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2024 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Class 6A
2024 WPIAL Class 6A All-Conference Offense Name, School, Pos., Ht., Wt., Year Matt McMahon, Canon-McMillan, C, 6-2, 270, sr. Roman Kane, Central Catholic, G, 6-3, 270, sr. Ryan Logan, North Allegheny, G, 6-2, 245, jr. Jimmy Kalis, Central Catholic, OT, 6-6, 280, so. Jack Yatchenko, North Allegheny, OT, 6-3, 295,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 12, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Class 6A Section 2 Imani Christian 71, Canon-McMillan 60 (OT) Class 5A Section 2 Shaler 63, Armstrong 45 Section 3 South Fayette 63, Ringgold 48 Class 2A Section 3 West Greene 54, Carmichaels 27 Nonsection Archbishop Hoban (Ohio) 76, North Catholic 53 Neighborhood Academy...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Dec. 13, 2024: Beaver County rivals to square off
One of the craziest, most thrilling WPIAL boys basketball games ever took place 20 years ago this season, and it known simply as the Lance Jeter game. Jeter scored 37 points in the 2005 WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball championship game, including a 3-point buzzer beater at the end of...
High school roundup for Dec. 12, 2024: Bethel Park stages furious 4th-quarter rally to beat Trinity
Ella Sabatos scored 19 points and Bethel Park rallied from a 12-point deficit at the end of the third quarter for a 54-52 victory over Trinity in Section 4-5A girls basketball Thursday night. Fiona O’Neil and Sadie Orie added 15 points apiece for the Black Hawks (3-1, 1-0), who outscored...
Behind ‘best player in Pittsburgh,’ Peters Township speeds past Thomas Jefferson
In an early season WPIAL girls basketball showdown between undefeated teams in Section 4-5A, both Peters Township and Thomas Jefferson started out slow, scoring only two points midway through the first quarter. The difference in the game was the Indians found some offensive rhythm in the second quarter while the...
Burrell girls pull away from Highlands to stay undefeated
Burrell has begun the girls basketball season with five lopsided victories, the latest a 51-25 decision behind 12 points each from Casey Brancato and McKenna Miller on Thursday night at Highlands in the WPIAL Section 1-4A opener for both schools. It is the most points scored so far against the...
Depth, relentless defense carry Penn-Trafford girls past Greensburg Salem for 7-0 start
With a rotation that serves up more reinforcements than the Christmas help at the mall, Penn-Trafford and its long bench are becoming more of a challenge for teams every time they take the court. And, so far, every game has been a win. The third-ranked Lady Warriors broke away from...
Westmoreland County boys basketball notebook: Greensburg Salem coach Paul Sapotichne gets back in saddle
Paul Sapotichne said he didn’t sleep a wink the night before Friday’s opening game at the Hempfield tipoff tournament. Back for a second stint at Greensburg Salem, Sapotichne had coached in over 40 season openers, but this one felt different. “I wasn’t sure what to expect,” said Sapotichne, 71, who...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 11, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Nonsection Baldwin 58, Penn-Trafford 53 Beaver County Christian at Western Beaver, (n) Carrick 72, Apollo-Ridge 37 Chartiers-Houston 72, Brentwood 55 Jeannette at Steel Valley, ppd. Ligonier Valley 70, Leechburg 35 Lincoln Park 63, Hopewell 62 Mars 59, Perry Traditional Academy 31 South Park 68,...
High school roundup for Dec. 11, 2024: North Catholic tops Oakland Catholic in Class 4A girls showdown
Sam Weir hit three 3-pointers and scored 19 points as North Catholic defeated Oakland Catholic, 42-34, in Section 1-4A girls basketball Wednesday night to run its winning streak in section competition to 109 games. North Catholic (1-2, 1-0) jumped out to a 21-4 lead after one quarter and held off...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Dec. 12, 2024: Undefeated teams collide in Class 5A girls basketball
Opening night of the WPIAL girls basketball section schedule arrives with a bang Thursday featuring a battle of unbeatens in Class 5A. Two teams with a combined record of 10-0 and whose average margin of victory combined is 30 points collide in an early season showdown when Peters Township visits...
Burrell girls wrestling team rides pins to win vs. Plum
The Burrell and Plum girls wrestling teams opened the dual-match portion of their schedules Wednesday evening at Plum, and on the strength of three pins and three forfeit victories, the Bucs came away with a 36-24 victory. Burrell entered Wednesday’s match a few days removed from competition at the season-opening...
