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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 7, 2020
Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 88, Pine-Richland 84 (OT) North Allegheny 62, Central Catholic 46 North Hills 63, Seneca Valley 48 Section 2 Mt. Lebanon 61, Bethel Park 59 Peters Township 70, Baldwin 60 Upper St. Clair 83, Canon-McMillan 52 Section 3 Connellsville 79, Latrobe...
High school roundup for Jan. 7, 2020: Frank Stumpo racks up 51 points to lead Keystone Oaks past Freedom
One of the top scorers in the WPIAL all season, Keystone Oaks senior Frank Stumpo took it to another level Tuesday night. The 6-foot-1 guard scored 51 points, 23 in the first half and 28 in the second, to lead the Golden Eagles to a 80-75 victory over Freedom in...
Football alignment questions to be discussed in WPIAL pow-wow
Many questions surround the WPIAL football landscape for the 2020 and 2021 seasons as realignment is set to take place. Will there be changes to the playoff format? Will the WPIAL use a more geographical setup when creating regular-season schedules? How will conferences be affected by teams moving up or...
Montour comes up big in the clutch to beat South Fayette in overtimeVideo
Montour struggled offensively in the second half and into overtime, but when the Spartans needed a tying hoop and then a winning basket, they were a scoring machine. Senior Tyler Banks hit an off-balance shot before the buzzer to tie the game at the end of regulation, then sophomore Isayh...
Springdale ekes out win over rival Apollo-Ridge
Another game between Springdale and Apollo-Ridge, another nailbiter. After two games decided in the final seconds last season, Springdale held on to defeat Apollo-Ridge, 51-48, Tuesday night at Donald McGhee Fieldhouse. Dynamos sophomore Logan Dexter made two steals in the final minute of play near the Apollo-Ridge key to help...
Zach Rocco’s big night carries Penn-Trafford past Hempfield
Zach Rocco had a feeling he might get to the foul line a lot against Hempfield, depending on how tightly the game was officiated. But he knew if he was hacked, it would be because of his efforts to get to the rim. “I knew they would play physical with...
No. 1 Fox Chapel stays unbeaten with convincing win over Norwin
Fox Chapel, the top-ranked team in Class 6A, jumped ahead in the first minute and didn’t look back, leading the entire way to a 63-48 victory over Norwin on Tuesday night. Shots fell, defensive adjustments worked wonders and multiple players stepped up in the scoring department in the absence of...
Knoch shocks top-ranked Highlands in section showdown
Tuesday night’s meeting between WPIAL Class 4A No. 1 Highlands and No. 4 Knoch was one of the most anticipated matchups of the season, and it didn’t disappoint. The teams went back and forth like two heavyweight contenders battling for a championship belt. One would throw a punch and the...
Latrobe gets lift from freshmen wrestlers
Latrobe wrestling coach Mike Ciotti wasn’t surprised his team was leading the 67th annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament after first day of action. And while the Wildcats weren’t able to secure their 13th team title, Latrobe let teams from the county know it’s making a comeback. Latrobe (2-1, 1-1)...
George Guido: Plenty of intrigue surrounding WPIAL football scheduling
As Rod Stewart once sang, “Tonight’s the Night.” But on an entirely different topic than Rod’s, tonight’s the night the WPIAL will hold a football meeting with coaches, athletic directors and principals regarding how the sport should be set up for the next two seasons. The meeting is slated for...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Hempfield’s Isaiah Vance, Derry’s Tiana Moracco
Isaiah Vance School: Hempfield Sport: Wrestling Class: Sophomore Claim to fame: Vance (21-1) won his second Westmoreland County Coaches Association championship after defeating Greensburg Salem’s Billy McChesney by a 3-1 decision in the heavyweight final at Kiski Area on Jan. 4. “It was good. I felt pretty proud of myself....
A-K Valley athletes of the week: St. Joseph’s Trinity Lockwood-Morris and Plum’s Connor Moss
Trinity Lockwood-Morris Class: Sophomore School: St. Joseph Sport: Basketball Report card: Lockwood-Morris scored a game-high 21 points to help St. Joseph earn its first win of the season in a 42-39 overtime victory over Propel Andrew Street on Thursday. She also had a team-high 13 points in a 50-34 loss...
With newfound confidence, Kiski Area’s Sammy Starr is seeing success
Kiski Area’s Sammy Starr came away from the 67th annual Westmoreland County Coaches Association tournament with an individual title in hand. With the type of talent that filled out the 152-pound bracket this weekend at Kiski Area, some may have been surprised by how Starr worked his way through the...
