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Plum baseball preparing for promising season with Florida training trip

The Plum baseball team is in Florida this week for some practice time and game play under sunny skies and in temperatures expected to reach the upper 70s. The excursion south, veteran coach Carl Vollmer said, is expected to serve as an extension to an already productive series of workouts...
Norwin notebook: Pair of Knights swimmers make states

A pair of Norwin swimmers earned spots in the PIAA Class 3A championships, scheduled for March 15-18 at Bucknell University. Nathan Kostrobala and Anna Little qualified for the state meet with strong finishes at the WPIAL championships earlier this month at Pitt. Kostrobala will compete for a state medal in...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 11, 2023: Heavyweights collide when New Castle meets Erie

Opening weekend on the Road to Hershey continues Saturday. Last year, New Castle lost in the WPIAL finals to Laurel Highlands and then ripped off four wins in the state playoffs to reach the PIAA Class 5A championship game, where the Red Hurricane lost to Imhotep Charter. The last time...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 10, 2023

High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Saturday’s schedule First round Chambersburg (15-11) at Plymouth-Whitemarsh (24-4), 4 p.m.; CB East (22-4) vs. Archbishop Wood (16-8) at Archbishop Ryan, 4:30 p.m.; Central (16-11) vs. North Penn (18-8) at West Philadelphia, 3 p.m.; Coatesville (18-9) at Scranton (14-11), 5 p.m.; WC...
High school roundup for March 10, 2023: Uniontown boys knock off District 3 champs

Calvin Winfrey III scored 23 points as WPIAL sixth-place finisher Uniontown defeated District 3 champion Berks Catholic, 81-69, in the first round of the PIAA Class 4A boys basketball playoffs Friday night. Bakari Wallace had 18 points, while Jamire Braxton and Notorious Grooms scored 12 each for the Red Raiders...
‘Bad night’ eliminates North Hills in 1st round of PIAA playoffs

North Hills spent the past 10 days putting up shots in its own gym, making Friday’s shooting woes hard to explain. The Indians shot 39% from the field and endured two single-digit quarters in a 56-52 home-court loss to Mechanicsburg in the first round of the PIAA Class 5A playoffs....
Penn Hills enjoys home-court advantage, routs DuBois in state playoff opener

Noah Barren was happy to be comfortable on a snowy night in Penn Hills. During the Indians’ run through the state playoffs last season, Penn Hills scored a first-round upset on the other side of the state, then got stranded on the side of the road on their way home...
Lincoln Park takes care of South Allegheny in PIAA 1st-round win

South Allegheny coach Tony DiCenzo had two keys to avoid for his team as it looked to upset WPIAL Class 4A champions Lincoln Park during Friday night’s state playoff opener: allowing second-chance opportunities and live-ball turnovers. In the end, a barrage of second-chance points and forced turnovers allowed Lincoln Park...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls shake off slow start, roll past Windber in PIAA 1st round

WINDBER — Freshman guard Erica Gribble emerged from the locker room with a small bag of ice pressed between her neck and right shoulder. The plastic was tucked under her shirt and peeking out of the top of her jacket. Still, she smiled. “I don’t know what I did, it’s...
Highlands drops Johnstown to cruise into PIAA 2nd round

JOHNSTOWN — With some light snow predicted for the ridges of Cambria County, the Highlands boys basketball team set out on a 65-mile trip to Johnstown for its PIAA Class 4A first-round game hoping to avoid any slick spots. When the Rams hit the floor Friday night at Johnstown High...
Burrell’s Cooper Hornack gets back to PIAA wrestling finals where a fierce rival awaits

HERSHEY —When Cooper Hornack reached the finals at the PIAA Class 2A wrestling championships in 2021, he didn’t realize how big of a deal it was. Now he does, and he’s looking forward to a second trip to the finals at Giant Center on Saturday. There the Burrell junior finds...
Hempfield set to promote assistant to head football coach

Hempfield is expected to promote assistant Nick Keefer to head football coach, according to the board agenda for Monday’s meeting. Keefer was a member of the last two coaches’ staffs, led by Mike Brown and Rich Bowen. Brown resigned Jan. 7 after two years with the Spartans to coach at...
Norwin girls shut down Central Dauphin in state tournament

HARRISBURG — Brian Brozeski knew where Norwin would have to succeed to win in the PIAA Class 6A girls basketball playoffs. “When you get to the playoffs, defense is where you can hang your hat,” Brozeski said after his Knights team hung an entire wardrobe on its defense in a...
Latrobe’s Vinny Kilkeary, Hempfield’s Lucas Kapusta advance to 3A wrestling semifinals

HERSHEY — For Latrobe senior Vinny Kilkeary and Hempfield senior Lucas Kapusta, Friday’s quarterfinal-round matches at the PIAA Class 3A wrestling championships were like a business trip. They handled their business very well at Giant Center. Both advanced to Saturday morning’s semifinals with impressive wins. Kilkeary, looking for his third...
Conneaut bowler goes through WPIBL’s best to win girls regional title

Conneaut Area’s Victoria Medrick claimed a Western Regional girls singles bowling championship Friday at AMF Noble Manor Lanes, and she had to get through the WPIBL’s finest to get there. Medrick, who qualified third, defeated Alyssa Balest of Penn-Trafford in the quarterfinals and Amelia Droste of Hempfield in the semifinals...
Alle-Kiski Valley girls wrestlers ready for state tournament

Plum’s Alaina Claassen hasn’t let an injury prevent her pursuit of a state girls wrestling title. A freshman, Claassen said she dislocated her knee and damaged cartilage early in the season. Though the knee is not at 100 percent, she’s returned to the mat. Claassen placed second at 235 pounds...

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