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Balanced scoring sends Neighborhood Academy into state finals
Yale recruit Courtney Wallace is one of the WPIAL’s most dynamic players, but Neighborhood Academy is by no means a one-man show. The Bulldogs proved as much again Friday night with four players scoring in double figures in a 55-38 victory over District 9 champion Otto-Eldred in the PIAA Class...
Berks Catholic a little too much for North Catholic in state semifinals
MERCERSBURG – North Catholic’s boys basketball team knew that in order to advance to the PIAA Class 4A championship game, it would have to control “that guy” from Berks Catholic. Make no mistake, “that guy” was not a dismissive phrase when head coach Jim Rocco used it after the Trojans’...
Chartiers Valley’s playoff run ends with bitter loss to Hershey in PIAA semifinals
CLEARFIELD – Chartiers Valley’s mission was written across the chest of its opponent: Hershey. But the school from the so-called “Sweetest Place on Earth” handed Chartiers Valley a bitter loss one round short of the state championships Friday night. A nearly four-minute scoring slump just before halftime put the WPIAL...
Resilient Shady Side Academy stops OLSH to reach state title game for 1st time
Karis Thomas leapt in the air and chest bumped a yelling Leah Buford in front of the Shady Side Academy bench as the time wound down Friday night at Fox Chapel. The Bulldogs’ junior guard and her teammates made adjustments on the fly to become a team capable of reaching...
Upper St. Clair heats up in 4th quarter, earns trip to state championship game
MERCERSBURG – Upper St. Clair could not quite put away Garnet Valley in Friday’s PIAA Class 6A girls basketball semifinals. After halftime and the third quarter, the Panthers were tied with the Jags at James Buchanan High School. But outside shooting by Meredith Huzjak and Olivia Terlecki finally gave the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for March 21, 2025: PIAA finals berths up for grabs
The Road to Hershey has one final stop as the state basketball semifinals conclude with the boys 6A, 3A and 2A, along with girls 5A, 4A and A Final Four taking center stage. Two of Saturday’s PIAA semifinal games are rematches of WPIAL championship games. Gladiators vs. Quips Three years...
Mt. Lebanon’s Stout brothers make NCAA history by facing off in PhillyVideo
It was a historic night at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on Thursday during Day 1 of the competition. It was appropriate that Philadelphia, which is known as the “City of Brotherly Love,” was the site of the first “Battle of Brothers” at the Wells Fargo Center. While brothers...
PIAA Class 2A boys basketball semifinal preview: Greensburg Central Catholic vs. Sewickley Academy
PIAA basketball playoffs Class 2A Semifinals Greensburg Central Catholic (26-3) vs. Sewickley Academy (23-5) Noon Saturday at AHN Arena, Peters Township Winner plays: Winner of 3-2 Linville Hill (22-5)/4-1 Northwest Area (26-3) in championship game at 2 p.m. March 28 at Giant Center, Hershey District seeds: Greensburg Central Catholic 7-5;...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 20, 2025
High schools Baseball Thursday’s results Ripken Experience At Myrtle Beach, S.C. Boys Latin School 9, Bethel Park 6 Bethel Park vs. Patrick County, (n) McDonough (MD) 8, South Allegheny 6 Paramus Catholic (NJ) 8, Shenango 5 Nonsection Allderdice at Carrick, ppd. Ambridge at New Brighton, ppd. Canon-McMillan 9, Trinity 7...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 21, 2025: Chartiers Valley, 5 other teams look to punch tickets to Hershey
Welcome to the first day of spring as we focus on the last remnants of the winter high school sports season. The Road to Hershey has reached the final four with the Friday spotlight shining on boys Class 5A, 4A and A along with girls Class 6A, 3A and 2A....
High school roundup for March 20, 2025: Southmoreland’s Makayla Etling homers twice in comeback win
Makayla Etling’s second home run of the game was a go-ahead two-run blast as Southmoreland scored eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat Latrobe, 12-11, in nonsection softball Thursday. Taryn Hollis went 3 for 3 with a double and two RBIs, Riley Puckey singled and doubled...
