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Quaker Valley girls finding their form as postseason approaches
The Quaker Valley girls basketball team is searching for a WPIAL title this season, and with just four losses on their record, the Quakers seem to be in a good position as the WPIAL’s open tournament quickly approaches later this month. Before the No. 2 Quakers fell to No. 1...
WPIAL bracketology: Don Rebel, Chris Harlan take early look at girls basketball tournament
The WPIAL basketball playoffs will seem bigger than ever this winter since the league intends to hold an open tournament in each of the six classifications. Any team that wants to take part can. The WPIAL took this route because covid-related cancellations made the section standings unbalanced, making it nearly...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 13, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 69, North Hills 68 Class 5A Section 4 Plum 48, Armstrong 44 Indiana at Shaler, ppd. Class 4A Section 2 Central Valley 60, Beaver 37 Class 3A Section 3 Steel Valley at Shady Side Academy, ppd. Section 4...
High school roundup for Feb. 13, 2021: OLSH cruises in championship showdown
In a battle of defending WPIAL champions in their respective classes, OLSH opened up a 12-point lead in the first quarter en route to a 73-51 nonsection win over Highlands on Saturday evening. Jake DiMichele had 33 points and Dante Spadafora scored 28 for the Chargers (15-0), the defending Class...
Trib HSSN girls basketball rankings: Feb. 14, 2021
Class 6A Rk. Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 15-0, 1 2. Upper St. Clair, 10-1, 2 3. Bethel Park, 11-2, 3 4. Mt. Lebanon, 11-3, 4 5. Norwin, 10-2, 5 Out: none Class 5A Rk. Team, W-L, Last 1. Trinity, 12-1, 1 2. Chartiers Valley, 14-2, 2 3. Woodland...
Trib HSSN boys basketball rankings: Feb. 14, 2021
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Upper St. Clair, 11-1, 1 2. Fox Chapel, 12-2, 3 3. Hempfield, 9-3, 4 4. North Allegheny, 12-3, 2 5. Penn-Trafford, 8-5, 5 Out: none Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Chartiers Valley, 15-1, 2 2. New Castle, 13-2, 1 3. Mars,...
Westmoreland notebook: Belle Vernon boys basketball builds on last season’s success
Think of the pressure. Belle Vernon boys basketball made the WPIAL finals for the first time since 1978 last season and won a PIAA playoff game for the first time since ‘81. This year’s Leopards carried the unenviable burden of following that group into 2020-21, in the shadow of the...
Westmoreland players, teams show support for Norwin’s Ty BilinskyVideo
A lot of local basketball players are wearing the No. 5 these days. Navy blue T-shirts with #TyStrong on the front and a 5 on the back are showing up in gyms across Westmoreland County and beyond as teams show their support for Norwin senior Ty Bilinsky, a basketball player...
Peters Township unveils buzzworthy new gym
After some delays and a few more hurdles than usual that popped up while building a state-of-the-art high school athletic facility during a pandemic, Peters Township unveiled the AHN Arena at the new high school on Friday. The facility was christened with the Indians’ 51-45 victory over rival Canon-McMillan. “The...
Waynesburg defends WPIAL Class AAA wrestling championship
Waynesburg was favored to win its second consecutive WPIAL Class AAA wrestling championship Saturday and did just that. But when Seneca Valley coach Kevin Wildrick held out numerous starters, including two-time PIAA champion Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, Waynesburg’s job became a lot easier. No. 1-seeded Waynesburg (13-0) won 12 of 13 matches,...
George Guido: Putting Burrell’s championship streak into perspective
Another season, another WPIAL wrestling title for Burrell. The Bucs brought home their 15th consecutive WPIAL Class AA title Saturday at Canon-McMillan High School. The title streak is the second longest in WPIAL team sports history, behind Bethel Park’s 20-year girls swimming run. Burrell is the record-holder for consecutive boys...
Burrell takes down Burgettstown to capture 15th straight WPIAL Class AA wrestling titleVideo
It didn’t take long for the Burrell wrestling team to let Burgettstown know what was in store for it during the WPIAL Class AA team championship Saturday at Canon-McMillan. No. 1 Burrell (13-1) used a quick start, winning its first six matches, and rolled to a 38-18 victory for its...
