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A-K Valley basketball teams use time off to prepare for PIAA tournament
Five Alle-Kiski Valley basketball teams have played the waiting game for the PIAA tournament since their elimination from the WPIAL playoffs more than a week ago. While the Highlands boys clinched a spot by making the WPIAL Class 4A semifinals, the Deer Lakes, Fox Chapel and Leechburg boys and Fox...
A-K Valley bowlers vie for spots in state tournament at regionals
The Burrell girls bowling team hopes for a performance at Saturday’s Western Regional that matches its WPIBL team title captured three weeks ago. “Winning that was a real confidence booster for us,” said Bucs junior Ashley Smith, who will join teammates Carlee Hummel, a senior, and Lydia Flanagan, a freshman,...
QV’s Huang seeded third in 200 IM at states
Members of the Quaker Valley-Sewickley Academy combined boys and girls swimming and diving teams are seeded for the PIAA Class AA championships March 13-14 at Bucknell University. Freshman Isabel Huang, the WPIAL champion in the girls 200-yard individual medley, is the third seed in the event at states. She also...
Reigning PIAA champions prepare to defend titles; WPIAL swimmers earn top seeds
The WPIAL, as expected, will be well-represented at the PIAA Class AAA and AA swimming and diving championships March 13-16 at Bucknell. Several new WPIAL records were established last Thursday and Friday at Pitt’s Trees Pool, and the fast WPIAL meet produced up to a dozen state qualifiers in certain...
PIAA releases qualifying lists for swimming championships
The PIAA on Monday released the preliminary psych sheets for the swimming and diving state championships set for March 13-16 at Bucknell University. The lists are expected to be finalized Tuesday when scratches are determined. Three alternates for each event are included. The district champions for each individual and relay...
Deer Lakes’ Morrison outlasts Mars counterpart to capture WPIAL 500 freestyle title
Adam Morrison and Andrew Pierre couldn’t be separated. No, the two didn’t find themselves throwing fists in a fight. Morrison, a Deer Lakes junior, and Pierre, a senior from Mars, finished first and second in both of their head-to-head matchups at the WPIAL Class AA championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool....
Fox Chapel’s Skirboll sets WPIAL breaststroke record in claiming gold medal
Zoe Skirboll counted down the days to her first opportunity at the WPIAL Class AAA swimming championships. The Fox Chapel freshman said she had a good feeling about her races and wanted to see how fast she could go. The answer is pretty fast. Skirboll captured the girls 100-yard breaststroke...
North Allegheny boys, girls swim teams maintain dominance at WPIAL meet
The North Allegheny boys and girls swim teams reign again. The Tigers boys captured their eighth straight WPIAL Class AAA team title and 13th in 14 years Friday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The NA girls won their 11th straight crown. “It certainly never gets old,” Tigers coach Patrick Wenzel said....
5 girls swimmers to watch at the WPIAL Class AA championships
The WPIAL Class AAA and AA swimming championships will be held Thursday and Friday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Class AAA boys and girls meet will be from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Class AA meet will be held from 3-5:30 p.m. each day. The TribLive High School Sports Network will...
5 girls swimmers to watch at the WPIAL Class AAA championships
The WPIAL Class AAA and AA swimming championships will be held Thursday and Friday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Class AAA boys and girls meet will be from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Class AA meet will be held from 3-5:30 p.m. each day. The TribLive High School Sports Network will...
Sewickley Academy girls basketball clinches spot in state playoffs
The Sewickley Academy girls basketball team is going to the PIAA playoffs under the WPIAL’s follow-the-leader format for determining some state qualifiers. West Greene, which defeated the Panthers in the 1A quarterfinals, advanced to the championship game with Tuesday’s victory over Vincentian. Six teams qualify for the PIAA tournament from...
A-K Valley freshmen hoping to make splash at WPIAL swimming championships
At the start of her first WPIAL swim season in November, Alexis Schrecongost didn’t think she would ascend to the position she is at heading into the WPIAL championships Thursday and Friday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Freeport freshman is seeded second in the 100-yard breaststroke and sixth in the...
