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Trib HSSN WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Feb. 1, 2020
WPIAL rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Bethel Park, 14-1, 2 2. North Allegheny, 16-3, 3 3. Norwin, 15-3, 1 4. Mt. Lebanon, 16-3, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 11-6, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 20-0, 1 2. Woodland Hills, 17-3, 2 3. Oakland Catholic, 15-4, 4...
Westmoreland notebook: Football realignment brings more local matchups
The WPIAL hit the refresh button on football schedules last week and revealed some intriguing matchups for 2020. In Westmoreland County, teams that have not met for a while, or at all, will play each other next season. Some notable matchups in Week 1 (Sept. 4) include Penn-Trafford at Hempfield,...
No. 1 Waynesburg rallies to win WPIAL Class AAA wrestling title in 31 years
Waynesburg found itself in an unfamiliar position in the finals of the WPIAL Class AAA wrestling team championship. With three bouts left Saturday, the top-seeded team needed to win all three and get bonus points in the process, and that’s what they did. Wins by Nate Stephenson (152 pounds) and...
Trib WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Feb. 1, 2020
WPIAL rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Fox Chapel, 19-0, 1 2. Butler, 15-4, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 15-4, 3 4. Upper St. Clair, 17-3, 5 5. Pine-Richland, 13-6, 4 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 15-4, 1 2. Penn Hills, 15-4, 2 3. Mars, 14-4, 3 4. McKeesport,...
PIHL set to launch 4-team girls division in May
In the PIHL, there are several girls who don varsity uniforms on a nightly basis, and there have been plenty of instances when girls have succeeded playing among the boys. About a decade ago,Class AAA power North Allegheny had Lindsay Holdcroft in goal. As a junior, she earned All-Star honors...
Burrell wrestling rolls to 14th consecutive WPIAL team championshipVideo
The Burrell wrestling team began the WPIAL Class AA tournament Wednesday with a dominant quarterfinal victory over Beth-Center. It continued Saturday at Chartiers-Houston as the top-seeded Bucs swiftly turned away the challenge of Quaker Valley in the semifinals and Burgettstown in the final to claim their WPIAL-record 14th consecutive Class...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 31, 2020
Basketball Boys Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 65, Central Catholic 54 Pine-Richland 60, North Hills 52 Seneca Valley 49, North Allegheny 46 Section 2 Canon-McMillan 42, Baldwin 41 Mt. Lebanon 66, Peters Township 45 Upper St. Clair 71, Bethel Park 57 Section 3 Fox Chapel 71, Penn-Trafford...
High school roundup for Jan. 31, 2020: Jake Hoffman hits milestone in Mt. Lebanon win
Jake Hoffman’s big night helped No. 3 Mt. Lebanon lock up a section championship. Hoffman scored a game-high 23 points, hitting five 3-pointers and hitting the 1,000-point milestone in the third quarter to lead the Blue Devils (15-4, 9-0) to a 66-45 victory over Peters Township in Section 2-6A Friday...
WPIAL clinched: Boys basketball clinchings through Jan. 31, 2020
The WPIAL boys basketball regular season has a week left as January has come to an end. The playoff field is starting to take shape. When the regular season ends, at least 76 boys basketball teams will earn a spot in the WPIAL postseason. Trib HSSN will once again have...
Bench scoring helps Upper St. Clair rally past Bethel Park, clinch second place
Upper St. Clair used an in-your-face defense to overcome a slow start and was lifted by the return of an injured player in beating Bethel Park, 71-57 on Friday. The win was the fourth straight for the Panthers and clinched second place in Section 2-6A. “We got a big lift...
Demitri Fritch jumper boosts Springdale past Apollo-Ridge
Demitri Fritch will just have to wait a few days to score his 1,000th career point. The Springdale standout’s 10-foot jumper with 1.9 seconds to go lifted the No. 4 Class 2A Dynamos to a 49-47 victory at Apollo-Ridge. The junior now has 999 career points. Springdale trailed, 44-34, with...
No. 1 Fox Chapel pulls away to dump Penn-Trafford
There is a reason Fox Chapel is ranked No. 1 in Class 6A. The unbeaten Foxes didn’t flinch when Penn-Trafford made a run at them late in the third quarter Friday night. Fox Chapel showed its mettle and slowly reclaimed the momentum in a Section 3-6A battle and pulled away...
