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Patrick Bulger’s comeback win highlights strong Derry showing at PIAA wrestling championships
HERSHEY — Things did not look good for Derry freshman Patrick Bulger in his debut match at the PIAA Class 2A wrestling championships Thursday. He trailed after one period, but he never lost confidence. He chipped away at the lead against Trinity (District 3) sophomore Cameron Smith. Once Bulger got...
20 WPIAL wrestlers march into quarterfinals at PIAA girls championships
HERSHEY — There’s a song that says the waiting is the hardest part. Tom Petty did not have the PIAA girls wrestling tournament in mind when he sang it, but it is nevertheless true for Moon’s Haley Smarsh. Smarsh had no problem recording her 13th consecutive pin Thursday afternoon at...
A-K Valley PIAA basketball playoff preview capsules for March 6, 2026
PIAA basketball playoffs Boys Class 4A First round Deer Lakes (12-14) at Huntingdon (15-9) 7 p.m. Friday District/place: Deer Lakes, 7-4; Huntingdon, 6-1 Winner plays: Winner of 7-2 Quaker Valley (20-4)/10-3 Hickory (20-6) in second round Tuesday (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Evan Moore, Deer Lakes; Elliott Guisler, Huntingdon...
Deer Lakes’ Marco Mangieri to receive Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame Courage Award
Marco Mangieri is this year’s recipient of the Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame’s Courage Award, the organization announced Thursday. The Deer Lakes School District student, 11, has battled leukemia and has been in remission from the disease for five years. Mangieri was named honorary captain for the Lancers varsity...
Westmoreland County PIAA basketball playoff preview capsules for March 6, 2026
Girls Class 6A First round Norwin (19-5) at Altoona (19-4) 6 p.m. Friday District/place: Norwin 7-2; Altoona 6-1 Winner plays: Winner of 3-6 Mechanicsburg (20-5)/1-2 Pennsbury (20-5) in second round Tuesday (time, site TBD). Players to watch: Ava Christopher, Norwin; Brionna Hudson, Altoona Layup lines: Norwin made the WPIAL finals...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 4, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys First round Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Cedar Cliff (18-8) at Plymouth-Whitemarsh (22-4), 1 p.m.; Wilkes-Barre (13-10) at Bethlehem Liberty (17-10), 2:30 p.m.; Cheltenham (19-8) at Central York (22-3), 1 p.m.; Spring-Ford (18-8) at Father Judge (15-11), 2 p.m.; Garnet Valley (17-8) vs. Imhotep Charter (21-6) at...
Deer Lakes boys ready to make most of this PIAA trip
Collin Rodgers has a more clear perspective on how difficult it is to win. The Deer Lakes senior will play in the PIAA boys basketball playoffs for the third time in four seasons when the Lancers take on District 6 championship Huntingdon at 7 p.m. on Friday on the road...
High school roundup for March 4, 2026: Morgantown tops Deer Lakes in PIHL D2 playoffs
Dominic Petrucci and Cooper Cox scored 10 seconds apart late in the second period to lead defending champion Morgantown to a 4-1 victory over Deer Lakes in the PIHL Division 2 hockey playoffs Wednesday night. No. 8 Deer Lakes (9-12) scored first on a goal by Brayden Wilhelm less than...
Monessen boys team ready to bounce back at PIAAsVideo
Monessen ran into a buzzsaw in the WPIAL boys basketball semifinals but bounced back to finish third in WPIAL Class A. Though a 51-20 loss to eventual champion Neighborhood Academy taught the Greyhounds a few things about themselves and served as a measuring stick for their standing in the postseason,...
What to watch for in high school sports on March 5, 2026: Semifinal brackets to be filled in PIHL ice
The PIHL Penguins Cup quarterfinals conclude with three more high school hockey playoff games Thursday. Two PIHL powers are set to clash to determine the final piece of the Class A semifinal puzzle with a battle of the Valleys. No. 6 Chartiers Valley challenges No. 3 Quaker Valley at the...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania boys high school basketball rankings for March 4, 2026
You want changes? We got changes. Following a regular season in which the best teams in the state did a good job of holding their own, the district championships led to nine teams falling out of the Trib HSSN boys basketball Top 5. Just about all of the teams ranked...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania girls high school basketball rankings for March 4, 2026
As we prepare to cut the ribbon on the Road to Hershey, the district championship results across the state led to a new look to the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings. Seven teams up and down the six classifications saw their dreams of a district title come up short,...
High school sports scores, schedules for March 3, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys First round Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Cedar Cliff (18-8) at Plymouth-Whitemarsh/Coatesville winner, TBD; Wilkes-Barre (13-10) at Bethlehem Liberty (17-10), 2:30 p.m.; Cheltenham (19-8) at Central York (22-3), 1 p.m.; Spring-Ford (18-8) at Father Judge (15-11), 2 p.m.; Garnet Valley (17-8) vs. Imhotep Charter (21-6) at Lincoln...
