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Fox Chapel girls top Hampton, complete section series sweep
The Fox Chapel girls basketball team came into Friday’s Section 2-5A matchup with Hampton winners of three straight. The Foxes added a victory to that streak in emphatic fashion with a 62-39 victory over the Talbots to sweep the home-and-home section series. “I am really pleased with the team effort...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 4, 2021
Basketball Boys Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 2 South Fayette 57, Trinity 40 Class 4A Section 1 Derry 62, Keystone Oaks 50 Section 2 Ambridge 77, Beaver 66 Class 2A Section 4 Jefferson-Morgan 82, Bentworth 40 Class A Section 3 St. Joseph 64, Neighborhood Academy 60 Nonsection Cheswick Christian...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Feb. 5, 2021: Rivals jockey for section lead
It is one of the top rivalries in Westmoreland County and in the entire district. On Friday, the rivalry will determine first place in Section 3-2A. Greensburg Central Catholic is 5-1 in the section and 8-1 overall. Its only loss was to the team it hosts, Jeannette. The Jayhawks are...
High school roundup for Feb. 4, 2021: Quaker Valley girls win section showdown
Corrine Washington scored 25 points as No. 3 Quaker Valley completed the season sweep of No. 5 Blackhawk with a 74-53 victory in Section 2-4A girls basketball Thursday night. Bailey Garbee added 21 for the Quakers (7-3, 6-1). Jolie Strati led Blackhawk (7-4, 5-3) with 19 points. Apollo-Ridge 65, Jeannette...
Football officials organize free online clinic to recruit more colleagues
If someone’s on the fence about becoming a high school football official, there’s an online clinic Saturday designed just for them. “Anything they want to know about becoming an official, we’re ready to answer,” said Nick Morea, who represents boys-sport officials on the WPIAL board. “If they’re on the fence,...
Hempfield returns from covid-caused layoff, routs Canon-McMillanVideo
Sophomore Brooke McCoy had one of those nights where everything she tossed up seemed to go in. The thing is, like her teammates, the 5-foot-9 guard from Hempfield had not played a game since Jan. 11 as the Lady Spartans sat through a 10-day quarantine because a team member tested...
Despite hot start, Deer Lakes isn’t satisfied heading into season’s 2nd half
The Deer Lakes boys basketball team suffered a 42-point loss to defending WPIAL Class 3A champion North Catholic in a Section 1-4A game earlier this season. A loss like that might have broken most teams, but the Lancers rebounded in a big way. They quietly have won their past four...
Westmoreland basketball notebook: Jeannette fights through injuries
Adrian Batts wonders what his Jeannette boys basketball team could look like in a couple of weeks. He tries not to get too used to what it has looked like in recent games — particularly his thin bench. Even still, he bristles when he thinks what the Class 2A No....
A-K Valley boys basketball notebook: Dylan Cook hits 1,000 points for high-scoring Leechburg
Last Friday, Aquinas Academy’s super sophomore Vinnie Cugini became the fastest player in WPIAL history to reach the 1,000-point milestone, and although it was a historic night for Cugini, he wasn’t the only player to accomplish the feat that night. In Leechburg’s 86-79 victory over the Crusaders, Blue Devils senior...
Franklin Regional basketball doing best to push through stop-and-start season
Franklin Regional had just ripped off three straight Section 3-5A boys basketball wins — a thrilling, double-overtime victory at McKeesport, a tough-fought home win against Gateway and a blowout over Kiski Area, also at home. The Panthers rose to first place and had begun to build serious momentum. Then it...
Blackhawk transfer Lorenzo Jenkins ineligible for playoffs after WPIAL hearing
The WPIAL denied a postseason waiver request from Blackhawk transfer Lorenzo Jenkins, leaving him ineligible for the basketball playoffs this winter and for football playoffs next fall. The 6-foot-4 junior transferred from Fox Chapel, where he earned all-conference honors the past two seasons at wide receiver. The WPIAL held an...
WPIAL will use high school venues for basketball, swimming championships
The WPIAL plans to use high school venues this winter for its basketball and swimming championships rather than Pitt’s facilities. State-imposed gathering limits on events make Petersen Events Center and Trees Pool impractical options, WPIAL executive director Amy Scheuneman said Thursday. Under current covid-19 restrictions from Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration,...
