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New aggressive style leads to success on mat for Fox Chapel junior
Alexander Kaufmann started having fun with wrestling again when he decided to change things up. The 152-pound Fox Chapel junior spent this season trying to press the pace and make opponents match his tempo. Kaufmann, who says he spends a lot of time reflecting on matches, was the lone Foxes...
Fox Chapel notebook: Boys basketball battles back to make PIAA playoffs
Getting punched in the gut several times hasn’t deterred the Fox Chapel boys basketball team. The Foxes closed the season on a three-game losing streak and backed into the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. After opening the playoffs with a win over Thomas Jefferson, the Foxes lost 67-62 to North Hills...
Gateway boys turn attention to PIAA basketball playoffs
Kaleb Pryor still feels the sting of the Gateway boys basketball team’s loss to top-seeded Peters Township in the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals Feb. 25. “In a playoff atmosphere like that, in the final four or five minutes of the fourth quarter, it comes down to half-court possessions and playing...
Gateway hopes confidence carries over after strong performance in last year’s baseball playoffs
The Gateway baseball team entered last year’s WPIAL Class 5A playoffs as the 15th seed after tying for fourth place in Section 1 with McKeesport at 3-7. But the Gators didn’t let their seed get to them as they took on No. 2 Bethel Park. Gateway took the eventual PIAA...
Ruby Olliffe, Quaker Valley divers have strong showing at WPIAL meet
Quaker Valley’s Ruby Olliffe repeated as the WPIAL Class 2A runner-up in girls diving. The sophomore diving specialist placed second to North Catholic’s Maggie Foley with a 477.65-point total at the WPIAL finals Feb. 24 at North Allegheny. “It was an incredibly competitive meet. Every girl there came prepared with...
Quaker Valley boys see remarkable season end with playoff loss to Belle Vernon
The section champion Quaker Valley boys basketball team had a tough draw in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs. Really tough. The Quakers, who shared the Section 4-4A championship with South Allegheny and received the No. 7 seed for the playoffs, lost to visiting Belle Vernon, 81-55,...
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Penn-Trafford’s Olivia Pepple, Mt. Pleasant’s Joseph Gardner
Olivia Pepple School: Penn-Trafford Class: Junior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Pepple took over the fourth quarter Thursday against Hampton to keep the Warriors’ season alive. She scored 11 of her 17 points, including a key 3-pointer, as Penn-Trafford won 49-44 to earn seventh place in WPIAL Class 5A. Pepple,...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Fox Chapel’s Sophie Shao, Deer Lakes’ Nate Litrun
Sophie Shao Class: Senior School: Fox Chapel Sport: Swimming Report card: Shao won the 200-yard IM (2 minutes, 2.85 seconds) for the second straight year and the 100-yard butterfly (53.98) for the fourth time at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships Thursday at Pitt’s Trees Pool, and then helped Fox...
Frazier’s Lawrence emerges with 189-pound title at Class 2A Southwest Regional
ALTOONA — It didn’t take long for Rune Lawrence to flash the brilliance of his skills in the sport he loves. Frazier’s dominating 189-pound junior showed why he’s a two-time PIAA Class 2A wrestling champion by registering the only fall in the finals of the Southwest Regional championship tournament Saturday...
Kiski Area’s Klingensmith wins WPIAL Class 3A wrestling title
It turned out to be quite a weekend for the Kiski Area wrestling program. After a subpar regular season for the Cavaliers, the individual tournament brought out a different animal. Senior Ryan Klingensmith dropped two weight classes over the past month and earned the 121-pound title at the WPIAL/PIAA Southwest...
Hempfield edges past Franklin Regional for regional boys team bowling title
After a long day of bowling, made longer by a power outage at AMF Noble Manor Lanes that delayed the start of competition several hours, it all came down to the final frame at the Western Pennsylvania Regional boys team bowling championships Saturday. Hempfield defeated Franklin Regional, 147-145, in the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 4, 2023
High schools Basketball WPIAL playoffs Boys Class 6A Saturday’s result Championship Central Catholic 61, New Castle 52 Class 2A Saturday’s result Championship Aliquippa 52, Northgate 40 Girls Class 5A Saturday’s result Championship South Fayette 64, Oakland Catholic 49 Class 4A Saturday’s result Championship North Catholic 51, Blackhawk 35 Class A...
