High School category, Page 58
In meeting of 2 of WPIAL’s brightest stars, Lincoln Park pulls away from Gateway
Lincoln Park pulled away from Gateway in an action-packed 61-48 victory in the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Hall of Fame Classic on Saturday afternoon in Montour. The Leopards unloaded a balanced scoring attack with Josh Pratt leading the way with 25 points. The Leopards went on a 7-1 run and two...
PIHL cancels all-star games because of weather
The PIHL announced the cancellation of its five all-star games scheduled for Sunday because of the impending winter storm expected for Western Pennsylvania. In a statement from the league: “based on the latest information available, the storm is expected to be most severe during the time that games are scheduled....
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Burrell’s Chase Coury, Deer Lakes’ Mason Cervone
Chase Coury School: Burrell Class: Freshman Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Burrell freshman Chase Coury extended her double-digit scoring streak to six after dropping 15 and 16 points in two section wins against Knoch and Derry this week. She now has 14 double-digit scoring games and is averaging 16.8 a...
Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Foxes’ Lyla Jablon surpasses scoring milestone
Lyla Jablon is tasked with doing much more than scoring for the Fox Chapel girls basketball team. The senior guard has been asked to try and set the tempo for a team with a young roster hoping to make a run at the playoffs in Section 1-5A. Jablon hit the...
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Hempfield’s Ashley Bensur, Belle Vernon’s Elijah Brown
Ashley Bensur School: Hempfield Class: Senior Sport: Bowling Claim to fame: Bensur made it back-to-back individual titles at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association Championships. She completed a 612 series — the only bowler to reach 600 in the event. Hempfield also won the team title with 2,564 pins at Hillview...
Trip to county finals rewarding for Fox Chapel senior wrestler
Adam Haines remembers his worst loss from the 2024-25 wrestling season vividly. The Fox Chapel senior dropped a 1-0 decision to Gateway’s Luke Pawlowski in the blood round of the Allegheny County Tournament at 139 pounds. “That’s been in my head forever,” Haines said. “Doing good this year was to...
Pitt to honor Shady Side Academy girls basketball coach Jonna Burke
Jonna (Huemrich) Burke was honored to pick up the phone and have Sam Clancy on the other end of line. Clancy, a Pitt graduate who had an 11-year football career in the USFL and NFL, was calling to tell Burke she will be honored Feb. 20 at Pitt’s 64th annual...
Bethel Park notebook: Wrestler captures county championship
Bethel Park’s Ian Bucheli turned in a championship performance Jan. 17 at the Allegheny County wrestling tournament at Fox Chapel. Bucheli, a junior, captured first place in the 145-pound weight class by securing a 9-0 major decision against Fox Chapel senior Adam Haines in the championship round. Bucheli improved to...
Bethel Park’s Xavier Jackson relishes chance to cap high school career at all-star game
Bethel Park senior Xavier Jackson fulfilled another goal. A four-year starter for the Black Hawks, Jackson ended high school career on the pitch with an appearance in the Western Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association all-star games Dec. 6 at Pine-Richland. “I’m very thankful to have been chosen,” Jackson said. “I’ve always...
Bethel Park’s Charlie Simmons honored for work on, off the field
Bethel Park senior Charlie Simmons joined 10 other area football players as a Jerome Bettis Leadership Award recipient. Designated for athletes “who go above and beyond to provide mentor-like support for their teammates,” this year’s award winners are Simmons, South Fayette’s Connor Hiser, Greensburg Salem’s Max Topper, Aliquippa’s Marques Council...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Norwin cross country coach honored as state’s best
Norwin is known for its almost year-round training for track and field and cross country. Running is a lifestyle at the school. Athletes scale hills, trek through wooded trails and circle the track, even in the winter when it is snowing. The man in charge of the training — he...
Sewickley sports notebook: Quaker Valley hockey secures back-to-back shutouts
Quaker Valley’s hockey team outscored the opposition by a 17-0 overall difference in recent back-to-back PIHL Class A games. QV blanked Richland, 9-0, on Jan. 8 as sophomore forward Matthias Lezama had three goals and an assist, Jace Vasbinder added two goals and an assist and Ben McHenry scored twice....
