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High school sports schedules for March 1, 2021
Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s schedule Canon-McMillan (1-13) at Upper St. Clair (15-1), 6 p.m.; Seneca Valley (10-9) at Mt. Lebanon (9-8), 6 p.m.; North Hills (4-9) at Penn-Trafford (12-5), 6 p.m.; Norwin (7-13) at Butler (10-8), 6 p.m.; Bethel Park (8-9) at Fox Chapel (17-2),...
TribLive High School Sports Network broadcasts: Week of March 1, 2021
The Madness has begun. As we turn from February to March, we continue our exclusive coverage of all the WPIAL winter sports every day this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage of every WPIAL boys and girls high school basketball playoff game...
Second-seeded GCC to play at No. 18 Serra Catholic
Size matters this year in the WPIAL basketball playoffs, but it has nothing to do with height. The WPIAL said there might be cases where lower-seeded teams would host playoff games because their gymnasiums have more room to put up a percentage of spectators than their opponents. That will be...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Norwin’s Bilinsky to get Roundball invite
The Roundball Classic is returning in full force this spring. Organizer Allen Deep said the all-star basketball event will be played May 13-15 at Geneva. Rosters are far from finished, but Deep knows one player he will invite to the event. He said Norwin senior guard Ty Bilinsky will be...
After battling cancer, Freeport’s Garrett King eager to get back on field
In one week, the Freeport boys lacrosse team begins practice, and junior Garrett King with be there ready to work. “Lacrosse is so much fun for me,” the Yellowjackets multisport athlete said. “It is a change of pace from football. There’s so much running, and it keeps me in great...
A-K Valley basketball playoff capsules: Games for Monday, March 1, 2021
Here’s a look at Monday’s WPIAL basketball playoff games involving A-K Valley teams: Boys Preliminary round Class 4A 18-Yough (3-12) at 15-Knoch (6-9) 6 p.m. Monday Coaches: Jim Nesser, Yough; Alan Bauman, Knoch Winner plays: At 2-Lincoln Park (14-5), 6 p.m. Thursday About Yough: Two of their wins this season...
Westmoreland basketball playoff capsules: Games for Monday, March 1, 2021
Here’s a look at Monday’s WPIAL basketball playoff games involving Westmoreland County teams: Boys Preliminary round Class 4A 20-Southmoreland (2-16) at 13-Derry (5-6) 6 p.m. Monday Coaches: Frank Muccino, Southmoreland; Tom Esposito, Derry Winner plays: At 4-Quaker Valley (12-4), 6 p.m. Thursday About Southmoreland: The youthful Scotties debated going to...
Trib HSSN boys basketball rankings: Feb. 28, 2021
Final regular-season rankings Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Upper St. Clair, 16-1, 1 2. Fox Chapel, 18-2, 2 3. Pine-Richland, 11-5, 4 4. Hempfield, 11-5, 3 5. Penn-Trafford, 12-5, 5 Out: none Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Chartiers Valley, 19-3, 1 2. New Castle, 17-2, 2...
Trib HSSN girls basketball rankings: Feb. 28, 2021
Final regular-season rankings Class 6A Rk. Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 20-1, 1 2. Upper St. Clair, 13-2, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 15-3, 3 4. Bethel Park, 14-3, 4 5. Norwin, 11-4, 5 Out: none Class 5A Rk. Team, W-L, Last 1. Trinity, 18-1, 1 2. Chartiers Valley, 19-3,...
Knee injury dashes postseason hopes for Penn Hills senior
Heading into the season, Penn Hills wrestling coach Jeremy Packer was hoping for senior Hunter Shields to be right in the mix for another WPIAL Class AAA individual tournament appearance. However, Shields’ mission for a third appearance was cut short after suffering a knee injury during a Section 1B-AAA tournament...
Gateway swimmers take aim at WPIAL success
Gateway boys and girls swimmers are making final preparations for Sunday’s WPIAL Class AAA championships at Upper St. Clair. After a month and a half of meets and numerous qualifying attempts, the Gators found out last week where they would be situated for both individual and relay events. A number...
Penn Hills swimmer shakes off injury, picks up new event to qualify for WPIALs
After suffering a knee injury in August, senior Michael Lintelman wasn’t sure if he was going to qualify for the WPIAL Class AAA swimming and diving championships in his final season. However, after only starting to compete in the 200 IM in the last month, Lintelman qualified for the WPIAL...
