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High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 12, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Finals Friday’s results Upper St. Clair 56, Pine-Richland 53 Class 5A Finals Saturday’s schedule Chartiers Valley (22-2) vs. New Castle (19-2) at North Allegheny, 8 p.m. Class 4A Finals Monday’s schedule North Catholic (18-4) vs. Lincoln Park (17-5) at North Allegheny, 8...
Back from injury, Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer reclaims PIAA throneVideo
HERSHEY – Mt. Pleasant junior Dayton Pitzer hadn’t often been forced to go a full six minutes in matches this season. Usually, he pins his opponents. Friday at the PIAA Class AA Wrestling Championship at the Giant Center, he didn’t have a problem working a little extra. The results were...
Upper St. Clair tops Pine-Richland, celebrates 1st WPIAL title since ’05Video
There were moments when Danny Holzer could’ve worried in the fourth quarter, probably should’ve been worried, but Upper St. Clair’s longtime coach insists he wasn’t. “I felt really good because of our seniors,” Holzer said. “I could just sense we were going to win this game.” With five seniors in...
Bishop Canevin closes out Rochester to win 1st WPIAL boys basketball crown
Shooting 29% usually isn’t the way to a championship. But it was enough for Bishop Canevin to win the first WPIAL title in school history as the Crusaders downed Rochester, 42-27, Friday night in the Class A title game at North Allegheny. With the 88th anniversary of President Franklin D....
Burrell’s A.J. Corrado wins state title with overtime pinVideo
HERSHEY – AJ Corrado didn’t have pancakes for breakfast Friday, but he served one up in the PIAA Class AA finals. He pancaked Midd-West senior Avery Bassett in overtime for a pin in the 160-pound final and celebrated his first PIAA title to cap off a historic day for the...
Neshannock stops undefeated Serra Catholic, wins 2nd WPIAL title in 3 years
Serra Catholic finished the regular season at 16-0 as undefeated section champions, so there was some sentiment that the Eagles should have been the top seed in the WPIAL Class 2A tournament. Neshannock posted a 16-2 record and shared its section championship, but received the No. 1 seed. The best...
Beaver girls capture program’s 1st WPIAL title
The Beaver girls basketball team could’ve packed it in during the WPIAL Class 4A championship game Friday when they trailed section rival Quaker Valley early and things weren’t going their way. But the Bobcats had been through too much. The senior class had suffered a WPIAL championship loss on a...
WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball championship breakdown: North Catholic vs. Mohawk
WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball championship No. 1 North Catholic vs. No. 2 Mohawk 5 p.m. Saturday at North Allegheny On the air: TribHSSN.TribLive.com (video stream) Winner plays: Winner of District 9 champion vs. District 5/8 champion in PIAA quarterfinals, March 19 How they got here: North Catholic defeated No....
In 1st finals since 2014, Greensburg CC to face high-powered OLSH offense
Greensburg Central Catholic didn’t get the home-court advantage other No. 2 seeds did in the WPIAL playoffs this year. Its gym was too small to host in the first round, so it had to play on the road, and issues from a water main break forced the Centurions to play...
WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball championship breakdown: North Allegheny vs. Upper St. Clair
WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball championship No. 1 North Allegheny vs. No. 2 Upper St. Clair 8 p.m. Saturday at Peters Township On the air: 95.3 FM; TribHSSN.TribLive.com (video stream) Winner plays: District 6, 8 or 10 champion in PIAA quarterfinals, March 19 How they got here: North Allegheny had...
WPIAL diving champs ready to take on state’s best
The “fab four” of WPIAL diving champions will attempt to claim more gold Saturday at the PIAA Class AAA and Class AA competitions at Cumberland Valley High School. Representing the WPIAL are Fox Chapel senior David Manelis and North Allegheny sophomore Christina Shi in Class AAA and South Park senior...
WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball championship breakdown: OLSH vs. Greensburg C.C.
WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball championship No. 1 OLSH vs. No. 2 Greensburg Central Catholic 5 p.m. Saturday at Peters Township On the air: 1230 AM, 99.3 FM, 1460 AM; TribHSSN.TribLive.com (video stream) Winner plays: Winner of District 9 champion vs. District 5 champion in PIAA quarterfinals, March 20 How...
Burrell junior follows WPIBL win with regional title
Just like she did at the WPIBL championships last month, Burrell junior Lydia Flanagan took care of some unfinished business at the Western Pa. Regional Girls Singles Tournament on Friday in North Versailles. After recording the top score in qualifying, Flanagan defeated Plum’s Mara Pliyih in the championship match, 194-124,...
