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Hempfield, Neshannock, Butler win PIAA competitive spirit championships
Hempfield and Neshannock defended their state championships, and Butler returned to the top of the podium at the PIAA competitive spirit championships Saturday. Hempfield repeated as Class 3A Large Varsity Division champion. Neshannock went back-to-back in the Class 2A Large Varsity Division. Butler won the Coed Varsity Division after taking...
WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 29, 2023
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Upper St. Clair, 14-2, 2 2. North Allegheny, 11-4, 4 3. Norwin, 15-3, 1 4. Mt. Lebanon, 13-5, 3 5. Butler, 10-7, NR Out: Chartiers Valley (9-6, 5) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. South Fayette, 16-2, 1 2. Oakland Catholic, 16-2,...
WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 29, 2023
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. New Castle, 15-2, 1 2. Central Catholic, 9-7, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 12-5, 3 4. Butler, 13-4, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 10-8, 5 Out: none Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Penn Hills, 12-2, 1 2. Peters Township, 14-3, 4 3....
PIAA working to solve shortage of sports officials
Greg Fenton recently had a rare Tuesday night off. The junior varsity basketball game he was scheduled to officiate was postponed. So instead of working a game, he watched a video stream from his Latrobe home of the Wildcats taking on Quaker Valley. Far from the sounds of screaming coaches...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Kiski Area’s Veronica Flanagan, Springdale’s Mason Gent
Veronica Flanagan Class: Sophomore School: Kiski Area Sport: Bowling Report card: Flanagan rolled a 580 three-game series to finish fourth at the second annual Westmoreland County Coaches Association bowling championships Jan. 21, at Hillview Lanes in Greensburg. She also helped Kiski Area capture the girls team title with 2,514 pins....
Riverview’s Anthony Tigano displays improvement with medal at Allegheny County tournament
With a medal on the line at the Allegheny County tournament Jan. 21 at Fox Chapel, Riverview sophomore Anthony Tigano got the job done. The first-year varsity wrestler at Riverview scored a 2-0 victory over Hampton’s Nate Glock at heavyweight to secure the fifth-place spot on the podium. “He looked...
North Allegheny notebook: Jasmine Timmerson surpasses 1,000-point milestone
Pitt recruit Jasmine Timmerson scored 14 points to reach the 1,000-point mark for her career as North Allegheny defeated Hempfield, 59-44, in Section 1-6A girls basketball Jan. 19. Caroline Henderson scored 15 points for the Tigers (9-4, 4-1). The Tigers (10-4) beat McDowell, 62-44, on Jan. 21. Timmerson had 23...
With county title secured, Franklin Regional senior looks to take next step
Franklin Regional senior Gavyn Beck knows what he has to do if he wants to achieve his goal this season: work harder. Beck is fourth in the Trib HSSN individual rankings at 160 pounds in Class 3A behind West Allegheny junior Shawn Taylor, Chartiers Valley senior Dylan Evans and Butler...
Franklin Regional notebook: Bowlers claim county titles
Brandon Smith is the captain of the Franklin Regional boys bowling team. For at least one day, he was the man at Hillview Lanes in Greensburg. Smith won the boys individual championship at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association Championships. Smith rolled a three-game series of 696 with a 246 in...
Hampton sophomore reaching new heights in competitive climbing
Hampton’s Pax Carslaw is starting to get a grip on competitive climbing. The 15-year-old sophomore was tied for No. 1 in his age group in the final 2022 USA Climbing Youth Boulder Region 62 rankings and is preparing to compete at the Division 6 championships Feb. 11-12 in Chicago. Carslaw...
Fox Chapel 189-pounder coming into his own after strong showing at county meet
Trevor Katz received an unorthodox scouting report on his 189-pound quarterfinal opponent in the Allegheny County Wrestling Championships long before the match Jan. 20 at Fox Chapel. Highlands’ Tyler Bender had received high marks for his character from Katz’s mom. Colleen Katz teaches English at Highlands and told Trevor how...
With speedy senior providing spark, Fox Chapel hockey scorching PIHL opponents
Good luck trying to intimidate Fox Chapel senior forward Sam Smith off the puck. Playing varsity hockey as a sophomore hardened Smith to the challenges of life in the PIHL. Two years ago, Smith was trying to stop players that were much more physically mature than him. Smith, who is...
