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Westmoreland boys basketball notebook: Shootout at Seton Hill returns
Basketball showcase events went by the wayside last season as the covid pandemic stretched its long reach over high school and college sports. But a local event returns this weekend, and it features five games at Seton Hill’s McKenna Center. The Shootout at Seton Hill will be played Sunday, beginning...
Keystone Oaks beats Shady Side Academy to shore up playoff positioning
As play began on Thursday, there was a major logjam behind Avonworth in WPIAL Section 3-3A girls basketball. Five teams were separated by only two games with just over two weeks remaining. Keystone Oaks distanced itself from the pack a bit by flying high early and cruising to a 48-37...
Norwin girls easily drop No. 1 North Allegheny
Norwin had a “purple out” Thursday night as part of a fundraiser. The girls basketball team was seeing red from the opening tip. Fourth-ranked Norwin started fast and never loosened its grip, leaving a trail of nine 3-pointers in its wake on the way to beating the No. 1 out...
Hampton hiring new football coach as Jacque DeMatteo ends 14-year stint
For the first time in 14 years, Hampton soon will have a new football coach. The district will hire a replacement as soon as next month for coach Jacque DeMatteo, who resigned this winter after an 11-1 season and winning the Greater Allegheny Conference title. DeMatteo stepped down as coach...
Valley boys basketball team learning how to win
The Valley boys basketball program is struggling through another difficult season. But Ben Aftanas has been a shining light through the gloom. The senior guard is averaging 16 points for the Vikings, 1-16 on the season after a 65-60 nonsection loss to equally struggling Greensburg Salem (2-14) on Wednesday night....
Fast times expected at Westmoreland County swim meet
The county’s top swimmers will converge at Derry this weekend for the Westmoreland County Coaches Association swimming and diving championships. Diving events will take place Friday beginning at 5 p.m., and swimming events are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday. The event returns after taking 2021 off because of the pandemic....
Yough’s rising basketball star Crosby working to expand his game
Terek Crosby is a gifted athlete and a natural scorer on the basketball court. Just a sophomore, he can get to the rim and do some impressive things once he gets there. Swift layups. Up-and-under scores. Slam dunks. At times, he looks like a Maserati with the fast lane all...
Keefer resigns as football coach at Southmoreland; Frazier hires Shannon
Southmoreland is looking for a new football coach after Dave Keefer resigned. The Southmoreland School District’s board accepted his resignation at a meeting Jan. 20. Keefer had coached four seasons at Southmoreland and led them reach the WPIAL playoffs twice. The 2021 team played in its first home playoff game,...
Waynesburg, Burrell receive top seeds for WPIAL wrestling tournament
Defending WPIAL champions Waynesburg (Class 3A) and Burrell (2A) were seeded No. 1 by the WPIAL wrestling committee Thursday for the upcoming district team tournament, which begins next Wednesday. Burrell, which has won 15 consecutive Class 2A titles, is followed by No. 2 Burgettstown, No. 3 Quaker Valley, No. 4...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 26, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Class 5A Section 2 West Allegheny 49, Moon 35 Section 3 Gateway 59, Woodland Hills 29 Class 3A Section 2 Aliquippa 82, Freedom 40 Class 2A Section 4 Carmichaels 66, Frazier 37 Nonsection Springdale 71, Apollo-Ridge 45 Charleroi 73, Mt. Pleasant 48 Yough 62,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 27, 2022: North Allegheny, Norwin meet again
Traditional girls Class 6A powers prepare to battle one more time in the regular season Thursday when first-place North Allegheny visits second-place Norwin in a Section 1-6A showdown. The Tigers are perfect this season. NA is 9-0 in the section and 15-0 overall. The host Knights are 8-1 in the...
Trib 10: One unlucky team falls from WPIAL basketball power rankings
As the region dealt with snowy weather and cold temperatures this past week, the top boys and girls basketball teams in the district were able to avoid any stormy results. No stunners were felt by the Trib 10 teams, with the few losses suffered mostly coming to fellow power-ranked teams....