Greensburg Central Catholic names Marko Thomas head football coach
Marko Thomas does not think he has a coaching identity yet. No schematic traits or positions that have given him a reputation. With just four years of head coaching experience, he thinks that might be an organic thing that happens as his career moves forward. It could be a sidenote...
Undefeated Hempfield wrestling pulls out of WPIAL team postseason
The Hempfield wrestling team has elected to not participate in the Section 2-AAA team tournament next week and, therefore, will not be eligible for the WPIAL team tournament. Coach Vince DeAugustine said the undefeated Spartans have chosen to pull out of the team postseason out of concerns with covid-19. The...
Shaler Area girls basketball team stands up against racism
When the Shaler Area varsity girls basketball team takes the court against North Allegheny on Feb. 15, hoops won’t be the only spotlight. Athletes on both teams plan to show a united front against racism. The Titans and Tigers will warm up before the 6 p.m. competition in black T-shirts...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 4, 2021: Crowded at the top in girls hoops
Only one game in the loss column separates the top four teams in Section 4-5A WPIAL girls basketball. Two of those teams meet on HSSN at 7 p.m. on a busy Thursday night of WPIAL girls basketball. Latrobe sits on top with a 5-0 section record. The Wildcats have won...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 3, 2021
Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 4 Armstrong 52, Indiana 21 Class 4A Section 2 Central Valley 57, Hopewell 40 Section 3 Belle Vernon 77, Uniontown 68 Class 3A Section 4 McGuffey 39, Brownsville 37 Class 2A Section 1 Riverview 66, South Side 63 Section 2 Fort Cherry 57,...
High school roundup for Feb. 3, 2021: Herrera-Rondon sets Seneca Valley wins record
Alejandro Herrera-Rondon won by forfeit to take sole possession of first place on Seneca Valley’s all-time wins list in a 58-8 victory over West Allegheny in Section 3A-AAA wrestling Wednesday night. Herrera-Rondon improved to 157-14, passing 2018 graduate Louis Newell, who went 156-25. Connor Smith (106) and Dylan Chappell (132)...
Highlands gets back on track with blowout victory over former section rival Knoch
Highlands suffered its first loss of the season Tuesday, but it didn’t take the Golden Rams long to get back into the win column. They certainly were hungry for another victory. Behind 23 points from sophomore guard Jimmy Kunst and 22 from sophomore forward Chandler Thimons, the Golden Rams (8-1,...
Western Pa.’s top 10 football prospects for the Class of 2022
The WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League saw almost a dozen football recruits from their 2021 class sign with Power 5 schools this winter. The ‘22 class will need some help in the coming months to match that number. It could happen, but for now, only four Western Pennsylvania prospects have...
Covid-19 case halts Serra Catholic basketball games, practices
A newly positive covid-19 case has prompted Serra Catholic High School in McKeesport to halt its boys junior varsity and varsity basketball seasons, diocesan officials said Wednesday. All games and practices have been canceled until at least Saturday, Feb. 13 because school officials learned that “someone associated with the team”...
All-Kiski Valley girls basketball notebook: Fox Chapel to face Hampton again
Fox Chapel is the only team in Section 2-5A to topple Hampton (8-2, 4-1) this season. The Foxes upended the Talbots, 58-49, on Jan. 12, and Hampton followed that loss with seven straight victories. The rematch is at 6 p.m. Friday at Fox Chapel. Behind 13 points from senior Ellie...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for Feb. 3, 2021
One team lost its grip on the top spot while two teams fell out of the Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings this week. Loyalsock Township lost to Holy Redeemer by two points and tumbled from No. 1 to No. 4, allowing for Lancaster Catholic to regain the top spot...
Trib 10: Newly installed No. 1 teams stay in top spots of power rankings
There were major changes to the HSSN boys and girls basketball power rankings a week ago, but the district seas calmed down this past week, causing only a few ripples in the Trib 10. The two freshly minted top-ranked teams from last week enjoyed perfect outcomes this past week, thus...
Dates for WPIAL swimming championships finalized
The WPIAL swimming steering committee met Wednesday afternoon and made some highly anticipated decisions regarding the Class AA and Class AAA championship meets. The Class AA meet will be held in its entirety Saturday, March 6, with the Class AAA meet to follow March 7. All decisions rendered, committee chairman...
