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Trib HSSN girls swimmer of the week: Brooke Welling, Freeport
Brooke Welling ranks among the top swimmers in the girls 100-yard freestyle in WPIAL Class AA. The Freeport junior recorded her season-best time in the event – 54.37 seconds – last weekend at the Mark Hess Memorial Invitational at Indiana High School. The time earned Wellling a gold medal as...
Trib HSSN boys swimmer of the week: John Guilinger, Central Catholic
John Guilinger began his final varsity swim season at Central Catholic with both peace of mind and added energy after finalizing his decision to attend Penn State during the signing period in November. Now, three months later, the senior standout, after posting several top swims in numerous individual events and...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 13, 2020
Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s schedule Hempfield (12-10) vs. Peters Township (13-9) at Mt. Lebanon, 8 p.m. Pine-Richland (14-8) vs. Connellsville (8-14) at Fox Chapel, 8 p.m. Central Catholic (12-10) vs. Penn-Trafford (14-8) at Norwin, 8 p.m. Bethel Park (13-8) vs. North Allegheny (11-11) at North...
WPIAL basketball playoffs tip off, district gymnastics championships start Friday
Love is in the air. Sure, it’s Valentine’s Day, but for area high school basketball fans, Friday is the first date night with playoff basketball. The biggest bracket of all 12 WPIAL postseason tournaments is the boys Class 3A playoff, which takes center stage with eight first-round games Friday. The...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Girls basketball No. 7
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...
West Greene’s Sheyann Watson captures WPIAL rifle title
Sheyann Watson has turned in good performances at the WPIAL individual rifle championships every time she has represented West Greene at the event in her high school career. She finished in the top 40 in each of her first three seasons, taking fourth last year, 39th as a sophomore and...
Greensburg Salem wins WPIBL girls team championship
Over the last dozen years, Westmoreland County schools have dominated the girls team competition at the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League championships. Those success stories, however, have been written mostly by two teams. Hempfield has won seven of the last 12 girls team titles, and Norwin captured back-to-back crowns in...
Westmoreland basketball playoff capsules: Friday, Feb. 14, 2020
Boys Class 3A First round No. 11 Southmoreland (11-11) vs. No. 6 Beaver Falls (13-7) 6:30 p.m. Friday at Mt. Lebanon Winner plays: No. 3 South Allegheny (21-1) or No. 14 Avonworth (11-11) in quarterfinals Coaches: Frank Muccino, Southmoreland; Carliss Jeter, Beaver Falls Points scored/allowed: Southmoreland 54.1 ppg/55.8; Beaver Falls...
A-K Valley boys basketball notebook: Highlands, Knoch, Fox Chapel plan to stay sharp during bye week
Earlier this week, Highlands, Knoch and Fox Chapel were named among the top two seeds in each of their brackets for the WPIAL basketball playoffs. Highlands (19-3) and Knoch (19-3) were given the first and second seeds, respectively, in the Class 4A tournament and the Foxes (21-1) nabbed the No....
Belle Vernon’s Pohlot takes part in national slam dunk competition
When Mitchell Pohlot rises to meet the rim for slam dunk, his thought process is simple. “I usually don’t think much, but I tell myself to get up there and finish the dunk, regardless of what is happening” said Pohlot, a 6-foot-5 senior forward at Belle Vernon. “The end result...
Apollo-Ridge boys snap five-year playoff drought
Just last year, the Apollo-Ridge boys basketball team was on the verge of breaking a four-year playoff drought, but when it came down to the waning moments of the regular season, the Vikings barely missed. They finished the season with the same Section 1-2A record as Springdale, but the Dynamos...
Ligonier Valley boys seeded first for District 6 playoffs
Ligonier Valley was awarded the top seed in the District 6-3A boys basketball playoffs, according to pairings released Thursday by the District 6 committee. The three-time Heritage Conference champion Rams (21-2), who will move to the WPIAL next season, will open with a quarterfinal game Feb. 21 at home against...
