Fox Chapel does little things right in Class 6A 1st-round win over NorwinVideo
Joe McGivney wants to make impactful moments throughout a basketball game. The Fox Chapel junior guard believes they eventually will add up to something meaningful. McGivney scored 20 points Monday night during Fox Chapel’s 52-49 win over Norwin in the first round of the WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball playoffs....
Obama Academy tops rival Allderdice to claim 2nd City League boys basketball titleVideo
The security guards and administrators made it clear that no one would be storming the court during the City League boys basketball championship game at Brashear High School. After six years of chasing a title, Obama Academy guard Naron Jackson II and his teammates brought the party to their purple-clad...
Shaler notebook: Titans flag football quarterback to play in college
Shaler senior Paige Querio didn’t start out playing flag football with any aspirations beyond seeing if she liked the sport or not. The Titans senior started as a defensive player before moving on to playing quarterback. Querio, who also plays soccer, recently committed to play flag football at Mercyhurst University....
Shaler boys show flashes of potential in playoff season
Shaler boys basketball coach Brandon Sensor would have liked to see the Titans go into the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs with more of a running start. But a few results at the tail end of the schedule won’t taint a solid regular season. The Titans returned to the playoffs after...
After splitting in regular season, Allderdice, Obama Academy to meet for City League girls crown
Obama Academy girls basketball coach Monique McCoy would prefer to defer any credit. What McCoy would like to see at 4 p.m. Sunday at Brashear High School during the City League girls basketball championship game is for the Eagles to showcase their progress in another matchup with Allderdice. McCoy felt...
Allderdice, Obama Academy to square off again in City League boys championship game
Allderdice boys basketball coach Devin Crummie wants to put to rest any concerns about the City League basketball championships being played at Brashear High School. While the high school venue won’t have the gravitas of a Petersen Events Center or UPMC Cooper Field House, it won’t be lacking in electricity....
Shady Side Academy shakes off early season woes to earn playoff bid
The length of the high school boys basketball season was a benefit for Shady Side Academy. First-year coach Jim Dudas and his team had an opportunity to spend the first month of the season ironing out the kinks that come with a program transitioning to new leadership. The Bulldogs won...
Fox Chapel relay team making noise in indoor season
Fox Chapel indoor track coach Tom Moul has a good problem. The Foxes’ girls 3,200-meter relay team has five athletes capable of competing in the event. When Fox Chapel went to Youngstown State on Feb. 7 to compete, the Foxes continued what has been a winter of records by placing...
Fox Chapel notebook: Shady Side Academy grad shines in Olympic debut
Gwyneth Philips didn’t waste her first opportunity to start in net for the Team USA hockey team. Philips, a Shady Side Academy graduate and native of Athens, Ohio, made 20 saves to help the Americans blank Switzerland during group play at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Philips played collegiately with Northeastern...
Focused Fox Chapel boys get job done in section to reach playoff goal
When the smoke cleared, the Fox Chapel boys basketball team did what it needed to in order to qualify for the playoffs. The Foxes closed the season by winning five of their final six games. In a Section 1-6A schedule filled with potential pratfalls, the Foxes collected an emphatic 75-51...
Lyla Jablon keeps her cool, helps Fox Chapel advance past Latrobe in Class 5A 1st round
Fox Chapel girls basketball coach Marty Matvey believes guard Lyla Jablon won’t wilt at the first sign of trouble. During her four seasons with the Foxes, she has been challenged by Matvey to be ready for the tough moments. During Fox Chapel’s 60-58 win over Latrobe in the first round...
Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Former Foxes football coach picked for PSFCA Hall of Fame
Former Fox Chapel football coach Tom Loughran was one of seven coaches chosen for the Pennsylvania State Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. May 24 at Cumberland Valley High School Performing Arts Center. Loughran retired in December 2022 after serving as the...
Penn Hills senior using extra energy to turn in memorable senior season
All of the pieces seem to have settled into place for Penn Hills wrestler Daemon Phipps. The 121-pound senior feels comfortable at his weight class and with his skillset. By spending less energy cutting weight, Phipps has found he is more prepared when someone tries to drag him into deep...
