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Freeport’s Julia Cummings steps up in finals to win WPIBL girls singles bowling title
Freeport senior Julia Cummings bowled perfectly well in qualifying at the WPIBL girls singles championships Thursday at AMF Mt. Lebanon Lanes. She rolled a 584 series with a high game of 214 – nothing to sneeze at and good enough for fourth place. Once the single-elimination, step-ladder finals started, though,...
A-K Valley basketball playoff capsules: Games for Feb. 24, 2023
WPIAL Girls Basketball Playoffs Class 4A Quarterfinals 6-Highlands (15-7) vs. 3-Elizabeth Forward (17-5) 6 p.m. Friday at Gateway High School, Monroeville Winner plays: Winner of 7-Beaver Area (14-8) at 2-North Catholic (19-3) on Tuesday in semifinals (site/time TBD) Players to Watch: Kalleigh Nerone, Highlands; Julia Resnik, Elizabeth Forward Layup lines:...
Westmoreland WPIAL basketball playoff capsules: Games for Friday, Feb. 24, 2023
WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 6A Quarterfinals 8-Norwin (14-8) at 1-New Castle (20-2) 7 p.m. Friday, New Castle High School, New Castle Winner plays: Winner of 5-Butler (14-7)/4-Mt. Lebanon(15-7) Tuesday in semifinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Adam Bilinsky, Norwin; Isaiah Boice, New Castle Layup lines: Norwin returns to...
Quaker Valley girls look forward to playoff test against Knoch
There’s no knocking Quaker Valley’s quarterfinal-round playoff opponent. QV’s girls basketball team, which received the No. 4 seed and a first-round bye, will clash with No. 5 Knoch at home Feb. 24 in the WPIAL Class 4A tournament. The Knights (15-8) scooted past No. 12 Hopewell, 53-21, Feb. 21 in...
WPIAL reveals sites, times for Friday’s basketball consolations, Saturday’s semifinals
While the WPIAL prepares to finish the quarterfinals of the 2023 basketball playoffs Thursday and Friday, the matchups are set for the start of the district semifinals Saturday. The WPIAL released the sites and times for the Final Four contests involving boys 5A and A, along with girls 3A and...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 22, 2023
High schools WPIAL playoffs Boys Class 6A Quarterfinals Friday’s schedule Norwin (14-8) at New Castle (20-2), 7 p.m.; Butler (14-7) at Mt. Lebanon (15-7), 7 p.m.; Seneca Valley (9-12) at Upper St. Clair (14-8), 7 p.m.; Baldwin (12-10) vs. Central Catholic (13-9) at Gateway, 7 p.m. Class 5A Quarterfinals Wednesday’s...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 23, 2023: Girls 6A top seed begins title quest
The WPIAL basketball quarterfinals continue Thursday. Fifty years ago, the Upper St. Clair girls basketball team won its first championship, beating North Allegheny in the 1973 Class 3A finals, 41-40. Thirty years ago, USC edged Oakland Catholic, 51-47, to win the 1993 WPIAL 4A title. It was the first of...
Trib 10: Power rankings stay calm before WPIAL playoff storm intensifies
For the first time this season, there were zero changes in the Trib 10 from last week. The elite teams in the district either enjoyed a first-round bye or took care of business in the opening round. However, that will change from now until the end of the PIAA playoffs...
Gateway fights off 4th-quarter rally to stop McKeesport
Because the teams split a pair of section meetings this season, the Gateway boys basketball team knew No. 12 McKeesport was for real way before the Tigers upset No. 5 Moon in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs last week. If the Gators needed another reminder, it...
High school roundup for Feb. 22, 2023: No. 11 Aliquippa girls knock off No. 3 Serra Catholic
Aunesty Johnson scored a game-high 23 points and Angel Henry had 20 points, including the game-tying 3-pointer at the end of regulation, to lead No. 11 Aliquippa to a 60-56 overtime win over No. 3 Serra Catholic in the WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball quarterfinals Wednesday. The Quips (12-9) will...
Penn Hills too much for Mars in Class 5A quarterfinals
Throughout the 2022-23 season, the Penn Hills Indians have flexed their muscles, athleticism and length to have a lot of success, in search of a WPIAL title, which would be the sixth in program history. The story was no different Wednesday in the WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals, as the Indians...
High-scoring duo sends Geibel past Neighborhood Academy in Class A thriller
Before Wednesday’s WPIAL Class A quarterfinal showdown between fourth-seeded Geibel and fifth-seeded Neighborhood Academy, Geibel coach Don Porter instinctively pointed out that the game would be decided in the final four minutes. Actually, it came down to the final seconds. After trailing for more than three quarters, the Gators put...
