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Iyanna Wade set a WPIAL girls basketball single-game scoring record with 65 points, leading Clairton (14-2, 6-2) to a 81-32 victory over Steel Valley (0-17, 0-9) in Section 3-2A Thursday night. Wade broke the record of 62 set by Maude Searcy of Wilkinsburg in a win over Clairton in 1990....

Arianna Bernard made history Dec. 28 at the Powerade girls wrestling tournament at Canon-McMillan. She became the first wrestler to represent the newly formed Valley girls program. “I wrestled at Powerade before, so I knew what to expect,” said Bernard, who wears a brace as part of her ongoing recovery...

As Mt. Pleasant swimming coach Sandy Felice prepares her team for the annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association meet Friday and Saturday at Derry, she told them to be prepared for a battle. Among the top swimmers entered are the Vikings’ Lily King, Kiersten O’Connor and Joseph Gardner. “I expect Kiski...

Some good basketball could be in store on “The Hill” this weekend. The Shootout at Seton Hill, expanded to two days because of its popularity, will be Saturday and Sunday at Seton Hill’s McKenna Center. There will be 11 showcase games over the weekend, eight boys and three girls. The...

Bradyn Foster has heard some trash talk on the court this season, but he welcomes it. “A lot of people have told me I’m not good enough to be where I’m going. That’s one of the biggest things,” Foster said in reference to being a Division I recruit. “I like...

WPIAL champions Nolan DiLucia of Peters Township, Logan Kushner of North Allegheny and Matt Seig of Fort Cherry were three of the six quarterbacks named Thursday as finalists for the Willie Thrower Award. The award is given annually to the top quarterback in the WPIAL or City League. The others...

The WPIAL wrestling committee didn’t waste much time setting up the team tournament. Hours after teams wrapped up section competition Wednesday night, committee officials gathered to slot out pairings Thursday morning. In Class 3A, undefeated Trinity (8-0) was awarded the No. 1 seed and undefeated Franklin Regional (16-0) was picked...

It is late January, and the WPIAL basketball regular season is headed for its final two weeks. That can mean only one thing: another winning streak for Monessen. The Greyhounds (12-2, 4-1), like they have the past two seasons, strung together another tapestry of wins along their chase to another...

High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Class 5A Section 2 Armstrong 63, Plum 62 (OT) Class 4A Section 3 Elizabeth Forward 74, Albert Gallatin 69 Class 3A Section 4 Waynesburg 58, McGuffey 46 Class 2A Section 3 Jeannette 68, Leechburg 21 Class A Section 2 West Greene 46, Monessen 43...

Quentin Goode had 13 points and Class 2A No. 1 Aliquippa used a 19-4 run to open the game to defeat Class 6A No. 3 Central Catholic, 52-45, in nonsection boys basketball Wednesday night. Brandon Banks scored 11 and Josh Pratt finished with 10 for the Quips (11-4). Vernon Settles...

Norwin could have given the game ball to any number of players after an impressive 64-44 win over rival North Allegheny. Junior Kendall Berger had 21 points and made 11 of 12 free throws Thursday night in North Huntingdon. Sophomore Ava Christopher scored 10 and helped sustain a key fourth-quarter...

The WPIAL team wrestling regular season is complete with teams having finished their section schedules Wednesday. There will be 18 qualifying teams in each classification with the top three teams from each section participating in the WPIAL team wrestling playoffs, which start Monday. The brackets will be released Thursday. Here...

Never mind the score. That was expected. So, too, for Burrell, was securing its 20th consecutive WPIAL section championship in wrestling. It was, in fact, a mere formality Wednesday night at Greensburg Salem. No. 2 Burrell needed just 25 minutes to complete a 72-0 rout of the outmanned Golden Lions...

Norwin prepped for the WPIAL Class 3A team tournament with an impressive performance against rival Penn-Trafford on Wednesday. The Knights looked like and wrestled like a team that could be dangerous in the playoffs. Norwin (11-5, 4-1) won 10 of the 13 matches, including four pins, two wins by forfeit...

The second half of section play begins for many girls basketball teams Thursday with a 6A showdown headlining a busy night on the hardwood. Norwin can take a huge step toward an outright Section 1-6A championship with a win Thursday over visiting North Allegheny. The Knights lead the section with...

A week after the WPIAL rejected Farrell’s attempt to join the district, the PIAA also denied the Mercer County school’s request to transfer to the WPIAL. Citing racial issues with schools in District 10, Farrell administrators wanted to rejoin the WPIAL, a district the school used to call home. But...

Burrell junior guard Anna Clark suffered a concussion Jan. 4 against Section 3-3A leader Shady Side Academy. She missed the next four games through a dominating Bucs win over section rival Deer Lakes. Clark returned Jan. 18 for a nonsection matchup with Leechburg and tallied 11 points, nine rebounds and...

Jeannette’s girls basketball team had to cancel Wednesday night’s game at Geibel because it had only four healthy players. Two Jeannette players — Venicia Vignoli and Adrianna Allison — are out with lingering injuries sustained in a car accident Jan. 15. Jeannette’s coach, Anna Leonard, the mother of Vignoli and...

MECHANICSBURG — If the PIAA believes five transfers gave the Aliquippa football team a competitive advantage, Quips coach Mike Warfield wants to know how. The school blitzed the PIAA with statistics about the five players’ limited contributions, the transient nature of the Aliquippa community and even the mismatch in roster...

For the second straight week, the top girls basketball teams in the district continue to flex their collective muscles in showing off their true power. There was zero movement as the 10 girls teams in last week’s power rankings were spotless this past week. The boys teams could not say...

Two of the top teams and rivals in WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball will meet for the second time this season Thursday night when North Allegheny visits Norwin in Section 1. Norwin (13-3, 5-0) is ranked No. 2 and North Allegheny (14-1, 4-1) No. 3 in the TribLive HSSN rankings....

It is a point of pride for the first-year coach at Latrobe, and it makes her eyes light up when it shows itself in key moments, when it is executed properly. “It” is defense. And Latrobe girls basketball coach Mackenzie Livingston teaches it, preaches it and demonstrates it. She thinks...

High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 4A Section 2 Central Valley 56, Blackhawk 41 Beaver 75, Hopewell 41 Lincoln Park 85, Ambridge 50 Class 3A Section 1 Mohawk 63, Freedom 21 Ellwood City 54, Neshannock 47 Beaver Falls 68, New Brighton 62 Section 2 Seton LaSalle 52, South Park...

We hit midweek in the final full week of January with high school action on both the hardwood and the mats. The top four teams in each section qualify for the WPIAL basketball playoffs, and there are two section boys hoops games Wednesday with fourth place up for grabs. In...

As the mercury continues to slide up, taking most of the state out of sub-freezing cold, the top girls basketball teams in the PIAA are also heating up on the hardwood with only two teams falling out of the rankings in the latest Trib HSSN weekly top 5. Archbishop Carroll...