Behind big night from Dante DePante, Central Catholic stops New Castle to win 2nd WPIAL title
Central Catholic hadn’t won a WPIAL title in 15 years, but Dante DePante made himself at home in Petersen Events Center, an arena that’s about a mile from the Vikings’ gym. The big college floor seemed advantageous, said DePante, who found lanes into the paint and scored a game-high 29...
South Fayette answers challenge from Oakland Catholic to repeat as WPIAL Class 5A champs
On its way to the WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball championship game, South Fayette had dominated its opponents. It wasn’t exactly the same in a matchup against Oakland Catholic on Saturday. After being down at halftime, No. 1 South Fayette needed a third-quarter surge to move past No. 2 Oakland...
In battle of defending champs, North Catholic tops Blackhawk for 22nd WPIAL title
Dacia Lewandowski said she and her North Catholic girls basketball teammates ask themselves “What’s their why?” going into every game. The choice for their “why” going into the WPIAL Class 4A championship game was clear. “Our why was that we were the two seed and we took that personally,” Lewandowski...
Aliquippa rallies past Northgate to win 13th WPIAL basketball championship
Minutes after posing for a championship photo, juniors Cam Lindsey and Quentin Good entered the press room wearing sunglasses Saturday afternoon at Petersen Events Center. Whether it is football or basketball, Aliquippa never seems fazed by the bright lights of WPIAL championship games. Make them play up: Doesn’t matter. Make...
Latrobe’s Vinny Kilkeary, Waynesburg’s Mac Church win 3rd WPIAL titles
Latrobe senior Vinny Kilkeary and Waynesburg senior Mac Church joined an elite group Saturday at the WPIAL/PIAA Southwest Regional Class 3A wrestling tournament at Canon-McMillan High School. They became the 86th and 87th members of the three-time WPIAL champions club. Kilkeary (25-0) won his third consecutive title by dominating Canon-McMillan...
Union comes alive in 4th quarter, tops Aquinas Academy for 1st WPIAL title
The old adage says it’s tough to beat a team three times in the same season, and coming into the WPIAL Class A girls basketball championship game, No. 1 Union had defeated No. 3 Aquinas Academy twice this year. Aquinas Academy looked like it was going to prove the saying...
2023 WPIAL Class 2A swimming championship podium photos
Dozens of student-athletes climbed the stairs at Pitt’s Trees Pool on Thursday and Friday to obtain top-eight medals at the 2023 WPIAL Class 2A swimming championships. Check out a photo gallery courtesy of Tribune-Review photographers Shane Dunlap and Kristina Serafini....
2023 WPIAL Class 3A swimming championship podium photos
Dozens of student-athletes climbed the stairs at Pitt’s Trees Pool on Thursday and Friday to obtain top-eight medals at the 2023 WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships. Check out a photo gallery courtesy of Tribune-Review photographers Shane Dunlap and Kristina Serafini....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 3, 2023
High schools WPIAL playoffs Boys Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Championship New Castle (22-2) vs. Central Catholic (15-9) at Petersen Events Center, 7 p.m. Class 4A Friday’s schedule Championship Lincoln Park 78, North Catholic 68 Class 3A Friday’s schedule Championship Deer Lakes 61, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 60 Class...
Seeds set for 73 WPIAL basketball teams headed to state tournament
The WPIAL consolation “play-in” games have now all been played. With the Path to the Pete complete, the focus turns to the Road to Hershey and the start of the PIAA basketball postseason next weekend. The state basketball playoffs tip off Friday, March 10 and Saturday, March 11. Here is...
2023 WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball championship breakdown: New Castle vs. Central Catholic
WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball championship No. 1 New Castle vs. No. 3 Central Catholic 7 p.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com; Radio: KDKA (1020 AM), KDKA (100.1 FM) WPIAL titles: New Castle, 14 (1927, ‘36, ‘82, ‘93, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, 2012, ‘13, ‘14, ‘17,...
In the end, Lincoln Park too much for North Catholic in Class 4A WPIAL title game
Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings and Meleek Thomas hear praise from many places, but on this championship night, the best accolades came from the coach of the other team. The coach who tried everything to stop them. “You’re talking about the two best players in the area,” North Catholic coach Jim...
WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball championship: Aliquippa vs. Northgate
WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball championship No. 1 Aliquippa vs. No. 6 Northgate 1 p.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com; Radio: WBVP (1230 AM), WBVP (99.3 FM), WMBA (1460 AM) WPIAL titles: Aliquippa 12 (1949, ‘87, ‘88, ‘94, ‘98, 2000, ‘03, ‘04, ‘06, ‘07, ‘15,...