Greensburg Central Catholic, Sewickley Academy finally square off in state semis
Take this crop of boys basketball teams — Greensburg Central Catholic, Jeannette, Northgate, Sewickley Academy and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart — and line them up. The five WPIAL teams all made the PIAA Class 2A quarterfinals. And most of them have played each other at some point this...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 19, 2025
High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Jackie Robinson Baseball At Vero Beach, Fla. Penn-Trafford 4, Riverdale Ridge (CO) 3 Ripken Experience At Myrtle Beach, S.C. Bethel Park 13, Putnam Science Academy 2 Nonsection Avella 5, Western Beaver 1 Beaver 12, Armstrong 5 Blackhawk 8, Chartiers Valley 4 Brashear 18, Sto-Rox 6...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 20, 2025: Coming off memorable section race, Franklin Regional to meet Fox Chapel
Last season, one of the craziest section races in WPIAL baseball history ended in a four-way tie for the crown. Fox Chapel, Franklin Regional, Penn-Trafford and Plum all finished with 9-3 records and tied for first place in Section 1-5A. Now two of those four teams collide in a nonsection...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania boys high school basketball rankings for March 19, 2025
While there are two more Trib HSSN state rankings to come this basketball season, the five teams in each classification have been finalized. The order may or may not change heading into the state finals and then following the PIAA title games, but the final five are set in each...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania girls high school basketball rankings for March 19, 2025
The top girls basketball teams from last week’s Trib HSSN state rankings teams fared pretty well in the PIAA quarterfinals. Only five teams lost their spot in the top 5, but at this time of year, they have lost it for good following a season-ending loss. It was a 50-50...
High school roundup for March 19, 2025: Pine-Richland slams former section rival North Allegheny
Breck Hemphill went 3 for 4 with two doubles and two RBIs to lead Pine-Richland baseball to an 11-5 victory over North Allegheny in a nonsection matchup of former section rivals Wednesday. Benjamin Husted went 2 for 2 with a double and Anthony Mengine had a double and three RBIs...
Valley collects 14 hits in ‘backyard brawl’ baseball win over rival Burrell
The teams don’t share a section anymore, but Valley’s Dante Taliani said he and his teammates get just as excited for any baseball game with Burrell. “This is a backyard brawl,” said Taliani, who doubled twice and drove in four runs Wednesday as Valley defeated rival Burrell, 13-3, for a...
Rosters announced for 28th Cager Classic all-star festivities
The 28th annual Cager Classic, featuring senior basketball players from Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler and Westmoreland counties, will be held at Highlands High School. Practice is April 3, the skills competition April 4 and the games — 5:30 p.m. for the girls and 7:30 p.m. for the boys — April 5....
Despite loss in Penguins Cup final, Burrell hockey team still has something to play for
Mike Morascyzk would have liked to lift the PIHL’s varsity Division 2 Penguins Cup championship trophy Tuesday night at UPMC Lemieux Complex. While the Buccaneers were denied making program history when Morgantown (W.Va.) picked up a 5-1 win, Burrell was comforted by having an opportunity to play in the first...
Hard-hitting seniors have Franklin Regional softball in good spot
Standouts Toryn Fulton and Ciara Camacho are finally seniors — it seems like they have been in the Panthers lineup for much longer than four years — so that means one more season of bashing softballs to the gaps and over fences. The pair of Division I recruits will look...
Westmoreland County softball notebook: Hempfield wins with pair of aces
It is not often that a WPIAL softball team can say it has two Division I-level pitchers on the same staff. Opponents might get to see both of them in the same game. Hempfield features a high-level duo in senior Riley Miller and junior Julia Varhola, who bring a combination...
Morgantown beats Burrell in Division 2 finals, becomes 1st PIHL champ from West Virginia since 2011
Chantz Watkins can relate to the Burrell hockey team’s feelings following a 5-1 loss to Morgantown in the Penguins Cup Tuesday night at the UPMC Lemieux Complex. Watkins, a Buccaneers assistant coach, was on the ice for Burrell’s Division 2 Pens Cup loss to Neshannock the year before. Losing to...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 18, 2025
High schools Baseball Tuesday’s results Jackie Robinson Baseball At Vero Beach, Fla. Brighton (CO) 13, Penn-Trafford 8 Ripken Experience At Myrtle Beach, S.C. Putnam Science 3, South Allegheny 1 Nonsection Ambridge 13, Bishop Canevin 0 Armstrong 6, Freeport 0 Beaver 11, Chartiers Valley 4 Belle Vernon 14, McGuffey 0 Carlynton...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 19, 2025: North Allegheny, Pine-Richland square off on diamond
They are two of the baseball powers in the WPIAL and have been throughout this century. Combined, North Allegheny and Pine-Richland have produced 13 district championships, including four in the last eight years. It was eight years ago when the two met in the first WPIAL Class 6A baseball championship...