Quartet of WPIAL wrestlers reach PIAA Class AA finals in upper weight classes
HERSHEY — Burrell senior A.J. Corrado became the third wrestler from his school to reach the finals at the 2021 PIAA Class AA wrestling championship Friday at the Giant Center. This is the first time in school history Burrell has had three wrestlers reach the finals. Corrado (160 pounds) joins...
WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball championship breakdown: Upper St. Clair vs. Pine-Richland
WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball championship No. 1 Upper St. Clair vs. No. 6 Pine-Richland 8 p.m. Friday at Peters Township On the air: TribHSSN.TribLive.com (video stream) Winner plays: District 6, 8 or 10 champion in PIAA quarterfinals, March 20 How they got here: Upper St. Clair defeated No. 17...
WPIAL Class A boys basketball championship breakdown: Bishop Canevin vs. Rochester
WPIAL Class A boys basketball championship No. 1 Bishop Canevin vs. No. 2 Rochester 8 p.m. Friday at North Allegheny On the air: TribHSSN.TribLive.com (video stream) Winner plays: District 6 or 10 champion in PIAA quarterfinals, March 19 How they got here: Bishop Canevin received a first-round bye; defeated No....
Burrell’s Hornack, Oswalt reach PIAA Class AA wrestling finals
HERSHEY — Burrell’s Cooper Hornack achieved something he’s never accomplished on Friday. The freshman wrestler reached the finals in a state event. Hornack and senior teammate Ian Oswalt advanced to the finals at the PIAA Class AA wrestling championships Friday at the Giant Center. They will wrestle during the 5...
How to watch the WPIAL basketball finals on Trib HSSN
The first four of 12 WPIAL basketball championship games will be played tonight at a pair of high school gymnasiums, and a quartet of teams will be rewarded for persevering during an unprecedented 2020-21 season. Teams endured covid-19 protocols and shutdowns that provided a bigger challenge than any on-court opponent....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 12, 2021: Championship weekend tips off
Welcome to the start of championship weekend here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We cap off our coverage of the 2021 WPIAL basketball playoffs with the first of four championship games at North Allegheny and Peters Township on Friday evening. Here are some meat-free championship factoids for the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 11, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Finals Friday’s schedule Upper St. Clair (18-1) vs. Pine-Richland (13-5) at Peters Township, 8 p.m. Class 5A Finals Saturday’s schedule Chartiers Valley (22-2) vs. New Castle (19-2) at North Allegheny, 8 p.m. Class 4A Semifinals Thursday’s results North Catholic 77, Belle Vernon...
Courtney Dahlquist pushes top-seeded Trinity past Woodland Hills, back to title game
Woodland Hills knew it needed to play a near-perfect game to have a chance in its WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball semifinal against top-seeded Trinity. Digging themselves a huge early hole was a trap these Wolverines could not escape. Senior Courtney Dahlquist scored a game-high 21 points, including 11 in...
South Allegheny drops Aliquippa, advances to 1st WPIAL finals
For the first time in program history, the South Allegheny boys basketball team will play for a WPIAL championship. The top-seeded Gladiators took the lead for good late in the third quarter before pulling away for a 62-50 victory over No. 4 Aliquippa in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals Thursday...
11th-seeded Ellwood City stuns Neshannock, makes 1st WPIAL final since 1986
From the opening tip, Ellwood City coach Steve Antuono Sr. paced the sidelines watching the game with intensity, while wearing his emotions on his sleeve. As the time ticked off in the fourth quarter, he and his Wolverines let that emotion spill out onto the floor. The weight of 35...
West Greene tops Eden Christian to get another crack at Rochester in finals
Jersey Wise and her teammates in West Greene’s senior class will get another crack at a WPIAL Class A championship. Anna Durbin scored 18 points, Wise added 16, and the No. 2 Pioneers came away with a 54-49 victory over No. 3 Eden Christian in the WPIAL semifinals Thursday night....
Rottmann’s shooting helps North Catholic knock off No. 1 Belle Vernon in semifinals
Every game this season, it’s been a different North Catholic player showing up in big spots, Trojans coach Dave DeGregorio said. It was Max Rottmann’s time to shine Thursday. Rottmann hit four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, including the winner with 3.8 seconds remaining to give No. 5 North Catholic...
