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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 22, 2022
High School Basketball WPIAL Boys Saturday’s results Class 2A Section 4 Monessen 69, Jefferson-Morgan 43 Nonsection Canon-McMillan 76, Ringgold 56 Central Catholic 75, Pine-Richland 61 Chartiers Valley 64, West Shamokin 56 DuBois 60, Indiana 48 Eden Christian 65, Winchester Thurston 64 Ellwood City 74, St. Joseph 44 Geibel 57, Leechburg...
High school roundup for Jan. 22, 2022: South Fayette’s Webber grills Peters Township
Maddie Webber scored 34 points and hit five 3-pointers to lead South Fayette to a 60-54 girls basketball victory over Peters Township on Saturday in the Joey Fabus Memorial Classic at Bethel Park. South Fayette (12-3), which jumped out to a 10-point lead at the end of one quarter, has...
TribHSSN boys basketball rankings for Jan. 23, 2022
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. North Hills, 13-0, 1 2. Fox Chapel, 13-1, 2 3. Central Catholic, 11-4, 3 4. Upper St. Clair, 10-4, NR 5. Pine-Richland, 8-7, 4 Out: Seneca Valley (6-8, 5) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Laurel Highlands, 13-0, 1 2. New Castle,...
TribHSSN girls basketball rankings for Jan. 22, 2022
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 14-0, 1 2. Mt. Lebanon, 14-0, 2 3. Upper St. Clair, 13-3, 3 4. Norwin, 10-4, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 7-5, 5 Out: none Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Chartiers Valley, 14-1, 1 2. Moon, 14-2, 2 3. Trinity,...
Southmoreland gets in tune, beats Mt. Pleasant in ‘backyard brawl’
The Southmoreland girls began the day by singing the national anthem together. Like the game that followed, they were a little off-key early. But they were just building toward a big finish. And there was something to that “home of the brave” part. The third-ranked Scotties finally found their touch...
George Guido: More Hall of Fame inductions in near future
On the heels of the WPIAL Hall of Fame rollout this past week that included local figures such Chuck Tursky, Jason Nolf and Micah Mason, several other halls of fame will recognize area people. The Pittsburgh Basketball Club will induct Valley’s Tom Pipkins to its hall of fame on Feb....
Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Norwin, Hempfield ready for challenges after football realignment
Now that they have a better idea of what they will be dealing with in their new classification and conference, Norwin and Hempfield can begin to plan out next football season. The WPIAL announced new alignments for the next two-year cycle, and Class 5A newcomers Norwin and Hempfield are stationed...
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: Monessen’s Lorenzo Gardner and Southmoreland’s Gracie Spadaro
Lorenzo Gardner School: Monessen Sport: Basketball Year: Sophomore Claim to fame: Gardner scored a game-high 25 points to lead Monessen (9-4, 4-0) to an 81-68 win over East Allegheny in nonsection play Friday. Earlier in the week, Gardner led all scorers with 19 points in a 66-35 win over Frazier...
Shady Side Academy hockey team draws players from all over for prep school schedule
Ice hockey at Shady Side Academy is much different than what most scholastic sports fans are accustomed to. The school plays in the International Prep League, as opposed to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League most Western Pennsylvania schools play in. It’s a unique arrangement, but one that suits Shady Side...
Pitt recruit Aislin Malcolm finds ways to stand out in star-studded Chartiers Valley lineup
They are the Fab Five of WPIAL girls basketball. Chartiers Valley has three Division I and two Division II players in its starting lineup who have been together and winning championships their entire scholastic careers. Aislin Malcolm is heading to Pitt, Perri Page to Columbia, Marian Turnbull to Northeastern and...
Norwin notebook: Chase Kranitz hits 100-victory wrestling milestone
Chase Kranitz checked off a career milestone when the Norwin wrestling team hit the road for a recent tournament. The senior 152-pounder recorded his 100th win on the way to a third-place finish at the Escape the Rock Tournament at Council Rock South High School in Holland, Pa. Kranitz, a...
Experience with premier program guiding new North Hills swim coach
Nicole Loutsenhizer has been around swimming’s best for years. And now she is ready to carry over those experiences to the North Hills program. Loutsenhizer is in her first season leading the Indians after spending time in Virginia with Nation’s Capital Swim Club, the largest organized swim team in the...
