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Latrobe team dominates WCCA tournament
If no one noticed, the Latrobe wrestling team is starting to make noise around the WPIAL. The Wildcats, No. 2 in the Trib HSSN Class 3A rankings, easily won the 69th annual Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament at Kiski Area with 252 points. Latrobe had four champions and eight finalists....
Kilkeary-Hohman, Priest-Roth rematches highlight WCCA championships
“Until we meet again.” That’s what four Westmoreland County wrestlers have in store for the rest of the season. And that’s what Latrobe junior Vinny Kilkeary and Penn-Trafford senior Troy Hohman, and Hempfield senior Briar Priest and Latrobe junior Nate Roth said after their matches Saturday at the 69th annual...
TribHSSN girls basketball rankings for Jan. 9, 2022
Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 8-0, 1 2. Mt. Lebanon, 10-0, 3 3. Upper St. Clair, 9-1, 2 4. Norwin, 6-3, 4 5. Seneca Valley, 7-3, NR Out: Butler (6-4, 5) Class 5A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. Chartiers Valley, 10-1, 1 2. Moon, 10-0, 2...
Various Alle-Kiski Valley schools change classifications
After many years of high-level contests in WPIAL Class 2A, including five seasons that resulted in WPIAL championships, the Freeport girls volleyball team made a move to Class 3A two years ago. But the winning didn’t wane as the Yellowjackets posted co-section championships this past fall and in 2020. The...
TribHSSN boys basketball rankings for Jan. 9, 2022
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. North Hills, 9-0, 1 2. Fox Chapel, 9-1, 3 3. Central Catholic, 7-2, 4 4. Upper St. Clair, 8-1, 5 5. Butler, 8-2, NR Out: North Allegheny (8-2, 2) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Laurel Highlands, 9-0, 1 2. New Castle,...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Burrell’s Brandon Coury, Kiski Area’s Abbie Johns
Brandon Coury Class: Senior School: Burrell Sport: Basketball Report card: Coury scored 30 points, including 18 in the second quarter, to help Burrell earn a 53-45 win at Section 1-4A rival Deer Lakes. He is 120 points shy of 1,000 for his career. How’d it feel to help the team...
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: GCC’s Brevan Williams, Belle Vernon’s Viva Kreis
Brevan Williams School: Greensburg Central Catholic Sport: Basketball Year: Senior Claim to fame: Williams, who is averaging 19.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists this season, scored a game-high 32 points with four 3-pointers to lead Greensburg Central Catholic (6-1, 1-0) to an 87-45 win over Propel Braddock Hills in...
Hempfield, Laurel win 2022 WPIAL spirit championships
Clean and crisp. That’s what Laurel coach Jenn Horodyski wanted to see from her squad’s performance when they stepped onto the mat for the WPIAL competitive spirit championships Saturday at Hempfield. She got that and more as Laurel delivered a performance with zero deductions to run away with the WPIAL...
George Guido: PIAA enrollment numbers affect A-K Valley teams
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...
Fox Chapel, Shady Side Academy football players earn postseason honors
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...
Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament to make anticipated return at Fox Chapel
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...
Patience, hard work paying off for Plum girls basketball
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...
Riverview’s Fichte finds success with new bowling program
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....
Pitt the ‘best of both worlds’ for North Allegheny’s Timmerson
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...
North Allegheny notebook: Junior Lucia Wells commits to play soccer at Pitt
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...
Busy weeks ahead for Franklin Regional wrestling
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 senior shows off all-around ability in IM
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...
Former Pitt assistant Marion joins Texas staff, immediately offers WPIAL stars Gallagher and Martin
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 school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 7, 2022
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,...
High school roundup for Jan. 8, 2022: South Allegheny’s Bryce Epps hits milestone
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...
Quaker Valley edges Montour to stay unbeaten, win another section slugfest
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...
North Hills clamps down on defense, stops North Allegheny in clash of 6A contenders
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...
Latrobe steels nerves for section victory vs. Franklin Regional
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...
Burrell evens record with section victory against Deer Lakes
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...
WCCA Tournament notebook: Kapusta cousins following in their dads’ footsteps
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...
