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Greg Perry resigns as Keystone Oaks football coach citing pay for assistants
Greg Perry resigned as football coach at his alma mater Keystone Oaks, citing a union contract decision that reduced money available for his assistant coaches. Perry went 45-34 in eight seasons. “I quit because in the spring, the school board and the (Keystone Oaks Education Association) decided on a contract...
Roth’s return to the mat helps Latrobe wrestling defeat Hempfield
Latrobe junior Nate Roth has been waiting for this day since the season began. It didn’t matter who his opponent was going to be. He just wanted to compete after recovering from a second surgery on his right shoulder. Beating reigning PIAA Class AAA 132-pound champion and rival Briar Priest...
Westmoreland girls basketball notebook: Southmoreland-Greensburg Salem lives up to billing
It was a girls game played on night when the spotlight shined on the top boys basketball action in the WPIAL. But Greensburg Salem at Southmoreland still lived up to its billing Tuesday. There weren’t a lot of points, possessions were precious and defense was the order of the day...
Junior guard steps into go-to role for Freeport girls basketball team
With two regular starters out of the lineup Monday for a Section 1-4A matchup against Burrell, Ava Soilis set out to lift up her youthful Freeport teammates. The junior guard, a second-year starter for the Yellowjackets and currently the team’s leading scorer, came through with a career-best 26 points and...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 6, 2022: Moon girls basketball faces test
So far, there has been a full Moon in the sky over Class 5A in WPIAL girls basketball. The Tigers are a perfect 9-0 and tied for the top spot in Section 1-5A with three-time defending champion Chartiers Valley. Emma Theodorsson led Moon with 20 points on Monday in a...
Trib 10: Neighbors top season’s 1st WPIAL basketball power rankings
We allowed three weeks for teams to flex their muscles at the start of the 2022 season. Now it’s time to see which teams are showing off the most early season power. The weekly Trib 10 power rankings slot the elite teams from around WPIAL boys and girls basketball. With...
Southmoreland girls will forge ahead rather than dwell on early section loss
For Southmoreland, it’s not as much about the loss as it is what happens after it. The Scotties, who were ranked No. 1 in WPIAL Class 4A, were upset Monday at Belle Vernon, 52-40. Belle Vernon (6-2) is no slouch. Everything went the Leopards’ way, and they seemingly couldn’t miss...
Mike Arone pegged to fill football coaching vacancy at Derry
Derry is on the verge of hiring a new football coach. According to the agenda for its Thursday meeting, the district will recommend Mike Arone to take over the program. Arone is an associate principal at Derry Area High School. He was an assistant coach for 20 years at Homer-Center....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 5, 2022: Favorites emerge on mats
Wednesday is another busy night of dual meets in WPIAL team wrestling with over 30 sub-section matches scheduled. With only a couple of weeks left in the team regular season, positioning in the sub-sections becomes more important. There are four matches that will affect the top of these sub-sections: •...
Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for Jan. 5, 2022
The first Trib HSSN state girls basketball rankings are out for the 2021-22 season. The WPIAL leads all districts with eight ranked teams, including North Allegheny at No. 1 in 6A. District 3 begins the new season with five ranked teams, followed by District 4 with four. Districts 6 and...
Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for Jan. 5, 2022
After letting the new basketball season simmer for a couple of weeks, it is time to debut the first Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for the 2021-2022 season. Of the six defending PIAA champions, five start this season in the top five: Reading (6A), Cathedral Prep (5A), Allentown Central...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 4, 2022
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 84, North Allegheny 78 North Hills 78, Pine-Richland 74 Section 2 Bethel Park 54, Peters Township 44 Mt. Lebanon 55, Canon-McMillan 51 Upper St. Clair 65, Baldwin 39 Section 3 Fox Chapel 89, Greensburg Salem 22 Hempfield 77,...
High school roundup for Jan. 4, 2022: OLSH’s DiMichele, QV’s Thiero make history
Jake DiMichele hit five 3-pointers, scored 29 points and reached the 2,000-point mark for his career to lead Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to a 78-38 boys basketball victory over South Side in Section 1-2A Tuesday night. Bryson Kirschner scored 14 points and Dawson Summers had 12 points for...
High-scoring Hempfield boys hold off Norwin in section opener
On two previous occasions this season, Hempfield scored 77 points — and lost. The Spartans are playing an exciting brand of basketball with kickout 3-pointers, quick passes and transition layups, but they haven’t been getting the results they’ve wanted. They had seen enough Tuesday night in the Section 3-6A opener....
