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Plum wrestlers dethrone Kiski Area, claim section title
Plum wrestling coach Mike Supak rolled out a few last-minute changes to his lineup Wednesday night and the plan paid off as the visiting Mustangs halted Kiski Area’s dominating run of six WPIAL section titles in impressive fashion. “This win puts us in a better position” a happy Supak said...
Freeport girls basketball team working to make playoffs without injured senior Soilis
The Freeport girls basketball team has made the WPIAL playoffs six years in a row. But the Yellowjackets have some work to do to make it seven straight. After Monday’s tough Section 1-4A loss to Greensburg Salem, the final game of the first section cycle, Freeport sat at 2-4 in...
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Yough in playoff hunt
Yough? In a section race? Believe it. The Cougars girls basketball team is in a three-way tie for second place in a jam-packed Section 4-3A. Yough is 6-8 overall and 3-2 in section after winning three of its last six games. Section wins over Waynesburg (44-38) and McGuffey (39-23) moved...
Dynamic young guards have Greensburg Central Catholic girls in contention ahead of schedule
Greensburg Central Catholic is growing up fast. The girls basketball team has just 11 players and only two seniors, so it might look like their best days could be ahead. But the Centurions, brimming with talent, have emerged as a serious contender in WPIAL Class 2A. To a large degree,...
Valley great Tom Pipkins highlights 2023 WPIAL Hall of Fame class
Tom Pipkins jokes that he might already be retired from working if high school athletes could’ve signed endorsement deals back in his day. That’s how much interest there was around the former Valley basketball star when he broke the WPIAL career scoring record 30 years ago this month. As part...
Derry boys make playoff statement with win over Ligonier Valley
The WPIAL takes the top four teams in each section for the playoffs next month. Derry boys basketball coach Tom Esposito told his players to treat Tuesday’s Section 3-3A game against Ligonier Valley as a playoff game. The Trojans (7-6, 3-3) then went out and played as if they want...
Peters Township creates 3-way section tie with narrow win over Bethel Park
Peters Township broke a tie on the scoreboard to create a tie in the standings. Locked at 66 with 70 seconds left, Peters Township used its defense, some clutch free throws and a disputed technical foul to clinch a 75-67 victory over host Bethel Park, a win that created a...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 17, 2023
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 62, Central Catholic 46 Butler 86, Pine-Richland 73 New Castle 54, Seneca Valley 47 Section 2 Norwin 47, Hempfield 46 Mt. Lebanon 62, Canon-McMillan 41 Upper St. Clair 47, Baldwin 46 Class 5A Section 1 Peters Township...
High school roundup for Jan. 17, 2023: Uniontown knocks off Laurel Highlands in 2OT
Levi Garner scored the go-ahead basket with 1:45 left in the second overtime to lead Uniontown to a 61-57 victory over Laurel Highlands in Section 3-4A boys basketball Tuesday night. Calvin Winfrey led Uniontown (14-1, 5-0) with 19 points. K’Adrian McLee had 15 and Notorious Grooms added 10. Rodney Gallagher...
Deer Lakes boys beat Shady Side Academy in final seconds
Round 1 goes to Deer Lakes. The Lancers defense forced a Shady Side Academy turnover at midcourt in a tie game with 4 seconds left, and senior Michael Butler finished it with a layup at the buzzer in a 53-51 Section 3-3A victory over the Bulldogs on Tuesday evening at...
Norwin boys escape with victory over Hempfield despite free-throw woes
Norwin hasn’t qualified for the WPIAL playoffs yet, but the Knights are already in survive-and-advance mode with their top player on the shelf. The Knights overcame a second-half charge by Hempfield — and some rough free-throw shooting — to escape with a 47-46 Section 3-6A victory Tuesday night in North...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 18, 2023: Girls basketball powers to square off
They are two of the best girls basketball programs in the WPIAL and currently sit at No. 1 and No. 2 in the upcoming Trib 10 power rankings. Class 6A top-ranked Norwin travels to face the No. 1 team in 4A, Blackhawk, in a nonsection midweek showdown on Wednesday. Norwin...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for Jan. 17, 2023
There was nearly a change per classification with two teams dropping from the top spot in a very active week in the weekly Trib HSSN state rankings. Perkiomen Valley (6A) and Malvern Villa Maria Academy (5A) from District 1 joined Wyomissing (4A), Greensville (3A) and Portage (2A) in losing their...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for Jan. 17, 2023
It was a rough week for elite boys basketball teams in District 7. New Castle, Chartiers Valley, Lincoln Park and Bishop Canevin were all knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten. In fact, the Red Hurricane and Colts lost twice to drop out of the top 5. The Crusaders’ first...
