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Gateway’s Morgan Holmes aims for faster times in 2nd trip to WPIAL meet
Morgan Holmes’ introduction to swimming at WPIALs as a freshman last year came in the 200- and 50-yard freestyle events and as a member of the Gateway 200 and 400 free relays. Her inaugural WPIAL race in the 50 produced a time of 25.48 seconds and landed her in 21st...
Penn Hills basketball standout Eddie Daniels learns to embrace every moment
After a summer league game before his junior season in 2019, Penn Hills’ Eddie Daniels was woken up by his sister asking him if he’d heard from their mother. Daniels later found out his mother, Theresa Latimer, suffered a brain aneurysm, forcing Daniels to grow up real fast. After Latimer...
Gateway basketball teams prepare for WPIAL postseason
The Gateway boys and girls basketball teams have reached the end of the regular season. The Gators will host a varsity doubleheader against McKeesport at 6 and 8 p.m. Friday. Then, it is on to their respective open WPIAL Class 5A playoff tournaments where they hope to make things happen....
Shaler girls look to regain momentum once playoffs start
Filling time between the final regular season game and the start of the WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball playoffs required some guesswork for Shaler coach Cornelious Nesbit. The Titans can’t improve their seed because the team was shut down for covid-19 related issues in the school district. Shaler’s last game...
Shaler boys learn to shake off rust during stop-and-start season
Developing chemistry after a long layoff won’t be such a foreign concept for Shaler junior guard Dylan Schlagel. In preseason, the Titans’ boys basketball team would have benefited from having name tags on their jerseys with the number of freshmen vying for varsity playing time. Seven freshmen have played for...
Junior Jayden Gales having breakthrough season for Bishop Canevin
At the start of the season, there were high expectations for the Bishop Canevin boys basketball team. The Crusaders were the preseason No. 1 in the Class A Trib HSSN rankings. Junior guard KeVaughn Price was named the preseason Class A player of the year while teammates senior guard Dom...
Senior duo builds impressive resumes for Thomas Jefferson wrestling
Thomas Jefferson wrestlers Kale Buckiso and Michael Zacur burst onto the scene as freshmen in 2017-18. Both won 27 matches and recorded double-digit pins. Following their sensational varsity debuts, Buckiso and Zacur posted 26-10 and 28-12 records as sophomores. Buckiso logged 16 falls and repeated his freshman performance by not...
Hard-nosed approach carries Thomas Jefferson boys to strong season
Hard work does have its benefits. “Our team has worked as hard as any team I have coached,” said Dom DeCicco, Thomas Jefferson’s veteran boys basketball floor boss. “We always take the approach of one game at a time and try to get a little better each day. “After losing...
With defensive identity, Sewickley Academy boys finding rhythm heading into playoffs
As the WPIAL playoffs approach, Sewickley Academy boys basketball coach Win Palmer is confident with where the Panthers are. Since the beginning of February, the Panthers (6-7, 3-5) have played No. 3 Springdale, No. 1 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Shenango, which has won seven of its past 10,...
Former Quigley Catholic guard Hailey Drutarosky fitting right in at Sewickley Academy
Not many high school athletes change schools before their senior season, but when Quigley Catholic closed at the end of last school year, Hailey Drutarosky set off on a path she never expected to take. “Nobody ever thinks about transferring schools their senior year of high school,” said Drutarosky, who...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Warriors place 5th in WPIAL rifle finals
The Penn-Trafford coed rifle team just missed advancing to the PIAA state tournament for the second consecutive season. The Warriors finished fifth with a score of 797-47x, 3x short of finishing among the top four teams that advanced to the state tournament at Avella. Hempfield won its fifth WPIAL title...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 20, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 74, Pine-Richland 71, OT Section 3 Central Catholic 58, Greensburg Salem 15 Class 5A Section 2 Trinity 55, West Allegheny 42 Section 4 Highlands 65, Mars 52 Plum 43, Hampton 32 Shaler at Armstrong, ppd. Class 4A Section...
High school roundup for Feb. 20, 2021: Trinity girls stun North Allegheny
In a battle of the top-ranked girls basketball teams in the WPIAL’s top two classes, Alyssa Clutter hit five 3-pointers and scored 21 points to lead Class 5A No. 1 Trinity past Class 6A No. 1 North Allegheny, 59-56, on Saturday. Courtney Dahlquist added 17 points for Trinity (15-1), which...
