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North Allegheny notebook: Joey Dopirak surpasses 1,000-point milestone
North Allegheny senior Joey Dopirak poured in 25 points in a 72-53 victory over Pine-Richland on Jan. 30, surpassing 1,000 career points in the process. He became the ninth player in program history to reach the milestone. The senior guard averages 21.3 points for the Tigers, who improved to 8-11...
Murrysville Star notebook: Ex-Franklin Regional lineman getting Division I offers
Lineman Max Leven left Franklin Regional last year and decided to play football at Bridgton Academy (Maine) to sharpen his skills and better prepare to play at a higher level. The plan is working out for the 6-foot-8, 285-pound tackle. Leven received offers to play at Division I-FCS programs Monmouth,...
Hampton junior swimmer moves into fast lane
Hampton junior swimmer Wil Cramer is proving that where there’s a will, there’s a way. After an “annoying” sophomore season that saw him miss qualifying for the WPIAL Class 2A swimming championships by less than a second, Cramer has already punched his ticket in two events, the 200 IM and...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 2, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 70, Butler 63 New Castle 54, Central Catholic 48 Pine-Richland 54, Seneca Valley 44 Section 2 Baldwin 58, Norwin 32 Canon-McMillan 45, Hempfield 44 Mt. Lebanon 60, Upper St. Clair 43 Class 5A Section 1 Bethel Park 74,...
Mt. Lebanon stakes claim in 6A with win over rival Upper St. Clair
Packed together tightly in a sold-out gym, the Mt. Lebanon student section chanted, “We run 6A,” in the final minutes of Friday’s win over rival Upper St. Clair. Senior guard Nate Girod wasn’t ready to make that bold of a statement quite yet, but in a classification looking for a...
High school roundup for Feb. 2, 2024: North Allegheny rallies past Butler to give coach his 500th win
Joe Dopirak and Ty Iwanonkiw scored 17 points apiece to lead North Allegheny to a 70-63 victory over Butler in Section 1-6A boys basketball Friday night, giving Tigers coach Dave DeGregorio his 500th career win. Anthony Sciote added 14 points for North Allegheny (8-11, 6-2), which trailed by seven entering...
WPIAL clinched: Boys basketball playoff qualifiers through Feb. 2, 2024
The stretch run of the 2024 WPIAL boys basketball season is upon us with one week left in the regular season. The WPIAL will release the boys basketball brackets on Tuesday, Feb. 13 and the Playoff Pairings Show will air on Trib HSSN. Here is the latest list of teams...
Aliquippa gets last word in 1st-place showdown with Northgate
With first place in Section 1-2A boys basketball as stake, Aliquippa beat host Northgate by technical knockout. The defending WPIAL champions overcame four technical fouls called against them to win going away, 58-39, and clinch at least a share of the section championship. The verbal sparring between the teams started...
Referee collapses during basketball game at Mt. Pleasant, dies
A referee collapsed during halftime of a junior varsity boys basketball game at Mt. Pleasant and died Friday night. Michael Roebuck, 45, a first-year official from New Stanton, was about to take the court for the second half of a game between Yough and Mt. Pleasant when he dropped to...
Franklin Regional boys dig deep to beat Latrobe with strong 2nd half
Halftime talks are like sales pitches. Some work, and some don’t. When Franklin Regional took a six-point deficit into the break Friday night at Latrobe, coach Jesse Reed only dipped a toe into the conversation. “I put in my two cents, then I left it up to the seniors,” Reed...
Knoch withstands test in victory against Indiana
On this Groundhog Day, the Knoch boys basketball team was looking to avoid a repeat of last Friday, when it was upset at home by Freeport. The Knights were dragged into a rock fight by visiting Indiana through two quarters, but, led by Jackson Bauman, they hit their stride in...
Derry boys clinch playoff spot for 5th time in past 6 seasons with win over Valley
Derry made a trip to Valley and came away with a big boys basketball victory Friday night. Huge, in fact. The Trojans clinched a WPIAL playoff berth for the fifth time in the past six seasons, beating the Vikings, 78-51, behind four double-digit scorers, led by Nate Papuga’s 20 points....
Franklin Regional wrestling team looking to finish WPIAL deal
Franklin Regional wrestling coach Matt Lebe said at the beginning of the season he was excited to see his team grow. And was confident they’d be a different team at the end of the season. Now that the second-seeded Panthers are in the WPIAL Class 3A team semifinals against No....
