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Mohawk wins Class 3A championship, stopping North Catholic’s title reign
Mohawk senior Paige Julian thought she fouled out when she collided with a North Catholic player while driving the lane and hit a basket late in Saturday’s WPIAL Class 3A girls final at North Allegheny. Instead, Julian was credited with the go-ahead basket as the Warriors ended North Catholic’s quest...
Freeport edges Greensburg Salem for girls bowling regional team title
At the WPIBL girls team championships last month, Freeport finished one spot out of a berth in the finals, ending up fourth in qualifying when only three teams advanced. On Saturday at the Western Pa. Regional girls team championship in North Versailles, Freeport got its foot in the door by...
Westmoreland notebook: County well-represented in Big 5/6 selections
The Big 5/6 Conference, which recognizes the accomplishments of teams and athletes in the WPIAL’s two largest classifications, announced all-section teams for basketball and a number of Westmoreland County players made the list. In Class 6A, Hempfield senior guards Christian Zilli and Michael Hosni, Penn-Trafford senior guard Josh Kapcin, and...
Hempfield, Neshannock big winners at WPIAL competitive spirit championships
In a year when covid-19 has restrictions have made it difficult for high school athletics to occur, 21 teams at the 9th WPIAL competitive spirit championships were excited Saturday just to get on a mat. For Hempfield, their home mat proved extra special. The Spartans took home their first district...
5 WPIAL wrestlers advance to the PIAA Class AAA finals in upper weights
HERSHEY — The finals are set in the upper weights at the PIAA Class AAA wrestling championships Saturday at the Giant Center, and the WPIAL will be represented in four of the seven weight classes. There will be all-WPIAL finals at 145 and 152 pounds. Waynesburg had three more wrestlers...
George Guido: A-K Valley teams complete basketball season like none before
The truncated high school basketball season in the Alle-Kiski Valley ended Tuesday when the Leechburg and Fox Chapel boys, along with the Knoch girls, were eliminated. Suffice to say, it was a season like no other. Things looked bleak when there was a three-week shutdown in December, just hours after...
WPIAL rematches set for PIAA Class AAA lightweight wrestling finals
HERSHEY — Franklin Regional and Waynesburg each advanced two wrestlers to the finals at Saturday’s PIAA Class AAA championships at the Giant Center. Six WPIAL wrestlers will compete in the lightweight (106 to 138 pounds) finals, including all-WPIAL matchups at 132 and 138 pounds. It will be the third consecutive...
How to watch Saturday’s WPIAL basketball championships on Trib HSSN
Four more WPIAL basketball championship games will be played tonight at a pair of high school gymnasiums, and a quartet of teams will be rewarded for persevering during an unprecedented 2020-21 season. Teams endured covid-19 protocols and shutdowns that provided a bigger challenge than any on-court opponent. They continued to...
WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball championship breakdown: Chartiers Valley vs. New Castle
WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball championship No. 1 Chartiers Valley vs. No. 2 New Castle 8 p.m. Saturday at North Allegheny On the air: TribHSSN.TribLive.com (video stream) Winner plays: District 8, 9 or 10 champion in PIAA quarterfinals, March 19 How they got here: Chartiers Valley defeated No. 17 McKeesport,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 13, 2021: Hardwood heavyweights collide
Championship weekend continues with basketballs, wrestling mats and pompoms here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We continue our exclusive coverage of the 2021 WPIAL basketball finals with four more championship games at North Allegheny and Peters Township on Saturday evening. We also have the PIAA Class AAA wrestling...
South Park’s Joey Fischer 1 of 5 WPIAL wrestlers to win Class AA state titles
HERSHEY — South Park senior Joey Fischer can now look down on his opponents. No disrespect, but when you win a PIAA Class AA title, you get to stand atop of the podium to receive your medal. Fischer became the third individual from South Park to win a state title...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 12, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Finals Friday’s results Upper St. Clair 56, Pine-Richland 53 Class 5A Finals Saturday’s schedule Chartiers Valley (22-2) vs. New Castle (19-2) at North Allegheny, 8 p.m. Class 4A Finals Monday’s schedule North Catholic (18-4) vs. Lincoln Park (17-5) at North Allegheny, 8...
Back from injury, Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer reclaims PIAA throneVideo
HERSHEY – Mt. Pleasant junior Dayton Pitzer hadn’t often been forced to go a full six minutes in matches this season. Usually, he pins his opponents. Friday at the PIAA Class AA Wrestling Championship at the Giant Center, he didn’t have a problem working a little extra. The results were...
