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PIAA Class 2A wrestling championships: How WPIAL wrestlers fared on Day 1
HERSHEY — The PIAA Class 2A Wrestling Championships began Thursday at the Giant Center. Here’s a glance at how the WPIAL wrestlers fared on Day 1. 106 pounds Burgettstown sophomore Parker Sentipal (40-3) advanced to the quarterfinals Friday morning with a solid 6-0 victory against Trinity (District 3) junior Major...
PIAA girls basketball sites, times set for 2nd round playoff games
Section foes South Fayette and Moon will meet for the third time this season Saturday in a PIAA second-round playoff game at Peters Township. The teams split two regular-season games. Theirs is one of five all-WPIAL matchups in the second round of the girls state playoffs, including a fourth matchup...
PIAA announces playoff sites, times for boys basketball 2nd round
Peters Township will host a clash of champions Saturday when WPIAL champion Fox Chapel faces City League champion Allderdice in the PIAA boys basketball playoffs. Second round games are Friday and Saturday. The playoff schedule includes a third matchup between section foes Shady Side Academy and South Allegheny, who split...
Penn Hills road warriors savor upset win in state playoffs
Penn Hills coach Chris Giles dismissed the idea that the PIAA should try to tailor the Class 5A state playoff brackets to limit travel. Despite a travel mishap following the game, Giles enjoyed what 476-mile trek provided for the Indians. Packed into a gym with little support, Penn Hills, which...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 10, 2022: State wrestling championships open in Hershey
The curtain opens on the biggest three days of the year for scholastic wrestling fans. The top wrestlers in the state are in Hershey for the 2022 PIAA individual wrestling championships Thursday through Saturday. The event begins with the Class 2A preliminaries and round one consolations starting at 9 a.m....
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for March 9, 2022
With the Road to Hershey open, now the dominoes are starting to fall. The first round of the PIAA girls basketball playoffs is in the books and there were three Trib HSSN ranked teams that fell Tuesday while two others dropped out Wednesday. Districts 2 and 6 benefitted as four...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for March 9, 2022
David Bowie did not have the state boys hoops rankings in mind when he wrote his 1971 hit song, “Changes.” But changes have come as we exit the first round of the PIAA basketball playoffs. After three Trib HSSN ranked teams were eliminated from the chase for state gold Tuesday,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 9, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs All games 7 p.m. unless noted Class 6A First round Wednesday’s results Lower Merion 64, Chambersburg 60 Abington at Pocono Mountain West, ppd. Scranton 84, West Chester East 70 Garnet Valley 65, Abraham Lincoln 56 Roman Catholic 59, Haverford 49 Central Dauphin 73, Bensalem...
High school roundup for March 9, 2022: Ellwood City knocks off No. 1 Franklin, earns rematch with Avonworth
Alexander Roth scored 27 points, Steve Antuono added 20, and Ellwood City bounced back from an upset loss in the WPIAL playoffs to knock off District 10 champion Franklin, the top-ranked Class 3A team in the state, 65-63 in the first round of the PIAA playoffs Wednesday night. Joseph Roth...
Greensburg Central Catholic boys advance on Turner’s buzzer-beating layup
DAVIDSVILLE — Greensburg Central Catholic was hooting on the way to hollering with a 19-point lead early in the fourth quarter. This first state playoff game — a new experience for all of the players and their coach — was going to be easy. Or so they thought. District 5...
Knoch girls win 1st PIAA playoff game in program history
Three was the magic number for the Knoch girls basketball team in its PIAA Class 4A first-round home game Wednesday evening against District 9 champion St. Marys. The Knights, playing in the program’s first PIAA game, hit 15 3-pointers, including 10 in the first half, and took control early en...
Allderdice advances in PIAA playoffs with overtime win against Central Catholic
Mike Quigley has a favorite rim in Allderdice’s gym, one that he’s found is a little softer than the other. The senior surely likes it even more now, after making consecutive 3-pointers just 37 seconds apart in overtime as Allderdice overcame a dreadful start to defeat Central Catholic, 45-43, in...
With Yofan slowed by injury, Fox Chapel boys find way to win in PIAA opener
Lately, during Fox Chapel’s run that has stretched into the PIAA playoffs, the mode of operation has been making big plays in the fourth quarter. Wednesday was no different as Fox Chapel made a variety of key plays — most of the time without standout Eli Yofan on the floor...
