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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 12, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler at North Hills, ppd. North Allegheny 91, Seneca Valley 68 Section 2 Baldwin 56, Canon-McMillan 50 Upper St. Clair 57, Bethel Park 53 Mt. Lebanon 63, Peters Township 43 Section 3 Hempfield 65, Central Catholic 53 Penn-Trafford 63,...
No. 1 Upper St. Clair pulls off gritty win over Bethel ParkVideo
Defense not only wins championships, it never takes a night off. It’s too early for the first one, but Class 6A No. 1 Upper St. Clair remained unbeaten Tuesday thanks in large part to its defense. The Panthers shook off a rough night of shooting and came back to beat...
High school roundup for Jan. 12, 2021: Jackson Juzang hits for 42 for Winchester Thurston
Jackson Juzang poured in 42 points to power Winchester Thurston to an 86-73 boys basketball victory in Section 3-2A Tuesday night. Lance Nicholls added 22 and Henry McCombs 16 for Winchester Thurston (1-1, 1-1). Mark Thomas led Serra Catholic (0-1, 0-1) with 24 points. Elijah Ward had 22. Aliquippa 65,...
Ligonier Valley winter sports teams finally get down to preparing for WPIAL debuts
Ligonier Valley athletes and coaches were getting restless. When the school district shut down sports activities Nov. 18 — yes, that long ago — the Rams were left to their own devices as far as training and working out, all with their anticipated debut in the WPIAL on the horizon....
WPIAL wrestling notebook: Covid protocols shut down Waynesburg
No. 1 Waynesburg got off to a fast start to the season by defeating Chartiers Valley, 65-3, in a Section 4-A match. The Raiders won 12 of 13 bouts highlighted by Wyatt Henson’s 14-4 win over Chartiers Valley’s Dylan Evans at 145 pounds. Henson is a returning Class AAA state...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 13, 2021: Wrestling rivals collide
Last year, they met in the regular season and again in the team sectionals. On Wednesday, the Washington County rivals square off for the first, but possibly not the last time on a busy night of WPIAL wrestling. After winning their regular season match, Canon-McMillan beat Trinity again in the...
Trib HSSN state girls basketball rankings for Jan. 12, 2021
Now that the four-week stoppage in winter sports has been lifted by the governor, teams around the commonwealth are slowly getting back to game action. There are still plenty of teams in the latest Trib HSSN PIAA girls basketball state rankings that have yet to tip off their season. Thus,...
No. 1 OLSH blows out No. 2 Springdale in battle of top teams
The matchup between WPIAL Class 2A No. 1 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and No. 2 Springdale on Tuesday was a year in the making. Both teams but together fantastic seasons last year, but Springdale’s was derailed by Winchester Thurston in the WPIAL quarterfinals before OLSH went on to...
Third-ranked Jeannette boys edge Greensburg Central Catholic on late putbackVideo
That Greensburg Central Catholic had played a game and Jeannette had not heading into the teams’ Section 3-2A boys basketball matchup was mostly irrelevant to the coaches. When rivals like these get together, the present tends to upstage the past. “Doesn’t matter,” GCC coach Christian Hyland said. “It’s GCC-Jeannette.” Jeannette...
Now wrestling at a more appropriate weight, Hempfield’s Priest eyes states
Hempfield junior Briar Priest easily could have been a two-time PIAA qualifier and possible placewinner. He was one victory away from earning a trip to Hershey for the Class AAA tournament the past two seasons. Priest (64-15, 34-5) competed at 106 pounds those seasons and, admittedly, battled a weight problem...
With new coach, Knoch wrestling looks to surprise in WPIAL Class AA
With a new coach and a rejuvenated attitude, the Knoch wrestling team is ready to surprise teams this year as the Knights drop down to WPIAL Class AA and gain a few new wrestlers. Bob Waldron, who is originally from the New Jersey area and has been around wrestling his...
Trib HSSN WPIAL wrestling rankings for Jan. 12, 2021
Team rankings Class AAA 1.Waynesburg (1-0) 2.Seneca Valley (2-0) 3. Hempfield (0-0) 4. Latrobe (0-0) 5. Canon-McMillan (0-0) 6. Connellsville (0-0) 7.Franklin Regional (0-0) 8. North Allegheny (0-0) 9. Kiski Area (0-0) 10. Norwin (0-0) Class AA 1.Burrell (0-0) 2.Freedom (0-0) 3. Quaker Valley (0-0) 4. Mt. Pleasant (2-0) 5....
