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Belle Vernon’s Devin Whitlock steals show with Laurel Highlands’ Rodney Gallagher sidelined
Fans wanting to see a battle between Laurel Highlands standout Rodney Gallagher and Belle Vernon’s Devin Whitlock were likely a little disappointed Wednesday. The Mustangs’ superstar missed the game with an ankle injury, but Whitlock still shined with 26 points as the Leopards knocked off the defending WPIAL Class 5A...
Quick start pushes Hempfield wrestling past Norwin
Hempfield wrestling coach Vince DeAugustine couldn’t have asked for a better starting point on Wednesday in his team’s WPIAL Section 2B-AAA first-place showdown with Norwin. The match began at 120 pounds, and Hempfield used that advantage to race out to a big lead, eventually winning 40-34. Hempfield improves to 3-0...
Burrell dominates WPIAL Class AA subsection meet in typical fashion
In typical Burrell fashion, the Bucs went out and made a statement Wednesday during its WPIAL Class AA section 3A match, defeating South Allegheny, Riverview, Knoch, and Valley in convincing fashion. In four duals, the Bucs lost only three matches and gave up 12 total points. For Burrell coach Josh...
Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for Jan. 20, 2021
The song remains the same for the most part in this week’s Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings. There are two more weeks before most teams in District 12 begin their brief regular season. Thus the nine teams in the latest rankings remain unchanged. Those teams that are playing in...
Trib 10: New Castle makes big jump in boys basketball power ratings
There was plenty of shuffling going on in this week’s Trib HSSN boys and girls basketball power rankings. However, only two teams slipped out of the Trib 10. The boys rankings were rocked by a hurricane, a Red Hurricane that is. After crushing previously undefeated Chartiers Valley on the road,...
A-K Valley girls basketball notes: Burrell’s Watts on road to recovery from ACL tear
Olivia Watts is back on the road to recovery after a second ACL tear in her left knee put her on the sidelines for her entire junior season. The Burrell guard, who had surgery last Friday to repair the injury, is looking on the bright side of her situation with...
Westmoreland high school basketball notebook: Penn-Trafford’s Giannikas hits 200 wins
John Giannikas took over the Penn-Trafford girls basketball program prior to the 2006-07 season. The Warriors were a hit-or-miss playoff team in the years leading up to his start date. They even went 0-23 in 2002. But Giannikas steered the team in the right direction and turned it into a...
Knoch girls eager to continue strong section start
It’s been nearly 50 years since a Knoch girls basketball team has won a section championship. This year’s group hopes to change that. So far, so good with a 3-0 start, both overall and in Section 1-4A play. But the Knights aren’t resting on their laurels. “We’re trying to get...
Westmoreland basketball teams adjust to higher classes
Greensburg Salem has a proud boys basketball tradition. Past players like to wax nostalgic and follow the current team, and current players want to learn about the names of the past. The program bumped up to Class 6A this season, a voluntary move the district thought would benefit the team...
Trib HSSN state girls basketball rankings for Jan. 19, 2021
With a lot more girls basketball action across Pennsylvania, there is a lot more movement in the weekly HSSN state rankings. Five teams debuted in the Top 5 this week, meaning five teams lost their spot among the elite 30 in the PIAA, at least for now. Class 5A was...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 19, 2021
Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland 65, Butler 61 North Hills at Seneca Valley, ppd. Section 2 Bethel Park at Baldwin, ppd. Peters Township 54, Canon-McMillan 36 Upper St. Clair at Mt. Lebanon, ppd. Section 3 Fox Chapel 54, Central Catholic 44 Greensburg Salem at Hempfield,...
High school roundup for Jan. 19, 2021: Pine-Richland boys knock off Butler
Luke Shanahan scored 18 points, Andrew Alexander added 15, and Pine-Richland rallied from seven down after the first quarter for a 65-61 Section 1-6A boys basketball win over No. 5 Butler on Tuesday night. Joey Dudkowski had 12 and Joey Petcash 11 for the Rams (2-2, 1-2). Devin Carney led...
Jeannette boys zone out Clairton in bounce-back performance
Jeannette bounced back from a stunning road loss last Friday by knocking off a football rival on Tuesday. The Jayhawks got 15 points from senior Keith Rockmore and 10 from 6-foot-8 senior center Hunter Schmidt, and defeated Clairton, 37-22, in a Section 3-2A battle at home. Jeannette (2-1, 2-1) held...
