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Westmoreland high school notebook: Monessen girls basketball to finish game with Fort Cherry
Monessen had an unusual time Wednesday when it hosted Fort Cherry for a girls basketball game. The power went out just before tip-off, and the teams played with generator lights and no scoreboard. But then the back-up lights also conked out with just 2 minutes, 7 seconds to play in...
Trib HSSN WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Jan. 30, 2022
The focus at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and across the WPIAL has been on the record-setting winning streak of the OLSH boys basketball team, breaking the nearly 40-year-old WPIAL record with 54 straight wins, and counting. “The boys’ run is very impressive, especially considering the tough WPIAL and...
Trib HSSN WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week: Week ending Jan. 30, 2022
In this day and age, high school basketball coaches often will say teaching unselfishness to their players is the key to a successful team. Seneca Valley girls coach Dorothea Epps had the opposite issue with senior Olivia West. “Liv has really picked it up the last month,” Epps said. “Initially,...
2021-22 PIHL standings through Jan. 30, 2022
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday, Jan. 30. Eight teams in each classification qualify for the PIHL playoffs. *- indicates clinched a playoff spot x- indicates eliminated from playoff chase #-Indicated ineligible for Penguins Cup Playoffs Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss =...
Gateway freshman Raymer hunting gold at WPIAL championship meet
There were high expectations for Hunter Raymer as he entered his freshman swim season at Gateway a couple of months ago. A distance specialist who has shown his versatility in events up and down the lineup, Raymer is meeting those expectations, and he also is hoping to exceed them with...
Quaker Valley duo taking WPIAL by storm
Quaker Valley basketball players Adou Thiero and Markus Frank have established themselves as one of the top tandems in Western Pennsylvania. They are two of the premier players in the WPIAL. Both are 6-foot-5 and both are 1,000-point career scorers. As of Jan. 25, Thiero and Frank led QV to...
Assistant AD a driving force for Sewickley Academy sports
Heather Border and athletics go hand in hand. She has spent almost her entire life dedicated to sports, first as a three-sport athlete, then as a coach, and now as an administrator and coach. Border, 45, is the assistant athletic director at Sewickley Academy, a role that began in 2001....
Penn-Trafford girls win inaugural WCCA bowling title
Things didn’t look good for the Penn-Trafford girls bowling team after two games at the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association’s first championship Jan. 24. But led by junior Alyssa Balest, the Warriors rallied to win the team title, edging Kiski Area at Lincoln Lanes in Latrobe. The Warriors finished with a...
Penn Hills’ A.J. Palumbo finds success on mat while balancing busy schedule
A.J. Palumbo asks the Penn Hills wrestling coaches for an intense practice. Palumbo, a 215-pound senior wrestler, only has about 40 minutes to put work in before he heads to his job at Don Kuhn Auto Body. Palumbo is working as an apprentice painting cars. The Indians, who don’t have...
Penn Hills notebook: Bowling team building for future
The Penn Hills bowling team is trying to lay a foundation for future seasons. The Indians don’t have enough bowlers to make an impact in WPIBL play. However, the bowlers they do have on the roster have an opportunity to get a lot of work in at the varsity level....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 29, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 2A Section 3 Winchester Thurston 70, Serra Catholic 65 PBC Classic At Montour Blackhawk 64, Baldwin 59 Moon 66, Hopewell 45 North Allegheny 50, Penn Hills 40 Quaker Valley 83, Highlands 75 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 81, Shady Side Academy...
High school roundup for Jan. 29, 2022: North Allegheny rallies past Penn Hills
Matt McDonough scored 15 points and North Allegheny used a 17-6 run in the third quarter to pull away for a 50-40 win over Penn Hills at the PBC Classic at Montour on Saturday. Robby Jones added 14 points and Joey Dopirak had 10 for the Tigers (11-6). Noah Barren...
Thiero scores 40, leads undefeated Quaker Valley to comeback win vs. Highlands
Highlands was looking to spill Quaker Valley from the undefeated ranks Saturday afternoon, building up a 19-point lead at one juncture. But the Quakers took the lead for the first time with 3 minutes left in the game and went to 14-0 on the season with an 83-75 victory. Senior...
