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TribHSSN WPIAL Wrestling rankings: Week of Jan. 29. 2024
Trib HSSN Live.com WEEK 7 2023-24 Class 3A Top 10 Team (This year’s record) Last week’s rankings 1. Trinity (8-0) 1 2. Connellsville (9-2) 2 3. Franklin Regional (16-0) 3 4. Latrobe (7-3) 4 5. North Allegheny (16-3) 5 6. Bethel Park (9-1) 9 7. Norwin (11-5) 6 8. Fox...
WPIAL team wrestling championships: Kiski Area beats Moon to move into 1st round
All Kiski Area senior Evan Artman had to do during the final bout of the match against Moon was win. Artman did more. He pinned Moon’s Kaiden Kessler in the second period of the WPIAL Class 3A team championship preliminary round to clinch a playoff victory 33-24 and send the...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Wrestlers look ahead to postseason tournaments
After falling to Norwin on Jan. 24 in the regular-season finale, coach Larry Hohman brought the Penn-Trafford wrestling team together and laid out the game plan for the rest of the season. “It’s all up to them,” Hohman said. “Now they have to get healthy and get ready for individuals....
Former Penn-Trafford lineman Joe Enick transfers to St. Francis
Former Penn-Trafford center Joe Enick, who attended Central Michigan in the fall, recently transferred to St. Francis (Pa.) to continue his football career. Enick was the 2022 Fralic Award winner as the top lineman in the WPIAL. He entered the transfer portal in early December and enrolled at St. Francis...
Derry divers sweep gold during Westmoreland County Coaches Association championships
It was quite night for the Derry divers Friday during Day 1 of the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association meet. Derry had two champions and two others earn medals during the diving portion of the event. The swimming portion of the meet begins 10 a.m. Saturday at Derry. Junior Ella Silvis...
Mt. Pleasant coach expects tight competition at county swim championship
As Mt. Pleasant swimming coach Sandy Felice prepares her team for the annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association meet Friday and Saturday at Derry, she told them to be prepared for a battle. Among the top swimmers entered are the Vikings’ Lily King, Kiersten O’Connor and Joseph Gardner. “I expect Kiski...
Trinity, Burgettstown awarded top seeds for WPIAL wrestling tournament
The WPIAL wrestling committee didn’t waste much time setting up the team tournament. Hours after teams wrapped up section competition Wednesday night, committee officials gathered to slot out pairings Thursday morning. In Class 3A, undefeated Trinity (8-0) was awarded the No. 1 seed and undefeated Franklin Regional (16-0) was picked...
Norwin wrestling team looks strong in thumping Penn-Trafford
Norwin prepped for the WPIAL Class 3A team tournament with an impressive performance against rival Penn-Trafford on Wednesday. The Knights looked like and wrestled like a team that could be dangerous in the playoffs. Norwin (11-5, 4-1) won 10 of the 13 matches, including four pins, two wins by forfeit...
Wrestling notebook: Team playoff picture will clear up with big matches Wednesday
Wednesday will be interesting for wrestling fans as teams try to secure a spot in the upcoming WPIAL and PIAA tournaments. The regular season ends Wednesday, and the WPIAL wrestling committee will meet Thursday to set up the Class 3A and 2A tournaments, which begin Monday and resume Wednesday. The...
WPIAL wrestling rankings: Week of Jan. 22, 2024
Trib HSSN Live.com WEEK 6 2023-24 Class 3A Top 10 Team (This year’s record) Last week’s rankings 1. Trinity (7-0) 1 2. Connellsville (8-2) 2 3. Franklin Regional (15-0) 3 4. Latrobe (6-3) 4 5. North Allegheny (15-3) 5 6. Bethel Park (8-1) 9 7. Norwin (10-5) 6 8. Fox...
Uniontown pulls away to defeat Southmoreland
When you play one of the top basketball teams not only in the WPIAL but the state, you better bring your “A” game. That’s what Southmoreland (13-3, 3-2) faced Monday when it hosted to No. 2-ranked Uniontown (14-0, 5-0) in a Section 3-4A first-place showdown. Uniontown stayed unbeaten after receiving...
Thomas Jefferson’s Marlow claims 3rd Allegheny County wrestling title
Thomas Jefferson junior Bode Marlow became the 13th wrestler to win three times at the 22nd Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament. Now he has a shot at achieving a milestone only five wrestlers in the county have reached: win four times. Marlow used eight takedowns and a three-point near fall to...
