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The PIAA on Sunday posted sites and times for first-round games in the state girls basketball playoffs. Here’s a list of games involving WPIAL and City League teams. Class 6A Tuesday’s games 3-7 Red Lion (19-6) at 7-1 Mt. Lebanon (23-1), 6 p.m. 3-5 Central York (21-6) at 7-2 Upper...

The PIAA on Sunday posted sites and times for first-round games in the state boys basketball playoffs. Here’s a list of games involving WPIAL and City League teams. Class 6A Wednesday’s games 3-7 Cumberland Valley (19-7) at 7-1 Fox Chapel (24-1), 6 p.m. 6-1 State College (9-14) at 7-2 North...

The 2022 WPIAL basketball playoffs are in the books, so now area teams that have qualified are preparing to ride the Road to Hershey this week. The state playoffs begin Tuesday and Wednesday instead of the standard first round coming a week after the WPIAL tournament concludes. Here is a...

With the Path to the Pete complete, the focus turns to the Road to Hershey and the start of the PIAA basketball postseason this week. The state playoffs begin Tuesday and Wednesday instead of the standard first round coming a week after the WPIAL tournament concludes. Here is a look...

Sewickley Academy assistant basketball coach Almamy Thiero grew up in Mali, West Africa. His full name is Almamy Seny Amadou Yattabary Thiero, and he has nine brothers and sisters. As a 6-foot-9, 255-pound forward, Thiero was a member of two major college basketball programs during an injury-plagued career from 2002-07....

This season, Quaker Valley’s girls basketball team continued its recent tradition of advancing to the WPIAL playoffs. The Quakers secured fourth place in Section 2-4A with an 8-6 record, finishing behind Blackhawk (14-0), Beaver (11-3) and Montour (10-4). The four section playoff teams landed four of the top eight seeds...

The Penn-Trafford bowling team’s special season continues after the girls won the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League title by defeating Burrell, 2-0. Now the team and four individuals advance to the regionals March 12 at North Versailles. Penn-Trafford coach Brett Lago said he expects the girls to do well and...

Not placing at the Allegheny County Wrestling championships earlier this season didn’t sit well with Penn Hills sophomore Aidan Pham. The 189-pound Indians sophomore wrestler decided to refocus on training after bowing out quicker than he hoped. “It made me work harder,” Pham said. “I believed I had more potential...

Penn Hills boys basketball Chris Giles was ultimately unconcerned with how the WPIAL chooses to determine which teams go to the state basketball playoffs. It doesn’t matter if it is the follow-the-leader system in place now or if there is a play-in tournament like there was previously. When it comes...

A few months ago, Kendyll Jerry never had been on a diving board, so leaving the WPIAL championships with a podium finish and a medal was quite a feat. Jerry, a freshman at Pine-Richland, placed eighth in the WPIAL Class 3A girls meet Feb. 26 at North Allegheny. She posted...

Maddie Deem looked around during the preseason and quickly realized her role for the Riverview girls basketball team was going to be different. In the past, the 5-foot-6 senior guard had plenty of other players to look up to. But this year, the Raiders were looking up to Deem, who...

Norwin’s boys basketball team couldn’t hold off Butler for a second time this season and fell 81-73 in a rematch with the Golden Tornado in the WPIAL Class 6A first round, bringing the Knights’ season to a close. Junior Adam Bilinsky scored 27 points to pace the Knights, who finished...

Norwin had momentum, a nine-point halftime lead and its sights on a return to the WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball semifinals. But Bethel Park wasn’t ready to fold with two quarters to play. The fifth-seeded Black Hawks rallied to take down the No. 4 Lady Knights, 42-36, in the quarterfinals...

Bernie Pucka’s first year as Franklin Regional girls basketball coach didn’t go as expected. The young Panthers struggled, going 2-10 in Section 4-5A and 6-15 overall. But what encouraged Pucka about the team is the players didn’t want the season to end. “We missed the playoffs by 12 points,” Pucka...

Liam Mignogna stands above the crowd in most instances. Mignogna is a 6-foot-8, 225-pound sophomore frontcourt player on the Hampton boys basketball team. He stood at the top of several statistical categories for the Talbots this season. Mignogna led the team in field goal shooting percentage (55.7), two-point field goal...

The Gateway boys basketball team had its run in the WPIAL playoffs come to a close last week in the semifinals. Mike Wells scored 23 points and junior Isaiah Boice had 22 as second-seeded New Castle celebrated a 72-62 victory over No. 6 Gateway in a WPIAL Class 5A semifinal...

Nina Shaw Class: Junior School: Knoch Sport: Basketball Report card: Shaw scored 15 points, 11 of which came in the fourth quarter to help Knoch earn its first ever trip to the WPIAL girls basketball finals in a 56-45 win over Southmoreland on Tuesday in the Class 4A semifinals. Shaw...

Reegan Brown School: Mt. Pleasant Sport: Swimming and diving Year: Junior Claim to fame: Brown was part of Mt. Pleasant’s winning relay teams at the WPIAL Class 2A swimming championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool on Friday and Saturday. The Vikings’ 400-yard free relay capped the championship performance with a WPIAL...

High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Finals At Petersen Events Center Saturday’s results Class 6A Fox Chapel 43, North Hills 36 Class 2A OLSH 60, Fort Cherry 36 Girls WPIAL playoffs Finals At Petersen Events Center Saturday’s results Class 5A South Fayette 57, Chartiers Valley 48 Class 4A Blackhawk 55,...

It was a day of firsts for several Westmoreland County wrestlers at the Class 3A WPIAL/PIAA Southwest Regional on Saturday. Latrobe freshman Luke Willochell, Hempfield junior Ethan Lebin, Hempfield senior Briar Priest, Franklin Regional senior Finn Solomon and Greensburg Salem senior Billy McChesney all claimed their first WPIAL and PIAA...

Eli Yofan celebrated with the WPIAL trophy in his hands Saturday night, but he also acknowledged the fingerprints his teammates left all over this championship win. The Foxes’ star senior made only one basket in the game, a quiet night offensively for the team’s leading scorer, so No. 2 seed...

For Highlands senior Jrake Burford and Kiski Area senior Stone Joseph, getting a chance to wrestle in Hershey is a dream come true. Both qualified for the PIAA championships, which begin Thursday at the Giant Center, along with Kiski Area senior Enzo Morlacci on Saturday at the Class 3A WPIAL/PIAA...

Complacency never is a problem for Mt. Pleasant senior wrestler Dayton Pitzer. “I don’t think I’m at a point where I’ve been bored with wrestling,” Pitzer said. “I think there’s always room for improvement. I think working hard in the practice room with teammates and stuff and learning new moves...

Two Westmoreland County rivals met again with a regional title on the line at North Versailles Bowling Center on Saturday. Led by all-tournament team selection Jake Smith, Greensburg Salem defeated Hempfield, 2-1, to claim the Western Pennsylvania regional boys team championship. After qualifying, which consisted of three regular team games...

Quaker Valley’s Logan Richey shot was quick, and Burrell’s Cooper Hornack found himself defending furiously in the first period of a 120-pound bout Saturday at Peters Township High School. The PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional match between the two served as a reminder for Hornack how much more difficult things...