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Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Upper St. Clair, 9-2, 1 2. Seneca Valley, 9-4, 3 3. Norwin, 6-5, 4 4. Mt. Lebanon, 7-5, 2 5. Butler, 8-5, NR Out: Canon-McMillan (7-6, 5) Class 5A 1. Peters Township, 12-1, 1 2. South Fayette, 13-1, 2 3. Penn-Trafford, 12-0, 3...

Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Upper St. Clair, 13-1, 2 2. New Castle, 10-1, 3 3. Central Catholic, 8-4, 4 4. Imani Christian, 7-4, 1 5. Seneca Valley, 8-6, NR Out: Fox Chapel (10-3, 5) Class 5A 1. Montour, 9-1, 1 2. Chartiers Valley, 11-1, 2 3. Moon,...

The Westmoreland County Athletes of the Week is presented by Smail Kia. Look for the tags and look for the savings at Smail Kia in Greensburg. Lauren Bell School: Latrobe Class: Senior Sport: Swimming Claim to fame: Bell, who has not lost a race this season, led Latrobe to a...

Latrobe senior Luke Willochell and Burrell junior Cam Baker look to join elite clubs Saturday at the 72nd Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association wrestling tournament at Greensburg Salem. Willochell is a victory away from becoming the 14th four-time champion when he faces Franklin Regional’s Chase Smith in the 133-pound final, and...

Ashlyn Ferderbar School: Springdale Class: Senior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Ferderbar scored 16 points Wednesday night to help Springdale (7-7, 4-2) to a 32-29 section win over Sewickley Academy. The senior point guard then led all scorers with 18 points in the Dynamos’ 42-31 win over Western Beaver. The...

New Norwin swimming and diving coach Kathy Bernardi believes her athletes will get out of the sport what they put into it. She took over the program after the resignation of Doug Watson and brings instant enthusiasm to a program with very thin rosters. “I am excited to be taking...

The North Allegheny competitive spirit team has a lot to cheer about. Having already clinched a berth to the national championships, the Tigers won the WPIAL Class 3A Large Squad title for the first time in nine years Jan. 4 at Hempfield. “We’re not done yet,” said senior Aly Corna,...

North Allegheny senior Carter Melzer learned at an early age how to defend himself on the basketball court. The youngest of five brothers, he grew up in an athletic environment in which “nothing came easy.” “Being the youngest one, I always got bullied and picked on,” he said. “In basketball,...

The Franklin Regional hockey team countered a three-game losing streak with two straight wins heading into 2025. JJ Tensuan netted the game-winner off an assist from Grant Williams 37 seconds into overtime to lift the Panthers to a 4-3 win over Pine-Richland. Joey Casella had two goals and Ryan Crouse...

Shady Side Academy swimming is diving into the season with a veteran boys team and a girls team with a young but promising lineup. Coach Erika Cooper said the preparation for this year has been outstanding. “We have a handful of swimmers that swim with various USA swimming clubs in...

There is still much work ahead for the Shady Side Academy girls basketball program. But the Bulldogs have laid a solid foundation that should provide many opportunities as the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs approach. The Bulldogs are off to a 12-0 start and have shown plenty of punch on offense....

The Fox Chapel boys basketball team didn’t plan to change its approach when it went up to Class 6A. The Foxes have found success in the WPIAL’s largest class before. The Foxes still have a lot of work to do to claim the Section 1-6A crown, but they have put...

Robert Cash has been through this before with the Penn Hills girls basketball program. The Indians have a young group that needs to play as underclassmen because Penn Hills doesn’t have many older players on the roster. That has led to growing pains for the Indians. Penn Hills suffered its...

Penn Hills picking up a win over Shaler in a game that was televised locally provided the Indians with a significant boost of confidence. But how the Indians followed up their performance against the Titans may do even more to improve Penn Hills’ psyche. The Indians shot 67% (10-of-15) from...

The Plum hockey team is on a roll with eight wins in 10 games through an 11-0 rout of Kiski Area on Jan. 6, at Palmer Imaging Arena in Delmont. Ten Mustangs accounted for the 11 goals, and senior goaltender Landon Gribbin-Horner stopped all nine shots he faced for the...

It will be a full day of high school basketball action at a pair of area colleges Saturday. Four boys basketball games are scheduled for LaRoche College in the PBC Classic: • Shady Side Academy takes on Bishop Canevin at 1 p.m. • Seton LaSalle challenges Our Lady of the...

High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 New Castle 72, Fox Chapel 41 North Hills 52, North Allegheny 40 Butler 52, Pine-Richland 42 Seneca Valley 61, Woodland Hills 51 Section 2 Norwin 68, Canon-McMillan 56 Central Catholic 70, Connellsville 17 Upper St. Clair 75, Hempfield 50 Class...

Courtney Wallace scored 26 points to lead Trib HSSN Class A No. 1 Neighborhood Academy to a 73-44 victory over No. 2 Serra Catholic in Section 2-A boys basketball Friday night. Kedron Gilmore added 11 and Syncer Nicholson had 10 for Neighborhood Academy (12-1, 4-0). Tyler Sapida scored 16 and...

Samir Crosby didn’t play basketball last season because he wanted to lift weights and get ready for football. He came back to the sport this year and showed some serious muscle in a big-time matchup against his hometown team. The Greensburg Central Catholic junior scored a game-high 19 points, including...

It was youth basketball night at South Park on Friday as futures Eagles showed up for support and to entertain the crowd at halftime. It was appropriate for this night because the showdown for first place in Section 3-3A looked like the South Park boys playing the South Allegheny men....

Kiski Area boys basketball coach Corey Smith used the 48 hours before the Cavaliers’ game with Plum to craft the perfect game plan. If Kiski could do what its coach asked, the Cavaliers would set up a first-place battle with Penn Hills at home next Tuesday. The Cavaliers delivered with...

The scoreboard had a tied score at half, yet the game ended under the mercy rule. That disparity showed just how well New Castle played after halftime Friday night. Freshman Kai Cox scored 13 of his game-high 19 points after the break, and the Red Hurricanes used a dominant third...

Belle Vernon senior Deydon Soto already has won a state title. That was in Connecticut in 2024. But Soto admits the wrestling in Pennsylvania is a lot stronger, and it has made him a better wrestler. Soto’s mom started a business in the state, and she moved to Belle Vernon...

Belle Vernon coach Joe Salvino couldn’t have asked for a better ending to the first half of Section 3-4A play Friday night. The Leopards’ coach watched his team up its winning streak for four with an emphatic 65-28 thumping of visiting Greensburg Salem. After being assessed a technical foul before...

At this rate, Hempfield is going to be able to fill out a full lineup card with NCAA Division I college players next softball season. Junior Claire Mitchell this week became the sixth returning Spartans standout to commit to a high-level program as she chose the University of Maryland Baltimore...