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High school roundup for Feb. 19, 2020: After slow start, Blackhawk rolls Elizabeth Forward
Blackhawk was the only team in the Class 4A boys basketball field that won at least a share of its section title in the regular season but didn’t receive a first-round playoff bye. In the first quarter Wednesday night, it looked like the WPIAL made the right decision in giving...
Sheldon Cox leads New Castle to WPIAL 1st-round win against Mt. PleasantVideo
If he could’ve changed anything, Mt. Pleasant coach Allan Bilinskyh would’ve picked a gym with tighter rims. He figured that might’ve been his team’s best strategy to slow down New Castle’s shooters Wednesday night. Sheldon Cox scored 29 points and tied a school record with nine 3-pointers as the seventh-seeded...
East Allegheny girls cruise past Charleroi
The Charleroi Cougars girls basketball team has excelled this season in competitive, close games. East Allegheny made sure Wednesday night’s Class 3A first-round WPIAL matchup wouldn’t be one of those. Abby Henderson and Amaia Johnson combined for 33 points to lead the seventh-seeded Wildcats to a 51-24 victory. East Allegheny...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Girls basketball No. 4
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years. They expanded from two days to three days and from eight boys and girls finals to a dozen championship games. The district also switched venues, moving from the Palumbo Center at Duquesne to the...
Freedom girls shut down Derry, earn first playoff win since 2015
For nearly 13 minutes, Derry struggled to make shots — or even get shots — against a physical, face-guarding Freedom team that prides itself on defense and soccer-like toughness. During that span, 11th-seeded Freedom scored 24 consecutive points and seized control of its first playoff win in girls basketball since...
Thanks to bye week, no changes in HSSN basketball power rankings
Consider this week’s Trib 10 a reminder of how the power rankings were last week when we concluded the regular season. There were changes aplenty last week, and there will be more next week right before the WPIAL championship games at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. However, all was quiet this...
WPIAL basketball quarterfinals tip off in four brackets Thursday
After nearly a week of first-round games, the Path to the Pete moves on to Round 2. The WPIAL basketball playoffs continue Thursday with the first of three days of boys and girls quarterfinal basketball. In the first round, it is win or go home. In the semifinals and championships,...
Seton LaSalle girls get revenge on Deer Lakes
For the second year in a row, the Deer Lakes and Seton LaSalle girls basketball teams met in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs. The Lancers hoped for a repeat performance of last year’s 15-point victory while the Rebels hoped for a measure of revenge. The game...
Clutch performance gives Norwin’s Turek WPIBL boys singles title
Norwin senior CJ Turek is doing some of the best bowling of his four-year high school career, and on Wednesday, he picked up some hardware to prove it. Turek turned in a clutch performance in the final match, bowling a 279 to capture the boys singles title at the WPIBL...
Alle-Kiski Valley basketball playoff preview capsules: Games of Feb. 20, 2020
Today’s games Girls Class 4A quarterfinals No. 2 Southmoreland (22-0) vs. No. 7 Freeport (17-6) 8 p.m. at Penn-Trafford Winner plays: No. 3 Central Valley (17-3) or No. 6 Knoch (17-6) on Monday in semifinals Coaches: Brian Pritts, Southmoreland; Fred Soilis, Freeport Points scored/allowed: Southmoreland 57.7 ppg/29.9; Freeport 55.3/44.1 Players...
A-K Valley girls basketball notebook: Scrimmages keep Fox Chapel sharp
When the Fox Chapel girls basketball team plays No. 1 Bethel Park on Friday in the WPIAL 6A quarterfinals at North Hills, 11 days will have passed since its regular-season finale, a 49-31 victory over Armstrong on Feb. 10. Coach Marty Matvey said he’s not concerned about the layoff as...
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Freeport at full strength for rematch with Southmoreland
Coach Fred Soilis hopes playing at full strength will give his Freeport team a much better chance against unbeaten Southmoreland — and maybe even produce a different result. Soilis, who will lead 10th-seeded Freeport (17-6) against No. 2 Southmoreland (22-0) on Thursday night at Penn-Trafford in the WPIAL Class 4A...
Westmoreland County basketball playoff preview capsule: Games of Feb. 20, 2020
Thursday’s game Girls Class 4A quarterfinals No. 2 Southmoreland (22-0) vs. No. 7 Freeport (17-6) 8 p.m. at Penn-Trafford Winner plays: No. 3 Central Valley (17-3) or No. 6 Knoch (17-6) on Monday in semifinals Coaches: Brian Pritts, Southmoreland; Fred Soilis, Freeport Points scored/allowed: Southmoreland 57.7 ppg/29.9; Freeport 55.3/44.1 Players...