A-K Valley basketball playoff capsules: Friday, Feb. 14, 2020
Friday’s games Boys Class 3A First round No. 1 Lincoln Park (18-4) vs. No. 16 Deer Lakes (12-9) 8 p.m. Friday at Fox Chapel Winner plays: No. 7 Washington (15-6) or No. 10 Neshannock (15-7) on Thursday in the quarterfinals Coaches: Mike Bariski, Lincoln Park; Terence Parham, Deer Lakes Points...
Burrell gymnastics team beaming at chance to compete at WPIAL championships
For a long time, Burrell has been represented at the WPIAL individual gymnastics championship. But when Renee Ruggeri took over last season, her goal was to build a program that could compete with the best teams in the district. In two years, the Bucs have found their way into that...
Penn-Trafford’s Zach Rocco accepted into Army
Zach Rocco has been watching his mailbox with increased anticipation just about every day since he applied to Army West Point months ago. The Penn-Trafford senior point guard knew the application process would be long, and he would have to satisfy all of the necessary requirements to get into the...
Mayah Charity leads Shaler track and field to indoor success
The Shaler Area indoor track and field team continues to show progress as it moves toward the postseason. Mayah Charity turned in a personal best in the 200-meter dash last week, finishing in 27.51 seconds. Charity’s time gave her the second-best time in program history. David Kondraciuk also ran a...
Bishop Canevin boys hope to continue historic season with deep playoff run
There probably aren’t many people as invested in the Bishop Canevin boys basketball program as second-year coach Geno Palmosina. He was a ballboy for the Crusaders in his youth, then played for them as a high-schooler. So being able to hang a 2020 section championship banner in the gym was...
Penn Hills standouts Snell, Bennett make college choices
Before National Signing Day, the Penn Hills football program already knew two players had made their college commitments. By the end of the day, another two players signed their letters of intent to continue their football careers. Safety Aakeem Snell signed with Lackawanna College and cornerback Dylan Bennett signed with...
Shaler girls basketball team laments ones that got away
Emily Cavacini wishes the Shaler Area girls basketball team could have found a way into the WPIAL Class 6A playoffs. The Titans were undone by a few slow starts and wrapped up their season 9-13 overall and 6-8 in section. Their section mark left them one game short of tying...
North Hills swimmers prepare for WPIAL meet
North Hills will be sending 13 swimmers to compete at the WPIAL Class AAA championships Feb. 27-28 at Pitt’s Trees Pool. To add to that, the program has qualified to compete in all three relay events on both the girls and the boys side at the district meet. Strictly based...
Sun, soccer draw NA’s Hannah Kirkpatrick to Tampa soccer program
The promise of warm weather year-round and close proximity to a beach persuaded North Allegheny senior Hannah Kirkpatrick to join the Tampa soccer team next season. Kirkpatrick, 17, of McCandless signed a letter of intent to the Division II school Feb. 5. “I love the atmosphere,” she said. “It feels...
‘Natural progression’ has Hampton girls on right track
Though the Hampton girls basketball team missed the playoffs this season, its trajectory is on schedule. The Talbots couldn’t get over the hump in a difficult section but finished 7-14, 5-7 Section 2-5A. With one senior starter graduating, Hampton is looking forward to next season. “I’m excited to sit back...
Home-court advantage helps Hampton boys overcome obstacles
Whatever adversity the Hampton boys basketball team faced this season, it can take comfort in there’s no place like home. The Talbots (11-10, 9-5) cruised to an undefeated section record at home, which helped to another WPIAL playoff appearance. Hampton has missed the playoffs once since 2004. “We definitely thrive...
Westmoreland County basketball notebook: Terrelle Pryor buys new Nikes for Jeannette boys
Jeannette will have new shoes for the WPIAL playoffs, thanks to an old friend who made good on a promise. A few weeks ago, former Jayhawks star Terrelle Pryor told the team he would buy them shoes if they won the section title. Jeannette obliged by winning 14 of its...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 12, 2020
Basketball Boys Wednesday’s result District 6 Heritage West Shamokin 71, Blairsville 35 WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s schedule Hempfield (12-10) vs. Peters Township (13-9) at Mt. Lebanon, 8 p.m. Pine-Richland (14-8) vs. Connellsville (8-14) at Fox Chapel, 8 p.m. Central Catholic (12-10) vs. Penn-Trafford (14-8) at Norwin, 8...