Quaker Valley swimmers ramp up for postseason meets
Three up and three down. The Quaker Valley girls swim team splashed its way to an undefeated 3-0 record in Section 2-2A. The Quakers are propelled by senior captains Alexa Westwood and Kendra Hines, along with two other senior swimmers in Margaret Burns and Makenna Kamnikar. “Alexa has a growing...
Quaker Valley boys in driver’s seat as stretch run draws near
The Quaker Valley boys basketball team ended the first half of section play in a great position. The Quakers were 5-0 and in first place in Section 4-2A, two games ahead of Central Valley (3-2) and Avonworth (3-2). QV secured its fourth consecutive win Jan. 13 with a 75-50 decision...
Franklin Regional boys basketball battles through Section 1-5A slate
Franklin Regional’s boys basketball team played two key Section 1-5A games last week. The Panthers (11-4, 7-2) held on to defeat McKeesport, 55-52, in a battle for second place Jan. 20. The win set up Friday’s first-place showdown at Gateway (10-5, 8-1). The section has proved to be unpredictable. Other...
Franklin Regional soccer player studying link between knee injuries, turf
When Grace Copeland was a freshman, she fractured her right tibia and fibula and needed more than 11 months of recovery time to get back to playing soccer. The setback opened her eyes to the struggles that can come with a substantial injury. The Franklin Regional junior also watched several...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 23, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Fox Chapel 52, Woodland Hills 39 New Castle 60, Butler 33 Pine-Richland 61, North Allegheny 30 Seneca Valley 50, North Hills 47 Section 2 Mt. Lebanon 71, Canon-McMillan 34 Central Catholic 61, Hempfield 18 Upper St. Clair 71, Norwin 45...
High school roundup for Jan. 23, 2026: Bauman brothers shoot No. 4 Moon past No. 1 Chartiers Valley
Jackson Bauman hit his fifth 3-pointer of the game with 4.9 seconds to go to lead Trib HSSN Class 4A No. 4 Moon to a 52-49 victory over No. 1 Chartiers Valley on Friday night, handing the Colts their first Section 4-5A loss of the season. Brody Bauman added 15...
Clutch 3-pointer sends Seton LaSalle past South Park and into tie for 1st in section
Down by a point with less than a minute left and near a five-second call with the ball in the hands of freshman star Gabe Gizzi, Seton LaSalle used a timeout to save the possession. It was the play that came out of it that lifted the Rebels to a...
Central Catholic boys sweep Hempfield in convincing fashion
It’s late, and the Central Catholic boys basketball team is growing impatient. The WPIAL’s third-ranked team in Class 6A wants more respect. The Vikings certainly earned it Friday night at Hempfield, blasting the fifth-ranked Spartans for a second time this season and keeping pace with Section 2 co-leader Upper St....
Gateway boys smother Franklin Regional, pull 2 games ahead in standings
From robes and fleece pants to slippers and onesies, Gateway’s student section wore pajamas to Friday night’s boys basketball game. On the court, the Gators lulled Franklin Regional to sleep. Behind a strong start triggered by senior Mykel Bruce-McCrommon and tight defense, the Gators ran to their fifth straight victory,...
New winners emerge at WCCA diving championships
With seniors taking the top two spots on the podium in both the boys and girls competitions at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association diving championships last year, the door was open for new winners to emerge this season. That’s what Latrobe’s Giada Angelicchio and Mt. Pleasant’s Noah Lahm did Friday...
Deer Lakes boys start fast, earn revenge against cold-shooting Burrell
When Burrell and Deer Lakes squared off in December, the Bucs hit six 3s in the first half, didn’t turn the ball over and held the Lancers’ top scorers in check en route to victory. But in Friday’s rematch on a frigid night, Burrell came out cold to start the...
Stanley Rajkovich’s buzzer beater lifts Derry boys over Belle Vernon in OT
Derry junior Stanley Rajkovich was honored before Friday’s game for recently reaching the 1,000-point milestone. Then Rajkovich delivered it in the clutch. He hit a 3-pointer to send the game into overtime and then drained a twisting jumper to give the Trojans a heart-thumping 48-46 victory against Belle Vernon (11-8,...
Springdale boys beat Bentworth in key matchup in section playoff race
The Springdale boys basketball team pulled away for a 43-31 win over Bentworth, holding the Bearcats to just four points in the fourth quarter of their Section 1-2A battle Friday night. “It means a lot to the kids,” Dynamos coach Scott Ruppert said. “There was a lot of buildup and...
