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Hempfield, Penn-Trafford wrestlers have big 1st night at PIAA West Regional
It was quite a night for wrestlers from Hempfield and Penn-Trafford during the first day of the PIAA Class 3A West Regional. Hempfield senior Nate Caracciolo pulled off two upsets Friday at Canon-McMillan and advanced to the final day of the tournament. Wrestlers who reach the semifinals need only one...
Derry sends 5 to semifinals at PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional tournament
Derry sent five of its six WPIAL champions through to the semifinals on the first day of the PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional tournament Friday in Altoona. Mason Keesecker (107) and Patrick Bulger (114) advanced in the lower weights and Ewan Olson (160), Mason Horwat (172) and Brady Brown (189)...
South Fayette pulls away from Thomas Jefferson, regains WPIAL Class 5A titleVideo
South Fayette’s girls basketball team won its fourth WPIAL title in five years Friday night, defeating feisty Thomas Jefferson, 57-38, in the Class 5A championship game at Petersen Events Center. The Lions used a 27-10 run in the game’s last 10 minutes to pull away. They racked up 21 fourth...
Confident Kunkle wins gold in the girls WPIAL Class 3A 100 breaststroke; Fox Chapel girls finish strong
Leah Kunkle was confident. The Kiski Area junior knew her ability to swim well in the 100-yard breaststroke at Friday’s WPIAL Class 3A championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool. But she also understood how talented the others in her heat were and what she needed to do to win gold. All...
Latrobe senior flirts with record, wins breaststroke gold at WPIAL swim meet
Chris Heese had several things on his mind Friday as he approached his final varsity individual swim at the WPIAL Class 3A championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Latrobe senior and Swathmore College commit was after his second title in the 100-yard breaststroke while also going for the WPIAL record...
Armstrong wins Western Pa Regional boys team title
After dropping the first game of the semifinals to Meadville/Cochranton, Armstrong’s back was to the wall. That’s when the River Hawks bowled their best. Armstrong rallied to win the semifinals in three games, then swept top-seeded New Castle in the finals, winning the Western PA Regional boys team bowling championship...
Northgate boys, Indiana girls claim WPIAL Class 2A swimming titles
The Indiana girls won their first WPIAL girls swimming championship last winter. As an encore, they followed that up with a second straight Class 2A title. It was a bit longer for the Northgate boys team, as Flames’ first title came in 2018. Championship No. 2 came Friday at Pitt’s...
Sewickley Academy overpowers frustrated Jeannette to win WPIAL Class 2A title
Jeannette coach Adrian Batts said the taller basketball team isn’t always the best team. But on this occassion, it was. This WPIAL Class 2A championship game was played at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center, but it was more Victory Heights for these Panthers. Second-seeded Sewickley Academy used its size, casting a...
‘Incredible experience’ as St. Joseph girls bowling preps for 1st appearance in regionals
For the first time in program history, the St. Joseph girls bowling team competed at the WPIBL championships and will make its first trip to the west regional team competition set for Sunday at AMF Bowlero on Noblestown Road. That feat is not lost on junior Louisa Palumbo, one of...
2026 WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball championship breakdown: Chartiers Valley vs. Thomas Jefferson
No. 1 Chartiers Valley vs. No. 3 Thomas Jefferson 7 p.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center Audio broadcast: Trib HSSN WPIAL titles: Chartiers Valley 7 (2025, ‘15, ‘10, ‘04, ‘01, 1998, ‘97); Thomas Jefferson 0 Chartiers Valley (22-2) Coach: Corey Dotchin Projected starting lineup No., Name, Ht., Cl., Pos. 0, Luca...
In star-crossed WPIAL final, Serra Catholic gets past Geibel Catholic to win Class A crownVideo
The clash between Section 2-A co-champions in the WPIAL girls basketball finals became more about a battle to overcome adversity. In the end, Serra Catholic won the rubber game and, more importantly, district gold, by edging Geibel Catholic, 47-46, on Friday at the Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. “Girls basketball is...
2026 WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball championship breakdown: South Allegheny vs. Aliquippa
No. 8 South Allegheny vs. No. 2 Aliquippa 1 p.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center Audio broadcast: Trib HSSN WPIAL titles: Aliquippa 14 (2024, ‘23, ‘16, ‘15, ‘07, ‘06, ‘04, ‘03, ‘00, 1998, ‘94, ‘88, ‘87, ’49), South Allegheny 1 (2025) South Allegheny (16-8) Coach: Tony DiCenzo Projected starting lineup No.,...
2026 WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball championship breakdown: Neshannock vs. Winchester Thurston
WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball championship No. 1 Neshannock vs. No. 2 Winchester Thurston 11 a.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center Audio broadcast: Trib HSSN WPIAL titles: Neshannock 3 (2022, ‘21, ‘19); Winchester Thurston 2 (2018, ‘17) Neshannock (21-3) Coach: Luann Grybowski Projected starting lineup No., Name, Ht., Cl., Pos. 1,...