Cymmerman denied 4th WPIAL wrestling crown; Mt. Pleasant has 2 champions
Derry senior Ty Cymmerman sat by himself in the auxiliary gym at Canon-McMillan High School, his head down. He appeared to be in deep thought after he was denied a chance at joining an elite group for four-time WPIAL champion wrestlers. Cymmerman gave up a four-point move in the second...
Burrell’s Oswalt joins elite group; Bucs have 4 championsVideo
The Burrell wrestling team could not have asked for better performance in the finals than it had Saturday at the WPIAL Class AA championship at Canon-McMillan. The Bucs were 4-for-4 in the finals, highlighted by senior Ian Oswalt becoming the 31st wrestler to win four WPIAL titles. He also is...
Highlands beats Mars, grabs at least share of section title
Highlands reached a milestone Saturday afternoon, securing a school-record fourth consecutive section title. And the Golden Rams did it against a long-time nemesis. Highlands defeated Mars in a Section 4-5A make-up game, 65-52, sweeping the season series against the Planets. Before this season, Mars had a 15-game winning streak against...
Trib HSSN girls basketball rankings: Feb. 21, 2021
Class 6A Rk. Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 17-0, 1 2. Upper St. Clair, 12-1, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 13-3, 4 4. Bethel Park, 11-3, 3 5. Norwin, 11-3, 5 Out: none Class 5A Rk. Team, W-L, Last 1. Trinity, 14-1, 1 2. Chartiers Valley, 15-3, 2 3. Thomas...
Trib HSSN boys basketball rankings: Feb. 21, 2021
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Upper St. Clair, 12-1, 1 2. Fox Chapel, 14-2, 2 3. Hempfield, 10-3, 3 4. Pine-Richland, 9-4, NR 5. Penn-Trafford, 9-5, 5 Out: North Allegheny (12-5, 4) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Chartiers Valley, 17-1, 1 2. New Castle, 14-2, 2...
Hempfield wins low-scoring game vs. Franklin Regional
Hempfield boys basketball coach Bill Swan said he didn’t know what to expect from a “Saturday soiree” at Franklin Regional. A soiree refers to a fancy evening affair. You wouldn’t call Hempfield’s latest victory fancy, but the Saturday afternoon nonsection matchup will pass as another tune-up for the upcoming WPIAL...
George Guido: WPIAL’s 1984 open tournament remembered for wild upsets
For the first time since 1984, the WPIAL will hold an open basketball tournament. In other words, any team that wants to get in can. The playoff brackets are scheduled to be distributed Tuesday, with action expected to begin Saturday. For now, let’s take a look back at the tournament...
North Allegheny seniors earn redemption with WPIBL championship
A couple of pins cost North Allegheny’s boys bowling team a title two seasons ago, so the Tigers made certain this year’s championship match wasn’t as close. North Allegheny took down top-seeded Butler, 167-148, in the finale of a three-game series to win the WPIBL team finals Feb. 17 at...
Spencer leads way for Pine-Richland wrestling team
Pine-Richland wrestling made some big strides during the team portion of the season, and now the hope is it has set it up for success in an expanded individual season. That starts with defending WPIAL champ Cole Spencer, a Penn recruit who is No. 1 at 160 pounds in the...
Wrestling community helped Franklin Regional senior through family tragedy
Garrett Thompson has never advanced past the WPIAL Class AAA Championship. But the senior has big plans to end his high school career. Despite being in one of the toughest weight classes in the state, 152 pounds, Thompson (21-3) wants to end his high school career atop of the podium...
Franklin Regional girls show skill from beyond perimeter
If anything can turn around a basketball season, it’s one of those can’t-miss games. You know, when everything a team tosses up seems to splash down through the net? Some call it lights-out shooting. Others say luck had a front-row seat. Franklin Regional’s girls had one of those games recently...
Hampton wrestler overcomes size disadvantage to have big senior season
Nearly every time Conrad Harold stepped on the wrestling mat this season, he was facing someone bigger than him. But few were better than him. The Hampton senior finished with a 24-7 record — by far the best mark of his high school career — despite being outweighed by nearly...