WPIAL Class 3A team wrestling championship capsules: Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024
WPIAL Team Championships Peters Township’s AHN Arena Saturday Class 3A Semifinals, 1:30 p.m. 1-Trinity (10-0) vs. 4. Bethel Park (11-1) Probable lineups 107: Mickey Horne, Sr., 12-6 or Kai Bland, Fr., 5-7 vs. Jaden Palombine, Jr., 14-11 or Aws Al Saadi, Fr., 4-4 114: Jacob Wright, Fr., 24-9 or James...
WPIAL Class 2A team wrestling championship preview capsules: Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024
WPIAL Team Championships Peters Township’s AHN Arena Saturday Class 2A Semifinals, 10 a.m. 1-Burgettstown (14-0) vs. 5-Mt. Pleasant (12-2) Probable lineups 107: Darius Simmons, Jr., 19-8 or Gage Bradley, So., 5-6 vs. Nick Stabile, Fr., 20-8 114: Noah Leininger, Fr., 17-10 vs. Lowen Springer, So., 3-13 121: Daniel Smith, So.,...
Girls basketball players back former coach Amy Gumbert at McKeesport school board meeting
Dozens of supporters of Amy Gumbert packed Thursday’s school board meeting to speak out for the McKeesport girls basketball coach, who recently resigned. Four players, family members and former assistant coaches spoke in defense of Gumbert at the emotionally charged meeting, which saw the board vote unanimously to accept her...
Mt. Pleasant’s Jackson Hutter makes college decision
An opportunity to play Division I college football has driven Jackson Hutter since he first realized he had the ability to invade opposing backfields and keep teams behind the sticks. A wrecker at 6-foot-1 and 210 pounds, the senior linebacker from Mt. Pleasant continues to be motivated by the chance...
Star tight end among Class of ’24 in Ligonier Valley Athletics Hall of Fame
Former Connecticut tight end Alec Bloom, who went to training camp with the Arizona Cardinals in 2018, is among eight individuals and a team highlighting the 2024 Ligonier Valley Athletics Hall of Fame class. The group will be inducted April 13 during a banquet at The Barn at Ligonier Valley....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 1, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Class 5A Section 3 Gateway 37, Kiski Area 36 (OT) Class A Section 3 Neighborhood Academy 63, Hillel Academy 34 Nonsection Indiana at Burrell, ppd. Nazareth Prep at Perry Traditional Academy, (n) Propel Montour at Northside Urban Pathways, (n) Southwestern Christian Athletic Conference Cheswick...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 2, 2024: Rivals Mt. Lebanon, Upper St. Clair to meet with 1st place on the line
The biggest question on this Groundhog Day among district basketball fans isn’t whether Phil sees his shadow or not, it’s who will end the day in first place in Section 2-6A. Like Punxsutawney Phil on Feb. 2, it seems routine to have the Upper St. Clair and Mt. Lebanon boys...
WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball playoff qualifiers through Feb. 1, 2024
The 2024 WPIAL girls basketball playoff field is taking shape as the regular season has just over one week remaining. The district will release the girls playoff brackets Tuesday, Feb. 13, and Trib HSSN will broadcast the WPIAL Playoff Pairings Show. Here is the updated list of teams that have...
High school roundup for Feb. 1, 2024: Moon girls stun unbeaten Lincoln Park
Maria Depner scored 24 points and Jaedin Griggs added 16 as Moon mounted a fourth-quarter comeback to claim a 66-53 victory and hand Lincoln Park its first loss of the season in Section 4-5A girls basketball Thursday night. Lincoln Park (18-1, 7-1) led by 12 points after three quarters. The...
Norwin’s depth fuels victory over Hempfield as Knights improve to 8-0 in section
Norwin didn’t have its best game offensively on senior night and left the door open just enough for cold-shooting Hempfield to get its hopes up. Senior point guard Bailey Snowberger left the floor just before halftime with a significant nosebleed, and shots were not falling for Norwin as it tried...
Gateway gets much-needed win, surviving against Kiski Area in overtime
Alvis Rogers slid the final bite of a pretzel into his mouth and looked around the visitor’s locker room. Satisfied that everything was in order, the Gateway boys basketball coach, happy to get out of Kiski Area with a victory Thursday night, followed the last of his players into the...
Improvement during season’s 2nd half has Freeport in playoff hunt in Section 1-4A
When reading through the local boys basketball results last weekend, seeing Freeport 61, Knoch 55 might have been a surprise to some. For the Yellowjackets, the upset win over their neighboring rival was a product of hard work and determination that’s led to improvement. It also was a boost as...
