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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 9, 2021
Basketball Boys Saturday’s results Class A Section 1 Union 79, Cornell 41 Nonsection Beth-Center 65, Jefferson-Morgan 49 Burrell 67, Northgate 39 Lincoln Park 59, Central Catholic 47 Chartiers Valley 66, Fox Chapel 63 Eden Christian 72, Cheswick Christian Academy 28 Ellwood City 60, Wilmington 36 McGuffey 60, Burgettstown 28 McKeesport...
High school roundup for Jan. 9, 2021: Brayden Reynolds powers Chartiers Valley to 3-0 start
Brayden Reynolds scored a game-high 33 points, hit four 3-pointers and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Chartiers Valley (3-0) to a 66-63 boys basketball nonsection win over Fox Chapel on Saturday afternoon. Carter Mastovich scored 13 points, including four 3-pointers, in the win. Eli Yofan led Fox Chapel (2-1) with...
Highlands senior Dom Pesci excited for return after missing most of junior season
When the Highlands boys basketball team won its first WPIAL basketball title since 1995 last season, the Rams did so with three talented seniors and several important role players who clicked when the time was right. Current senior Dom Pesci was forced to watch from the bench because he missed...
Coronavirus taking bite out of Allen Deep’s usual basketball showcase schedule
Basketball season in western Pennsylvania would not seem complete without the showcase events organized by Allen Deep. His various charity events, from multiple team shootouts across the region to the season-capping Roundball Classic at Geneve, have become seasonal staples. The WPIAL resumed on-court action Friday, but this unusual season likely...
Westmoreland high school notes: Norwin’s Stecko gives verbal commitment to Mount St. Mary’s
From the first time he watched college baseball on television, Ty Stecko wanted to play at the next level. He believed he could grow into a Division I talent, and his confidence blossomed over time and caught up with his skills. “I believed in myself through my childhood,” he said....
Leading medical expert says some winter sports run greater covid risk than others
With a disclaimer, Dr. Amesh Adalja, a Pittsburgh-based infectious disease and critical care physician, said he is all for winter sports resuming in the WPIAL. He wants to see people active and living their normal lives again. Adalja, who has discussed the effects of covid-19 and “dark days ahead” with media...
High school winter sports set to attempt season with coronavirus waiting around every cornerVideo
In a normal year, real estate is hard to come by on the mats in the Kiski Area wrestling room. Cavaliers wrestlers usually stretch wall to wall as they drill with practice partners and try avoid other teammates doing the same. Over the course of a two- or three-hour practice,...
Limited offseason workouts impacts winter sports coaches, athletes
The winter sports offseason is when players and teams can use their extra time to improve for the following season. They get together, play in fall leagues, hold open gyms and attend summer team camps in order to become more of a team. The time is important as players learn...
Varying mask policies create conundrum for high school athletics
Just before the PIAA soccer finals, Gov. Tom Wolf and Pa. Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine announced ramped-up guidelines that would make sports teams wear face coverings during competition. The rules later were loosened, and athletes did not have to wear masks during play, only on the sidelines, if...
Mt. Lebanon’s strong 3rd quarter spoils Jeff Ackermann’s Baldwin debut
After practicing just four times since late November, Mt. Lebanon coach Joe David could only wonder what his basketball team might look like this season. There were out-of-sync plays in Friday’s opener and moments that felt sluggish, but the third quarter was vintage Blue Devils: 3-pointers, defense. It was all...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 8, 2021
Basketball Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 82, North Hills 79 Seneca Valley 85, Pine-Richland 76 Section 2 Mt. Lebanon 58, Baldwin 51 Section 3 Central Catholic 48, Norwin 27 Fox Chapel 87, Hempfield 65 Class 5A Section 1 Albert Gallatin 55, Thomas Jefferson 50 Section 2...
High school roundup for Jan. 8, 2021: North Allegheny rallies past rival North Hills
Greg Habib scored 26 points and Matt McDonough added 23 as No. 3 North Allegheny rallied from a six-point halftime deficit to earn an 82-79 Section 1-6A boys basketball victory over rival North Hills as WPIAL basketball action resumed after a four-week shutdown Friday night. Kyrell Hutcherson added 10 points...
