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Record-setting WCCA swimming meet for Belle Vernon’s Shahan, Mt. Pleasant’s Gardner
Heading into the Westmoreland County Coaches Association swimming and diving championships, Belle Vernon junior Ian Shahan and Mt. Pleasant senior Heather Gardner had their sights on reaching the record books. The pair certainly left their mark, combining to break three meet records and nearly broke a fourth Saturday at Derry....
Westmoreland high school notebook: Norwin baseball loaded again
Expectations always are high in the Norwin baseball program, and that’s before the college commitments start rolling in. The Knights have had talent-heavy teams before, but the one they expect put on the field this spring looks loaded. The team has three Division I commits in sophomore shortstop Jake Kendro...
Trib WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 25, 2020
WPIAL rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Norwin, 13-2, 2 2. Bethel Park, 14-1, 1 3. North Allegheny, 13-3, 3 4. Mt. Lebanon, 14-3, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 9-5, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 17-0, 1 2. Woodland Hills, 15-2, 2 3. Trinity, 13-2, 3 4....
Trib WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 25, 2020
WPIAL rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Fox Chapel, 17-0, 1 2. Butler, 13-4, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 13-4, 3 4. Pine-Richland, 11-5, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 14-3, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 12-4, 2 2. Penn Hills, 12-4, 1 3. Mars, 12-3, 4 4. Shaler,...
Former WPIAL star recruits Montour lineman George Padezanin to LehighVideo
Montour lineman George Padezanin committed Saturday to Lehigh, recruited to the Patriot League school by a former WPIAL football standout. Lehigh’s recruiting coordinator is Anthony DiMichele, a 2007 Sto-Rox graduate. Padezanin, a 6-foot-4, 285-pound tackle, earned all-conference honors on both sides of the football this past fall. He listed more...
Kiski Area’s Potter returns to lineup after recovery from wrist injury
Hannah Potter is back. The Kiski Area senior guard and team captain returned to the lineup for the Cavaliers girls basketball team Friday after missing 15 games because of a broken wrist suffered in the season opener against Saltsburg on Dec. 6. Potter came off the bench, entering the Section...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 24, 2020
Basketball Boys Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 70, North Hills 50 Central Catholic 62, Seneca Valley 48 Pine-Richland 48, North Allegheny 43 Section 2 Bethel Park 79, Peters Township 65 Mt. Lebanon 37, Canon-McMillan 34 Upper St. Clair 69, Baldwin 58 Section 3 Fox Chapel 70, Hempfield...
High school roundup for Jan. 24, 2020: Butler’s Ethan Morton scores 2,000th point
Butler’s Ethan Morton joined an elite group of WPIAL basketball greats Friday night, scoring the 2,000th point of his career. The Purdue recruit hit the milestone on a layup late in the first half. He scored 19 points to lead the No. 2 Golden Tornado (13-4, 7-0) to a 70-50...
Boys, girls basketball events tip Saturday and continue Sunday
The Pittsburgh Basketball Club is holding its Hall of Fame Classic over two days at Montour this weekend with a dozen boys basketball games. There are seven games set to start at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday and five more games on Sunday tipping off at noon. One of the marquee...
Big third quarter the difference as North Catholic beats Seton LaSalle
The showdown for first place in Section 2-3A was tight in the first half, as North Catholic led Seton LaSalle by five at the break. Then the third quarter started, the Rebels blinked, and the highest scoring team in the WPIAL took control with a big run to begin the...
Brayden Reynolds, Chartiers Valley slam Thomas Jefferson
Brayden Reynolds had never dunked in a game before. That changed, in a major way, on Friday night. Reynolds threw down a pair of first-half dunks, part of a 25-point night for the Chartiers Valley junior, as the Colts grinded out a 60-49 win over Thomas Jefferson in WPIAL Section...
No. 1 Fox Chapel handles Hempfield, clinches playoff berth
Fox Chapel made it official Friday night. The Foxes clinched the school’s 29th WPIAL playoff berth with a 70-46 victory over visiting Hempfield. The No. 1 Foxes (17-0, 7-0) were led by sophomore Eli Yofan who had 21 points, six rebounds, six assists and five steals. “That’s another box we’re...
