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A-K Valley athletes of the week: Kiski Area’s Gianna DeVito, Valley’s Baxter Diehm
Gianna DeVito School: Kiski Area Class: Senior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: DeVito opened the week by scoring 18 points in a 56-29 Section 2-5A win over West Mifflin on Monday. She followed that with 22 points in a 58-46 win against Serra Catholic on Wednesday. Monday’s win helped keep...
WCCA finals feature possible preview of PIAA tournament
The PIAA wrestling tournament is still two months away, but the finals at the 73rd Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament Saturday be a preview to state competition. There are at least three finals that could eventually be rematches in Hershey. • At 121 pounds: Norwin junior Landon Sidun against Penn-Trafford...
Norwin notebook: Hockey team making strides
The Norwin hockey team has more wins already than it had all of last season. The Knights, who had one win last year, defeated Baldwin, 4-2, to improve to 2-7-1. Cal Costantino had a goal and two assists, Zayn Zeravica added two assists and Mason Hohman, Jonah Andrykovitch and Brody...
Road to more wins starts at the free-throw line for Penn Hills girls
Penn Hills 5-foot-11 sophomore guard Malaya Middleton believes she and her teammates know the formula for winning Section 1-5A basketball games. The Indians need to make sure they have all of the right variables in place. What Penn Hills has found in close contests is that the Indians haven’t been...
Penn Hills boys hungry to pile up wins
Calix Clark doesn’t want to visit any of the big-box pizza places for his reward for getting 10 rebounds. The Penn Hills 6-foot-2 guard/forward wants his pepperoni and mushroom pie to be as authentic as possible. “I want it to be from a homestyle place,” Clark said. “I need a...
Norwin girls basketball alumni starring on college hardwood
One might be hard-pressed to find a high school girls basketball program with so many players in the college game. Norwin has talent scattered across the NCAA landscape, local and out of state, and those players are making their marks this winter. Here is a look at some of those...
Franklin Regional boys stay atop WPIAL wrestling heap; girls team makes strides
As the second month of the wrestling season begins, the Franklin Regional boys still sit atop the Trib HSSN WPIAL team rankings in Class 3A. The Panthers are 11-0, winning the Trinity Duals and the Jason Eades Memorial Duals and placing third at the NursePro Plus tournament. Franklin Regional has...
Murrysville Star notebook: Franklin Regional grad returning to Riveters
Sydney Lindeman had such a good experience in her rookie season with the new Pittsburgh Riveters pre-professional women’s soccer team, she is coming back for more. Lindeman, a Franklin Regional alum and two-year starter at Towson, is returning for another season in the USL W League. Lindeman, 22, used her...
Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Goalie stands tall in Fox Chapel loss
The Fox Chapel hockey team returned from the three-week break over the holidays with a difficult PIHL Class 3A battle with Peters Township. The Foxes weren’t able to find enough offense to support a strong performance from goaltender Charlie Hill. Hill made 33 saves, but Fox Chapel lost 1-0. The...
Fox Chapel girls taking charge of defensive strategy
Fox Chapel girls basketball coach Marty Matvey has seen a higher number of his players spill onto the ground while they are playing defense. That has been the design of this iteration of the Foxes who have wanted to compensate for their lack of size with increased toughness. “We’ve taken...
Plum’s Alaina Claassen, Saphia Davis stacking wins ahead of postseason tournaments
Alaina Claassen didn’t waste any time in dispatching her three opponents on the way to the 190-pound title at Connellsville’s Lady Falcon Invitational on Jan. 3. She pinned all three in a combined time of 1 minute, 50 seconds. “I felt pretty good in my matches,” said Claassen who improved...
Owen Campbell climbing Plum’s all-time wins list after reaching century mark
Owen Campbell joined an exclusive Plum wrestling list last month. With a 10-4 victory in a match against Mt. Pleasant at the North Hills Duals on Dec. 13, the senior 152-pounder became just the 15th wrestler in program history to record 100 varsity victories. “I was a little nervous going...
High school, scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 9, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland 61, Butler 42 New Castle 48, Fox Chapel 42 North Hills 77, North Allegheny 65 Seneca Valley 45, Woodland Hills 34 Section 2 Central Catholic 60, Connellsville 23 Mt. Lebanon 67, Imani Christian 34 Norwin 54, Canon-McMillan 47 Upper...
