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Westmoreland PIHL playoff preview capsules: Games of March 15, 2022
Tuesday’s games Class 2A Semifinals 4-Penn-Trafford (16-4) vs. 1-Thomas Jefferson (18-1) 7 p.m. at Robert Morris University Island Sports Center, Moon Winner plays: Winner of 3-South Fayette (17-3)/2-Franklin Regional (17-2) in championship 6:30 p.m. March 22 at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, Cranberry Coaches: Chris Cerutti, Penn-Trafford; John Zeiler, Thomas Jefferson...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 13, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Second round Sunday’s results Lower Merion 63, Abington 50 Scranton 52, Garnet Valley 49 (OT) Roman Catholic 59, Central Dauphin 26 Cheltenham 66, Penn Wood 50 North Hills 77, Norristown 57 Archbishop Wood 64, Reading 58 Northampton 60, Warwick 59 (OT) Quarterfinals...
High school roundup for March 13, 2022: North Hills routs Norristown, reaches PIAA quarters
Alex Smith scored 27 points and Royce Parham added 20 as WPIAL runner-up North Hills routed District 1 runner-up Norristown, 77-57, in a PIAA Class 6A second-round boys basketball game Sunday. Matt Seidl and Devin Burgess each added 13 points for North Hills (26-1), which led by seven at the...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week: March 13, 2022
A nice run in the district playoffs landed the Freedom girls basketball team in the Class 3A title game against Section 1 foe North Catholic. The Trojans captured their 21st WPIAL crown with a 48-43 victory. Undaunted, the Bulldogs are off and running on another impressive postseason journey, this time...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week: March 13, 2022
Through six games, the Gateway boys basketball team didn’t look like a district final four team or a state elite eight squad. The Gators were 3-3 and spinning their wheels. After an early January loss to Penn Hills, Gateway found traction and ripped off six consecutive wins. Since that loss...
What to watch for in high school sports for March 14, 2022: PIHL semifinals begin
A busy week of high school hockey semifinals action begins Monday. The PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs have reached the Final Four. The Class 3A semifinals are scheduled for Monday, 2A will be Tuesday, Class A on Wednesday and the Division II semis will be played Thursday. All eight final four...
TribLive HSSN sports broadcasts for week of March 14-20, 2022
The fields are dwindling as the postseason pucks reach the final four and the state basketball hits the quarterfinals and semifinals this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have coverage of the elite eight and the final four in the PIAA boys and girls state basketball...
Deer Lakes baseball using last season’s shortcomings as motivation
Josh Tysk doesn’t want the Deer Lakes baseball team to lament missed opportunities. The Lancers saw the Section 3-3A title slip away late last season after a pair of one-run losses to eventual champion Derry. “We want to close games better,” Tysk said. “We were right there and didn’t close...
Deer Lakes softball team leans on experience from last season’s playoff run, healthy Guthrie
There are many ways to play softball, but playing with a cast on her wrist isn’t the type of adversity Deer Lakes senior outfielder Lydia Guthrie wanted to deal with again. Guthrie’s 2021 season was abbreviated because of a gym class injury. She didn’t get fully healthy until the Lancers’...
Greensburg Central Catholic baseball seeks to defend section title and disappointing finish
Greensburg Central Catholic senior pitcher/infielder Zach David is driven by what kind of player he could be fully healthy. When he got surgery to repair a torn UCL last October, the doctor told David there was a chance it could have been torn for two years. David’s injury likely will...
All-state pitcher Emma Henry, Greensburg Central Catholic softball eye next step
Emma Henry went into last season with the Greensburg Central Catholic softball team not knowing what to expect. After losing her freshman season to the covid-19 pandemic, Henry expected there to be a learning curve. However, she proved to be a quick study, earning Class A second-team all-state honors in...
George Guido: Alle-Kiski Valley loses 2 Sports Hall of Fame legends last week
On June 17, 1983, Riverview baseball coach Bill Beebe had a decision to make. Pitch the same person who threw the previous day in the PIAA championship game or take the cautious approach with a fresh arm. For Beebe, the decision was easy. “It’s not worth ruining a kid’s arm...
Penn-Trafford’s Graziano, Alexander to swim at PIAA meet
Penn-Trafford sophomore Patton Graziano earned a pair of medals at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships March 3-4 at Pitt’s Trees Pool. Graziano finished seventh in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 47.25 seconds and also took fifth in the 100-yard backstroke in 51.60. Graziano qualified for this week’s...