Mars uses ‘Max Effort’ to get past section foe Franklin Regional
It was Military Appreciation Night at Franklin Regional, and players from both teams, the Panthers and Mars, wore T-shirts in pregame warm-ups emblazoned with the words, “Max Effort,” across the chest. That’s what fourth-ranked Mars needed to finally push past the Panthers, 53-42, and earn a Section 3-5A victory Friday...
Uniontown survives scare from Belle Vernon
After a 27-point beating at the hands of Uniontown Jan. 3, the Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team wanted nothing more than another shot at the Red Raiders. They got it Friday and gave No. 2 Uniontown all it could handle. A pair of free throws by Keondre DeShields with...
Latrobe’s Jordyn Miller, Ligonier Valley’s Nick Roddy claim WCCA diving titles
In three of the last four years heading into this year’s diving competition, the Westmoreland County Coaches Association diving title resided with Latrobe’s Taylor Miller. After a year away from the Miller household, the gold medal returns as senior Jordyn Miller claimed her first county title Friday night at Derry,...
Latrobe knocks off Penn-Trafford again
It hasn’t been a great season for the Latrobe boys basketball team. The Wildcats, who generally battle for the section title, find themselves in last place in the WPIAL Section 3-6A standings. But Latrobe didn’t look like a last-place team Friday at Penn-Trafford, and the teams ahead of them in...
Trib HSSN girls swimmer of the week: Upper St. Clair’s Taylor Connors
Longtime followers of swimming at Upper St. Clair and throughout the WPIAL will remember the exploits of freestyler Merel Hommen. The multi-time WPIAL and PIAA champion graduated from USC in 1994, and in addition to her gold medals, she also left the program with a trio of school records —...
Trib HSSN boys swimmer of the week: Montour’s Alex May
Alex May was on a mission Monday as he set out to break the Montour school record in the boys 100-yard breaststroke. The versatile Spartans junior had the established mark of 1 minute, 2.99 seconds in his sights. When he touched the wall against Central Valley and Beaver Falls, he...
Herald spotlight athlete: Fox Chapel’s Ed Farrell
Ed Farrell, a senior on the Fox Chapel wrestling team, took first place at 220 pounds at the Allegheny County wrestling tournament Jan. 18. “I was confident but not overconfident,” he said. “I had beaten the No. 1 seed before, so I felt good about my chances.” He also played...
Gateway swimmers in good position for post-Livingston era
For the last couple of years, the standard bearer of the Gateway swimming program has been Olivia Livingston. The senior Louisville recruit has won PIAA and WPIAL gold medals and set state records in the 50 and 100 freestyle events, keeping the Gators relevant in the regional and state swimming...
Brendan Finnerty leads successful TJ contingent at county mat tournament
Brendan Finnerty didn’t just win the 160-pound weight class while representing Thomas Jefferson at the recent Allegheny County wrestling championships. He dominated. Seeded No. 1, Finnerty breezed to the county title by recording two falls followed by three consecutive major-decision victories. “My goal was to win the tournament, just like...
Thomas Jefferson, Baldwin gymnasts working toward WPIAL goals
One team is the defending WPIAL and state champion, and has emerged as a powerhouse in girls gymnastics in just three years. Thomas Jefferson’s gymnasts won their first WPIAL title in 2018-19, capping off three straight seasons of section championships. The Jaguars, who also captured the state title in the...
Quaker Valley freshman swimmer Alex Wagner having breakthrough season
Quaker Valley freshman swimmer Alex Wagner favors the breaststroke but found he is good at other strokes, too. The 14-year-old qualified for the WPIAL Class AA championship meet in late February in the boys 200-yard individual medley. His time — 2 minutes, 16.05 seconds — is on the list of...
Quaker Valley wrestlers defend Section 2 team championship
Last year, Quaker Valley’s wrestling team learned how to win a championship when it captured the Section 2 title. This winter, the Quakers figured out what it took to stay on top as they defended their Section 2 team crown. “It was such a nice feeling,” Quaker Valley sophomore Patrick...
Plum’s Kvortek looks forward to WPIAL gymnastics championships
Sarah Kvortek fell in love with gymnastics after being introduced to the sport during a friend’s birthday party at Gymkhana in Plum while in first grade. “It was a lot of fun,” she said. “I loved swinging on the bars and the feeling of just flying through the air.” In...