Fox Chapel hockey steadily adapting to physicality of PIHL’s top competition
The Fox Chapel hockey team has gotten a good look at what the level of competition is like in the PIHL’s Class 3A. Foxes coach Ryan Loebig believes his team has learned plenty of lessons. Fox Chapel most recently lost 4-1 on the road to Upper St. Clair. The Foxes...
Fox Chapel girls look to enter playoffs with momentum
Fox Chapel girls basketball coach Marty Matvey wanted his team to have a visual representation of what could be ahead. Before the Foxes finished up the regular season, Matvey had the team look at the resumes of other teams in Class 5A to provide some motivation to close the season...
Fox Chapel boys buckle down late in season
Fox Chapel boys basketball coach Zach Skrinjar felt it was necessary to have a meeting with players and coaches following a loss to Pine-Richland on Jan. 20 at home. The Foxes lost 56-44 and had a stretch of four consecutive games against Section 1-6A opponents ahead of them against opponents...
Penn Hills notebook: Swimmer Sipple savors senior season
Anthony Sipple always has the challenge of trying to keep pace with his family’s history with the Penn Hills swimming program. Sipple, who also plays golf and baseball for the Indians, doesn’t consider his time in the pool as his main focus with sports. He does, however, still want to...
North Catholic boys score 32 in 4th quarter to rally past Deer Lakes
Jude Rottmann knew the situation was dire. But the North Catholic senior wasn’t worried about the water the Trojans’ boat took on during the first three quarters Friday night. He believed their experience would allow them to overcome the 13-point deficit they faced going into the fourth quarter. North Catholic...
Burrell uses 3-point barrage to beat Valley, clinch playoff spotVideo
Ryan Wass made the math easy for the Burrell boys basketball team to figure out how to seal a WPIAL Class 4A playoff berth. Take a three and multiply it by nine. Wass canned a career-high nine treys and finished with 27 points to help the Bucs hold off Valley,...
Shady Side Academy notebook: Hockey alum to play for Team USA
Shady Side Academy graduate Gwyneth Philips, a native of Athens, Ohio, will play for Team USA in women’s hockey at the upcoming Olympic games. Philips graduated from the school in 2019. She played collegiately at Northeastern University in Massachusetts. During her time in college, she finished with a .958 save...
Fox Chapel boys feel sense of urgency as playoffs approach
Fox Chapel boys basketball coach Zach Skrinjar appreciates what he has seen from the seniors on the team. They realize the Foxes have little margin for error over the final few weeks of the season if they want to escape from the WPIAL’s Section 1-6A to make the postseason. “They’ve...
Fox Chapel wrestlers gearing up for postseason tournaments
The Fox Chapel wrestling team is grateful to have a few weeks between the end of its dual season and the start of the individual wrestling tournaments. The Foxes’ lineup accrued a large number of bumps and bruises throughout the season. Fox Chapel coach Michael Frank said he has been...
Burrell boys zone in, earn key section victory over Freeport to improve playoff hopes
Ryan Wass and the Burrell boys basketball team wanted to keep the ball in constant motion. The Buccaneers felt they had identified a weakness in the Freeport defense before their Section 1-4A battle Friday night at Freeport Middle School. Burrell’s plan was to cycle the ball to soft spots in...
Burrell wrestlers begin push for another team title, advance to WPIAL Class 2A semifinals
Burrell senior wrestler Jacob Stewart looks forward to this stretch of the season. When the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs start, the Buccaneers are always on the hunt for more hardware. The two-time defending district champions inched closer to another appearance in the finals by beating Southmoreland, 51-20, in the first...
Springdale gets past Riverview in game between rivals that got chippy
The Riverview and Springdale boys basketball teams battled intensely for 32 minutes. It was natural for some of the emotions to spill over following their Section 2-2A battle. Dynamos players celebrated on the Raiders’ logo after a 50-43 win Tuesday night in Oakmont. Riverview senior Matt Carlino took exception, confronting...
