High School category, Page 872

Thomas Jefferson senior closes curtain on family swimming dynasty

And then there was one. Luke Pletz, the last of the Pletz siblings, ended his prominent high school career in the pool March 6 at Upper St. Clair at the WPIAL Class AA championship meet. And thus a family legacy of quality swimming at the scholastic level ceased. A senior...
Gymnasts from Baldwin, Thomas Jefferson form special bond with coaching moms

There definitely was a family feel to the Premier Gym high school gymnastics program. At the hub of it all was the venerable matriarch, Jodi Cummings, head coach of the Baldwin and Thomas Jefferson gymnastics teams. Cummings, Becky Revo and Kristen Weber had the good fortune to be able to...
Sewickley Academy boys capitalize on team growth before playoff exit

The Sewickley Academy boys basketball team started this season without an identity or a sense of superior athletic talent that could carry them to wins. By the end of the season, though, the Panthers started doing things the old-fashioned way, and it worked. They played hard-nosed defense and limited top-seeded...
Led by 2 relay titles, Quaker Valley girls swim to 2nd at WPIAL championship meet

In his first year at the helm of the Quaker Valley swimming team, John Nemeth led the girls to a second-place finish at the WPIAL Class AA championships March 6. The Quakers finished with 199 team points, 55 points behind champion Northgate. They also earned gold medal finishes in both...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Austin Prokopec, 2 relay teams qualify for state swim meet

Penn-Trafford senior Austin Prokopec and two boys relay teams qualified for the PIAA swimming championships at Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg. Prokopec, who finished third in the WPIAL 200 freestyle, was chosen because of his time of 1:42.81. The relay teams that qualified were the 200 freestyle and 400...
Penn-Trafford basketball teams look to build on 2020-21 success

Late-season shooting woes cost the Penn-Trafford girls basketball team a longer WPIAL playoff run. Competing in Class 6A, the Warriors (10-7, 9-5) ended the season with a 46-43 loss to Baldwin in the opening round of the WPIAL playoffs. Penn-Trafford lost five of its final six games after starting 9-2....
After offseason in gym, Penn Hills junior smashing shot put records

Hard work and dedication in the weight room have paid off handsomely for Penn Hills junior Angelo Allen. And he’s not finished yet. The 5-foot-11, 235-pound Allen recently shattered a Penn Hills track team record in the indoor shot put event established 52 years ago by Jack Poindexter. “I feel...
Penn Hills girls basketball to have different look but same expectations

The Penn Hills girls basketball team will have a new look to its lineup for 2021-22. With five seniors and one junior on this year’s team roster, look for a group of fresh faces to be incorporated into next year’s lineup by coach Robert Cash. It will be a true...
Pine-Richland swimmers look ahead to bright future after WPIAL performance

A trio of young Pine-Richland swimmers traveled to Upper St. Clair on March 7 to test themselves against the best in the WPIAL and came home with some solid results to cap off a year in which six new school records were set. Sophomore Delaney Allen placed fourth in the...
Balanced offense carries Pine-Richland boys on playoff run

During Pine-Richland’s boys basketball playoff run, multiple players saw their name with a large point total beside it on the stat sheet. That’s by design. Rams coach Bob Petcash preaches sharing the ball and moving around to find the open shot. It’s his expectation for everyone that puts on a...
Plum swimmers earn 1st trip to PIAA championship meet

After Plum seniors Logan Minick and Sam Schohn secured top-eight medals in the 500-yard freestyle and 100 breaststroke, respectively, at the WPIAL Class AA championships March 6 at Upper St. Clair, the waiting game began. While only the WPIAL champions qualified automatically for the PIAA championships, set for Friday at...
Plum senior soccer players to continue careers at next level

Plum girls soccer coach Jamie Stewart knew that at the end of the 2020 season he would be losing another strong senior class that had accomplished a great deal on and off the field. The senior group finished 32-5-1 at home and 58-16-1 over four seasons. The Mustangs won back-to-back...
Norwin notebook: Altieri shakes off slam to wrestle at states

John Altieri was cleared for a trip to Hershey for the PIAA Wrestling Championships, but the Norwin senior’s participation in the state tournament looked like it might be in question after a brutal body slam. During the PIAA West Super Regional at Altoona, Altieri won a championship at 145 pounds,...
Franklin Regional swim team hopes to add to medal haul at PIAAs

Franklin Regional sent a number of swimmers to the medal stand at the WPIAL Class AAA Championships at Upper St. Clair. “I am very happy with our results from WPIALs,” Panthers coach Victor Santoro said. “All three girls relays won medals.” The girls 200-yard freestyle relay finished fifth, the 200-yard...
Relay win sparks Hampton boys to 1st WPIAL team swim title since 1999

The Hampton boys swimming team needed 1 minute, 36 seconds to set into motion something that hadn’t happened in 22 years. The Talbots won the 200 medley relay in the opening event of the WPIAL Class AA swimming championships March 6 and used the record-setting race as a springboard to...
Hampton reflects on breakthrough season after playoff run ends

After the final horn sounded on her senior season, Hampton guard Liv Bianco slowly walked off the court and placed the basketball on the scorer’s table. Behind her, on her home court, Latrobe players celebrated their 53-48 win over the No. 3-seed Talbots in the WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals March...

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