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Westmoreland County boys basketball scorers fill nets from multiple spots in lineup
When Latrobe ran into foul trouble in a game earlier this season, causing a thin front line with no center, boys basketball coach Brad Wetzel did not panic. He knew what to do. “We had no bigs, so we moved Landon (Butler) to the five (center),” Wetzel said. “We knew...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 14, 2022
High Schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Nonsection Beaver 58, South Fayette 53 Charleroi 74, California 68 Gateway 57, Woodland Hills 51 Indiana 51, Punxsutawney 47 Jeannette 69, Apollo-Ridge 33 New Brighton 38, Hopewell 37 Penn Hills 78, Steel Valley 42 Penn-Trafford 75, Trinity 51 Riverside at Shenango, (n) Shaler...
High school roundup for Dec. 14, 2022: Waynesburg holds on to beat Canon-McMillan in mat showdown
Jake Stephenson (160) won by fall and Joe Simon (133), Roan Tustin (172) and Rocco Welsh (189) won by major decision as Class 3A No. 1 Waynesburg held on to defeat No. 2 Canon-McMillan 30-27 in a nonsection wrestling showdown Wednesday night. Nate Jones (152) and Eli Makel (285) also...
Frazier wrestling team logs upset over Southmoreland
Frazier began a wrestling program in 2016, and Buck Watkins has been coaching the program for the past six seasons. The Commodores were known only for the Lawrence brothers (Thayne and Rune), each of whom has won two PIAA titles. But this isn’t those Frazier teams. No. 8 Southmoreland found...
Burrell wrestling team snaps Kiski Area’s winning streak
In a sense, it was a welcome-to-varsity-wrestling moment for Julian Bertucci. The freshman 121-pounder found himself in a spot to clinch the match for Burrell and end a 10-match winning streak for Kiski Area in the battle of Alle-Kiski Valley rivals. Bertucci said there were some nerves, but he dug...
2022 WPIAL All-Conference Football: North Allegheny coach Art Walker joins 9 players on 6A team
The WPIAL classification for the biggest schools was the league’s smallest overall with only five teams. Yet, the schedule was maybe the most competitive in the WPIAL, with only North Allegheny going undefeated in conference play. The Tigers were rewarded with nine first-team spots on the all-conference team and Art...
2022 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Penn-Trafford has 7 spots on Big East 1st team
Penn-Trafford’s size up front was a strength this season and opposing coaches recognized that group favorably when voting for the all-conference team. The Warriors, who led the Big East with seven first-team spots, had four linemen chosen: center Joe Enick, guard Mike Paterra, offensive tackle Zach Tomosovich and defensive end...
2022 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Penn Hills, Pine-Richland lead Class 5A Northeast honors
The playoff race in the Northeast was among the most competitive in the WPIAL, depth that showed in the all-conference team. Penn Hills saw a conference-best eight players earn first-team honors including quarterback Julian Dugger and running back Amir Key, despite narrowly missing the postseason. Pine-Richland, the eventual WPIAL and...
2022 WPIAL All-Conference Football: Upper St. Clair places 10 on Allegheny Six team
Upper St. Clair’s Aidan Besselman and Mark Banbury earned first-team honors on both sides of the ball, helping the Panthers claim 10 spots on the Allegheny Six all-conference team. Besselman, a wide receiver and defensive back, and Banbury, a two-way lineman, helped Upper St. Clair reach the WPIAL Class 5A...
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Norwin winning with stingy defense
Norwin takes more pride in the other team’s score than its own these days. Sure, the Lady Knights care plenty about offense, but it has been their defense that has propelled them to a 5-0 start. Norwin has yet to allow more than 28 points in a game. The only...
With star Emma Blair injured, Latrobe coach’s final season takes new direction
As he sat in a hotel room in Fairfax County, Va., last Saturday morning, Mark Burkhardt had his team’s next move on his mind. The Latrobe girls basketball coach was ready to patch together a reconfigured lineup and introduce a tweaked playbook, all while doing so with a stiff upper...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 13, 2022
High Schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Nonsection Allderdice 72, West Mifflin 43 Aquinas Academy 95, Leechburg 92 Bethel Park 56, Baldwin 54 Bishop Canevin 81, Belle Vernon 42 Brashear 61, West Allegheny 59 Brentwood 58, Albert Gallatin 55 Burrell 59, St. Joseph 28 Carlynton 70, Burgettstown 38 Central Valley...