Penn Hills grad’s swimming career hits high note at Edinboro
Edinboro’s Stephanie Sipple doesn’t like to slap the water at the end of races. During her swimming career, the Penn Hills graduate couldn’t remember doing it many times. However, after placing fourth at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championships in February in the 100 fly, Sipple let some emotion out....
Pine-Richland notebook: Girls youth basketball teams make state tournament
A trio of Pine-Richland girls youth basketball teams will have a chance to take on some of the top competition in the state. The fourth, fifth and sixth grade teams qualified for the state youth basketball tournament March 18-20 in State College. Newly hired Pine-Richland football coach Jon LeDonne helps...
Captain checks all the boxes for Pine-Richland hockey team
Tales of hockey players and their superstitions have been told since skates first hit ice, but Pine-Richland captain Alex Erlain wants nothing to do with them. “I hate superstitions,” he said. “It’s my goal not to have any. I don’t want anything to get in my head.” He wouldn’t even...
Gateway wrestlers cap season at WPIAL championships
Arontay Heningcamp’s debut match at the WPIAL/Southwest Regional Class 3A wrestling tournament didn’t exactly go the way he had hoped. The Gateway junior suffered an 8-0 major decision loss to Chartiers Valley junior Brady Joling in the first round. But instead of folding his tent, Heningcamp bounced back and scored...
Gateway’s Hunter Raymer swims to WPIAL gold medal, eyes success at PIAA meet
Hunter Raymer was no stranger to big swim meets before the WPIAL Class 3A championships March 3 and 4 at Pitt’s Trees Pool. But the Gateway freshman still marveled at the spectacle that is the WPIAL meet, with its packed pool deck, boisterous spectator section and intense races over the...
Sewickley Herald notebook: Seniors lead way for Sewickley Academy
Although the Sewickley Academy boys basketball team finished with just three wins and sat out the WPIAL 2A playoffs, it nonetheless was a memorable time for the players on the squad. SA coach Win Palmer praised the four seniors on this year’s team — Sean Donohue and Saverio Mignella in...
Plum’s Kaley Simqu commits to play soccer at Pitt
Kaley Simqu helps form the defensive nucleus for the Plum girls soccer team and has been a part of a strong run of success the past three seasons. The junior said she is looking forward to her final season with the Mustangs as they hope to make another run to...
Plum swimmers look forward to PIAA championship meet
Sam Schohn knows all about swimming at the PIAA Class 2A championships. But last year, the state meet was moved to a high school because of covid logistical issues with Bucknell. Now, Schohn is ready to test his mettle back at Bucknell on Friday and Saturday as the state championships...
Quaker Valley players feel relief, resolve after WPIAL championship game win
Adou Thiero was not going to be denied. The Quaker Valley senior finished with 31 points, 17 rebounds and seven blocks to lead the top-seeded Quakers to a 61-52 win March 3 against No. 2 Montour in the WPIAL Class 4A championship game at Petersen Events Center. The WPIAL title...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 12, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Saturday’s result Second round Fox Chapel 61, Allderdice 52 Sunday’s schedule Lower Merion (25-3) vs. Abington (17-11) at Bensalem, 3:30 p.m.; Scranton (22-2) vs. Garnet Valley (18-10) at Bethlehem Freedom, 4 p.m.; Roman Catholic (20-4) vs. Central Dauphin (18-5) at Liberty, 3...
High school roundup for March 12, 2022: Moon edges out WPIAL champion South Fayette
There hasn’t been much separating the Moon and South Fayette girls basketball teams all season. They tied for second place in Section 1-5A with 7-3 records, splitting a pair of regular-season matchups. They were evenly matched again in a PIAA Class 5A second-round matchup Saturday. This time, the Tigers got...
Burrell’s Hornack finishes fourth, Kiski Area’s Morlacci sixth at PIAA wrestling tournament
HERSHEY — It was an up-and-down PIAA Class 2A wrestling championship for Burrell sophomore Cooper Hornack. There were many highs and a few lows as Hornack ended the tournament with a fourth-place finish in the 120-pound weight class. He dropped a 1-0 decision to Bald Eagle Area junior Coen Bainey....
