Chris Harlan stories, Page 119

Moon and Mars combined for a dramatic WPIAL boys basketball championship earlier this month. Mars rallied from a 16-point second-half deficit and Andrew Recchia made a game-winning 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds left in a 58-56 victory at Petersen Events Center. Now, they’ll meet again. WPIAL champion Mars (27-1) faces runner-up...

WPIAL champion Chartiers Valley and runner-up Thomas Jefferson will rematch at 7 p.m., Tuesday in a PIAA Class 5A semifinal at Peters Township. They’re among the four WPIAL teams that are one win away from a trip to the state finals in Hershey. In Class 6A, Peters Township plays Upper...

New Castle’s field house will host a state semifinal two nights in a row. WPIAL champion Lincoln Park and District 10 champion Sharon will play their Class 3A semifinal in New Castle at 7 p.m., Tuesday. The PIAA already had picked New Castle to host the Class 5A semifinal Monday...

This state quarterfinal win over Mt. Lebanon, a 17-point victory against a WPIAL champion, “was a world-class butt-whipping,” said Kennedy Catholic coach Rick Mancino. Emphasis added on the word “world.” Kennedy Catholic star Oscar Tshiebwe had 25 points and 18 rebounds Saturday and Duquesne recruit Maceo Austin scored 18 as...

The PIAA needed an out-of-this-world site for a state semifinal between Mars and Moon — or at least a gym with lots of seats. It chose New Castle. The WPIAL Class 5A boys finalists will rematch at 7 p.m. Monday at New Castle with the winner headed to Hershey for...

Mt. Lebanon had a one-point lead in the fourth quarter, so the Blue Devils did what they do best. For more than two minutes, senior Mike Palmer stood just across half-court with the basketball on his left hip as the clock ticked away. The WPIAL champion slowed the tempo, stayed...

The PIAA scheduled Peters Township vs. Norwin girls as the late game in a boys/girls basketball doubleheader at Keystone Oaks on Friday night. Start time for the Class 6A quarterfinal is 8 p.m. At 6 p.m., the Nazareth Prep and Monessen boys play in a Class A quarterfinal. Class 6A...

WPIAL champions Mars and New Castle will play back-to-back Friday night in a PIAA boys basketball doubleheader at Slippery Rock University. Each team draws a District 10 champion in the quarterfinals. Mars plays Meadville at 6 p.m. New Castle plays Hickory at 8 p.m. Class 5A Friday’s games 1-1 Sun...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Bishop McDevitt forced 15 first-half turnovers and built a 20-point halftime lead in Tuesday night’s 79-47 victory over Quaker Valley in the PIAA Class 4A second round. The Quakers were outscored 26-10 in the second quarter. “They’re the type of team that if they get the lead they’re...

The WPIAL and City League champions will meet head-to-head Wednesday for the fourth year in a row in the PIAA boys basketball playoffs. Mt. Lebanon (23-3) plays Allderdice (22-5) at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Canon-McMillan in a second-round matchup in Class 6A. The clash of champions was once rare, but...

Seneca Valley reached the WPIAL football finals last fall behind a strong offensive line, and college coaches have taken notice. Combined, juniors Kevin Meeder and Josh Kaltenberger hold more than a dozen scholarship offers. Meeder, a 6-foot-4, 280-pound tackle, announced his fifth Division 1 offer this week from Monmouth, joining...

Brownsville’s Gionna Quarzo and Greensburg Salem’s Malia Anderson, two of the WPIAL’s top runners, set personal bests Sunday at the New Balance Nationals Indoor in New York. Quarzo, a junior, placed 17th in the girls two-mile run in 10 minutes, 35 seconds at the Armory Track and Field Center. Anderson,...

Class 6A Tuesday’s games 1-1 Garnet Valley (26-1) vs. 11-2 Bethlehem Freedom (23-5) at Souderton, 6 p.m. 3-2 Dallastown (25-3) vs. 1-7 Council Rock North (20-6) at Governor Mifflin, 7:30 p.m. 12-1 Cardinal O’Hara (14-11) vs. 1-4 Spring-Ford (22-4) at Harriton, 6 p.m. 2-1 Hazleton (20-5) vs. 1-2 Neshaminy (23-4)...

Class 6A Wednesday’s games 1-1 Abington (28-1) vs. 1-4 Pennridge (23-4) at Bensalem, 7:30 p.m. 12-2 Boys Latin (23-5) vs. 1-7 Methacton (21-7) at Harriton, 7 p.m. 11-1 William Allen (18-9) vs. 12-4 La Salle College (14-3) at Geigle Complex, Reading, 6 p.m. 1-3 Lower Merion (25-3) vs. 12-1 Roman...

WPIAL champion Mt. Lebanon and City League champion Allderdice will meet Wednesday night at Canon-McMillan in the second round of the PIAA Class 6A boys basketball playoffs. The site was announced on Twitter by the schools. Start time is 7 p.m. PIAA Boys Basketball ? Allderdice vs Mt Lebanon @...

Four WPIAL track standouts will compete Sunday at the New Balance Indoor Nationals in New York. North Allegheny’s Zach Kinne, Greensburg Salem’s Malia Anderson, Bethel Park’s Emily Carter and Brownsville’s Gionna Quarzo all are scheduled to run at the Armory Track and Field Center. Carter and Quarzo each will enter...

Canon-McMillan chose to chase Allderdice’s guards around the court, so the Dragons turned instead to their 6-foot-7 center with a scorer’s touch. That’s a versatility few teams have. Capitalizing on his size advantage in the paint, Allderdice senior Dalen Dugger scored 27 points, including two free throws late in overtime,...

Neleh Nogay scored 14 points and Bella Burrelli added 10 as WPIAL champion Neshannock defeated Tyrone, 42-38, Friday night in a PIAA Class 3A first-round victory at North Allegheny. The Lancers led by only one point after the first quarter and four points at halftime. But their lead peaked at...

This was the sixth time New Castle entered the state playoffs as WPIAL champion under coach Ralph Blundo, so he understands the so-called “WPIAL hangover” better than most. As the theory goes, WPIAL champions start the PIAA playoffs unfocused and sluggish after their title celebration. But sometimes, when wins aren’t...

Coach Dan DeRose and his Penn Hills boys basketball players are leaving at 10 a.m. Friday for a four-hour bus ride to Hershey, the site picked for their state playoff opener. Franklin Regional and Pine-Richland will take the same trip this weekend. Without question, WPIAL boys basketball teams will travel...

Chartiers Valley freshman Aislin Malcolm scored 18 points Saturday at Petersen Events Center when her Colts won the WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball title. Three days later, Pitt offered to make “The Pete” her future home court. The 5-foot-10 guard announced a scholarship offer Tuesday from Pitt, the latest Division...