Once ‘overrated’ and ‘out of shape,’ Hempfield wrestlers march into WPIAL semifinals
When the Hempfield wrestling team was rated No. 1 early in the season, coach Tommy Dolde felt his team didn’t earn such a high praise. The Spartans then dropped a pair of matches late in December to Seneca Valley and Canon-McMillan and fell to No. 4. “Coach was right,” senior...
Burrell goes for 14th straight crown in WPIAL team wrestling finals Saturday
It is the second longest championship run in WPIAL history, and on Saturday, the Burrell wrestling team will try to extend it to another year. The Buccaneers have won 13 consecutive WPIAL Class AA team wrestling championships and are favored to make it 14 in a row Saturday afternoon at...
Trib HSSN Boys Swimmer of the Week: North Hills’ Joshua Bogniard
Joshua Bogniard continues to make his move up the swim ranks in WPIAL Class AAA. The North Hills junior owns the second-fastest time in the boys 100-yard freestyle, according to the most recent WPIAL performance lists released Monday at WPIAL.org. He clocked a time of 46.83 seconds in a meet...
Trib HSSN Girls Swimmer of the Week: Laurel Highlands’ Elizabeth Thomas
At last year’s WPIAL Class AA swimming championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool, Elizabeth Thomas was one of two freshmen to medal in the girls 100-yard backstroke. Quaker Valley’s Isabel Huang captured the WPIAL title, and Thomas, a Laurel Highlands product, placed fourth with a time of 1 minute, 1.58 seconds...
Burrell wrestling locked in on pursuit of 14th straight WPIAL team title
Over the past 14 years, teams have come and teams have gone from the WPIAL Class AA team wrestling final four. The one constant has been Burrell. And that consistency has extended to capturing the top trophy every year. The Bucs find themselves again in position to win it all....
Spotlight athlete: Fox Chapel’s Arnold Vento
Arnold Vento, a senior on the Fox Chapel basketball team, has helped the Foxes put together an outstanding season. As of Jan. 30, they had compiled a perfect record and clinched the section title with a win over Norwin on Jan. 28. Vento, a 6-foot-5 guard, has averaged double digits...
Gateway’s Tui Brown looks ahead to career at UConn
Gateway’s Tui Brown did not always know where he would end up going to college to further his football career and education. After several official visits and receiving offers from around 15 schools, Brown announced his commitment to Connecticut via twitter Jan. 27. An undeniable presence on both sides of...
New pool, new attitude for Thomas Jefferson swim team
The Thomas Jefferson swimming and diving program is thriving, thanks in large part to the school’s beautiful new 25-yard pool. The Jaguars have not had the luxury of swimming in their own home pool until this year, and the move has been great news for veteran coach John Penn and...
New pool at Thomas Jefferson gets visit from old friend Ryan Fagan
Thomas Jefferson’s new state-of-the-art pool had a distinguished visitor Jan. 21 when the Jaguars met Peters Township in a nonsection meet. Former TJ diving standout Ryan Fagan, an assistant coach at Peters Township, was in attendance, along with a large crowd. Fagan competed at TJ from 1999-2001 and was a...
Quaker Valley freshman MacDonald hits his stride at indoor rowing championship
Quaker Valley freshman Alex MacDonald is shining as a first-year rower. MacDonald, 14, earned a bronze medal in the under-16 boys final in the Pittsburgh Indoor Rowing Championship meet Jan. 25 at Carnegie Mellon. One of 28 finishers, he did 2,000 meters on an erg in 7 minutes, 21.6 seconds....
Quaker Valley freshman Fuener makes splash in freestyle
Quaker Valley freshman swimmer Ella Fuener is not super-competitive, coach Alexis Glenn said, but she’s still among the team’s best performers. Fuener has qualified for the WPIAL Class AA championship meet in late February in two events individually. Her time of 26.41 seconds in the girls 50-yard freestyle is on...
Quaker Valley, Sewickley Academy girls basketball teams gear up for playoffs
The Quaker Valley and Sewickley Academy girls basketball teams can breathe a small sigh of relief. Both programs secured WPIAL playoff berths with plenty of time to spare. Last season, the Quakers’ postseason hopes came down to their Section 2-4A finale against Ambridge. They pulled out a 45-43 victory to...
Penn-Trafford’s Prokopec leaves WCCAs with record time
Penn-Trafford junior swimmer Austin Prokopec considered himself lucky to set a meet record in the Westmoreland County Coaches Association championship Jan. 25. Prokopec came in first in the 500-yard freestyle in 4 minutes, 49.22 seconds. Franklin Regional senior Ryan McFaden (4:49.67) and Kiski Area freshman Levi Hansen (4:49.89) were less...
