High School category, Page 1096
Central Catholic tops Hempfield to win WPIBL boys team title
Central Catholic outdueled Hempfield in the championship match to capture the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League boys team title Wednesday evening at Nesbit’s Lanes in Plum. The Vikings, the No. 1 seed after the three-game qualifying round, defeated the No. 3 Spartans, 2-1, in the best-of-three Baker finals. Central Catholic...
Burrell’s Mikey Scherer exceeds expectations in return to mat
When Burrell’s Mikey Scherer was in eighth grade, he decided he didn’t want to wrestle anymore. Looking back, he said he wasn’t having any fun in the sport. So as he stepped into the high school corridors as a freshman, he thought he never would step on the mat again....
Wrestling notebook: Teams using female wrestlers for free points
Saucon Valley and Reynolds presented a girl during their matches against Notre Dame-Green Pond, a catholic school in Easton, to collect a forfeit at the PIAA Team Championship in Hershey over the weekend. According to diocese rules, a male is not permitted to compete against a girl in wrestling. Reynolds...
Alle-Kiski Valley girls basketball notebook: Plum faces old foe Penn Hills
The last time the Plum and Penn Hills girls basketball teams met was Jan. 29, 2016, when the Indians stymied the Mustangs, 45-23, in Section 2-AAAA. For Plum, it was the most recent season it missed the WPIAL playoffs. Penn Hills went undefeated that season to win the section title...
Young Deer Lakes girls basketball team hopes to continue growth in playoffs
Playoff expectations were high when the Deer Lakes girls basketball team opened camp. Despite losing four senior starters to graduation, the young Lancers, with just one senior, felt confident the pieces were in place to make a run at the program’s 10th playoff berth in the past 11 years. “Day-in...
Derry girls basketball team makes sure history doesn’t repeat
History was not going to repeat itself. The Derry girls basketball team saw to that. The Trojans missed the WPIAL playoffs a year ago by one game. This year, there was little doubt the team would return to the postseason for the first time in four years. “Early in our...
TribHSSN individual wrestling rankings for Feb. 12, 2020
Tribune-Review Individual Rankings Class AAA 106: 1. Mac Church, fr., Waynesburg (37-4); 2. Jacob Houpt, so., Canon-McMillan (25-10-7); 3. Briar Priest, so., Hempfield (29-3); 4. Vincent Kilkeary, fr., Latrobe (20-4); 5. Ty Watters, so. West Allegheny (11-0) 113: 1. Carter Dibert, jr. Franklin Regional (32-2); 2. Ethan Berginc, jr. Hempfield...
Derry’s Ty Cymmerman would give singlet off his back to be a state champ
There are five wrestling uniforms hanging on the wall inside the Derry wrestling room. They belonged to the five wrestlers – Mike May, Troy Dolan, Travis Shaffer, Jimmy Gulibon and Micky Phillippi – who have won PIAA titles at the school. Junior Ty Cymmerman would like to join those guys...
A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Burrell nabs three top seeds for sectional tournament
WPIAL Class AA wrestlers will converge on Canon-McMillan high school this weekend for their sectional and WPIAL individual tournaments. The sectional tournaments will take place Friday, and when the seedings were announced Wednesday, a few Burrell Bucs found themselves atop the Section 3-AA brackets. Juniors Ian Oswalt (132 pounds) and...
Westmoreland girls basketball notebook: Monessen preps for playoff return
Janine Vertacnik has coached in numerous WPIAL playoff games over the years, including when she led teams at Jeannette and Greensburg Salem. She guided Jeannette to a WPIAL title in 2010. Now the third-year coach at Monessen, who has more than 300 career wins, needs to educate her players on...
TribHSSN state team wrestling rankings for Feb. 12, 2020
State team rankings Class AAA Team 2019-20 record LW 1. Nazareth (11) 21-1 1 2. Waynesburg 15-1 2 3. Bethlehem Catholic (11) 16-3 3 4. Erie Prep (10) 22-3 5 5. Seneca Valley 18-4 4 6. Canon-McMillan 16-6 6 7. Hempfield 22-4 7 8. Kiski Area 13-4 10 9. Spring...