IUP women’s basketball slips to No. 8 after loss
After a 73-65 loss to conference rival Cal U (Pa.) on Saturday, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team slid five spots to No. 8 in the latest Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll released Tuesday. The Crimson Hawks head into the final week...
IUP men’s basketball stays at No. 2 in national poll
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania men’s basketball team remains at No. 2 in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II Coaches’ Poll released Tuesday. The Crimson Hawks recorded recent wins over Clarion and Cal U (Pa.) to improve their record to 24-2 overall and 17-2 in the...
Five boys swimmers to watch at the WPIAL Class AA championships
The WPIAL Class AAA and AA swimming championships will be held Thursday and Friday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Class AAA boys and girls meet will be from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Class AA meet will be held from 3-5:30 p.m. each day. The TribLive High School Sports Network will...
Five boys swimmers to watch at the WPIAL Class AAA championships
The WPIAL Class AAA and AA swimming championships will be held Thursday and Friday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Class AAA boys and girls meet will be from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Class AA meet will be held from 3-5:30 p.m. each day. The TribLive High School Sports Network will...
Quaker Valley plays waiting game for state playoffs
The WPIAL 4A girls basketball playoffs resume Monday, and a win by Elizabeth Forward against top-seeded North Catholic would put Quaker Valley in the PIAA playoffs under the WPIAL’s follow-the-leader format. The top seven qualify for states from WPIAL 4A. The Quakers fell to Elizabeth Forward in the quarterfinals last...
Kiski Area’s Miller wins showdown for 3rd section title
When Kiski Area’s Darren Miller and Franklin Regional’s Colton Camacho met in the 126-pound final at Saturday’s Section 1-AAA tournament at Kiski Area, a three-time section champion was guaranteed to be crowned. Miller and Camacho each captured section titles the previous two seasons. The senior rivals met at the season-opening...
Gateway’s Maciejewski, Wilkerson qualify for regional bowling tournament
Marissa Maciejewski rolled 30 games for Gateway during the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League regular season. The senior averaged 156.17 to finish ninth in the East section. With the opportunity to compete in Thursday’s WPIBL singles tournament at Sims Lanes in Beaver Falls, Maciejewski took her game to the next...
Plum girls basketball team looks ahead to promising future
Plum girls basketball coach Steve Elsier saw growth in his young team from his inaugural season with the program last year to this recently concluded campaign. The Mustangs bettered their WPIAL playoff seeding in Class 5A and increased their overall win total by five games. Elsier now hopes his squad...
Top-seeded Peters Township girls roll past Fox Chapel in Class 6A quarterfinals
The Peters Township girls basketball team averaged 70 points a game in the regular-season, built an undefeated record and ascended to No. 1 rankings in both the WPIAL and state. The Indians finished Friday’s WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinal matchup with Fox Chapel well under their scoring average, but their defense...
Monessen boys repel St. Joseph rally, reach WPIAL semifinals
The St. Joseph and Monessen boys basketball teams met Thursday at West Allegheny with a spot in the WPIAL 1A semifinals and a trip to the PIAA tournament on the line. Led by 25 points from Devin Whitlock and 23 from Dishon Howell, No. 4 Monessen outlasted No. 5 St....
Fox Chapel quartet ready to perform at WPIAL diving championships
For the second year in a row, Fox Chapel will have four athletes compete at the WPIAL Class AAA boys diving championships at North Allegheny High School. Senior Jonah Cagley is gunning for a third straight WPIAL crown Saturday afternoon, and sophomore David Manelis, third last year in his first...
Trib HSSN Boys Swimmer of the Week: North Allegheny’s Jack Wright
Jack Wright is no stranger to the feeling of high school swimming’s championship season. The seasoned North Allegheny senior again is leading the pack as the WPIAL championship meet approaches and is the clear-cut No. 1 seed in the Class AAA boys 200-yard freestyle (1 minute, 36.09 seconds). He also...
Trib HSSN Girls Swimmer of the Week: Freeport’s Ariana Clark
Ariana Clark earned an eighth-place medal in the 100-yard backstroke at last year’s WPIAL Class AA championship meet at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Freeport senior just missed another medal in the 100 butterfly, taking 10th overall. Clark, now a senior, will return to WPIALs next week with bigger goals in...