WPIAL wrestling notebook: Injuries shake up Class 3A team race
A little more than a month into the WPIAL Class 3A wrestling schedule, things have been very unusual in the team portion of the season. While Trinity and Butler, both undefeated, occupy the top two spots in the Trib HSSN team rankings in Class 3A, are they the best teams?...
WPIAL individual wrestling rankings for Jan. 17, 2023
Here are this week’s Trib HSSN WPIAL individual wrestling rankings. Class 3A 107: 1. Santino Slaboda, Butler (21-0); 2. Tanner Mizenko, Canon-McMillan (22-6); 3. Landon Lynn, Connellsville (17-9); 4. Landon Funk, Fox Chapel (14-2); 5. Owen Campbell, Plum (12-4). 114: 1. Luke Willochell, Latrobe (20-2); 2. Connor Smith, Seneca Valley...
WPIAL team wrestling rankings for Jan. 17, 2023
Here are this week’s WPIAL and City League team wrestling rankings. Teams are listed with overall record and last week’s ranking. WPIAL Class 3A Rank, team, record, previous 1. Trinity (6-0) 1 2. Butler (13-0) 2 T3. Connellsville (10-4) 3 T3. Waynesburg (8-2) 4 T3. Canon-McMillan (7-2) 5 6. Latrobe...
Central Catholic’s Anthony Speca commits to Penn State
Central Catholic linebacker Anthony Speca, one of the state’s top college football recruits, committed Tuesday to Penn State. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound junior announced his decision on Twitter. He chose the Nittany Lions from a list of scholarship offers that included national semifinalists Michigan and Ohio State, along with Pitt, West...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 16, 2023
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Monday’s result Southwestern Christian Athletic Conference Trinity Christian 59, Propel Andrew Street 44 Tuesday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Central Catholic at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. Pine-Richland at Butler, 7:30 p.m. Seneca Valley at New Castle, 7:30 p.m. Section 2 Hempfield at Norwin, 7:30 p.m....
High school roundup for Jan. 16, 2023: North Catholic’s Alayna Rocco hits 1,000-point mark
Alayna Rocco scored 17 points, hitting the 1,000-point mark for her career, as North Catholic defeated Knoch, 56-38, in Section 1-4A girls basketball Monday night. Anna Waskiewicz led North Catholic (11-3, 6-0) with 18 points and Tori Drevna added 13. Hattie McGraw scored 12 and Naturelle Ewing had 10 for...
Penn-Trafford uses big 3rd quarter to rebound past Latrobe
Penn-Trafford still had the unsavory taste of a bad second half against top-ranked McKeesport in its mouth when it traveled to Latrobe on Monday night. A good way to get rid of it was to have one of its better second halves of the season. The Warriors pumped in 21...
Apollo-Ridge girls hold serve with win over Mt. Pleasant
The Apollo-Ridge girls basketball team protected sole possession of second place in Section 3-3A and also defended its home court Monday evening with a 60-40 victory over Mt. Pleasant. “This was a huge win for us as we look forward to the second half of section,” said junior Sophie Yard,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 17, 2023: Fayette County rivals to battle for 1st place
Rivalry Tuesday, the unofficial halfway point of section play in the 2023 season, has key midseason games everywhere in WPIAL boys basketball. None may be bigger though then the fight for first in Fayette County. Defending champion Laurel Highlands hosts Uniontown in a battle of 4-0 teams in Section 3-4A....
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week for Jan. 16, 2023
Central Catholic was even in section play and a game below .500 after the first six days of 2023. Then the Vikings engineered one of the most impressive weeks of basketball the district has seen in a long time. The team went 3-0 against two top-ranked and undefeated opponents and...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 16, 2023
In 1978, Geibel Catholic won the WPIAL Class A boys basketball championship, beating Shannock Valley, 53-44. Two years later, the tiny private school in Connellsville won gold again, defeating Fairchance-Georges in the 1980 Class A title game, 73-56. Some 43 years later, the modern-day Gators, led by senior scoring sensation...