New Castle backs up No. 1 ranking with victory over No. 2 Chartiers Valley
New Castle joined a larger classification this winter but the results seem much the same. The top-ranked Red Hurricanes cooled down one of the WPIAL’s hottest scorers Tuesday night and ran away with a lopsided win over No. 2 Chartiers Valley, 73-45, solidifying their spot as the top team in...
Fleming feels it from 3-point range as Norwin beats Penn-Trafford
Where’s Waldo? That’s the question Penn-Trafford was asking as Michael Fleming worked his way around the 3-point line, popping out for long-range shots and making the Warriors pay. Fleming, nicknamed “Waldo,” was feeling it from his first touch Tuesday night, so the Norwin junior guard’s teammates kept kicking the ball...
Defensive effort leads Highlands boys to blowout of Plum
When the Highlands Golden Rams took the court for the second time this season Tuesday, they were ready to make another statement after taking down then-No. 1 Mars last Friday on a late 3-pointer. Behind an intense defensive effort, the Golden Rams (2-0, 2-0 Section 4-5A) outscored Plum (1-2, 0-2)...
Trib HSSN WPIAL wrestling rankings for Jan. 19, 2021
Team rankings Class AAA Rank Team LW 1. Waynesburg (1-0) 1 2. Seneca Valley (8-0) 2 3. Hempfield (2-0) 3 4. Canon-McMillan (2-1) 5 5. Franklin Regional (5-1) 7 6. North Allegheny (4-0) 8 7. Kiski Area (0-0) 9 8. Norwin (3-0) 10 9. Latrobe (2-3) 4 10. Butler (2-1)...
A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Burrell bounces back to beat Butler in dual meet thriller
The Burrell Bucs found themselves with their backs against the wall this weekend in their first dual meet of the season. But, like they always seem to do, the Bucs bounced back. They traded the first four matches of the meet as Butler’s Nathan McMaster (152) and Steven Green (172)...
Moon basketball’s Reilly Sunday commits to Duquesne
Moon point guard Reilly Sunday, who’s sidelined this basketball season with a knee injury, committed Tuesday to Duquesne. She announced her decision on Twitter. The 5-foot-10 guard would’ve been one of the WPIAL’s top juniors this season. Sunday was a 21-point scorer last season as a sophomore when Moon reached...
Westmoreland wrestling notebook: Norwin’s Altieri reaches 100-win milestone
Norwin senior wrestler John Altieri reached the 100-win mark in his career by winning his weight class at the Mid-Winter Mayhem. Altieri defeated Thomas Jefferson’s Kale Buckiso, 9-1, to win the 145-pound weight class in the morning session of the tournament. He also pinned Jack Moyer of Chestnut Ridge in...
Latrobe’s Roth back to full strength after shoulder injury
Nate Roth was on the verge of qualifying for a trip to Hershey during the 2020 WPIAL Class AAA wrestling tournament. He was so close, he could taste and smell the chocolate. Latrobe’s then-freshman lightweight was leading Connellsville freshman Jace Ross, 10-4, in the semifinals when he suffered a shoulder...
Trib HSSN Wrester of the Week: Hempfield’s Isaiah Vance
Hempfield’s senior heavyweight Isaiah Vance has started off his final year of high school wrestling like he has most years, by remaining undefeated. Vance won all four of his matches at the Mid-Winter Mayhem wrestling tournament at Monroeville’s Convention Center this weekend and recorded three pins in under 30 seconds...
Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week: North Allegheny Tigers
The Tigers dominated the North Allegheny Duals this weekend as they hosted Central Catholic, Southmoreland and Chartiers Valley on Saturday. Over the course of three matches, North Allegheny recorded 23 pins and outscored the opposition, 202-16. Chartiers Valley was the only team to win bouts against the Tigers, recording two...
High school scores, summaries and schedule for Jan. 18, 2021
Basketball Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Class 4A Section 1 Burrell 50, Derry 37 Class 3A Section 3 Albert Gallatin 85, Uniontown 47 North Catholic 59, Mt. Lebanon 40 South Allegheny 51, Steel Valley 42 Nonconference Bethel Park at Shaler, ppd. Tuesday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Pine-Richland,...
High school roundup for Jan. 18, 2021: OLSH girls win showdown
Katie Hoff scored 14 points to lead No. 3 OLSH (5-0, 5-0) to a 49-43 girls basketball victory over Sewickley Academy in a Section 1-2A showdown of WPIAL title contenders Monday night. Bre Warner scored 22 points and Kamryn Lightcap added 11 for No. 4 Sewickley Academy (3-2, 1-1). Albert...