2026 WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball championship breakdown: Blackhawk vs. Oakland Catholic
WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball championship No. 1 Blackhawk vs. No. 2 Oakland Catholic 3 p.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center Audio broadcast: Trib HSSN WPIAL titles: Blackhawk 8 (2022,’15, ‘14, ‘11, ‘00, 1999, ‘97, ‘96); Oakland Catholic 7 (2025, ‘06, ‘05, ‘02, ‘01, ‘00, 1999) Blackhawk (22-0) Coach: Greg Huston...
North Allegheny sweeps 2026 WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships
After building commanding leads Thursday, the North Allegheny boys and girls swim teams captured WPIAL Class 3A championships Friday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Tigers boys won their fourth straight title with a score of 483 points. On the girls side, the Tigers claimed their 18th straight championship and 29th...
2026 WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball championship breakdown: Norwin vs. Canon-McMillan
WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball championship No. 2 Norwin vs. No. 1 Canon-McMillan 5 p.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center WPIAL titles: Norwin 3 (2024, ’16, ’15); Canon-McMillan 0 Norwin (19-4) Coach: Brian Brozeski, Norwin Projected starting lineup No., Name, Height, Class, Position 12, Kylie Rodkey, 5-8, sr., G 15, Anna...
Norwin, Canon-McMillan ready to grind it out in WPIAL championship game
When Norwin played Canon-McMillan in early January, the Knights scored 22 points in the fourth quarter and won 56-52. When the teams met for a second time earlier this month, Norwin sputtered and managed only two points in the third quarter in a 44-37 loss. The Knights put up 17...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls turn focus to states after WPIAL title-game loss
Jayla Peterson had an ice wrap on her shoulder after Greensburg Central Catholic fell to Shady Side Academy, 57-40, on Thursday night in the WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball championship game at Petersen Events Center. The Centurions senior guard, though, isn’t ready to wrap up her final prep season. “I...
Northgate, Indiana open WPIAL Class 2A swim meet with gold-medal performances
After winning their first team championship last year, the Indiana girls had a good day at the WPIAL Class 2A swimming championships Thursday at Pitt’s Trees Pool, taking an eight-point lead in the team race over Franklin Regional, 175-167. On the boys side, Northgate has an even slimmer lead over...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 26, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Friday’s schedule Upper St. Clair (23-1) vs. New Castle (23-1) at Petersen Events Center, 9 p.m. Class 5A Championship Saturday’s schedule Chartiers Valley (22-2) vs. Thomas Jefferson (23-2) at Petersen Events Center, 7 p.m. Third place Thursday’s results Hampton 61, Moon...
High school roundup for Feb. 26, 2026: Hampton boys, Upper St. Clair, Chartiers-Houston girls take 3rd place
Gavin Guinn hit seven 3-pointers and finished with 25 points to lead 10th-seeded Hampton to a 61-59 overtime victory over No. 4 Moon in the WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball third-place game Thursday night. Jonas Cupps added four 3-pointers and 16 points for the Talbots (16-8). Caleb Waclawski scored 18...
Knoch downs Quaker Valley in Class 4A final to win 1st WPIAL championshipVideo
Knoch boys basketball senior guard Teegan Finucan dreamed of winning a championship with his friends long before he ever wore a varsity jersey. Finucan’s conversations in the lunchroom at elementary school were innocent notions of far-off glory. The third-seeded Knights delivered Thursday night at Petersen Events Center, knocking off top-seeded...
In championship rematch, Shady Side Academy drops Greensburg Central Catholic for Class 3A title
Shady Side Academy coach Jonna Burke called Karis Thomas, her senior point guard, “the epitome of calm” after the Bulldogs became WPIAL girls basketball champions for a second time. “I mean, nothing gets to her,” Burke said. “She never ceases to amaze me.” Once a wide-eyed 9-year-old who appeared on...
With eye on state wrestling gold, Kiski Area, Southmoreland girls turn focus to regionals
Southmoreland senior Zoey Murphy and Kiski Area senior Ava Golding have earned medals in the PIAA girls wrestling championship. But will the third time be a charm for the duo as they look to win state gold? Murphy and Golding have a PIAA Western Regional to work through before they...
Fox Chapel freshmen make big splash at WPIAL swim meet
Ellie Lange and Delaney O’Toole didn’t let the pressure of their first WPIAL swimming championship overtake them. In fact, the Fox Chapel freshmen thrived. Lange and O’Toole won Class 3A titles in their individual swims Thursday and also helped the 200-yard medley relay team capture gold. Lange outdistanced the field...