No. 1 Lincoln Park uses ‘organized mayhem’ to defeat North Catholic, strengthen section lead
“Organized mayhem” is the way Lincoln Park’s boys basketball team describes its offense. Sure, there are only a few set plays used, and the shooters might put up some surprising shots, but they say that’s all by design. Besides, who can argue with the results? Leopards stars Brandin Cummings and...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 28, 2023: Weekend schedule packed with basketball showcases
Some of the top district boys and girls basketball teams will be in action this weekend at Montour as part of the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Hall of Fame Classic. There are 13 boys games with eight on Saturday and five on Sunday. Here is the Saturday schedule: • Brashear vs....
Mars outduels North Hills on Tasso Sfanos buzzer-beating 3-pointer
Tasso Sfanos knew it was in as soon as the ball left his hand. Considering what he had accomplished already, his confidence was understandable, but the degree of difficulty he pulled off to hit a buzzer beater can’t be understated. Sfanos had three defenders on him and had to adjust...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 27, 2023
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 New Castle 62, North Allegheny 55 Central Catholic 60, Pine-Richland 44 Butler 78, Seneca Valley 71 Section 2 Norwin 57, Canon-McMillan 39 Mt. Lebanon 50, Baldwin 49 Upper St. Clair 67, Hempfield 65 (OT) Class 5A Section 1 Peters...
High school roundup for Jan. 27, 2023: Steel Valley’s Makhai Valentine, Aquinas Academy’s Vinnie Cugini threaten WPIAL records
Makhai Valentine threatened the WPIAL single-game scoring record with 63 points in a 100-70 victory for Steel Valley over Brentwood in Section 2-3A boys basketball Friday night. led Steel Valley (9-9, 7-2) with 63 points and Nahjir Norris added 14 points for the Ironmen (9-9, 7-2). Carter Betz poured in...
Mt. Lebanon gets past Baldwin in tightly contested section clash
The Section 2-6A battle between first-place Mt. Lebanon and third-place Baldwin had all the making of overtime on Friday. Through three quarters, the game was tied as the visiting Blue Devils’ score by quarters was 10, 10, 16 while the Highlanders’ scoring line read 16, 10, 10. In the fourth...
Despite rough going, Belle Vernon boys get past Southmoreland
Feeling like his team got away with something in its latest win — the first of three straight games this weekend for Belle Vernon — boys basketball coach Joe Salvino showed more frustration than content as he emerged from the locker room on Friday night and climbed the stairs back...
Latrobe diver wins back-to-back WCCA championships
Latrobe’s Hannah Polosky defended her girls diving championship at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association swimming and diving meet Friday night at Derry, bettering her score from last year by more than 70 points. Derry’s Jake Hauser took the boys title, finishing ahead of a pair of divers from Franklin Regional,...
Hampton boys earn season sweep of Highlands in key section matchup
The Highlands boys basketball team scored 23 points in the first half of Friday’s clash with Hampton, a matchup of the top two teams in Section 1-4A. The Golden Rams usually have a higher point total after 16 minutes of play, but their defense was strong as they held the...
Freeport ace wastes no time in committing to St. Francis (Pa.)
Sydney Selker has two more softball seasons to play at Freeport, but the Yellowjackets standout also is looking further down the road at an opportunity she’s wanted for a long time. Selker on Thursday gave a verbal commitment to join the softball team at Division I St. Francis (Pa.). “My...
6 WPIAL coaches earn NFHS Section 2 honors for 2021-22 sports seasons
Six WPIAL coaches have earned regional honors from the National Federation of State High School Associations for their work in the 2021-22 school year. Seneca Valley’s Brian Blackwell (boys swimming), Neshannock’s Luann Grybowski (girls basketball), Mars’ Bob Marcoux (boys lacrosse), Hempfield’s Suzannah Meyer (competitive spirit), Montour’s Rob Naylor (girls cross...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 26, 2023
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Class 5A Section 4 Moon 53, South Fayette 51 Class A Section 3 Neighborhood Academy at Imani Christian, (n) St. Joseph at Hillel Academy, (n) Nonsection Seton LaSalle 61, Carrick 30 Propel Andrew Street 57, Northside Urban Pathways 33 Southwest Christian Athletic Conference...
High school roundup for Jan. 26, 2023: OLSH girls win key section clash
Kyleigh Nagy scored 18 points to lead Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to a 55-41 victory over Keystone Oaks in a key Section 2-3A girls basketball clash Thursday night. Claudia Ierullo had 13 points and Mia Grisafi added 11 for the Chargers (12-4, 5-1). Eriona Neal scored 17 points...
