High School category, Page 1126
High school scores, schedules for Dec. 29, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule WPIAL Nonsection Aliquippa at Quaker Valley, 3 p.m. Brashear at Cornell, 7:30 p.m. Central Valley at Sharon, 7 p.m. Imani Christian at West Greene, 7 p.m. Avella tournament Championship Burgettstown vs. McGuffey, 7:30 p.m. Third-place game Avonworth vs. Chartiers-Houston, 5:30 p.m. Fifth-place game Avella...
High school roundup for Dec. 29, 2019: Southmoreland girls move to 9-0
The Southmoreland girls basketball team might have started slow, but the Scotties finished strong in securing a 43-37 victory over Mercyhurst Prep at the Cal (Pa.) holiday tournament Sunday afternoon. The Scotties fell behind 13-8 in the first quarter but pulled ahead 20-18 at halftime. They then closed on a...
Undefeated Latrobe hockey team happy with start, hopes to stay sharp
Latrobe entered the holiday break 11-0 in PIHL Class AA. But once the Wildcats return to league play Jan. 16, they figure they’re back to 0-0. “I am happy for the boys. They have been working hard. But we know that record means nothing,” Latrobe coach Josh Werner said. “We...
New-look Burrell hockey team finds stability
Entering the season, perhaps no team in the PIHL lost more key pieces than Burrell. Gone were players such as dynamic forward Tyler Stewart, who led the PIHL in scoring two years in a row, stalwart defensemen Bryce Schueler and goaltender Andrew Burkett. They led the Bucs to two consecutive...
Top 19 of ’19: Trib HSSN breaks down the top stories of the year — No. 3
The 2019 high school sports season is nearly in the books. While we anxiously look ahead to 2020, let’s reflect on the district high school sports scene over the last 12 months. Here is a look back at the top 19 stories from around the WPIAL in 2019. HSSN Top...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 28, 2019
Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Apollo-Ridge tournament Championship Apollo-Ridge 66, Leechburg 58 Consolation Saltsburg 52, Riverview 49 Avella tournament Consolations Avella 85, Brownsville 79 Fort Cherry 61, Propel Montour 43 Semifinals Burgettstown 61, Avonworth 54 McGuffey 64, Chartiers-Houston 50 Bentworth tournament Championship Eden Christian vs. Propel Braddock Hills (n) Consolation...
High school roundup for Dec. 29, 2019: Highlands tops Lincoln Park in battle of title contenders
For the second straight night, the CJ Betters Holiday Classic featured a matchup of WPIAL boys basketball title contenders from different classes. Lincoln Park was on the winning end of a marquee matchup Friday night. On Saturday, the Leopards took the loss. Luke Cochran had a game-high 18 points and...
Springdale boys win again, get off to best start since mid-1980s
Springdale is 9-0 for the first time since the 1984-85 season. The Dynamos kept their record unblemished Saturday night with a 56-42 victory over Winchester-Thurston in the championship game of the St. Joseph Holiday Tournament at Walter Dlubak Center. Demetri Fritch, named a tournament MVP for the second time this...
Father-son duo headline 2020 A-K Valley Sports Hall of Fame class
For the first time, the Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame will be inducting a father and son simultaneously. Bob Mills, a standout basketball player at Highlands and later at Maryland-Baltimore County, will be inducted with his father, Glenn, long-time sponsor, builder and supplier of regional sports teams. The younger...
Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Hempfield lineman heading to St. Francis
Another Hempfield lineman has accepted an invitation to play football at the next level. Senior Ryan Cross, another key blocker for a Spartans unit that helped put up more than 200 rushing yards per game, is headed to St. Francis (Pa.) as a preferred walk-on. He will have a spot...
Hempfield holds off rally to beat rival Greensburg Salem
Greensburg Salem saved its best for last, but it wasn’t enough to get around Hempfield, which fended off the Golden Lions’ late surge in the final game of the Greensburg Salem Holiday Classic. After scoring just 13 points in the first half — a testament to Hempfield’s shot-challenging defense —...
Belle Vernon girls top Greensburg Salem in Mt. Pleasant tournament
Belle Vernon’s stable of young girls basketball players keep performing at a high level this winter, providing some hope for another successful season. A trio of freshmen, led by Viva Kreis’ 16 points, scored in double figures Saturday to lead the Leopards to a 50-31 victory over Greensburg Salem at...
Trib WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Dec. 29, 2019
WPIAL rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Bethel Park, 7-0, 1 2. North Allegheny, 6-0, 2 3. Norwin, 5-2, 3 4. Upper St. Clair, 4-2, 4 5. Mt. Lebanon, 6-2, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 7-0, 1 2. Trinity, 7-1, 2 3. Thomas Jefferson, 6-1, 3 4....
