Chris Harlan stories, Page 99
Girls basketball sites, times: North Allegheny, Bethel Park travel to Bellefonte for PIAA quarterfinals
WPIAL finalists North Allegheny and Bethel Park will play on the same floor Friday night, one after the other as part of a PIAA girls basketball doubleheader at Bald Eagle in Bellefonte. Bethel Park plays Plymouth-Whitemarsh at 5:30 p.m. in one PIAA quarterfinal, and North Allegheny faces Nazareth at 7...
Boys basketball sites, times: PIAA schedules quarterfinal doubleheader at Hempfield
The PIAA scheduled a boys basketball quarterfinal doubleheader Friday night at Hempfield involving two WPIAL Class A teams. Bishop Canevin plays District 5 champion Berlin Brothersvalley at 6 p.m., and Cornell faces District 6 champion Bishop Carroll at 7:30 p.m. Sites and times for Saturday’s quarterfinals for Class 6A, 3A...
Mt. Lebanon says it won’t play PIAA tournament game vs. Eastern Pa. team because of coronavirus
Mt. Lebanon School District administrators, concerned about coronavirus, informed the PIAA that its boys basketball team wouldn’t participate in Wednesday night’s playoff game against Eastern Pa. opponent Cheltenham. As a result, the PIAA postponed the second-round game until 7 p.m. Thursday at Chambersburg to give the PIAA “some time to...
Scheduled to close, Vincentian Academy ends basketball season with emotional PIAA lossVideo
This was the teary-eyed postgame talk that coach Tim Tyree dreaded, one that he and his Vincentian Academy players tried to delay for as long as possible. Season-ending speeches are tough. Program-ending speeches are tougher. “I didn’t want to deliver that one,” Tyree said. “The look in front of those...
‘Most spectators’ barred from Ohio high school events over coronavirus concerns; Conn. cancels tournamentsVideo
Facing concerns about coronavirus, state high school associations across the country are deciding whether to alter their postseason plans. The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Tuesday that “most spectators” would be prohibited from attending state basketball, wrestling and hockey events, while the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference decided to cancel...
PIAA moves Butler-Upper St. Clair boys basketball game to Robert Morris
The PIAA has relocated the boys basketball playoff game between Butler and Upper St. Clair to Robert Morris’s UPMC Events Center. Tipoff is 8 p.m. Wednesday. The second-round game was initially scheduled for North Allegheny. It’s the second time in two weeks that Butler and Upper St. Clair will meet...
PIAA says skip handshakes, but championships still on schedule despite coronavirus concerns
Elbow bumps could replace handshakes. Otherwise, the PIAA plans to conduct its state basketball playoffs and swimming championships as scheduled after consulting with the Pa. Department of Health regarding coronavirus concerns. Health officials aren’t calling for public events or community gatherings to be cancelled, PIAA executive director Bob Lombardi said...
3 WPIAL indoor track athletes earn 1st-team PTFCA all-state honors
Indiana’s Kendall Branan, North Allegheny’s Casey Burton and Shaler’s Cam Mbalo earned first-team all-state indoor track honors from the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association. All three WPIAL athletes won state titles last weekend at the PTFCA indoor championships. Mbalo won the boys triple jump, Branan won the boys 800...
PIAA announces sites, times for 2nd-round girls basketball games
The PIAA announced sites and times for second-round basketball playoff games Sunday. Here’s a list of games involving WPIAL and City League girls teams. Class 6A Tuesday’s games 7-1 North Allegheny (23-3) vs. 6-2 State College (19-6) at Indiana, 7 p.m. 7-2 Bethel Park (22-3) vs. 1-6 Upper Dublin (20-7)...
PIAA announces sites, times for 2nd-round boys basketball games
The PIAA announced sites and times for second-round basketball playoff games Sunday. Here’s a list of games involving WPIAL and City League boys teams. Class 6A Wednesday’s games 7-1 Butler (21-4) vs. 7-3 Upper St. Clair (21-4) at North Allegheny, 7 p.m. 7-2 Mt. Lebanon (19-7) vs. 1-2 Cheltenham (24-3)...
Lincoln Park’s Andre Wilder delays knee surgery with PIAA 1st-round win
Andre Wilder is trying to postpone knee surgery one win at a time. The Lincoln Park senior will have the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee repaired once his season ends, whenever that might be, but he’s optimistic it won’t be for another couple of weeks. With just...
Back from injury, Josh Russell’s 3-pointers lift USC over Allderdice in PIAA 1st roundVideo
Upper St. Clair’s unofficial team motto was: “Let’s get Russ in uniform one more time.” After senior Josh Russell broke his foot in January, his USC teammates wanted their basketball season to last long enough so he could return to the court. On Saturday, he repaid the favor and earned...
