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Pine-Richland notebook: Rams wrestlers earn postseason win
Mac Miller and Vaughn Spencer took the final two bouts as Pine-Richland wrestling rallied to win its first playoff dual meet since 2020 with a 38-35 win over Hempfield in a WPIAL Class 3A preliminary round match Jan. 29. It was the fourth postseason win in program history. The Rams...
Gateway unified bocce players finding success, enjoyment in 2nd season
Alyssa Fritz joined the Gateway unified bocce team in its inaugural season last year and helped the team make the playoffs. One of the team’s special education members who competes in concert with general education students in the Three Rivers Region of the Special Olympics of Pennsylvania Unified Champion Schools...
Elizabeth Forward grad Luke Padezan takes reins as Gateway’s new baseball coach
Luke Padezan is ready to get going as Gateway’s new head baseball coach. The former standout player at both Elizabeth Forward and Penn State Greater Allegheny was hired by the district Jan. 29, ending a several-months process to find the next man at the top of the Gators program since...
Sewickley Academy dedicates basketball court for late coach, athletic director Win Palmer
It was a gratifying yet somewhat sad day at Sewickley Academy. On Jan. 20, the basketball court in the Means Alumni Gymnasium and Events Center was dedicated and named for Win Palmer during Spirit Day. Palmer, beloved former coach and director of athletics at Sewickley Academy, died Aug. 31, 2023,...
Penn-Trafford’s Patton Graziano wins 2 gold medals at WCCA meet to lead Water Warriors
Penn-Trafford senior swimmer Patton Graziano turned in another top performance at the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association meet Jan. 27. He was among 10 Water Warriors to earn medals at the annual meet at Derry. Graziano won the boys 100-yard freestyle and 100 backstroke. He also was on the 200 medley...
High school sports schedules for Feb. 5, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule Class 2A Section 3 Greensburg Central Catholic at Clairton, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Perry Traditional Academy at Riverview, 6 p.m. Propel Andrew Street at Propel Montour, 7 p.m. Girls Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Hempfield, 7:30 p.m. North Allegheny at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 3, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results Class 3A Section 4 Washington 37, Mt. Pleasant 36 (OT) Class 2A Section 3 Serra Catholic 71, Jeannette 65 Class A Section 3 Imani Christian 72, Neighborhood Academy 56 Win Palmer Memorial Classic At Sewickley Academy Eden Christian 67, Quaker Valley 55 Avonworth 52,...
WPIAL team wrestling results for Feb. 3, 2024
Class 3A At AHN Arena, Peters Township Championship Connellsville 33, Trinity 32 127: Zane Garner (T) p. Chase Sparks, 5:16 133: Kai Vielma (C) p. Devin Junko, 1:26 139: Blake Reihner (T) m.d. Julian Ruggieri, 15-5 145: Evan Petrovich (C) p. Luke Poland, 2:32 152: Thomas Allison (T) p. Kolten...
High school roundup for Feb. 3, 2023: Imani Christian tops Neighborhood Academy in battle of 1 vs. 2
Nate Brazil scored 18 points to lead No. 1 Imani Christian to a 72-56 victory over No. 2 Neighborhood Academy in a Section 3-A clash Saturday between the top two teams in the Trib HSSN Class A boys basketball rankings. RJ Sledge added 17 points for the Saints (8-9, 7-0)....
Connellsville edges Trinity for 8th WPIAL team wrestling title
It’s been 15 years since the Connellsville wrestling program celebrated a WPIAL Class 3A title. The long wait ended Saturday. The Falcons claimed their eighth WPIAL title by rallying to defeat top seed Trinity, 33-32, at Peters Township’s AHN Arena. The win capped off four exciting matches in the semifinals...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: P-T’s Olivia Pepple, Ligonier Valley’s Parker Hollick
Olivia Pepple School: Penn-Trafford Class: Senior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: A recent 1,000-point career scorer, Pepple poured in a personal-best 29 points in a 58-50 victory over Montour. She made four 3-pointers in the victory. Pepple added 12 points later in the week in a loss to Oakland Catholic....
WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending February 4, 2024
WPIAL boys basketball rankings Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Mt. Lebanon, 16-3, 2 2. Baldwin, 15-4, 3 3. Upper St. Clair, 13-5, 1 4. Central Catholic, 11-8, 4 5. North Allegheny, 9-10, NR Out: Butler (14-4, 5) Class 5A 1. Moon, 16-3, 1 2. Franklin Regional, 17-2, 3...