W2W4 in WPIAL sports for Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021
There is always something going on at North Allegheny High School, but Saturday will be a long and busy day of activities at the gym in McCandless. The mats will be out in the morning and afternoon hours as the school hosts the first of two North Allegheny individual wrestling...
Yofan scores 34 to lead Fox Chapel boys basketball past HempfieldVideo
It didn’t look like Fox Chapel senior Eli Yofan sat around doing nothing the past month. Yofan was in top form Friday at Hempfield, scoring a personal-best 34 points and pulling in 15 rebounds to lead Fox Chapel to an 87-65 victory in the Section 3-6A opener. The season was...
Franklin Regional boys give rude Class 5A welcome to Latrobe
Latrobe has been in the WPIAL’s largest classification since it began playing basketball decades ago. But the Wildcats got a humbling welcome to Class 5A when the covid-stalled season restarted Friday night. The Wildcats, making their debut in the classification after dropping from 6A, struggled to string together offense and...
Kiski Area girls rally past Burrell to go 1-0
A 12-point third-quarter advantage helped the Kiski Area girls basketball team turn a slim halftime deficit into a season-opening 39-26 victory Friday at Burrell. The Cavaliers trailed by one at the break, but they used defensive pressure, coupled with offensive struggles by the Bucs, to lead by 11 at the...
Springdale boys sloppy in 1st quarter but beat Northgate in opener
Springdale boys basketball coach Aaron Epps was expecting his team to be sloppy Friday night as it opened its season with a nonsection matchup against Northgate at Donald C. McGhee Fieldhouse. So, when the Dynamos only scored nine points in the first quarter, compared to Northgate’s six, Epps wasn’t surprised....
Schedule change pits mother against son as Deer Lakes girls basketball meets Mars
Mother and son are set to go head-to-head again. Mars, coached by Dana Petruska, will visit Deer Lakes, coached by her son Dave, on Saturday afternoon in a nonsection contest as the 2020-21 season ramps up after a shutdown ordered by Gov. Tom Wolf as part of overall efforts to...
High school basketball will have much different look — and sound — when it resumesVideo
When Buddy Valinsky coached in the City League, basketball games were played in the afternoon in front of only a few fans. Some games had no audience because of intensified, neighboring rivalries officials feared could lead to trouble. “It was pretty quiet sometimes,” said Valinsky, who coached Allderdice, his alma...
WPIAL wrestling notes: Franklin Regional’s Carter Dibert stayed sharp during break
High school athletes will be allowed to return to competition Friday after sitting idle for nearly a month. While coaches couldn’t hold any organized practices, many athletes just didn’t lie around eating Christmas cookies. They found ways to stay active. “I was able to work out and drill some at...
Return policy: Answering the big questions as WPIAL teams get back on the court
Worried? Skeptical? Angry? Choose your emotion, but WPIAL athletes and coaches were understandably nervous in the middle of December when Gov. Tom Wolf paused interscholastic sports for three weeks. Nobody was certain winter sports would resume any time soon. However, Friday is finally game day, so expect a collective cheer...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 7, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. North Allegheny at North Hills, 7:30 p.m. Section 2 Mt. Lebanon at Baldwin, 7:30 p.m. Section 3 Norwin at Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m. Fox Chapel at Hempfield, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Section 1 Thomas...
Trib HSSN broadcast schedule for week of Jan. 8, 2021
After one night of action and a four-week pause, the winter scholastic sports season resumes Friday and Saturday with roundball and wrestling here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We open up the 2021 year with seven WPIAL boys and girls high school high school basketball games on Friday...
W2W4 in WPIAL sports for Friday, Jan. 8, 2021
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends … but was on hiatus for nearly a month. Four weeks ago, the 2020-2021 winter sports season began on district basketball courts and wrestling mats. However, when the clock struck midnight on the night of Dec. 11, a mandated shutdown...
Positive tests shut down Seton LaSalle, St. Joseph girls basketball programs
The Seton LaSalle and St. Joseph girls basketball seasons have been suspended and team members will attend classes remotely through Jan. 19 because of positive coronavirus tests for people associated with the programs, the Diocese of Pittsburgh announced Thursday. Seton LaSalle had five positive tests, including three people associated with...