Freshman’s triple-double helps Imani Christian deal 1st loss to Leechburg
Imani Christian was down to seven players in uniform Tuesday night because of an injury and non-covid illnesses. But seven was enough as the Saints controlled the boards and rolled past Leechburg, 65-44, in the Section 3-A opener for both teams. Alier Maluk, a 6-foot-10 freshman, scored 24 points and...
Hempfield’s Briar Priest could join elite club with 3rd WCCA title
Since the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association wrestling tournament began in 1954, only 57 wrestlers have won three titles. Eleven of those were four-time champions. Hempfield senior Briar Priest has a chance join that list this weekend at Kiski Area, the host school of the 69th annual tournament. Priest was a...
TribHSSN WPIAL team wrestling rankings: As of Jan. 4, 2022
TribHSSN Wrestling Rankings as of Jan. 4 Team Class AAA 1. Waynesburg (0-0) 2. Latrobe (2-0) 3. Connellsville (7-0) 4. West Allegheny (6-1) 5. Canon-McMillan (2-0) 6. Kiski Area (6-1) 7. Franklin Regional (2-0) 8. Hempfield (2-0) 9. Penn-Trafford (1-0) 10. Butler (2-0) Others to watch: Bethel Park (4-2), Trinity...
TribHSSN WPIAL individual wrestling rankings: As of Jan. 4, 2022
TribHSSN Live Wrestling Rankings as of Jan. 4 Individuals Class AAA 106: 1. Luke Willochell (Latrobe) 13-3; 2. Nico Fanella (Indiana) 6-0; 3. Ty Kapusta (Franklin Regional) 10-4; 4. Rylen Campbell (Plum) 11-1; 5. Ejiro Montoya (Mt. Lebanon) 11-4. 113: Ty Chappell (Seneca Valley) 15-3; 2. Thomas Allison (Trinity) 11-5;...
PIAA realignment leaves WPIAL Class 6A football, basketball with fewer teams
The WPIAL’s largest classification officially is getting smaller next season in football and basketball. As expected, the WPIAL will have only five football teams in Class 6A for the next two years, according to updated enrollment numbers released Tuesday by the PIAA for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years. But...
Senior leadership key for Derry swimming
Derry coach Jeff Kelly hits his young swimmers with a dose of reality right off the bat. “My freshmen all know that they’re going to swim the 500 (yard freestyle),” said Kelly, in his 29th season leading the Trojans. “That’s a joke on the team, you have to do your...
Kiski Area girls bowling notches historic 1st win
The date will be etched into Kiski Area bowling annals. On Dec. 15, the Kiski Area girls team defeated host Butler at Family-Bowl-A-Way, 7-0, to log the program’s first-ever win against a full-squad opponent. The Cavaliers were led by the fivesome of Veronica Flanagan, Alyssa Leya, Savannah Renwick, Haley Zeller...
PIAA competitive-balance rule impacts Aliquippa football unfairly, says Beaver County NAACP
The Beaver County branch of the NAACP added its voice to those opposing a PIAA rule that could force the small-school Aliquippa football team to face even larger opponents in Class 5A next season. In a letter dated Monday and addressed to the WPIAL, the branch argued that the PIAA...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Jan. 3, 2022
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Monday’s results Class 2A Section 2 Fort Cherry 54, Chartiers-Houston 48 Nonsection Deer Lakes 82, Valley 43 Cathedral Prep at North Catholic, ppd. Mars at Knoch, ppd. Tuesday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny at Butler, 7:30 p.m. Pine-Richland at North Hills, 7:30 p.m....
High school roundup for Jan. 3, 2002: Timmerson, No. 1 North Allegheny win on buzzer-beater
Jasmine Timmerson scored 22 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer, as No. 1 North Allegheny overcame a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to pick up a 46-43 victory over No. 4 Norwin in Section 1-6A girls basketball Monday night. The Tigers (7-0, 3-0) ended the game on...
Belle Vernon makes splash in 4A girls basketball, shocks No. 1 Southmoreland
Belle Vernon dunked No. 1 Southmoreland then went for a dip. Leopards girls basketball players told their coach, Kaitlyn Slagus, they would jump into the school swimming pool if they knocked off the visiting Scotties. Moments after the final horn sounded Monday night, the team was off to make good...