Latrobe’s Willochell pulls stunner, wins Powerade wrestling titleVideo
Gabe Willochell has a funky style to his wrestling. The Latrobe senior and Edinboro commit never is out of a match because of the way he wrestles, and he has won his share of high-scoring matches. But Saturday in the 132-pound final at the Powerade Tournament at Canon-McMillan, all he...
Top 19 of ’19: Trib HSSN breaks down the top stories of the year — No. 4
The 2019 high school sports season is nearly in the books. While we anxiously look ahead to 2020, let’s reflect on the district high school sports scene over the last 12 months. Here is a look back at the top 19 stories from around the WPIAL in 2019. HSSN Top...
Trib WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Dec. 29, 2019
WPIAL rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Fox Chapel, 8-0, 3 2. Butler, 5-3, 1 3. Mt. Lebanon, 6-2, 2 4. Pine-Richland, 6-2, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 8-1, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Penn Hills, 5-2, 1 2. Trinity, 6-2, 2 3. Shaler, 5-3, 3 4. Mars, 6-2,...
Players from Ligonier Valley, Belle Vernon garner all-state football honors
WPIAL-bound Ligonier Valley’s days of dominating the District 6 Heritage Conference might be over, but the Rams left lasting memories. They also had a run of outstanding individual talent, some considered among the best in the state. That point was validated Saturday when the Pennsylvania Football Writers Class 2A All-State...
Class 2A all-state football: Avonworth’s Duke Johncour named Coach of the Year
Fresh off their team’s first PIAA championship appearance, two Avonworth players earned all-state honors Saturday and Duke Johncour was named Pennsylvania’s Coach of the Year in Class 2A. Antelopes running back Jax Miller and lineman Josh Elm were among six WPIAL players named all-state in a vote of Pennsylvania football...
Class 4A all-state football: 4 Thomas Jefferson players selected, Cherpak voted top coach
Thomas Jefferson’s quarterback, top running back, wide receiver and lineman all earned all-state honors Saturday, statewide recognition for winning WPIAL and PIAA titles with an undefeated 16-0 record. Additionally, Jaguars coach Bill Cherpak was chosen as the Class 4A Coach of the Year in the vote of Pennsylvania football writers....
Class 6A all-state football: Central Catholic leads WPIAL with 4 players
Central Catholic senior Jonathan Opalko twice made game-winning field goals in the playoffs and had a school-record 54-yarder in the regular season, kicks that earned him all-state honors Saturday. Opalko was one of four Central Catholic players named all-state in a vote of Pennsylvania football writers. The Albany recruit was...
Deer Lakes boys basketball tournament to begin Saturday after postponement
The Deer Lakes boys basketball tournament will begin Saturday evening after Friday’s first-day doubleheader was postponed because of water leakage in the high school gymnasium. Athletic director Chuck Bellisario said because of the warmer-than-usual temperatures for late December, the air conditioning system kicked on, causing condensation to fall to the...
Trib HSSN girls swimmer of the week: Mt. Pleasant’s Heather Gardner
Heather Gardner put pen to paper last month on the first day of the National Letter of Intent signing period for swimming and finalized her commitment to Division I Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. The Mt. Pleasant senior, last year’s PIAA runner-up in both the Class AA girls 50-yard freestyle...
Trib HSSN boys swimmer of the week: Belle Vernon’s Ian Shahan
Ian Shahan entered the 2019-20 high school swimming season as the hunted. The Belle Vernon standout set a gold standard at the close of his sophomore season in March with championships in both the 100-yard butterfly and 100 freestyle at the WPIAL championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool and the state...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 27, 2019
Basketball Boys Friday’s results Apollo-Ridge tournament Apollo-Ridge 65, Saltsburg 46 Leechburg 66, Riverview 55 Avella tournament Avonworth 85, Brownsville 50 Burgettstown 62, Avella 59 Chartiers-Houston 63, Propel Montour 25 McGuffey 63, Fort Cherry 28 Bentworth tournament Eden Christian 45, Jefferson-Morgan 34 Propel Braddock Hills 63, Bentworth 18 Bethel Park tournament...
High school roundup for Dec. 27, 2019: Lincoln Park knocks off Butler
Tanner Mathos scored 20 points as Lincoln Park pulled away in the second quarter and defeated Butler 74-60 in a marquee boys basketball matchup Friday night at the CJ Betters tournament at the Golden Dome in Monaca. Andre Wilder scored 14 points and Isaiah Smith added 13 for Lincoln Park...