22 WPIAL football players selected for PSFCA East-West Game
Two WPIAL quarterbacks, Seneca Valley’s Gabe Lawson and Baldwin’s Mason Stahl, were chosen to lead the West all-stars in the PSFCA East-West Game on Memorial Day weekend. They were among 22 WPIAL players selected for the annual all-star event run by the state coaches association. Rosters were announced Wednesday. The...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 18, 2020
Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s results Bethel Park 53, North Allegheny 50 Central Catholic 50, Penn-Trafford 35 Peters Township 55, Hempfield 46 Pine-Richland 81, Connellsville 51 Byes: Butler (17-4), Upper St. Clair (19-3), Fox Chapel (21-1), Mt. Lebanon (16-6) Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule (Sites & times TBD)...
High school roundup for Feb. 18, 2020: Central Catholic boys clamp down on Penn-TraffordVideo
Behind balanced scoring and strong team defense, No. 7 Central Catholic held off No. 10 Penn-Trafford for a 50-35 victory in a WPIAL Class 6A first-round game Tuesday night at Norwin. Senior Ben Sarson had 11 points, and senior Colin O’Toole and junior Anderson Cynkar added nine apiece for the...
Senior-led Bethel Park tops North Allegheny, celebrates 1st playoff win since 2016Video
The similarities to two years ago had crossed their minds — same gym, same playoff round — but Bethel Park’s seniors made sure the similarities ended there. Ryan Meis scored 24 points and Thomas DiRienzo finished one rebound short of a double-double as No. 6 seed Bethel Park defeated No....
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Boys basketball No. 5
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years. They expanded from two days to three days and from eight boys and girls finals to a dozen championship games. The district also switched venues, moving from the Palumbo Center at Duquesne to the...
Penn Hills bowlers look ahead to regionals after stumble at WPIBL tournament
The Penn Hills bowlers weren’t pleased with their most recent performance at the WPIBL team championships. However, after the boys and girls teams secured the automatic bid by winning the East Section during the regular season, Penn Hills will look to rebound at the Western Regional tournament March 7. At...
Cruse comes up big in clutch as California upsets Greensburg Central Catholic
Down five at halftime, the 12th-seeded California girls basketball team dialed up the intensity for a 36-35 victory over No. 5 Greensburg Central Catholic in the opening round of the WPIAL Class A playoffs Tuesday at Peters Township. The Trojans (13-10) also got some unexpected clutch scoring from an unlikely...
WPIAL basketball first round concludes Wednesday with boys 4A, girls 3A matchups
There were four first-round byes award by the WPIAL basketball steering committee in the boys Class 4A playoffs. They went to Uniontown, winners of Section 3 with the No. 4 seed, Section 1 co-champions Highlands and Knoch, which drew the top two seeds, and Section 2 co-champion Quaker Valley at...
Petrarca, Peters Township boys hold off Hempfield rally
A poor first half and the hot shooting of Peters Township senior Sam Petrarca did in the Hempfield boys basketball team Tuesday night. Petrarca, a 6-foot-4 forward, scored a game-high 28 points, 16 in the first half, and Peters Township held off a late rally for a 55-46 victory in...
High school roundup for Feb. 18, 2020: Clairton girls fend off Eden Christian
It wasn’t easy, but the Clairton girls basketball team found a way to avoid the contagious upset bug that often makes its way through the first round of the WPIAL playoffs. Behind 24 points from Iyanna Chapman, the fourth-seeded Bears defeated No. 13 Eden Christian, 61-58, in a Class A...
Polce leads Pine-Richland boys past Connellsville
Pinpoint perimeter shooting and dominant rebounding led Pine-Richland to an 81-51 victory over Connellsville in the first round of the WPIAL Class 6A playoffs Tuesday at Fox Chapel High School. Kyle Polce scored 27 points, Joseph Petcash added 14 and Levi Wentz chipped in 12 for the fifth-seeded Rams, who...
Monessen holds Aquinas Academy scoreless in 1st quarter but loses
After a dominating start, the Monessen girls basketball team saw its opening-round game of the WPIAL Class A playoffs slip away Tuesday in a 34-30 defeat by Aquinas Academy at Peters Township. “I’m shocked, myself,” Monessen coach Janine Vertacnik said. “In 33 years of coaching, I’ve never been involved in...