High school roundup for Jan. 27, 2022: Allderdice tops Obama in City League showdown
Major Rainey scored 20 points to lead five players in double figures as Allderdice defeated Obama Academy, 64-60, in a matchup of top teams in City League boys basketball Wednesday night. Michael Quigley added 12 points, and Sam Kelly, Avery Ruben and Ethan Anish had 10 apiece for Allderdice (9-5,...
High school wrestling roundup for Jan. 26, 2022: North Allegheny tops Butler for section crown
Casey Walker (106 pounds) earned a 6-0 decision at 106 pounds that sparked a run of five wins in a row that helped North Allegheny to a 33-30 victory over Butler in the WPIAL Section 3-3A wrestling finals Wednesday night. William Bentrim (113) earned a pin, Sam Horton (120) won...
Fast start fuels Latrobe wrestling to Section 2-3A championship
It took all of 22 seconds for the Latrobe wrestling team to seize momentum Wednesday in its WPIAL Section 2-3A tournament championship match against Connellsville. Wildcats freshman Luke Willochell recorded a quick pin in the opening match at 106 pounds over the Falcons’ Trent Huffman, helping propel Latrobe to a...
Burrell wrestling rolls to section title, ready to defend WPIAL championship
And the beat goes on for the Burrell wrestling team. Just when some teams think they can take the Bucs down, Burrell finds another gear. Burrell captured its 19th consecutive section title Wednesday by defeating Mt. Pleasant, 43-25, in the Section 3-2A finals at Mt. Pleasant. The Bucs defeated Southmoreland,...
Kiski Area wrestlers top Franklin Regional, repeat as section champs
For the 26th time in program history, the Kiski Area wrestling team is section champion. The Cavaliers won twice Wednesday at Franklin Regional and capped the evening with a 40-29 victory over the host Panthers to bring home the Section 1-3A title for the second year in a row. “It’s...
St. Joseph girls basketball team develops chemistry
The St. Joseph girls basketball team entered the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s nonsection game against Class 3A Shady Side Academy trailing by three points. But clutch scoring and a defensive effort that held the Bulldogs to four points over the final eight minutes helped the Spartans rally for a 37-33...
Aliquippa wins PIAA appeal, remains in Class 4A football
Add another win to Aliquippa’s record. The PIAA board on Wednesday accepted Aliquippa’s appeal and agreed to leave the Quips in Class 4A football for the next two seasons, a victory that let the reigning state champions avoid a promotion to 5A under the PIAA’s competitive-balance rule. The board voted...
Latrobe girls basketball integrates guarded approach
Latrobe has gained some attention around WPIAL girls basketball circles because of its height and old-school post play. The Wildcats have a size advantage that teams envy. They are a skyscraper in a Class 5A skyline. But watch the team play this season and it’s clear there is much more...
Westmoreland girls basketball notebook: Sizing up the Norwin-North Allegheny rematch
Odds do not favor an offensive extravaganza when North Allegheny and Norwin meet again Thursday night in North Huntingdon. It’s a good a bet to expect the opposite. These are teams that usually come away with dirt under their finger nails. No. 1 North Allegheny (15-0, 9-0) won the first...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 25, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Hills 75, North Allegheny 52 Pine-Richland 55, Seneca Valley 49 Class 5A Section 3 McKeesport 92, Kiski Area 73 Penn Hills 87, Latrobe 44 Franklin Regional 45, Woodland Hills 42 Section 4 Highlands 69, Hampton 53 Mars 62, Shaler...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 26, 2022: Section titles to be decided on mats
The stage will be set for the upcoming district team wrestling playoffs with WPIAL team sectionals Wednesday. Seven sites will host four teams each with two semifinals matches at 6 p.m. followed by the sectional title match and the battle for third place. These results will help the WPIAL steering...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for Jan. 26, 2022
There was only one team that slipped out of the Trib HSSN state Top 5 from last week as the elite teams across Pa. weathered the storms and took care of business. The only change was in Class 3A, where defending champion West Catholic dropped and was replace by undefeated...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for Jan. 26, 2022
With less than a month before district playoffs begin, the teams in the weekly Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings are fine-tuning their game. It was another week of very little movement with only two teams falling out of the Top 5, one in Class 4A, the other in A....