Derry wrestling team edges powerhouse rival Latrobe
Wrestling fans could not have asked for a better nonsection match Wednesday as two top-10 teams squared off at Latrobe. It was a match that featured two bouts involving PIAA qualifiers and two teams that hope to challenge for WPIAL titles. Jeremiah Gess’s second-period pin helped Derry rally to defeat...
Trib 10: Final power rankings for 2024 season revealed
With the state football championships complete, there have been 37 years of PIAA football playoffs. This season marked only the second time in history the WPIAL missed out on the PIAA parade of champions. With Central Catholic falling to St. Joe’s Prep in 6A and Avonworth losing a heartbreaker to...
Soccer standouts Robin Reilly, Tyler Prex receive All-America recognition
Offensive stalwarts who scored goals as effectively as they created them, a pair of WPIAL soccer standouts received elite recognition Wednesday. Latrobe’s Robin Reilly and Tyler Prex of Seneca Valley, both senior midfielders, were named High School All-Americans by the United Soccer Coaches. Reilly, a West Virginia commit who has...
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Defense paying dividends for Hempfield
Hempfield’s girls know how tough Section 2-6A play is going to be, so they are ramping up by playing the best possible defense they can. “Our help defense is better, and we’re sharing the ball better than in previous years,” guard Mads Pevarnik said. “We work on our shell drill...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Dec. 11, 2024: Girls basketball powers to clash
We hit midweek with a highly anticipated WPIAL girls basketball section opener between two schools that have combined for nearly 30 district championships. North Catholic has won, by far, the most WPIAL girls hoops titles with 23, including one in each of the last three seasons. Oakland Catholic has won...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 10, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 2 Upper St. Clair 57, Norwin 42 Class 5A Section 1 Uniontown 68, Penn-Trafford 64 Nonsection Albert Gallatin 63, Ringgold 45 Aquinas Academy 83, Riverview 44 Armstrong 46, Greensburg Salem 32 Avella 55, West Greene 50 Avonworth 83, Shady Side Academy...
High school roundup for Dec. 10, 2024: Latrobe rallies from double-digit deficit to beat Mars
Max Butler scored 28 points and Latrobe rallied from a 12-point halftime deficit to beat Mars, 83-77, in nonsection boys basketball Tuesday night. John Wetzel and Andy Tatsch each added 16 points and Ian DeCerb had 12 for the Wildcats (4-0). Austen Wrobolewski led the Fightin’ Planets (1-3) with 27...
Upper St. Clair gives coach Danny Holzer career win No. 500
Upper St. Clair boys basketball coach Danny Holzer is starting to get used to this milestone thing. Last month, he celebrated his 60th birthday. Last week, he began his 30th season as head coach of the Panthers. On Tuesday night, he guided his top-ranked USC team to a victory over...
Uniontown survives scare from Penn-Trafford boys
Preseason No. 1 Uniontown was relieved to get out of Penn-Trafford with a win in the Section 1-5A boys basketball opener. Penn-Trafford led only briefly in the first quarter but took the Red Raiders to the limit with a second-half rally that nearly set off the upset alerts. Uniontown watched...
Highlands investigating alleged boys basketball hazing
The PA announcer introduced the Highlands High School boys basketball starters and coach Bill Flow, but he wasn’t there for Tuesday’s game at Hampton. Instead, basketball parent and former assistant Mike Foster coached a scaled-back roster that dressed only nine varsity players while the program faces an investigation into hazing...
WPIAL wrestling rankings: Dec. 10, 2024
Week 1 Team rankings Class 3A Team (record), Last week’s ranking 1. Connellsville (0-0), 1 2. Franklin Regional (3-0), 2 3. Bethel Park (0-0), 3 4. Norwin (7-0), 4 5. North Allegheny (3-1), 6 6. Fox Chapel (1-0), 7 7. Latrobe (0-0), 8 8. Kiski Area (2-2), 9 9. Trinity...
Southmoreland football coach resigns after 4th straight playoff season, citing lack of support
At most of his football coaching stops, Tim Bukowski stayed seven years. That was the case at Monessen, Charleroi, Clairton and, now, Southmoreland. “I am not making it to eight,” said Bukowski, who recently turned in a letter of resignation following his seventh season with the Scotties, the third as...
Joe Naunchik remembered fondly as athlete, football coach after 40 years on area sidelines
Bill Rometo was 5 when he first met Joe Naunchik, then a three-sport star at Plum High School. “He was probably the best athlete to ever come out of Plum,” Rometo said of Naunchik, who was a football standout under Rometo’s father, Bill Rometo Sr. “At that time, my dad...