Chartiers Valley football expects challenging schedule after realignment
Now that the WPIAL has the conference alignments for the 2022 and 2023 seasons, teams can start preparing for familiar faces and new foes in the fall. That will be the case for Chartiers Valley. The Colts will return to the Class 4A Parkway Conference with familiar opponents from the...
Fisher’s Files: Bethel Park athletic department, students deserve praise
Bethel Park athletics is a top-level organization. I have been covering high school sports for more than 40 years, mainly in South Hills communities, but one of the schools outside my coverage area was Bethel Park. Not anymore. The Bethel Park monthly is in its rookie season, and I’ve been...
Kernan leads way for improving Bethel Park wrestling team
Bethel Park’s Mason Kernan kept his sensational sophomore season intact at the Allegheny County championships held Jan. 14-15 at Fox Chapel. Kernan, competing at 120 pounds, captured a county title with a 6-5 win against Pine-Richland’s Dominic Ferraro in the championship bout. With the victory, Kernan extended his record this...
Depth, height help Bethel Park boys basketball to strong start
Bethel Park’s tall and talented boys basketball team made noise on the court early and often in the first half of the 2021-22 season. The Black Hawks won 10 of their first 11 games, including a 48-44 section victory Jan. 11 at home against Upper St. Clair. “Our greatest strength...
North Hills boys basketball staying focused despite impressive start
Buzz Gabos is cautiously optimistic. Gabos, coach of the North Hills boys basketball team, led the Indians to a 12-0 record through Jan. 18, with a 6-0 mark in Section 1-6A. North Hills has not just won, but has been dominant in most matchups, outscoring opponents by more than 25...
North Allegheny AD Bozzuto sees future Class 6A football alignment with larger field
North Allegheny athletic director Bob Bozzuto has a forward-thinking mindset when it comes to football conference realignment. The ink barely has dried on WPIAL plans for the next two seasons, but he’s ready to start thinking about 2024 and ’25. “We need to think outside of the box,” Bozzuto said....
Franklin Regional wrestlers look forward to postseason tournament
When wrestling season began back in December, Franklin Regional coach Matt Lebe wasn’t sure how things would work out for his team after two potential starters decided to pursue other avenues. But through hard work and belief in the coaches, the Panthers (5-0, 5-0) found themselves atop the Class 3A,...
Franklin Regional notebook: Basketball set for Shootout at Seton Hill
The Franklin Regional girls and boys basketball teams will take a break from their section schedules to play in the Shootout at Seton Hill set for Sunday at Seton Hill University in Greensburg. The girls will play the first of five games at the McKenna Center, at 1 p.m. against...
Isabella McNutt hears the cheers on Hampton wrestling team
Hampton sophomore Isabella McNutt began martial arts at age 4 and earned her Taekwondo black belt at age 7. But she sought something new. “I’ve always wanted to do wrestling,” she said. “I feel like it expands my knowledge in all martial arts. I thought, ‘Wow, that looks cool.’ I...
Realignment sends several Hampton sports teams down in class
Seven Hampton athletics teams will be getting new scenery for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 sports seasons. The PIAA enrollment-based parameters, released earlier this month, will drop the programs down one classification, including boys basketball, baseball and wrestling. Four girls teams — softball, tennis, cross country and swimming — will also...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Springdale’s Ryan Reinsfelder, Apollo-Ridge’s Sydney McCray
Ryan Reinsfelder Class: Senior School: Springdale Sport: Basketball Report card: Reinsfelder sank eight 3-pointers and scored 27 points to lead the Dynamos to a 78-63 win over rival Riverview on Tuesday. He missed six weeks with an ankle injury, but has returned to form as an outside shooting threat. How’d...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 21, 2022
High School Basketball WPIAL Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 86, North Allegheny 79 North Hills 80, Pine-Richland 68 Class 5A Section 3 Franklin Regional 42, Kiski Area 37 Gateway 82, McKeesport 48 Latrobe 77, Woodland Hills 66 Section 4 Mars 63, Armstrong 44 Hampton 70, Plum 35...
Markus Frank’s knack around basket leads unbeaten Quaker Valley past Lincoln Park
Quaker Valley’s Markus Frank has a knack for scoring around the rim from angles that seem almost impossible, yet he makes them with ease. And he makes them in a hurry. “At least once a practice, he’ll make a shot and we’ll all find ourselves looking at each other and...
