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Penn Hills boys shake off early struggles, begin to hit stride
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...
Plum hockey team rallies after 0-4 start
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...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 11, 2025: Saturday showcases set on hardwood
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 school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 10, 2025
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...
High school roundup for Jan. 10, 2025: Neighborhood Academy rolls past Serra Catholic in Class A No. 1 vs 2 battle
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 lifts No. 2 Greensburg CC over No. 1 Jeannette in much-anticipated showdown
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...
South Allegheny blitzes South Park in battle for 1st place
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 execute game plan to perfection, smother Plum in Class 5A battle
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...
New Castle boys dominate 2nd half, hand Fox Chapel 1st section loss of season
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’s Soto, a former Connecticut state champ, making noise at WCCA wrestling tournament
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 sprints to big lead, routs Greensburg Salem in 3-4A boys basketball
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...
OF Claire Mitchell joins Hempfield pipeline to Division I softball
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...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 9, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Class 6A Section 2 Imani Christian 79, Mt. Lebanon 65 Class 5A Section 2 Indiana 77, Shaler 69 Class 2A Section 3 Chartiers-Houston 61, Beth-Center 45 Nonsection Carrick 63, Clairton 60 (OT) Friday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Fox Chapel at New Castle, 7:30...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 10, 2025: More 1 vs. 2 showdowns set for Friday
What a week it has been for showdowns in WPIAL basketball as we get closer to the midway point of section play in the regular season. On Tuesday, we saw the top two teams collide in boys Class 6A as Imani Christian Academy visited Upper St. Clair, followed on Thursday...
High school roundup for Jan. 9, 2025: South Fayette makes statement in section
Haylie Lamonde scored 16 points as South Fayette grabbed sole possession of first place in Section 3-5A girls basketball with a 72-41 victory over Chartiers Valley on Thursday night. Juliette Leroux had 13 points and Lailah Wright added 11 for the Lions (13-1, 6-0). Emma Reynolds scored 12 points for...
No. 1 Shady Side Academy impresses in decisive win over No. 2 Greensburg Central Catholic
The No. 1 has been following the Shady Side Academy girls basketball team around this season. No. 1 ranking in the WPIAL. No. 1 ranking in the state. No. 1 defensive scoring average in Class 3A. The defending WPIAL champion Bulldogs are also making a one-game-at-a-time go of things as...
Norwin’s Sidun to miss WCCA wrestling tournament, but plenty of quality competitors fill brackets
Seeds for the 71st Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association wrestling tournament were announced Thursday, but the biggest news was one of the top wrestlers would not be competing. Norwin sophomore Landon Sidun, who is ranked No. 1 in the country at 121 pounds, will miss the tournament as he recovers from...
Burrell boys basketball striving for better results in season’s 2nd half
When the season began, Burrell boys basketball Mike Fantuzzo knew it would take time for his team to mesh. After the Bucs’ 78-46 win against Freeport on Tuesday night, he believes the team finally has learned to play together. “I think it was a game where we’re starting to click...
Veteran coaches Joe Salvino, Paul Sapotichne set to square off with Belle Vernon, Greensburg Salem
Call it a coaching matchup for the ages. It is not often that veteran coaches like Joe Salvino and Paul Sapotichne square off in the same gym for a section boys basketball game. Though the WPIAL longtimers have coached against each other before — Sapotichne thinks it wasn’t in “a...
Westmoreland County boys basketball notebook: Norwin dials up long-distance offense
Norwin’s offense has picked up at times this season, and the Knights can give you three good reasons why. The team doesn’t settle for 3-pointers, it thrives on them. The Knights made a concerted effort to get more quality looks on offense under first-year coach Cam Auld, and so far,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 8, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Class 3A Section 4 Southmoreland 64, Ligonier Valley 53 Class 2A Section 1 Frazier 67, California 43 Section 2 Winchester Thurston 71, Propel Braddock Hills 43 Section 3 West Greene 68, Burgettstown 40 Carmichaels 37, Mapletown 27 Class A Section 1 Avella 74, Cornell...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania girls high school basketball rankings for Jan. 8, 2025
A year ago, five districts earned a piece of the championship pie in Hershey with only District 12 winning multiple PIAA titles. Cardinal O’Hara won the Class 6A title while Archbishop Wood brought the 5A golden trophy back to the Philadelphia area. The other four championships went to Blackhawk in...
High school roundup for Jan. 8, 2025: Norwin beats Mt. Lebanon to snap skid
Lexi Heller scored 13 points as Norwin snapped a rare three-game losing streak with a 45-33 victory over Mt. Lebanon in Section 2-6A girls basketball Wednesday night. Ava Christopher and Kendall Berger each added 10 points for the Knights (5-5, 2-1). Payton Collins dropped 18 points for the Blue Devils...
No. 4 Norwin wrestling rallies to defeat rival Penn-Trafford, stay unbeaten
It is not the way Norwin wrestling coach Kyle Martin wanted his team to start the match Wednesday against rival Penn-Trafford. But he was pleased with the way they finished. The No. 4-ranked Knights (12-0, 2-0) lost the first four matches in the Section 9-3A first-place showdown but rallied for...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 9, 2025: Reigning WPIAL champs collide in Class 3A girls basketball
On Tuesday, the spotlight fell on a WPIAL 6A boys basketball showdown between No. 1 Imani Christian and No. 2 Upper St. Clair in a battle of 2024 district champions. Now on Thursday, a similar matchup is set in girls basketball. Reigning WPIAL Class 3A champion Shady Side Academy hosts...
