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High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Nonsection Apollo-Ridge 59, St. Joseph 25 Charleroi 62, Steel Valley 27 Chartiers-Houston 56, Waynesburg 53 Grove City 73, Blackhawk 63 Cornell 54, Brashear 52 Brentwood 70, Carlynton 58 Mohawk 52, Avonworth 39 Perry Traditional 56, Environmental Center 51 Thursday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1...

Natalie Hambly scored 12 points to lead Seneca Valley to a 45-24 victory over North Allegheny in a Section 1-6A girls basketball clash Wednesday night. The Raiders (3-4, 1-0) jumped out to a 30-9 lead at halftime. Rosalia Varlotta had 24 points to lead the Tigers (2-5, 0-1). Allderdice 58,...

Norwin’s top wrestler, junior Landon Sidun, did not wrestle in Wednesday’s WPIAL Section 9-3A match at Plum. The Knights did not need him. Sidun was on scorebook duty instead as he took the match off to rest up for the Beast of the East tournament Saturday and Sunday at the...

The tension between Valley’s Nolan Bodycombe and Highlands’ Taiyvon Partlow started during the lineup introductions. When Partlow offered to shake hands, Bodycombe shook his head no. When the two stepped into the circle for their 172-pound bout, everything boiled over. Bodycombe claimed that Parlow bit him during the second period....

‘Twas the week before Christmas and much to WPIAL hoop fans’ delight, girls basketball teams were fighting for section supremacy on a busy Thursday night. While it is still early days, we should know a little more about Section 3-4A as the top four teams in the standings are set...

Trailing Class 6A Connellsville by eight at halftime last Friday, the Burrell girls basketball team went to work. The Bucs rallied, held a one-point lead at the end of the third quarter and made plays down the stretch in the fourth to produce a 51-45 victory which extended their early-season...

With her name at the top of the Greensburg Central Catholic basketball points list, all-time leading scorer Erica Gribble has her sights on a milestone. The Centurions senior point guard broke the girls career mark set by Ashley Henderson and the boys record held by Franco Sebastiani — both marks...

From Marc Fogel to the U.S. Open, 2025 marked a year when local stories carried national and global significance. The eyes of the world were on Western Pennsylvania, as Fogel, a teacher from Oakmont, was released from a Russian prison after being wrongfully detained for three years. The sports world...

High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Fox Chapel 47, Pine-Richland 42 Seneca Valley 51, North Allegheny 31 Butler 66, North Hills 53 Section 2 Upper St. Clair 62, Canon-McMillan 43 Central Catholic 56, Mt. Lebanon 39 Hempfield 68, Connellsville 44 Norwin at Imani Christian, ppd. Class...

Three years ago, the North Allegheny girls basketball program defeated Upper St. Clair to win the 2023 WPIAL Class 6A championship. It was the Tigers’ fifth 6A title in seven years since the classification was formed. NA lost in the 2024 district finals to Norwn and then finished under .500...

Following a victory in its Section 2-6A opener over Imani Christian last week, Canon-McMillan and first-year head coach Glenn Gutierrez were hoping to flip the script on two-time reigning WPIAL Class 6A champion Upper St. Clair on Tuesday. Instead, the song remained the same as the Panthers won their eighth...

Zoe Devlin scored 17 points as North Hills rallied from six points down after three quarters to knock off Class 6A No. 1 Canon-McMillan, 44-43, in nonsection girls basketball Tuesday night. Delaney Amato added 13 points for North Hills (2-4), which outscored the Big Macs 13-6 in the fourth quarter....

For those who like high-scoring, run-and-gun basketball games, Derry was not the place to be Tuesday. The Trojans and Greensburg Salem played a tough, physical game that might remind people of the old Big East Conference. Shots were contested, and battles for rebounds were intense. But at the end, Derry...

Once the first 3-pointer went in, a bunch more followed. And each make brought more confidence and momentum to a scorching-hot start. Penn-Trafford made six 3s in the opening quarter — 8 of 15 in the first half — to build an early cushion and easily dispatched of Latrobe, 69-34,...

Freshman Gavin Litz has seven matches under his belt as a varsity wrestler at Kiski Area. His pin against Burrell on Tuesday night was his fourth pin of the season but the first that resulted in him being lifted onto his teammates’ shoulders. Litz’s second-round victory helped the Cavaliers beat...

After the Derry wrestling team opened its season with a fifth-place finish at the Top Hat Tournament, coach Troy Dolan Jr. said things would be different at the Moon Duals. He was right. His Trojans were a perfect 6-0 to take home top honors. Derry defeated Class 2A No. 4...

Trib HSSN wrestling rankings Class 3A Teams are listed with overall record and last week’s ranking 1. Franklin Regional (10-0) 1 2. Norwin (7-1) 2 3. Trinity (7-1) 4 4. Kiski Area (11-0) 8 5. North Allegheny (6-1) 7 6. Canon-McMillan (3-3) 3 7. Connellsville (1-1) 5 8. Latrobe (4-1)...

High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s results Class 6A Section 1 New Castle 51, Woodland Hills 41 Nonsection Beaver County Christian 72, Pittsburgh Christian Academy 29 Belle Vernon 83, Uniontown 77 Central Valley 74, Southmoreland 36 Charleroi 90, California 57 Northgate 47, Carlynton 43 Ringgold 63, South Park 50 Winchester Thurston...

Four members of the WPIAL Class 3A field hockey champions were honored by the Pennsylvania High School Field Hockey Coaches Association. Pine-Richland, which defeated North Allegheny to win the title, had Anna Merlack make the Class 3A second team and three other players — Alyssa Baculik, Kaelin Koehler and Maddy...

Mimi Thiero scored 28 points to become the all-time leading scorer in Quaker Valley girls basketball history, sending the Quakers to a 65-18 victory over Sto-Rox (3-3, 1-1) in Section 1-3A Monday night. Thiero has 1,399 career points, moving past Farrah Causby, who set the record at 1,396 in 1995....

The Knoch hockey team plays just one game in December, but the Knights made that solo contest count. Knoch won its ninth in a row Monday after an 0-3 start as it scored three goals on the power play and held off a late charge from rival Burrell in a...

Over the last two seasons, the Central Catholic and Mt. Lebanon boys basketball teams have squared off in late February in the WPIAL Class 6A third-place game. In the 2024 postseason, Mt. Lebanon eliminated Central Catholic and earned a berth in the PIAA playoffs with a close win, 62-57. A...

Two of the WPIAL’s premier playmakers have also been recognized as two of the best in the nation. Senior Adam Kuchera of Canon-McMillan and Fox Chapel junior Emily McKee were lauded as All-Americans by the United Soccer Coaches organization. Kuchera, a midfielder who can attack or hold, was the WPIAL...

One Division I girls athlete is impressive, but Southmoreland had two put pen to paper at a recent signing ceremony. Seniors Allison Stinnett and Megan Mehall will play at college’s highest level in their respective sports. Stinnett signed to swim at Bowling Green, and Mehall will compete in track and...