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Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Girls basketball No. 10
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...
Trib HSSN Boys Swimmer of the Week: Northgate’s Cooper Groll
In his first swim of his first WPIAL Class AA championship meet at Pitt’s Trees Pool two years ago, Cooper Groll landed in the record books. Then a freshman, Groll anchored the Northgate boys 200-yard medley relay to a WPIAL championship in a record time of 1 minute, 37.77 seconds....
Trib HSSN Girls Swimmer of the Week: North Allegheny’s Olivia Kisow
In her four events at last year’s WPIAL Class AAA championship meet at Pitt’s Trees Pool, Olivia Kisow stood on the medals podium after each one. Swimming the breaststroke leg, she helped the North Allegheny 200-yard medley relay earn a runner-up finish, and she swam the third leg in the...
PIAA team wrestling tournament: Burgettstown bows out
HERSHEY — Burgettstown’s first trip to the PIAA team wrestling tournament was memorable, but the Blue Devils wanted more. District 3 champion Hamburg (18-1) used a quick start and rolled to a 46-26 victory in the first round of the Class AA consolations Friday morning at the Giant Center. The...
North Catholic boys running full speed ahead into playoffs
North Catholic is coming into the playoffs running, that much is for sure. Making sure they keep running deeper into March is the Trojans’ challenge this postseason. The Trojans have zipped up and down the court to the tune of a WPIAL-leading 78.6 points per game and an 18-2 record,...
PIAA team wrestling tournament: Slow start costs Burrell in quarterfinals
HERSHEY — Burrell wrestling coach Josh Shields said he doesn’t measure his wrestlers by wins or losses. He measures by the type of effort they give during their matches. Shields gave his team high marks Friday after Burrell split its matches at the PIAA Class AA team championship at Giant...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 6, 2020
Basketball Boys Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 3A Section 4 Washington 51, McGuffey 30 Nonsection Penn-Trafford 73, Hollidaysburg 67 District 8 City League Allderdice 2, Obama Academy 0 (Obama Academy forfeits) Perry 50, Carrick 44 Westinghouse 2, Brashear 0 (Brashear forfeits) Independent SWCAC Cheswick Christian at Beaver County Christian (n) Friday’s...
High school roundup for Feb. 6, 2020: Upper St. Clair helps Bethel Park claim section title
Coming into the final night of Section 2-6A play, the Upper St. Clair girls basketball team couldn’t finish first. The Panthers could, however, help decide who did. Mia Brown scored 18 points and Ava Keating added 15 as No. 5 Upper St. Clair (13-6, 10-4) came up with a 53-40...
Ogletree-led Clairton topples No. 4 Greensburg Central Catholic
In many ways, the deck seemed stacked against Clairton on Friday. The Bears had lost two in a row, including a 45-point loss to Leechburg three days ago. Plus, Kanye Hawkins, Clairton’s starting center, was injured and not available against No. 4 Greensburg Central Catholic, the top team in Section...
Key WPIAL basketball section finales make for an exciting Friday on hardwood
It has been the most dominant section in its class for a decade, so there is no surprise that nothing has been settled coming down to the final night of section play in Section 2-4A. This section produced four champions in a six-year span from 2011-2016 when these teams were...
WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball clinchings through Feb. 6, 2020
The WPIAL girls basketball regular season is all but over with only a couple of section games remaining to be played Friday and Saturday. The playoff field is nearly set. Sixty-nine girls basketball teams have earned a spot in the WPIAL postseason with one possible berth up in the air....
Avonworth wins game, Freedom clinches playoff spot
The Freedom Bulldogs came into their last section game controlling their playoff destiny. And while the game against Avonworth resulted in a 41-38 loss, Freedom (14-7, 8-6) ended the night having clinched at least a tie for fourth place in Section 1-3A due to a Neshannock loss to Mohawk. Avonworth...
South Park girls overcome obstacles, beat Seton LaSalle for section crown
The No. 5 South Park Eagles girls basketball team entered the 2019-20 season as the defending Section 2-3A champions but not without hurdles. For starters, they graduated a handful of impactful seniors, including Maura Huwalt, Cassidy Zandier and Charlyn Blackburn. Then head coach Marty Matvey moved on to become the...