Burrell ends drought, wins WPIAL Class 2A wrestling title
The drought is over. The WPIAL Class 2A wrestling title is headed back to Burrell after a two-year absence. Burrell claimed its 18th team title Saturday at Peters Township’s AHN Arena by defeating 2023 champion Burgettstown, 41-20, in the finals. The Bucs decked Quaker Valley, 44-17, in the semifinals. Burrell...
Trib HSSN girls basketball rankings for Feb. 3, 2024
WPIAL girls basketball rankings Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Peters Township, 19-0, 1 2. Norwin, 16-3, 2 3. North Allegheny, 17-2, 3 4. Upper St. Clair, 11-9, NR 5. Chartiers Valley, 14-4, 4 Out: Seneca Valley (12-7, 5) Class 5A 1. Oakland Catholic, 20-0, 1 2. McKeesport, 16-2,...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Kiski Area’s Eliza Miller, Highlands’ Cameron Reigard
Eliza Miller Class: Senior School: Kiski Area Sport: Swimming Report card: Kiski Area senior Eliza Miller won a pair of gold medals for the third straight season at the WCCA swimming championships Jan. 27. The two-time Valley News Dispatch athlete of the year won the 500-yard freestyle (5:04.80) and 100...
Senior Meghan Murray breaks program scoring mark as Hampton girls hit stride
Hampton star guard Meghan Murray sank a half-court shot to end the first quarter against Mars on Jan. 22, but her next basket was even more dramatic. Minutes after her buzzer-beater, Murray scored on a fast-break layup in the second quarter to become the girls basketball program’s all-time scoring leader....
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Roundball Classic finds new home
The Roundball Classic is changing locations. Allen Deep, who has been running the event for decades, said the 20th installment of the all-star basketball weekend will move to North Allegheny. Games traditionally have been played at Geneva College. This year’s event will be May 9-12. “The nice thing is that...
Fox Chapel notebook: Wrestling team advances to WPIAL quarterfinals
The Fox Chapel wrestling team demonstrated in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class 3A team tournament what it has shown all season. The Foxes weren’t going to be an easy out for any team. A week after sealing its first section title since the early 1970s, Fox Chapel won its...
Junior guard willing to do whatever it takes to help Fox Chapel girls win
Natalia Schaffer always looks for ways to improve on the basketball court. The Fox Chapel junior guard has been working on playing bigger than she is. With the Foxes being forced to be flexible this season, everyone has found different ways to contribute. After Fox Chapel’s 49-46 win over Hampton...
Yough scoring sensation Terek Crosby’s grand plan includes 2k run
The thought of scoring 2,000 career points brings a smile to Terek Crosby’s face. It makes him daydream and drift off course for a minute before he quickly snaps back to the present. It’s like he’s hypnotized and someone snaps their fingers and brings him back. Reaching the coveted milestone...
Plum girls wrestlers having strong seasons ahead of postseason tournaments
Alaina Claassen waited nearly nine months to get back into wrestling competition. A knee injury suffered last year slowed her progress as a freshman. But when given the OK, she put on a knee brace and wrestled 17 matches, going 14-3 and finishing her season at the state tournament. Surgery...
Plum adds girls flag football team for this spring
Seventeen schools throughout the Pittsburgh region were part of a high school girls flag football league last spring. The success of the league, entering its third season in 2024, has spurred other schools to get involved. That energy and interest has grown at Plum for several years, and now a...
Norwin notebook: Alex Thomas shines at PIHL all-star game
Alex Thomas delivered two goals and two assists as the Blue team tied the Gold team, 6-6, in the PIHL Class 2A all-star game on Jan. 28 at the Robert Morris Island Sports Center. Norwin’s Aaron Varrati added two assists for the Blue. Thomas recently returned to Norwin’s team after...
Norwin girls soccer coach steps down
Citing personal reasons, Norwin girls soccer coach Diane Metzger resigned after three seasons with the program. Metzger, a former PIAA champion with Norwin as a player in 1996, had a record of 22-20-2 with one playoff appearance and one postseason win. “I hope to be back in the soccer world...
‘Excellence has to be earned’: North Allegheny swimmers aim to maintain streak of WPIAL championships
The North Allegheny swimming team owns a WPIAL championship streak that’s older than some kids on the roster. The girls have won 15 consecutive WPIAL team titles, a streak that they started in 2009. With seniors Natalie Sens and Greta Mott among the WPIAL’s fastest swimmers again this winter, and...