Penn-Trafford spirit headed back to Hershey for PIAA championships
Penn-Trafford’s competitive spirit team qualified for the PIAA championships at the Giant Center in Hershey after a fourth-place finish at the WPIAL meet. The state championship will be Jan. 26 and 27. The Warriors competed in the Class 3A Large Varsity Division, which was won by rival Hempfield for the...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Thomas Jefferson trips up hockey team
Thomas Jefferson scored three goals in the second period and skated to a 5-1 victory against Penn-Trafford on Jan. 16, ending the Warriors’ two-game winning streak. Freshman goaltender Tyler Funk, who has a goal-against average of 1.74, did not play. Cam Kiste scored the Warriors’ only goal in the first...
Fox Chapel wrestlers, amid breakthrough season, look to make noise at county tournament
Fox Chapel wrestling coach Michael Frank wasn’t even born the last time the Foxes won a section title. But that changed this year as the Foxes have clinched at least a share of the Section 1-3A title. A win Wednesday against Central Catholic will give them the outright title, something...
Franklin Regional’s Juliano Marion wins consecutive tournaments; Coach to be inducted into HOF
Franklin Regional senior Juliano Marion didn’t let a loss to Ringgold senior Jake Conroy get him down earlier this month. Instead, it inspired him to work harder and get better. Marion spent the past two weekends winning tournaments — Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association and Mid-Winter Mayhem. “It’s pretty impressive to...
Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament moved to Saturday, Sunday
Fox Chapel athletic director Michael O’Brien alerted teams competing in the Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament of a schedule change. O’Brien said that due to the expected snowfall, as well as multiple school closings, the tournament has been moved to Saturday and Sunday. Weigh-ins Saturday and Sunday will begin at 10...
Franklin Regional wrestling rallies to defeat Norwin, clinch section title
The Franklin Regional wrestling team used a late surge to stay unbeaten and win the Section 3-3A title Wednesday by defeating Norwin in a first-place showdown. The Panthers (4-0, 15-0) got a pin from senior heavyweight Juliano Marion and three decision wins by their lightweights to rally for a 29-19...
Norwin outlasts Hempfield to snap losing streak, earn 1st section win
Norwin sophomore Alex Graney had struggled scoring in recent games. But he scored a game-high 14 points Tuesday, including the Knights’ first four of the fourth quarter, and helped Norwin snap a five-game losing streak and earn its first Section 2-6A victory, 56-50, against Hempfield. The loss was the Spartans’...
Wrestling notebook: Franklin Regional’s Marion claims Mid-Winter Mayhem title again
Franklin Regional senior Juliano Marion rebounded from a loss to Ringgold senior Jake Conroy by winning his second consecutive tournament title at IUP on Jan. 13. Marion pinned Trinity’s (Camp Hill) Tucker Paynter at the Mid-Winter Mayhem to go with his third Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association title (Jan. 6). He...
Trib HSSN WPIAL wrestling rankings for Jan. 16, 2024
Trib HSSN wrestling rankings Team rankings Class 3A Team (record) previous ranking 1. Trinity (6-0) 1 2. Connellsville (7-2) 2 3. Franklin Regional (13-0) 4 4. Latrobe (6-3) 8 5. North Allegheny (14-3) 5 6. Norwin (10-4) 6 7. West Allegheny (8-0) 7 8. Canon-McMillan (4-4) 3 9. Bethel Park...
Penn-Trafford wrestling getting healthy, looking to make a run
It’s been a while for the Penn-Trafford wrestling team, but the Warriors were on track to be at full strength for the first time this season at Mid-Winter Mayhem at IUP on Jan. 13. Penn-Trafford wrestling coach Larry Hohman was set to welcome back senior Hayden Coy and sophomore Dylan...
Franklin Regional hockey looking to finish strong after slow start
Franklin Regional’s hockey team has made runs at the PIHL Class 2A titles the past few seasons, and the Panthers have their eyes set on another trek to the postseason. After a 1-4 start to the 2023-24 season, the Panthers have turned things around and won seven of the past...
Greensburg Central Catholic runs past Clairton in section play
Local fire departments descended on Greensburg Central Catholic after Friday’s basketball game. They weren’t there to cool off the Centurions, whose fast pace style scorched Clairton, 73-49, in a Section 3-2A first-place battle. They were there because of a reported electrical fire. Before the fire departments arrived, the Centurions used...
Youth St. Vincent growing, defeats Waynesburg
Thursday was Youth Wrestling Night at Saint Vincent, and that is not a reference to the young Bearcats. Saint Vincent coach Dom Nania invited numerous youth wrestling clubs from Westmoreland County to Robert A. Carey Center for the Bearcats’ Presidents’ Athletic Conference match against Waynesburg. Wrestling returned to Saint Vincent...