Upper St. Clair tops Pine-Richland, celebrates 1st WPIAL title since ’05Video
There were moments when Danny Holzer could’ve worried in the fourth quarter, probably should’ve been worried, but Upper St. Clair’s longtime coach insists he wasn’t. “I felt really good because of our seniors,” Holzer said. “I could just sense we were going to win this game.” With five seniors in...
Bishop Canevin closes out Rochester to win 1st WPIAL boys basketball crown
Shooting 29% usually isn’t the way to a championship. But it was enough for Bishop Canevin to win the first WPIAL title in school history as the Crusaders downed Rochester, 42-27, Friday night in the Class A title game at North Allegheny. With the 88th anniversary of President Franklin D....
Burrell’s A.J. Corrado wins state title with overtime pinVideo
HERSHEY – AJ Corrado didn’t have pancakes for breakfast Friday, but he served one up in the PIAA Class AA finals. He pancaked Midd-West senior Avery Bassett in overtime for a pin in the 160-pound final and celebrated his first PIAA title to cap off a historic day for the...
Neshannock stops undefeated Serra Catholic, wins 2nd WPIAL title in 3 years
Serra Catholic finished the regular season at 16-0 as undefeated section champions, so there was some sentiment that the Eagles should have been the top seed in the WPIAL Class 2A tournament. Neshannock posted a 16-2 record and shared its section championship, but received the No. 1 seed. The best...
Beaver girls capture program’s 1st WPIAL title
The Beaver girls basketball team could’ve packed it in during the WPIAL Class 4A championship game Friday when they trailed section rival Quaker Valley early and things weren’t going their way. But the Bobcats had been through too much. The senior class had suffered a WPIAL championship loss on a...
WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball championship breakdown: North Catholic vs. Mohawk
WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball championship No. 1 North Catholic vs. No. 2 Mohawk 5 p.m. Saturday at North Allegheny On the air: TribHSSN.TribLive.com (video stream) Winner plays: Winner of District 9 champion vs. District 5/8 champion in PIAA quarterfinals, March 19 How they got here: North Catholic defeated No....
In 1st finals since 2014, Greensburg CC to face high-powered OLSH offense
Greensburg Central Catholic didn’t get the home-court advantage other No. 2 seeds did in the WPIAL playoffs this year. Its gym was too small to host in the first round, so it had to play on the road, and issues from a water main break forced the Centurions to play...
WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball championship breakdown: North Allegheny vs. Upper St. Clair
WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball championship No. 1 North Allegheny vs. No. 2 Upper St. Clair 8 p.m. Saturday at Peters Township On the air: 95.3 FM; TribHSSN.TribLive.com (video stream) Winner plays: District 6, 8 or 10 champion in PIAA quarterfinals, March 19 How they got here: North Allegheny had...
WPIAL diving champs ready to take on state’s best
The “fab four” of WPIAL diving champions will attempt to claim more gold Saturday at the PIAA Class AAA and Class AA competitions at Cumberland Valley High School. Representing the WPIAL are Fox Chapel senior David Manelis and North Allegheny sophomore Christina Shi in Class AAA and South Park senior...
WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball championship breakdown: OLSH vs. Greensburg C.C.
WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball championship No. 1 OLSH vs. No. 2 Greensburg Central Catholic 5 p.m. Saturday at Peters Township On the air: 1230 AM, 99.3 FM, 1460 AM; TribHSSN.TribLive.com (video stream) Winner plays: Winner of District 9 champion vs. District 5 champion in PIAA quarterfinals, March 20 How...
Burrell junior follows WPIBL win with regional title
Just like she did at the WPIBL championships last month, Burrell junior Lydia Flanagan took care of some unfinished business at the Western Pa. Regional Girls Singles Tournament on Friday in North Versailles. After recording the top score in qualifying, Flanagan defeated Plum’s Mara Pliyih in the championship match, 194-124,...
Quartet of WPIAL wrestlers reach PIAA Class AA finals in upper weight classes
HERSHEY — Burrell senior A.J. Corrado became the third wrestler from his school to reach the finals at the 2021 PIAA Class AA wrestling championship Friday at the Giant Center. This is the first time in school history Burrell has had three wrestlers reach the finals. Corrado (160 pounds) joins...