Gateway’s Holl looks forward to coaching in East-West all-star game
For the first time in the nearly two decades of the Pennsylvania State Football Coaches Association’s East-West Classic, there will be two games celebrating many of the state’s top players. One game will involve the smaller schools — Classes A-3A — with the other featuring talent from Classes 4A-6A. Gateway...
Shaler notebook: Senior beats clock to earn spot in WPIAL swim meet
Lydia Nebiolo knew every meet would matter. Qualifying for the WPIAL Class AAA swimming championships would require having one of the 16 fastest times because of the covid restrictions in place. During the Shaler senior’s final home meet Feb. 22 against Pine-Richland, Nebiolo swam her best time in the 200...
Shaler freshman bowler comes through in clutch
Shaler bowling coach Shawn Pilyih gave freshman Braden Scott a quick hook in the Titans’ final regular-season match. Pilyih was “average watching” and knew after Scott threw a 220, his cumulative mark was over the 170 threshold that would qualify for the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League championships last Wednesday...
Chartiers Valley wrestlers come together during unsual season
Last year, the Chartiers Valley wrestling team won the fifth-place match in team sectionals and qualified for the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs. This year, with only two teams from each section qualifying for the smaller district wrestling team tournament, the Colts missed out on the team postseason. “From a dual...
Carlynton athletic director stresses life lessons learned from sports
Nate Milsom is in his ninth year as athletic director at Carlynton after serving as assistant AD for three years. Milsom has been married for almost as long as he’s been an athletic director. He and his wife of nearly nine years have a 7-year-old daughter Juliana and a 4-year...
Preston Zandier joins list of Thomas Jefferson Big 33 players
Preston Zandier has joined an exclusive club as a senior member of the Thomas Jefferson football program. A sturdy 6-foot-2, 200-pound wide receiver/linebacker and Youngstown State recruit, Zandier has been selected to participate in the 2021 Big 33 Football Classic. He is one of two players labeled as “athletes” on...
Baldwin girls basketball honors senior class that has seen it all
They have been friends and teammates throughout their high school careers, sticking together through thick and thin. The seniors on the Baldwin girls basketball team were honored at home Feb. 17 during pregame ceremonies with Canon-McMillan. The 2020-21 senior hoopsters are guards Lexi Bernotas, Sydney Carr, Anna Lucarelli and Taylor...
Patrick Cutchember becomes 4th Quaker Valley wrestler to win WPIAL title
In the short history of Quaker Valley’s wrestling program, only three wrestlers had the opportunity to have a WPIAL gold medal placed around their neck before this season. On Feb. 20, after trips to the finals the past two years, 189-pound junior Patrick Cutchember joined the ranks as he captured...
Quaker Valley’s Adou Thiero is embracing a bigger role
For the past three years, Adou Thiero’s role for the Quaker Valley boys basketball team has been evolving. He started as a freshman and averaged 7.5 points per game by being a shooter and distributor for a team that went on to make its third-straight WPIAL finals appearance. Then, as...
WPIAL’s Finest distance relay takes 2nd at national indoor track championships
WPIAL’s Finest almost was the finest in the nation. The 3,200-meter relay grouping of Greensburg Salem’s Quintin Gatons, Knoch senior Mike Formica, Riverside senior Colby Belczyk and Deer Lakes junior Carson McCoy finished second in the championship race Saturday at Adidas Nationals in Virginia Beach, Va. The team, which came...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 27, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL Nonsection Saturday’s result Laurel Highlands 63, Highlands 52 WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Preliminary round Saturday’s result Canon-McMillan 69, Greensburg Salem 46 First round Tuesday’s schedule Canon-McMillan (1-13) at Upper St. Clair (15-1), 6 p.m.; Seneca Valley (10-9) at Mt. Lebanon (9-8), 6 p.m.; North Hills...
Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer captures 2nd Regional title, continues strong junior year
Mt. Pleasant junior Dayton Pitzer continued his hot run Saturday at the PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional tournament at IUP’s Kovalchick Complex. The 215-pounder picked up three pins, with his third coming in 2 minutes, 11 seconds in the championship match against Carlynton’s Collin Milko to claim the second regional...
Central Valley gymnasts sweep WPIAL individual championships
Central Valley gymnasts capped off the program’s championship weekend with a clean sweep. A day after winning the district team crown, Warriors gymnasts won all-around titles in all three divisions Saturday at the WPIAL individual championships Saturday at Moon. Senior Carolyn Grimm finished first in the Diamond Division, her freshman...