TribHSSN boys basketball rankings for Jan. 29, 2022
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. North Hills, 15-0, 1 2. Fox Chapel, 16-1, 2 3. Central Catholic, 13-4, 3 4. Upper St. Clair, 11-4, 4 5. Pine-Richland, 10-7, 5 Out: none Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Laurel Highlands, 16-0, 1 2. New Castle, 14-1, 2 3....
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: Ligonier Valley’s Nick Roddy, Latrobe’s Hannah Polosky
Nick Roddy School: Ligonier Valley Sport: Swimming and Diving Year: Senior Claim to fame: Roddy finished with a score of 455.60 to win the 1-meter diving competition at the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association championships Friday at Derry. Roddy, who won his second county diving title, finished more than 130 points...
Hempfield, Neshannock win competitive spirit state championships
Hempfield competitive spirit coach Suzannah Mayer could sense the nerves in her team Friday at Day 1 of the PIAA championships and it impacted their routine, but the Spartans were still able to finish third in the preliminaries and advance to the finals. With a championship on the line Saturday,...
TribHSSN girls basketball rankings for Jan. 29, 2022
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Mt. Lebanon, 17-0, 2 2. North Allegheny, 15-1, 1 3. Upper St. Clair, 15-3, 3 4. Norwin, 12-4, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 11-5, 5 Out: none Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Chartiers Valley, 15-1, 1 2. Trinity, 13-1, 3 3. South...
Mt. Pleasant dominant at WCCA swim/dive meet
It was quite the day for the Mt. Pleasant swim team and freshman Lily King. King set four meet records: individually in the 50- and 100-yard freestyles and as a part of the 200 IM and 400 free relay teams. Those results helped propel the Viking girls team to the...
WPIAL golfers to face true test next fall as championships expand to 2 rounds
Two rounds. Thirty-six holes. Two courses? That is what will await golfers next fall for the WPIAL golf championships. The WPIAL changed its format for the boys and girls individual finals by eliminating the semifinal rounds and turning the championship into a two-round event spread over a week. Qualifiers will...
George Guido: Willie Thrower Award finalists announced
The five finalists for the second annual Willie Thrower Award, recognizing the top quarterback among WPIAL and City League schools, have been determined. The finalists, selected by a panel of two coaches from each conference and various media members, are (listed alphabetically) Brad Birch of Gateway, Jared Brickner of Beaver...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Deer Lakes’ Reese Hasley, Burrell’s Luke Rose
Reese Hasley Class: Senior School: Deer Lakes Sport: Basketball Report card: Hasley eclipsed 1,000 points in style Monday by hitting the winning shot in a 39-37 win over Freeport. Hasley had 15 points in the game. She has been a four-year starter for the Lancers. How’d it feel to reach...
Offseason work pays off for Pine-Richland heavyweight Joey Schneck
Joey Schneck pinned his way to the 285-pound Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament title recently, but that title wasn’t just won in the two days he spent at Fox Chapel High School. For Schneck, a junior at Pine-Richland, the journey to being a county champ started with a conscientious decision in...
Bond between swimming Shaffer sisters grows deeper in Pine-Richland pool
Sarah Anne and Elizabeth Shaffer’s times are pretty close in the pool. And that’s made them even closer outside of it. Sarah Anne, a freshman, and Elizabeth, a junior, are sisters and members of the Pine-Richland swim team and the bond they’ve formed around the sport has enhanced their relationship...
Plum’s Kvortek ready to score high at WPIAL gymnastics championships
Sarah Kvortek realized the fulfillment of a goal last season as she stood at the top of the podium at the WPIAL individual gymnastics championships at Moon High School. The Plum junior celebrated her second varsity season with a gold medal on bars in the Intermediate I (Gold) division. With...
North Allegheny notebook: Jacob Porter commits to Yale
North Allegheny senior defensive end Jacob Porter made a verbal commitment to Yale last week. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound standout is a two-time all-conference selection. He chose Yale over other offers from Temple, Bucknell, Akron, Colorado State and Old Dominion. This season, Porter made 37 tackles, including 21 solo, in seven...