PIAA team wrestling tournament: Canon-McMillan marches past Gettysburg
HERSHEY – There was a rumor circulating around the Giant Center on Thursday that if Gettysburg were to defeat Canon-McMillan and face Bethlehem Catholic, it would use girls in the lineup to collect forfeits in the next round. There is a rule in the Allentown Diocese that a boy cannot...
Inspired effort from Maura Suman helps Penn-Trafford top Latrobe, clinch playoff spotVideo
Play for pap. It was Maura Suman’s mission statement heading into a must-win girls basketball game Thursday night at Latrobe. He would have wanted her to play, the proud Penn-Trafford sophomore guard said. Suman decided to suit up for the Warriors in their biggest game of the season, on the...
PIAA team wrestling tournament: Waynesburg slides by Central Dauphin
HERSHEY – Waynesburg’s first-ever match at the PIAA Class AAA Team Wrestling Championship went very well. In fact, the WPIAL champions looked like they’ve been there before. Waynesburg (13-0) didn’t let the bright lights of the Giant Center get to them. The Raiders just went out and pummeled District 3...
Wobrak enjoys senior night to remember as Belle Vernon rallies past Elizabeth Forward
Belle Vernon senior Rachel Wobrak knew she wanted her senior night to be a game to remember. It ended up being a game she and her teammates and Elizabeth Forward will never forget for different reasons. Wobrak walked off the Belle Vernon gymnasium floor Thursday after posting 26 points and...
Inspired effort from Maura Suman helps Penn-Trafford top Latrobe, clinch playoff spotVideo
Play for pap. It was Maura Suman’s mission statement heading into a must-win girls basketball game Thursday night at Latrobe. He would have wanted her to play, the proud Penn-Trafford sophomore guard said. Suman decided to suit up for the Warriors in their biggest game of the season, on the...
PIAA team wrestling tournament: Seneca Valley eases past State College
HERSHEY – Seneca Valley used pins by Chanz Shearer (138 pounds) and Antonio Amelio (145) to open a lead, and then got late pins from Liam Volk-Klos (182) and Nick Funovits (220) to defeat District 6 champion State College, 34-29. The win puts the Raiders (16-2) into the quarterfinals against...
PIAA team wrestling tournament: Burrell decks Montoursville
HERSHEY – When Burrell junior A.J. Corrado opened the PIAA Class AA Team Wrestling Championship with an 18-second pin, it was a sure sign of what was to come. Burrell kicked off the tournament with an impressive 46-21 victory against Montoursville on Thursday at the Giant Center. The Bucs (11-5)...
Penn Hills boys hitting stride as playoffs approach
At the beginning of the season, Penn Hills boys basketball coach Dan DeRose knew what type of offense he was going to have this season but wasn’t sure how his defense would look. Late in the season, DeRose and the Indians feel like they’ve figured out the defensive end just...
North Allegheny’s Smyers motivated to find success at PIAA meet
North Allegheny junior swimmer Molly Smyers hopes to change a pattern that has seen her shine in the WPIAL Class AAA championships, then stumble at states. Smyers earned gold medals in the girls 200-yard freestyle and 500 freestyle last season, and gold in the 500 freestyle and silver in the...
North Hills hockey making postseason push
For the better part of the last month, the North Hills hockey team has been in a hard-pressed situation as it strives to qualify for the PIHL Class A Penguins Cup playoffs. The Indians have been tested in one of the most competitive divisions Class A has to offer. The...
No quit in Hampton hockey team
As the regular season began to wind down, the Hampton hockey team wasn’t eliminated from playoff contention, and no matter the results, the team will always play like it. “Mathematically, I’ve calculated the percentage (of playoff chances),” coach Luke Leya said. “It’s one-hundredth of a chance. But that’s better than...
Fox Chapel, Norwin set off shot-clock debate in high school basketball community
Plenty of people who viewed a short video clip last week of Fox Chapel holding the basketball for nearly a minute against Norwin had a strong opinion of what they had just watched. The 45-second clip drew more than 110,000 views — and more than 100 replies — on Twitter....