Plum’s Montue grateful to reach top of program’s career scoring list
Kennedie Montue had scored 30 or more points three times this season and added a fourth game with 29, so 28 points — what was left for the Plum senior forward to secure the program’s all-time career scoring record — was attainable Friday as the Mustangs battled Section 2-5A rival...
Hampton eager to compete in open WPIAL basketball playoffs
WPIAL Hall of Fame basketball coach Joe Lafko’s 25th season at Hampton has been like no others. After dealing with the consequences of the covid-19 pandemic, the Talbots, playoff qualifiers for 16 consecutive years, ended January with just one win. But because of the unique circumstances surrounding this season, the...
After setting school record, Pine-Richland’s Allen turns focus toward WPIAL success
Delaney Allen was exhausted as she climbed out of the pool after swimming her hardest in the 50-yard freestyle on Jan. 28 against North Allegheny when she started hearing screams of joy coming from her teammates. “I was so tired that when I ran that race that I didn’t even...
4 players from Pine-Richland state title football team accept walk-on offers
Pine-Richland football had four players accept preferred walk-on offers on Feb. 3, and each one has a unique story. Eli Jochem, the Rams’ record-setting wide receiver, is headed to Indiana to play at his mother’s alma mater. Caden Schweiger spent months recovering from injuries sustained in an ATV accident but...
Fox Chapel boys getting valuable contributions from role players during winning streak
Heading into this season, Fox Chapel boys basketball coach Zach Skrinjar knew what he was going to have in junior Eli Yofan, but the rest of his starting lineup remained a mystery. After going 21-2 last season, the Foxes had to replace four senior starters with players who had to...
Fox Chapel’s David Manelis set to defend his WPIAL diving title
Fox Chapel senior diver David Manelis ran away with the WPIAL Class AAA diving title last season when he beat out the rest of his competitors by more than 100 points. Now, in his final varsity season, Manelis is up to his old tricks and looking to take it one...
Plum wrestlers ready for individual tournaments
The Plum wrestling team turns its focus this week from team competition to individual accomplishments with subsection and section tournaments taking center stage throughout the WPIAL. The Mustangs were slated to wrestle at the Class AAA Section 1B tournament Wednesday which feeds surviving qualifiers to Saturday’s main Section 1 tournament...
Riverview’s Shoop chasing WPIAL swimming success in 500 freestyle
Riverview senior Beth Shoop swam the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 5 minutes, 31.36 seconds during Fox Chapel’s Jan. 14 meet with Woodland Hills. She was excited with that time, which was about a half-second faster than her medal-winning eighth-place finish (5:31.96) at last year’s WPIAL Class AA championships...
Norwin notebook: Big day finally arrives for Giansante
Finally, the day of promise arrived for Anthony Giansante. Signing Day allowed Giansante, the burly senior lineman from Norwin, to finally make his dream of playing Division I football a reality. After his first run through the recruiting process fell through for reasons out of his control, the second was...
Norwin girls seek consistency as postseason nears
Norwin plans to be in the thick of the WPIAL Class 6A chase when the playoffs begin later this month. Based on program tradition, it would be unusual if the Knights were not. But coach Brian Brozeski thinks some fine-tuning needs to be done to get his team ready for...
Aspiring photographer, North Hills swimmer Josh Bogniard seeks picture-perfect WPIALs
When North Hills senior swimmer Josh Bogniard isn’t in the water, he’s often taking photographs of some. Icy waterfalls, mossy streams and a duckweed covered pond appear on the aspiring photographer’s Instagram account. Bogniard focuses his camera on nature, landscapes and people. In recent months, he relied heavily on his...
Trio of female wrestlers make history at North Allegheny
High school students certainly spend a lot of time learning about history. Not many of those students get to make history. Three North Allegheny wrestlers made quite a bit of history with their performance in a recent dual meet. Taylor Stover, Leyna Rumpler and Hannah Williams teamed up to defeat...
Franklin Regional wrestling turns focus to individual goals
Franklin Regional could have entered the WPIAL Class AAA Team Tournament and probably would have won the Section 1 title and reached the semifinals. But coach Matt Lebe, school officials and team members all agreed individual goals were more important to shoot for because of the pandemic. So the team...