Westmoreland County wrestling notebook: Mt. Pleasant to host junior high tournament
The annual Westmoreland County Junior High wrestling tournament will be held Friday and Saturday at Mt. Pleasant. It will feature teams from throughout the county. Teams entered include Belle Vernon, Burrell, Derry, Franklin Regional, Greensburg Salem, Kiski Area, Latrobe (two teams), Ligonier Valley, Mt. Pleasant, Norwin, Penn-Trafford, Southmoreland and Valley....
Trib HSSN individual WPIAL wrestling rankings for Jan. 7, 2020
Individual wrestling rankings Class AAA 106: 1. Mac Church, fr., Waynesburg (21-3); 2. Briar Priest, so., Hempfield (21-1); 3. Jacob Houpt, so., Canon-McMillan (16-6); 4. Vincent Kilkeary, fr., Latrobe (14-4); 5. Troy Hohman, so., Penn-Trafford (7-1). 113: 1. Carter Dibert, jr. Franklin Regional (20-1); 2. Ethan Berginc, jr. Hempfield (14-3);...
A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Burrell, Kiski Area set for annual showdown
Two of the top wrestling teams in the WPIAL will converge on Thursday at Kiski Area as the three-time defending WPIAL Class AAA champion Cavaliers will host the 13-time defending WPIAL Class AA champions, Burrell. The teams, which are among the top in their classification, get together each year for...
Trib HSSN WPIAL team wrestling rankings for Jan. 7, 2020
2019 TEAM RANKINGS Class AAA Team record LW 1. Waynesburg 4-0 1 2. Seneca Valley 4-0 2 3. Canon-McMillan 4-0 3 4. Hempfield 13-2 4 5. Kiski Area 7-2 5 6. Norwin 6-2 6 7. Connellsville 6-1 7 8. Mt. Lebanon 8-1 8 9. Butler 2-1 9 10. North Allegheny...
Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings for Jan. 7, 2020
STATE TEAM RANKINGS Class AAA Team record LW 1. Nazareth (11) 3-0 1 2. Bethlehem Catholic (11) 2-0 2 3. Waynesburg 4-0 3 4. Seneca Valley 4-0 4 5. Canon-McMillan 4-0 5 6. Council Rock South (1) 3-0 6 7. Erie Prep (10) 1-0 7 8. Hempfield Area 13-2 8...
Quaker Valley athlete of the week: Sophie Besterman
Sophie Besterman School: Quaker Valley Sport: Swimming Class: Senior Claim to fame: Bloomsburg commit Sophie Besterman took a hiatus from swimming lasting more than a year, and she’s still one of the best local athletes in the sport. Besterman recently qualified for WPIALs in the 100 backstroke, 200 free relay...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 6, 2020
Basketball Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Class 4A Section 2 Ambridge 63, Central Valley 61 Class 3A Section 4 McGuffey 64, Southmoreland 49 Nonsection Hundred (W.Va.) 44, Jefferson-Morgan 38 Tuesday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Central Catholic at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. North Hills at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. Pine-Richland...
High school roundup for Jan. 6, 2020: Rochester tops Vincentian in double OT
If Monday night’s result is any indication, the race for the WPIAL Class A girls basketball championship this season should be a barnburner. Corynne Hauser scored 23 points and Alexis Robinson added 22 as Rochester, No. 1 in this week’s Trib HSSN rankings, edged No. 3 Vincentian Academy, 72-69, in...
Deer Lakes rolls to section win over East Allegheny
The Deer Lakes girls basketball team plays three Section 3-3A games this week, and the Lancers got off to a good start Monday with a 62-41 victory over East Allegheny. “I told the girls that it’s one game at a time at this point,” said Lancers coach Dave Petruska, who...
Blackhawk defense shuts down Central Valley in Class 4A showdown
Blackhawk girls basketball coach Steve Lodovico loves to run a press and trap defense with the goal of creating turnovers and racking up points off them. Facing a familiar foe in Central Valley on the road, he decided to adjust the gameplan. Instead, the Cougars relied on a tough half-court...
Burrell dominates Highlands in section matchup
Heading into Monday night’s Section 3A-AA wrestling match between Burrell and Highlands, both teams were undefeated in their section. Burrell was looking to protect its legacy. Highlands was out to prove that it belonged. On a night where the Bucs were celebrating their seniors and the Golden Rams were down...
Several big boys basketball games set for Tuesday in Class 6A
The two rivals met in the very first WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball championship game three years ago in 2017. Now, Pine-Richland will visit Butler for the first of two Section 1-6A meetings in the regular season coming up on Tuesday. Back in March of 2017, Phil Jurkovec led Pine-Richland...
