...
Trib 10: Aliquippa finishes atop WPIAL football power ratings
In the first edition of the HSSN Trib 10 this football season, Central Catholic was selected as the top-ranked team in the power ratings. The Vikings stayed on top until after Week 6, following their loss at Pine-Richland. That week, Aliquippa rose to No. 1 to the surprise of some...
District 10 grants Farrell’s release request, moving school closer to WPIAL return
The District 10 committee has granted Farrell’s request to leave that PIAA district, moving the Mercer County school one step closer to rejoining the WPIAL. However, Farrell has more steps to climb. Farrell needs permission from the WPIAL and PIAA to complete the transfer. WPIAL executive director Scott Seltzer said...
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Matthews makes a good point for Yough
One of the first things new Yough girls coach Brian Znavor did when he joined the team was move senior Autumn Matthews to point guard. Matthews had played two-guard and forward in the past, so the switch was big. The 5-foot-10 Matthews played AAU in the past, but even at...
Girls basketball teams facing crisis of dwindling rosters
She calls them her “Fab 5.” Jeannette girls basketball coach Anna Leonard began the season with five girls on the roster. The issue has been a curse and a blessing to the second-year coach, who has had to adjust the way she manages fouls, timeouts and rest. Cracking the starting...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 12, 2023
High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Nonsection Avella 58, Freedom 44 Baldwin 74, Bethel Park 59 Belle Vernon 79, Bishop Canevin 57 Brownsville 64, Geibel 50 Burgettstown 64, Carlynton 61 Burrell 75, St. Joseph 22 Chartiers Valley 51, Obama Academy 41 Deer Lakes 65, Mohawk 55 Derry 65, Greensburg Salem...
High school roundup for Dec. 12, 2023: Freshman hits pair of buzzer-beaters to lift North Hills past Butler in OT
Freshman Nathan Schanbacher scored on a putback at the fourth-quarter buzzer to force overtime then hit a shot from the baseline at the buzzer in OT to lead North Hills to a 73-71 nonsection boys basketball victory over Butler on Tuesday night. Eric James scored 25 points and Zach Pollaro...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Dec. 13, 2023: Remembering Revis as Aliquippa plays basketball opener
Today we look back at one of the greatest achievements by any athlete in WPIAL history. Twenty years ago, Aliquippa reached the 2003 PIAA Class 2A football championship game against a Northern Lehigh team that had yielded only 47 points all season. Quips senior Darrelle Revis put on a classic...
Bradyn Foster reaches 1,000 career points as Highlands holds off Shady Side Academy
Bradyn Foster figures to encounter many more pressure situations this basketball season and beyond. The Penn commit and Highlands senior navigated through a tough time during the Class 4A Golden Rams’ 62-58 victory at Class 3A Shady Side Academy on Tuesday night but came away smiling. “The pressure is off...
Franklin Regional uses a little R&R to beat Hempfield
Franklin Regional needed a little R&R. No, not rest and relaxation. If there is a tired boys basketball team out there, it is not this one. The Panthers went to Rowell and Rankin to keep their record perfect. Seniors Cam Rowell and Cooper Rankin each scored 21 points as the...
Burrell wrestling looks to start its own streak against rival Kiski Area
The Burrell wrestling team waited 10 years to get back into the win column against rival Kiski Area. The Bucs ended the decade-long losing streak to the Cavaliers in a match last season at Kiski Area High School that went down to the wire. Julian Bertucci’s pin at 121 pounds...
Trib HSSN final 2023 Pennsylvania high school football rankings
Six PIAA champions have been crowned with five of the teams winning in convincing fashion. Four of the champions are repeat winners with St. Joseph’s Prep in 6A, Belle Vernon in 3A, Southern Columbia in 2A and Steelton-Highspire in A successfully defending their state crowns. The other two winners, Imhotep...
High school wrestling notebook: Burrell has 3 champions, finishes 2nd in Tennessee
Burrell completed in the McCallie (Chattanooga, Tenn.) Invitational and returned home with three champions and a second-place team finish. Winning titles for the Bucs were Cam Baler (113 pounds), Cooper Hornack (144) and Issac Lacinski (175). Baker defeated Axel Ritchie of McCallie, 5-2, in the finals. Baker had a pin...
WPIAL wrestling rankings for the week of Dec. 11, 2023
Class 3A Top 10 Team (This year’s record) Last week’s ranking 1. Canon-McMillan (0-0) 1 2. Trinity (3-0) 2 3. Connellsville (1-0) 3 4. Waynesburg (0-0) 4 5. Franklin Regional (5-0) 5 6. Plum (3-2) 6 7. North Allegheny (2-1) 7 8. Norwin (7-3) 8 9. Latrobe (2-1) 9 10....
Death of Adam Johnson sparks renewed interest in guard mandates for youth hockey
SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — A day after professional hockey player Adam Johnson suffered a fatal cut to his throat during a game in England, Dan Sacco went out and ordered his 10-year-old twins new neck guards. Colton and Harper Sacco play together as squirts — 9- and 10-year-olds — for...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 11, 2023
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s results Nonsection Albert Gallatin 74, Brentwood 57 Armstrong 64, Perry Traditional Academy 19 Brownsville 65, California 50 DuBois 66, Indiana 47 Homer-Center 56, Apollo-Ridge 39 Hopewell 56, Riverside 49 Jefferson-Morgan 46, Charleroi 43 McGuffey 54, West Greene 41 Penn-Trafford 70, Woodland Hills 49 Propel Andrew...