10 WPIAL players selected for Big 33 Football Classic
Thomas Jefferson teammates Logan Danielson and Mac Duda were among 10 WPIAL players selected Wednesday for the Big 33 Football Classic. Also chosen for the all-star event were Peters Township’s Josh Casilli, Penn Hills’ Aakeem Snell, Hempfield’s Cole Graham, Blackhawk’s Marques Watson-Trent, Gateway’s Tui Brown, Central Catholic’s Gus Sunseri, Baldwin’s...
WPIAL seeds Fox Chapel above Upper St. Clair despite late-season lossVideo
More than two dozen times, Upper St. Clair coach Danny Holzer has traveled to Green Tree to see the boys basketball playoff brackets revealed. He left this year more stunned than ever. After Upper St. Clair defeated Bethel Park, Mt. Lebanon and Fox Chapel in an eight-day, schedule-ending span, Holzer...
Shane Swope tabbed to coach Monessen football
There’s a new man at the helm of the Monessen football program, looking to steer the ship in what he believes is the right direction. “Everyone knows the tradition at Monessen, but it’s gotten away from that standard. I’m excited to be the guy to bring it back to prominence,”...
High school scores, schedules for Feb. 11, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Feb. 18 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...
Allderdice boys, girls advance to City League title game
Tony Henderson led the charge with 20 points as the Allderdice boys basketball team defeated Westinghouse, 89-54, in the City League semifinals Tuesday night. Rob Jones added 13 points for the Dragons (18-5). Rafeik Sirmons had 16 and Darius Bruce had 12 for Westinghouse (9-11). Obama Academy 57, Brashear 48...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Girls basketball No. 8
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...
Westmoreland Athletes of the Week: Monessen’s Marquell Smith, Penn-Trafford’s Maura Suman
Marquell Smith School: Monessen Sport: Basketball Class: Senior Claim to fame: Smith, who is averaging 17 points this season, scored a game-high 24 to lead Monessen (10-12, 9-3) to a 52-48 win over West Greene in Section 2-A action Feb. 4. Smith scored 21 points in a 77-56 win over...
Jeannette boys basketball team awarded No. 3 seed for WPIAL playoffs
One of the hottest teams since Christmas was the Jeannette boys basketball squad. After beginning the season 1-6, the Jayhawks went 14-1, with the only loss coming against Class 6A Penn-Trafford. The WPIAL awarded Jeannette a No. 3 seed in Class 2A behind No. 1 Our Lady of the Sacred...
Southmoreland girls nab No. 2 seed in WPIAL Class 4A postseason
Southmoreland cut down the nets Monday night. On Tuesday night, the upstart Scotties climbed another ladder — to respect and, perhaps, some due regard. Southmoreland (22-0), fresh off its first section title in girls basketball since 2007, was awarded the No. 2 seed in the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs. Some...
Highlands, Knoch take top 2 seeds for WPIAL Class 4A bracket
After jockeying back and forth this season atop the WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball rankings, Highlands and Knoch claimed the top two spots in the tournament when the WPIAL revealed the brackets Tuesday night at the annual pairings meeting in Green Tree. Fox Chapel and Springdale also earned top-four seeds....
Knoch draws highest seed among A-K Valley girls basketball playoff teams
Last year at this time, Knoch girls basketball coach Chris Andreassi and the Knights faithful were still exhaling from a WPIAL Section 1-4A playoff chase that went down to the final day of the regular season. Knoch ended a hectic last couple of weeks in a three-way tie with Apollo-Ridge...
Hempfield reinstates wrestling coach after suspension
After a two-day suspension, the Hempfield wrestling team once again has a head coach. Tommy Dolde, who was suspended last week because of a personnel matter, was reinstated after several parents expressed frustration to school board members Monday at the decision to suspend the coach near end of the season....
Breaking down the 2020 WPIAL girls basketball playoffs
Here is a breakdown of the 2019-20 WPIAL girls basketball playoffs: Class 6A Favorite: Bethel Park (19-2) looked like it might be the top seed, but the Black Hawks lost to Class 4A North Catholic Monday. Bethel Park allows just 37.7 points per game and has a pair of formidable...
Breaking down the 2020 WPIAL boys basketball playoffs
Here is a breakdown of the 2020 WPIAL boys basketball playoffs: Class 6A Favorite: Butler hasn’t won a WPIAL title since 1991, but Purdue recruit Ethan Morton might have the Golden Tornado in position to finally win one. Morton has come close twice, losing in the WPIAL finals in both...
