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Schools discovered which classifications they’ll be playing in over the next two school years. The PIAA delayed the disclosure of classes after some schools had miscalculated their enrollment figures based on the number of vo-tech students from their districts. Several local changes are in the offing as the area’s demographics...

Several members of the Fox Chapel and Shady Side Academy football teams were recently recognized for their efforts this past season. Earning first-team all-star recognition in the Tribune-Review’s Valley News Dispatch edition were: Fox Chapel’s Khi’Lee Patterson at wide receiver and defensive back. The 5-foot-8, 150-pound senior finished second on...

One of the winter’s main events is coming up as Fox Chapel High School will be the site of the 20th Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament. This year’s event will take place Jan. 14-15. As of press time, 33 schools have confirmed their plans on participating in the event. More are...

Early last month, as the Plum girls basketball team was going through its final paces in practices and scrimmages to get ready for the 2021-22 season, first-year coach Rich Mull said patience and hard work would be key components in the improvement of a young group with just one senior...

Gwyn Fichte has had quite the year so far in terms of sports success. In October, the Riverview sophomore placed 16th overall in the Class A girls race at the WPIAL cross country championships at Cal (Pa.). The finish also earned Fichte a berth to the state meet in Hershey....

Jasmine Timmerson noticed her cell phone is a little quieter nowadays without so many calls or texts from college coaches. “I like it that way,” she said with a laugh. Timmerson’s recruiting process had started much earlier than most. The North Allegheny junior was still weeks away from entering high...

One of the WPIAL’s top soccer players made her college decision last week. North Allegheny junior forward Lucia Wells made a verbal commitment to Pitt. “I am so grateful to announce my verbal commitment to play D1 soccer at The University of Pittsburgh!,” she wrote on Twitter. “Thank you to...

It will be an interesting couple of weeks for the Franklin Regional wrestling team. Fresh off its 32nd-place finishing at the Powerade tournament Dec. 29 and 30 which saw senior Finn Solomon place third and finish 6-1, the Panthers get ready for consecutive Section 1B (3A) matches that will determine...

Hampton swimming coach Morgan Zweygardt quickly spotted something about then-freshman Will Retsch. No matter what stroke the Talbots were working on at early season practices, Retsch went fast. “We realized he really had four solid strokes,” Zweygardt said. “It was very natural. As we are training, you realize, ‘Whoa, he’s...

Brennan Marion has been on the Texas football staff for less than two weeks and he already has tossed a lasso at WPIAL recruiting territory. Marion, a Greensburg Salem alum who coached wide receivers at Pitt this season before taking the same job with the Longhorns, extended scholarship offers to...

High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Friday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 North Hills 69, North Allegheny 59 Pine-Richland 61, Seneca Valley 49 Section 2 Mt. Lebanon 60, Baldwin 46 Bethel Park 37, Canon-McMillan 34 Upper St. Clair 54, Peters Township 45 Section 3 Central Catholic 58, Norwin 44 Penn-Trafford 90,...

Bryce Epps scored 18 points, hitting the 1,000 mark for his career, to lead No. 5 South Allegheny to a 50-47 victory over Shady Side Academy in Section 3-3A boys basketball Friday night. Dillion Hynes added 14 forr the Gladiators (8-2, 4-0). Eli Teslovich led the Bulldogs (6-3, 2-1) with...

It wasn’t pretty at times, but in the end, it was just perfect for Quaker Valley. Senior Markus Frank scored a game-high 24 points, including the tying basket and the winning free throw with 15 second left, as the visiting Quakers remained undefeated with a 47-46 comeback win over previously...

Alex Smith knew that if North Allegheny shooter Matt McDonough didn’t cool down, he and his North Hills teammates were in trouble. “It seemed like every 3 he was shooting, he was making,” Smith said Friday night. “We know how good he is. I said before the game, if he...

Landon Butler said he practiced free throws a few hours before game time Friday night. “I made like 25 of 35,” the Latrobe junior guard said. He said he and his teammates sometimes attempt 50 free throws a day in practice. It’s a good thing. The Wildcats needed accuracy from...

It took Burrell’s Brandon Coury a full quarter to get rolling. But when he did, the Bucs were on their way to a big victory. Coury poured in 30 points, including 18 in the second quarter, as the Bucs held off Deer Lakes, 53-45, in a Section 1-4A contest. Burrell...

The Kapusta brothers, Brian and Jeff, were two-time Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association champions when they wrestled for Greensburg Salem in the late 1980s and early ’90s. They went on to become NCAA Division II All-Americans at North Dakota State. Brian was a three-time champion and four-time All-American. Jeff was a...

There were some wrestling fans who worried there wouldn’t be many exciting matches at the 69th annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament this year. But there is no need to worry. Day 2 of the tournament will bring some intriguing matchups, especially in the 120-pound semifinals Saturday at Kiski Area....

It is only the eighth day of the New Year, but already, the WPIAL will be handing out gold at the first winter championships of the 2022 season. Let me see those spirit fingers! Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of the WPIAL Competitive Spirit championships, once again returning to Hempfield....

Football coach Tim Bostard knew folks might be a little surprised to see the PIAA list Woodland Hills as a Class 3A team after years of playing two classifications higher. Those other 3A teams can breathe a sigh of relief. Yes, the PIAA this week released updated enrollment numbers that...

High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Class A Section 3 Neighborhood Academy 82, Aquinas Academy 80 Nonsection Freeport 80, Apollo-Ridge 48 Butler 53, Kiski Area 46 City League Allderdice 79, Brashear 44 Southwest Christian Athletic Conference Cornerstone Prep 52, Cheswick Christian 33 Friday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 North...

Emma Dziezgowski hit for 20 points to lead Bethel Park to a 52-47 upset victory Thursday night, handing No. 2 Upper St. Clair its first loss of the season in Class 2-6A girls basketball. Becky Gillenberger added 12 points for the Black Hawks (3-6, 2-1), who trailed by 10 points...

Sophomore guard Elle Snyder knows her role on the Latrobe girls basketball team. “I am a shooter,” Snyder said with stern confidence. She was a pace-setter Thursday night, showing her shooting touch in the Wildcats’ 57-29 victory over visiting Franklin Regional in a Section 4-5A game. Snyder did her damage...

The Derry school board voted 8-0 on Thursday to hire Mike Arone as its new football coach. He replaces Vince Skillings, who coached the Trojans the past two seasons. Arone, an associate principal at the high school, worked as an assistant coach at Homer-Center from 1998-2020. He is a 1994...

Basketball has been the center of Nasheed “Nas” Thompson’s universe for a long time. From his youth days in his birthplace of Philadelphia, to his time on the high school team at Clearfield in Pennsylvania District 9, to now being a senior at Jeannette, he has grown to love the...