Mt. Pleasant enters PIAA swimming event on a roll
The Mt. Pleasant girls swim team captured five WPIAL championships and had numerous other medal-winning and point-producing performances last Thursday and Friday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. It all added up to the program’s first WPIAL Class 2A title. Now, they will join dozens of other swimmers from throughout the Westmoreland...
Westmoreland PIHL playoff capsule: Westmont Hilltop vs. Norwin, Thursday, March 10, 2022
Class A Quarterfinals 5-Westmont Hilltop (13-7) vs.4-Norwin (14-4) 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Palmer Imaging Arena, Delmont Winner plays: Winner of 8-North Hills/1-Fox Chapel in semifinals, 6:45 p.m. March 16 at Robert Morris University Island Sports Center, Moon Ice chips: Westmont Hilltop turned around a five-game losing streak before the new...
Penn Hills refuses to play Kiski Area sports teams this spring over alleged racial taunts
Penn Hills won’t play games against Kiski Area teams this spring because of racial taunts allegedly made by fans during a recent middle school volleyball game. In a letter sent Monday to school district families and staff, Penn Hills superintendent Nancy Hines said “several boys” in the Kiski Area student...
PIAA releases sites, times for Friday 2nd-round basketball playoff games
The PIAA released sites and times for second-round matchups in the state basketball playoff scheduled for Friday. That list includes boys classifications 5A, 4A and A, along with girls classes 6A, 3A and 2A. Those six classifications played first-round games on Tuesday. PIAA basketball playoffs Friday’s second-round games Class 6A...
Norwin carries momentum into Penguins Cup playoffs
The word “monumental” was used to describe this hockey win. Norwin trailed undefeated Fox Chapel, 5-3, with three minutes to play — the Knights were down most of the night — but found a spark as the clock dripped away Feb. 24 at Alpha Ice Complex. A pair of short-handed...
Breaking down the PIAA Class 2A wrestling championships
PIAA Class 2A Championship When: March 10-12 Where: Giant Center, Hershey Schedule • Thursday: Preliminaries and first round, 9 a.m.. First round of consolations, 1:15 p.m. • Friday: Quarterfinals and second round of consolations, 9 a.m. Third round of consolations, 11:45 a.m. Semifinals and fourth round of consolations, 7:30 p.m....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 9, 2022: More PIAA opening round matchups
The opening round of the PIAA basketball postseason is set to conclude Wednesday. The spotlight will shine on boys 6A, 3A and 2A first-round games, along with girls 5A, 4A and A state playoff openers. Inner city battle One of the Class 6A opening-round matchups could be considered a Crummie...
Breaking down the PIAA Class 3A wrestling championships
PIAA Class 3A Championship When: March 10-12 Where: Giant Center, Hershey Time schedule • Thursday: Preliminaries and first round, 4 p.m. First round of consolations, 8:15 p.m. • Friday: Quarterfinals and second round of consolations, 2:15 p.m.; Third round of consolations, 5 p.m. • Saturday: Semifinals and fourth round of...
High school roundup for March 8, 2022: Penn Hills knocks off undefeated District 3 champ
Jaden Dugger scored 18 points and Penn Hills, the seventh-place team out of the WPIAL, rolled to a 62-39 victory over undefeated District 3 champion Lampeter Strasburg in the first round of the PIAA Class 5A boys basketball playoffs Tuesday night. Noah Barren had 14 points and Robert Thomas added...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 8, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs All games 7 p.m. unless noted Class 6A First round Wednesday’s schedule Chambersburg (18-7) at Lower Merion (24-3), 6 p.m.; Abington (16-11) at Pocono Mountain West (21-6); West Chester East (18-7) at Scranton (21-2); Garnet Valley (17-10) vs. Abrham Lincoln (18-8) at West Philadelphia...
‘Special run’ might await Quaker Valley after PIAA 1st-round win over Hickory
The Hickory boys basketball team was in Hershey last winter, playing at Giant Center with a chance to win a state championship. When this year’s tournament wraps up in a few weeks, Hickory coach Chris Mele won’t be surprised if Quaker Valley finds itself in that same spot, vying for...
Former assistant with Penn-Trafford championship team named new Latrobe football coach
Ronald Prady has experienced two recent state championship seasons at Penn-Trafford — as an assistant football coach this past fall and as an assistant softball coach in 2019. Fans of the Wildcats are hoping he will continue that winning trend as the new coach of the Latrobe football program. The...