Top-seeded Peters Township passes another test, tops South Fayette
Not everybody agreed with Peters Township getting the No. 1 seed in the WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball playoffs, but the Indians have passed two exams and are now halfway toward earning their spot at the top of the championship mountain. Peters Township had four players in double-digit scoring as...
Freshman Eric James scores 20 in 4th to help rally North Hills past Fox Chapel
North Hills freshman Eric James put on a show in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal game against Fox Chapel. Maybe he was trying to impress Pitt coach Jeff Capel, who was sitting at the press table watching the game. James scored 20 of his team-high 30...
Carlynton boys take care of business against Monessen in quarters
In a battle of the top two defenses in Class A, No. 3 Carlynton was able to find its offense in the middle quarters and put constant pressure on No. 6 Monessen as the visiting Greyhounds fell in the WPIAL quarterfinals 62-39 on Wednesday night. Monessen only scored in the...
Deep 3 helps Burgettstown girls defeat GCC in Class 2A quarterfinals
With Greensburg Central Catholic advancing on her team in the fourth quarter and momentum slipping away from Burgettstown, Jillian Frazier decided to take the stress out of the situation. In a game that had 15 3-pointers, none were more important — or impressive — than the one Frazier launched from...
Plum’s Cade Schimmer storms to WPIBL boys singles bowling title
Plum sophomore Cade Schimmer barely qualified for the finals of the WPIBL boys singles championships Wednesday at AMF Mt. Lebanon Lanes, but once the single-elimination stepladder finals started, he couldn’t be stopped. Schimmer defeated Butler’s Luke Keane in the finals 195-163 to give Plum back-to-back championships in the event. The...
PIAA cracks down on ‘redshirt’ years taken by junior high athletes
The PIAA is cracking down on junior high athletes who take unofficial redshirt years. Under a new rule interpretation approved Wednesday, students who pass eighth grade and voluntarily repeat that grade will start using up their eight semesters of high school eligibility. The rule change impacts students currently in sixth...
Westmoreland County high school basketball notebook: Latrobe coach proud of team’s effort in his final game
Call it the last dance. Latrobe’s girls gave fourth-seeded Trinity all it could handle in the WPIAL Class 5A first round, falling 69-61 as senior Josie Straigis broke out for a career-high 30 points. The loss ended the Wildcats’ season, but it also signified the end of coach Mark Burkhardt’s...
With boys record broken, Monessen AD quietly holds on to girls WPIAL scoring mark
A basketball used to break the WPIAL girls scoring record sits lonely in a box in Gina Naccarato’s basement. Naccarato is the athletic director at Monessen, her high school alma mater, and has the power to put the ball in the school’s trophy case. But she chooses to keep the...
St. Joseph coach Dennis Jones continues recovery from series of medical issues as team reaches quarterfinals
Dennis Jones watched St. Joseph girls basketball’s first-round playoff victory over Geibel on the team’s Hudl account. Monday’s triumph propelled the Spartans into the WPIAL Class A quarterfinals Thursday at Monessen. Jones, in his fifth year as St. Joseph’s coach, said he is grateful to be able to follow the...
A-K Valley WPIAL basketball playoff capsules: Games for Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023
WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 4A Quarterfinals 4-Hampton (21-2) vs. 5-Highlands (20-3) 8 p.m. Thursday at North Allegheny High School, McCandless Winner plays: Winner of 1-Lincoln Park (22-1)/8-South Allegheny (19-4) in semifinals Monday (site, time TBD) Players to watch: Robert Coll, Hampton; Cam Reigard, Highlands Layup lines: These Section 1...
Westmoreland WPIAL basketball playoff capsules: Games for Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023
Boys Class 4A Quarterfinals 10-Belle Vernon (11-11) vs. 2-Laurel Highlands (20-2) 8 p.m. Thursday, AHN Arena, Peters Township Winner plays: Winner of 6-North Catholic (17-6)/3-Uniontown (19-3) on Monday in semifinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Quinton Martin, Belle Vernon; Rodney Gallagher, Laurel Highlands Layup lines: Belle Vernon advanced to...
Kiski Area grad Ben Fiore to lead boys soccer team at alma mater
Ben Fiore is coming home. The 2015 Kiski Area graduate and former Cavaliers soccer player is the new boys coach at his alma mater. Fiore was hired Monday by the Kiski Area School Board to take over for Sean Arnold, who stepped down after the 2022 season, concluding nine years...
High school roundup for Feb. 21, 2023: Clairton boys, Hampton, Woodland Hills girls pull 1st-round upsets
Kaden Smith scored 22 points as No. 14 Clairton stunned No. 3 Fort Cherry, 53-46, in a WPIAL boys basketball Class 2A first-round playoff game Tuesday night. Devon Dean and Taris Wooding each added eight points for the Bears (11-12), who took an 18-11 advantage after one quarter and led...
