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PIAA boys basketball tournament pairings update

A good piece of advice is to always finish what you start. That is what the PIAA hopes to do over the next couple of weeks after the 2020 state basketball playoffs were halted after two rounds because of the covid-19 pandemic. So the district champion-only shorter version of the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 13, 2021

High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 5A Finals Saturday’s results New Castle 61, Chartiers Valley 45 Class 4A Finals Monday’s schedule North Catholic (18-4) vs. Lincoln Park (17-5) at North Allegheny, 8 p.m. Class 3A Finals Monday’s schedule South Allegheny (17-4) vs. Ellwood City (13-4) at North Allegheny, 5...
Seneca Valley’s Herrera-Rondon becomes 3-time PIAA champion; Waynesburg crowns 3

HERSHEY – Waynesburg proved why it is ranked No. 1 in the state at the PIAA Class AAA Wrestling Championships Saturday at the Giant Center. The Raiders had five finalists and three champions in running away with the team title. It wasn’t, however, the most wrestlers that the Raiders ever...
New Castle tops Chartiers Valley for record 14th WPIAL basketball title

New Castle’s Sheldon Cox wasn’t the senior who had everyone’s attention entering Saturday night. But by the time Cox threw down two dunks in the final seconds, all eyes were on him and his record-setting Red Hurricanes. Cox scored 19 of his game-high 24 points in the second half and...
Kiski Area’s Sammy Starr goes out on top with pin in 5th-place match at states

HERSHEY – Kiski Area senior Sammy Starr ended his high school career with a pin and a fifth-place finish at the PIAA Class AAA wrestling championship Saturday. It was Starr’s 27th pin of the season. He finished the season 39-6 and 113-46 for his career. “It’s a little bittersweet,” Starr...
Hempfield’s Priest, Franklin Regional’s Solomon win PIAA Class AAA titlesVideo

HERSHEY — If there is one thing about the PIAA Class AAA championships that never seems to change, it is expecting the unexpected from WPIAL wrestlers. Someone surprising is coming home with a state title. In 2020, it was Latrobe freshman Vinny Kilkeary and Hempfield junior Ethan Berginc. This year,...
North Allegheny captures 4th WPIAL title in 5 years with win over Upper St. Clair

For the fourth time in five years, the North Allegheny girls basketball team got to lift the WPIAL Class 6A trophy. Behind 24 points from senior Lizzy Groetsch, the top-seeded Tigers (24-1) led No. 2 Upper St. Clair for a majority of the game and utilized two big runs in...
Fox Chapel’s Manelis, North Allegheny’s Shi clean up at PIAA Class AAA diving meet

The fourth time was the charm for Fox Chapel senior David Manelis. The diving standout and two-time WPIAL Class AAA champion hoped to add state gold medalist to his performance portfolio as he took on a field of seven others Saturday evening at Cumberland Valley High School. Manelis grabbed the...
OLSH handles Greensburg CC to take 3rd straight WPIAL crown

While Greensburg Central Catholic was talking about diamonds, Our Lady of the Sacred Hearts grabbed the gold. Second-seeded GCC tried a diamond-and-1 defense early, trying to slow down No. 1 OLSH in the WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball championship, and the plan was effective early. But the high-speed Chargers adjusted,...
Mohawk wins Class 3A championship, stopping North Catholic’s title reign

Mohawk senior Paige Julian thought she fouled out when she collided with a North Catholic player while driving the lane and hit a basket late in Saturday’s WPIAL Class 3A girls final at North Allegheny. Instead, Julian was credited with the go-ahead basket as the Warriors ended North Catholic’s quest...
Freeport edges Greensburg Salem for girls bowling regional team title

At the WPIBL girls team championships last month, Freeport finished one spot out of a berth in the finals, ending up fourth in qualifying when only three teams advanced. On Saturday at the Western Pa. Regional girls team championship in North Versailles, Freeport got its foot in the door by...
Westmoreland notebook: County well-represented in Big 5/6 selections

The Big 5/6 Conference, which recognizes the accomplishments of teams and athletes in the WPIAL’s two largest classifications, announced all-section teams for basketball and a number of Westmoreland County players made the list. In Class 6A, Hempfield senior guards Christian Zilli and Michael Hosni, Penn-Trafford senior guard Josh Kapcin, and...
Hempfield, Neshannock big winners at WPIAL competitive spirit championships

In a year when covid-19 has restrictions have made it difficult for high school athletics to occur, 21 teams at the 9th WPIAL competitive spirit championships were excited Saturday just to get on a mat. For Hempfield, their home mat proved extra special. The Spartans took home their first district...
5 WPIAL wrestlers advance to the PIAA Class AAA finals in upper weights

HERSHEY — The finals are set in the upper weights at the PIAA Class AAA wrestling championships Saturday at the Giant Center, and the WPIAL will be represented in four of the seven weight classes. There will be all-WPIAL finals at 145 and 152 pounds. Waynesburg had three more wrestlers...
George Guido: A-K Valley teams complete basketball season like none before

The truncated high school basketball season in the Alle-Kiski Valley ended Tuesday when the Leechburg and Fox Chapel boys, along with the Knoch girls, were eliminated. Suffice to say, it was a season like no other. Things looked bleak when there was a three-week shutdown in December, just hours after...
WPIAL rematches set for PIAA Class AAA lightweight wrestling finals

HERSHEY — Franklin Regional and Waynesburg each advanced two wrestlers to the finals at Saturday’s PIAA Class AAA championships at the Giant Center. Six WPIAL wrestlers will compete in the lightweight (106 to 138 pounds) finals, including all-WPIAL matchups at 132 and 138 pounds. It will be the third consecutive...

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