4 WPIAL teams top divisions in preliminaries at PIAA competitive spirit championships
Penn-Trafford, Hempfield, Neshannock and Butler were at the top of their divisions after preliminaries at the PIAA competitive spirit championships Friday in Johnstown. Penn-Trafford led the way in the 3A Small Varsity division. Thomas Jefferson, Canon-McMillan and South Fayette also advanced to Saturday’s finals and Plum moved on to the...
High school roundup for Jan. 9, 2026: Mohawk, Neighborhood Academy boys win 1 vs. 2 matchups
Bobby Fadden led all scorers with 27 points as Trib HSSN Class 3A No. 1 Mohawk defeated No. 2 Aliquippa, 59-48, in Section 1-3A boys basketball Friday night. Drew Wrona added 19 points for the Warriors (11-1, 5-0). Qa’lil Goode dropped 24 points to lead the Quips (7-2, 4-1). Neighborhood...
Jeannette boys race past Greensburg Central Catholic, earn payback from last season
Jeannette won a WPIAL championship last season with, among other things, skill and size. The Jayhawks ended a drought against their biggest rivals with flat-out speed. Jumping passing lanes and finishing fast breaks at a turbo pace, No. 2 Jeannette raced past rebuilding Greensburg Central Catholic, 65-21, in a mercy-ruled...
Knoch boys knock off Class 4A top-ranked North Catholic
It was the Night of the Knights at North Catholic High School. Knoch’s intense offensive attack helped push the Trib HSSN Class 4A No. 3 Knights past the top-ranked Trojans, 66-56, on Friday night. Teagan Finucan led the charge with 25 points and four rebounds, using his strength and speed...
Upsets highlight Day 1 of WCCA tournament
It is not unusual to see a few upsets during the first night of a two-day tournament. But it is unusual to see two No. 1 seeds and a No. 2 seed fall. That was the case Friday at the 73rd Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament at Greensburg Salem High...
Unbeaten New Castle boys use late charge to fend off Fox Chapel
Damian Harrison absorbed contact from a defender and somehow launched a 3-point attempt toward the glass that went crashing off the boards and through the net. The 6-foot-4 New Castle senior forward put some of the Red Hurricanes’ offensive frustration to rest when he made the ensuing free throw to...
Freeport snaps losing streak, tops Highlands boys basketball team
Bryson Paga was 6 years old the last time a Freeport boys basketball team defeated rival Highlands. It was a streak of 16 games that extended back to the 2014-15 season. But that streak came to an end Friday night at Freeport Middle School. Paga, a junior, scored 10 of...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 10, 2026: Basketball showcases set for Saturday
Seven boys basketball games will make up the annual Legends Classic in Ambridge on Saturday presented by the Pittsburgh Basketball Club. Here are the four games to be played at the Ambridge Field House. • Sto-Rox at Ambridge at 11:30 a.m. • Brashear vs. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart...
Norwin girls rally past 1st-place Canon-McMillan
It was beginning to look like dire straits for Norwin not even three minutes into its girls basketball matchup with first-place Canon-McMillan on Friday. The Big Macs jumped out to an 11-point lead after Madison Clair hit her team’s second 3-pointer of the game. For better or for worse, though,...
Parents, wrestlers show support for recently fired Knoch girls wrestling head coach
A sizable contingent is expected to attend the Knoch school board meeting Wednesday to show support for Logan Downes, the school’s girls wrestling coach who was fired this week. Downes was dismissed after a complaint was filed with school officials over his on-mat behavior with members of the team during...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 8, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Gateway 53, Penn-Trafford 48 Class 3A Section 3 South Park 53, South Allegheny 52 (2OT) Class 2A Section 3 Beth-Center 78, Burgettstown 39 Class A Section 1 Summit Academy at Beaver County Christian, (n) Friday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1...
High school roundup for Jan. 8, 2026: Neshannock girls dominate battle for 1st place
Jaidon Nogay, Payton Newman and Maddie Arrow scored 16 points apiece to lead Neshannock to an 89-35 victory over Rochester in a matchup of the top two teams in the Section 1-2A girls basketball standings Thursday night. Sophia Bonner chipped in 12 for the Lancers (9-3, 4-0). Kamryn Newman scored...