High school roundup for March 3, 2026: No. 7 Latrobe upsets No. 2 Armstrong in quarterfinals
Colton Goodlin and Preston Miller each had a goal and assist, and Brogan Murphy also scored as No. 7-seeded Latrobe defeated No. 2 Armstrong, 3-1, in the PIHL Class 2A Penguins Cup quarterfinals Tuesday at Belmont Complex. Eli Meeder and Cam Mikulsky added helpers for the IceCats. Reese Myers made...
Trib 10: WPIAL champion Upper St. Clair, South Fayette stay atop power rankings
Welcome to the post-championship edition of the Trib 10 basketball power rankings. These rankings include the six WPIAL crowned champions and four district runners-up. Moving forward, teams that qualified for the PIAA postseason but were not a part of the party at The Pete, could soon return to the Trib...
Plum’s Owen Campbell among A-K Valley wrestlers looking to go for gold at PIAAs
Owen Campbell checked a box on his senior-year goals list when he won his 100th match at the North Hills Duals in December. Another goal the Plum senior targeted was the 130-win mark, which would put him in even more select company on the Plum all-time wins list. He earned...
Derry’s Keesecker brother-sister combo make history, hope to medal at state wrestling
It could be a big weekend in Hershey for the Keesecker and Kolesar families. They are the first brother/sister duos to compete in the PIAA wrestling championships, which begin Thursday at Giant Center. The tournament runs through Saturday. Mason Keesecker and Kaila Keesecker are from Derry, and Asher Kolesar and...
PIAA wrestling preview: Norwin’s Sidun looks to rebound after regional loss
DuBois sophomore Matt Gallegos shocked the wrestling community Feb. 28 when he upset Norwin junior Landon Sidun in the PIAA Class 3A West Regional finals. But Sidun was back to work trying to correct his mistakes. “There are things I can do better,” Sidun said. “He wrestled a good match,...
Ligonier Valley boys ready for 1st PIAA basketball tournament in 6 years
The last time Ligonier Valley made the PIAA boys basketball playoffs, assistant coach Michael Marinchak was a star player for the Rams. It was 2019-20, and Marinchak was a goggle-eyed sharpshooter who led Ligonier Valley to a 23-4 season the year before the school rejoined the WPIAL. The Rams lost...
Westmoreland County high school basketball notebook: Greensburg CC’s Erica Gribble still has goals to strive for
Erica Gribble’s checklist still has a few empty boxes, a couple of which have been added late in the season. So far, the standout senior point guard from Greensburg Central Catholic has: • Broken the GCC girls and boys all-time scoring records. • Scored more than 2,000 career points. •...
Behind hat trick from Grant Weaver, Mars wins battle of division rivals with Plum in PIHL playoffs
The Mars hockey team won the first meeting this season with Plum, taking a three-goal victory in November in the home-and-home series between PIHL Class A Blue division rivals. The Mustangs returned the favor in the rematch a month later with a shootout triumph, handing the tournament’s No. 1 seed...
Penn-Trafford uses 3-goal burst in 2nd period to top Shaler in Penguins Cup quarterfinals
One of the sayings for the Penn-Trafford hockey team has been to “race to the next goal.” No matter if they’re up a goal, losing or tied, the Warriors knew getting that next goal was a major step in coming away with a win during the Penguins Cup Class 2A...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 2, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys First round Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Cedar Cliff (18-8) at Plymouth-Whitemarsh/Coatesville winner, TBD; Wilkes-Barre (13-10) at Bethlehem Liberty (17-10), 2:30 p.m.; Cheltenham (19-8) at Central York (22-3), 1 p.m.; Spring-Ford (18-8) at Father Judge (15-11), 2 p.m.; Garnet Valley (17-8) vs. Imhotep Charter (21-6) at Lincoln...
High school roundup for March 2, 2026: Seneca Valley, Avonworth begin Penguins Cup title defenses
Owen Martin had a goal and an assist to lead top-seeded Seneca Valley to a 5-1 victory over No. 8 Upper St. Clair in the PIHL Class 3A Penguins Cup quarterfinals Monday night. Ethan Riffe Jr. and Carter Hoehn scored in the first period and Carson Lindberg and Braden Morin...
What to watch for in high school sports on March 3, 2026: Class 3A hockey rivals to face off
The PIHL Penguins Cup Playoffs continue with Day 2 of the high school hockey quarterfinals. The margin between two PIHL Class 3A rivals was tight all season, until the end when there was no difference. Both North Allegheny and Pine-Richland finished in a tie for fourth place along with Central...