High school roundup for Dec. 13, 2022: Bethel Park beats Baldwin in thriller
A steal by Ben Guffey and a bucket by Michael Mathias with 2.3 seconds left lifted Bethel Park to a 56-54 victory over Baldwin in nonsection boys basketball Tuesday night. Guffey and Shawn Davis each scored 19 points for the Black Hawks (4-0). James Wesling scored 17 points and Nathan...
Aquinas Academy’s Vinnie Cugini climbs WPIAL scoring list with 48 points in win over Leechburg
Vinnie Cugini took some giant leaps among the WPIAL’s all-time scoring leaders Tuesday night. The Aquinas Academy senior went from 20th to 14th on the all-time list with 48 points. But it was a freshman that keyed a strong fourth quarter, allowing the Crusaders to improve to 5-0 with a...
Southmoreland boys change approach, lean on defense to defeat Yough
High-scoring Southmoreland let its defense take the wheel in its latest boys basketball victory. The Scotties, who came into Yough Tuesday night averaging 77.7 points, did their best to slow the host Cougars, keeping what was expected to be a fast-paced matchup in the halfcourt with a 2-3 zone. The...
Class 2A Burrell values longstanding wrestling rivalry with 3A Kiski Area
The Burrell wrestling team last beat neighboring rival Kiski Area in 2011. The Bucs hope this year’s clash — the teams meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Kiski Area High School — can be the end of the decade-long winning streak by the Cavaliers. “This is always a highlight of...
Latrobe standout Emma Blair out for season with knee injury
Latrobe was dealt a devastating blow to its season Tuesday with the news that senior girls basketball standout Emma Blair will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. Blair, a 6-foot-1 center, was injured Friday in the first game of the She Got Game Classic in Virginia....
WPIAL wrestling notebook: Waynesburg stars win Ironman titles
Waynesburg seniors Mac Church and Rocco Welsh captured titles at the Walsh Jesuit Ironman on Saturday. Church won the 144-pound weight class by defeating Western Reserve Academy’s Sam Cartella, 2-1, in overtime. Church was 5-0. Welsh posted a 13-4 decision in the 175-pound finals against St. Edward’s Jarrel Miller. He,...
WPIAL team wrestling rankings for Dec. 13, 2022
Class 3A Team rankings Pos. Team Record LW 1. Waynesburg (0-0) 1 2. Canon-McMillan (0-0) 3 3. Connellsville (1-0) 4 4. Trinity (3-0) NR 5. Latrobe (2-1) 2 6. Franklin Regional (3-0) 5 7. North Allegheny (4-1) 6 8. Hempfield (0-0) 7 9. Seneca Valley (4-0) NR 10. Plum (4-1)...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 12, 2022
High Schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Monday’s results Nonsection Armstrong 65, Perry Traditional Academy 32 DuBois 59, Indiana 45 Homer-Center 50, Apollo-Ridge 37 Hopewell 52, Riverside 44 McGuffey 64, West Greene 55 Mohawk 68, Wilmington 32 New Brighton 68, Western Beaver 53 Obama Academy at Aliquippa, ppd. Rochester 82, Freedom 44...
High school roundup for Dec. 12, 2022: South Fayette girls win WPIAL title game rematch
Lainey Yater netted 14 points to lead South Fayette to a 66-35 victory over Chartiers Valley on Monday night in a nonsection rematch of last year’s WPIAL Class 5A championship game. Ava Leroux and Maddie Webber scored 13 each for South Fayette (4-0). Lilah Turnbull scored 11 and Ella Cupka...
Fox Chapel girls add to win streak, hand Plum its first loss
The Fox Chapel girls basketball team lost its season opener, falling by seven to Highlands at the Freeport Tip-Off on Dec. 2. The Foxes have reeled off four straight since then. The latest triumph came Monday evening at Plum. Led by a balanced effort where five players had at least...
Undefeated Norwin girls shut down undermanned Latrobe
Norwin played lockdown defense on another opponent, only that opponent looked quite different than the one the Knights expected to see Monday night. Norwin ran away with a 59-21 nonsection girls basketball victory at Latrobe, but the host Wildcats were missing their centerpiece: 6-foot-1 standout Emma Blair. The Knights (5-0)...
Former Gateway star Derrick Davis announces plans to transfer from LSU
Former Gateway standout Derrick Davis, the TribLive HSSN Football Player of the Year in 2019, has announced plans to transfer from LSU. The 6-foot, 210-pound safety and running back said he’d entered the transfer portal Monday. Davis played in four games this season for LSU and saw action on both...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Dec. 12, 2022
With the fall sports season now completed, high school hoops heats up this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Tune into Trib HSSN for coverage of WPIAL and District 6 boys and girls basketball, as well as hockey and wrestling. Here’s a look at this week’s broadcasts: Monday,...