Sean Snead’s 3-pointers lead Obama past Penn Hills in PIAA 1st roundVideo
A first-half shot can’t be called a game-winner, especially one that only ties the score, but the energy from Sean Snead’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer was felt long after halftime. “I was electrified,” said Snead, who scored a game-high 25 points with five 3s to lead City League champion Obama Academy past...
WPIAL accepts apology, reduces suspension for Mars’ Michael Carmody
The WPIAL accepted senior Michael Carmody’s apology and reduced his suspension to one game, Mars athletic director Scott Heinauer said Thursday. Carmody initially was suspended two games for unsportsmanlike actions in the WPIAL Class 5A basketball championship last weekend. He attended an appeal hearing Wednesday in Green Tree, and the...
Mars’ Michael Carmody ‘remorseful, apologetic’ for WPIAL championship actions
Michael Carmody came to Green Tree on Wednesday asking for his two-game suspension to be reduced, but first he was there to apologize, said his father, Mars basketball coach Rob Carmody. “Michael has apologized to his teammates. He has apologized to me as his coach. He has apologized to his...
Mars’ Michael Carmody faces 2-game suspension for WPIAL championship actionsVideo
Mars senior Michael Carmody, one of Western Pennsylvania’s top athletes, faces a possible two-game WPIAL suspension for his actions in the Class 5A boys basketball championship. The WPIAL scheduled a hearing for Wednesday. The 6-foot-6, 290-pound Notre Dame football recruit was called for an intentional foul in the third quarter...
3 WPIAL track athletes win state titles at PTFCA indoor championship
Indiana senior Kendall Branan was one of three WPIAL track athletes who won state titles Sunday at the PTFCA indoor championship at Penn State. North Allegheny’s Casey Burton (girls long jump) and Shaler’s Cam Mbalo (boys triple jump) also won gold at PSU’s multisport indoor facility. Branan, a Pitt recruit,...
PIAA girls basketball sites, times for 1st-round games
The PIAA announced sites and times for first-round playoff basketball games. Here’s a list of games involving WPIAL and City League girls teams. Class 6A Friday’s games 7-1 North Allegheny (22-3) vs. 3-6 Manheim Township (19-8) at Sewickley Academy, 6 p.m. 7-2 Bethel Park (21-3) vs. 3-5 Governor Mifflin (22-5)...
PIAA announces boys basketball sites, times for 1st-round games
The PIAA announced sites and times for first-round playoff basketball games. Here’s a list of games involving WPIAL and City League boys teams. Class 6A Saturday’s games 7-1 Butler (20-4) VS. 3-5 Central Dauphin (22-6) at North Allegheny, 2:30 p.m. 7-2 Mt. Lebanon (18-7) vs. 3-4 Cedar Crest (23-5) at...
Butler tops Mt. Lebanon for WPIAL Class 6A title, team’s 1st since 1991
Ethan Morton waited four years for this celebration, but he had tears in his eyes knowing that his coach and his hometown had waited far longer. “It’s even better than I’d imagined,” said Morton, who had 20 points, 14 rebounds and five assists Saturday night as No. 1 seed Butler...
Butler, Mt. Lebanon are familiar foes in WPIAL Class 6A championship rematch
Butler was in the locker room getting ready for its semifinal at Robert Morris’ new arena, but senior Ethan Morton tried to catch a little of Mt. Lebanon’s game ahead of theirs. “I was peeking in and out,” he said. Likewise, after Mt. Lebanon defeated Central Catholic, the Blue Devils...
Star freshman Rodney Gallagher leads Laurel Highlands past Mars in WPIAL Class 5A thrillerVideo
There are 131,504 residents in Fayette County, and Rodney Gallagher might’ve hugged them all Friday night. But first, the Laurel Highlands freshman needed to draw a foul and make two free throws with 4.8 seconds left to defeat two-time defending champion Mars, 52-51, in the WPIAL Class 5A final at...
Mars’ Carmody, Laurel Highlands’ Gallagher share spotlight in WPIAL 5A final
One is a 290-pound senior signed to play football at Notre Dame. The other is a 150-pound freshman with Division I basketball offers. Mars’ Michael Carmody and Laurel Highlands’ Rodney Gallagher are much different athletes, but they have this in common: Both stepped into the bright spotlight this season and...
North Catholic upends two-time defending champ Lincoln Park in Class 3A title game
Isaac DeGregorio sensed that the run was coming. North Catholic hadn’t led since the opening minutes, but scored 13 consecutive second-half points Thursday night to defeat top-seeded Lincoln Park, 65-56, in the WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball championship at Petersen Events Center. A four-point deficit suddenly became a nine-point lead,...
North Catholic seeks better shooting night in championship rematch with Lincoln Park
Nearly a year after the loss, North Catholic coach Dave DeGregorio forced himself to watch the video of his team’s WPIAL championship. Some parts were worse than he’d remembered. The Trojans had a dismal shooting night and lost 62-50 to Lincoln Park in the WPIAL Class 3A finals. DeGregorio watched...