A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Burrell wrestlers get season started off on right foot
The Burrell wrestling team got its season started off on the right foot this weekend when it traveled to the North Allegheny Wright Automotive Invitational. Out of 13 weight classes, the Bucs had two first-place finishers, one second, two thirds and three fourths. Each weight class had between seven and...
Longtime Franklin Regional football coach Greg Botta retires
Maybe there were precursors the end was coming, and the time was right to go. From an abnormal training camp to the final game, Greg Botta said this past high school football season had a different feel to it. With the ongoing covid-19 protocols and day-to-day uncertainty, it was a...
Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Week: Burrell’s Cooper Hornack
During the North Allegheny Wright Automotive Invitational this weekend, the No. 1 or No. 2 seeded wrestler won 11 of the 13 weight classes. That allowed Burrell freshman Cooper Hornack to stand out in his first varsity competition. The 113-pounder was given the No. 4 seed and worked his way...
Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week: Seneca Valley
Seneca Valley wrestlers started their season with two impressive wins at the Reynolds Duals this past weekend, securing victories over powerhouse Reynolds and Saegertown. Eight different Raiders wrestlers won both their matches Saturday, with Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, Chanz Shearer, Tyler Chappell, Connor Smith, TJ Border and Antonio Amelio leading the way....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 11, 2021
Basketball Boys Monday’s results Nonsection Badger (Ohio) 78, Shenango 53 Thomas Jefferson 52, Uniontown 35 Aquinas Academy 66, Riverview 65 Avonworth 68, Valley 60 West Shamokin 56, Indiana 23 California at Beth-Center, ppd. Montour at South Fayette, ppd. Tuesday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Butler at North Hills, ppd. North...
High school roundup for Jan. 11, 2021: Ashleigh Connor leads Mt. Lebanon
Ashleigh Connor scored 18 points and Reagan Murdoch added 13 to lead No. 3 Mt. Lebanon (2-0, 0-0) to a 55-44 nonsection girls basketball victory Monday night. Morgan Palmer had 12. Halena Hill led Oakland Catholic (2-1, 0-0) with 15 points. Alexa Washington added 11. Armstrong 71, Jeannette 25 —...
Finally back in action, Knoch girls basketball takes down Highlands
Knoch sophomore Hattie McGraw sank her team’s first points of the season Monday with a 3-pointer just 22 seconds into a Section 1-4A home matchup against Highlands. The Knights, who played for the first time this season after games Friday and Saturday were lost to postponement, kept pouring in the...
Pittsburgh City League winter sports will start Jan. 25
City League sports teams can begin their winter seasons Jan. 25, two days before Pittsburgh Public Schools students are expected to resume in-person classes. PPS superintendent Anthony Hamlet announced the updated timeline Monday. The district’s administration had previously said winter sports would be delayed until at least Feb. 1. “As...
What to watch for in high school sports for Jan. 12, 2021: OLSH, Springdale square off
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and Springdale were on a collision course for a semifinals showdown in last year’s WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball playoffs. Only problem is the Section 1 co-champion and No. 4 seed Dynamos were stunned by section foe and No. 12 seed Winchester Thurston, 57-54,...
Damned if you do: Woodland Hills coach, WPIAL board to chat about Tweet
Woodland Hills boys basketball coach Matt Furjanic has a no cursing policy and violators run sprints at practice. Now, Furjanic might be the one running, although he disputes whether the word he uttered should count. Furjanic said he was assessed a technical foul Friday for yelling: “Dammit. That’s steps.” After...
Greensburg Salem girls basketball shut down for 10 more days
One step forward, two steps back. Greensburg Salem cannot seem to gain any traction in girls basketball due to the covid-19 pandemic, which once again has halted play in the program. Team activities have been suspended for 10 more days due to a covid case. Coach Rick Klimchock’s team will...
What to watch for in high school sports for Jan. 11, 2021: PIHL set to restart
While most basketball teams in the WPIAL returned to the court this past Friday and Saturday, the restart of the high school hockey season begins Monday. Following a four-plus week shutdown of high school hockey, the 2020-21 PIHL season continues with a busy night on the ice with 15 scheduled...
High school schedules for Jan. 11, 2021
Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule Nonsection Aquinas Academy at Riverview, 7:30 p.m. Avonworth at Valley, 7:30 p.m. California at Beth-Center, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at West Shamokin, 7:30 p.m. Montour at South Fayette, 7:30 p.m. Thomas Jefferson at Uniontown, 7:30 p.m. Girls WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 North Hills at Penn-Trafford, 7:30...
