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High school scores, summaries and schedule for Feb. 25, 2021
High schools Basketball Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 1 Connellsville 47, Ringgold 32 Section 3 Kiski Area 53, Woodland Hills 49 Section 4 Armstrong 44, Hampton 31 Plum at Indiana, ppd. Class 4A Section 1 Deer Lakes 59, Freeport 40 Section 2 Lincoln Park 71, Hopewell 32 Blackhawk 83,...
High school roundup for Feb. 25, 2021: Chartiers Valley girls top USC in battle of title contenders
Perri Page scored 20 points, Aislin Malcolm added 12, and Class 5A No. 2 Chartiers Valley tuned up for the WPIAL playoffs with a 49-38 victory over Class 6A No. 2 Upper St. Clair on Thursday night. The Colts (18-3, 9-1) opened the second half on a 16-0 run. Paige...
Latrobe celebrates ‘section’ title with win against Woodland HillsVideo
The section standings were uneven, but the ladder underneath the basket was sturdy as Latrobe girls basketball players climbed the rungs and each snipped a piece of the net. Latrobe isn’t worried about the WPIAL not recognizing section champions because of unbalanced records this season, and the Wildcats celebrated their...
A-K Valley boys basketball notebook: Andrew Sullivan’s becomes all-time leading scorer in St. Joseph boys basketball historyVideo
Senior guard Andrew Sullivan has a been big-time player for the St. Joseph boys basketball team. On Thursday, he solidified his legacy. With 5 minutes, 30 seconds left in the second quarter of St. Joseph’s matchup with Bethel Park, Sullivan made a trip to the line and hit two free...
Connellsville football promotes assistant Bill Maczko to head coach
Bill Maczko grew up in Fayette County. He vividly remembers the days when Connellsville was one of the top big school teams in the WPIAL under Dan Spanish. Maczko, 46, was a 1992 graduate of Uniontown. He was hired on Wednesday as Connellsville’s new football coach to replace Marko Thomas,...
Burrell junior captures WPIBL girls title
In her first two years of high school competition, Burrell junior Lydia Flanagan was on the verge of claiming a WPIBL championship. On Thursday, she took the final step. Flanagan defeated Elizabeth Forward’s Kaylee Christeson, 175-159, in the finals of the WPIBL girls singles tournament at AMF Mt. Lebanon Lanes....
WPIAL open tournament in 1984 helped pave way for Latrobe’s future success
Neal Fenton was a junior at Latrobe in 1984, the year the WPIAL opened its playoff doors to everybody. The first open tournament, more of a trial run idea than one reflecting the damage done by a global pandemic like this year, welcomed any team far and wide within the...
Leechburg looks to continue playing fast as playoffs approach
Throughout this season, the Leechburg boys basketball team has set out to do one thing: Get out and run. Leechburg coach Damian Davies and the Blue Devils (7-4, 6-3) always want to take advantage of their athleticism by getting up and down the court and putting up as many attempts...
Westmoreland boys basketball notebook: Deep bond for Mt. Pleasant senior, freshman
Nate Kubasky is a senior and Dante Giallonardo, a freshman, but the Mt. Pleasant boys basketball teammates share a common bond as they prepare to play in the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs. They each lost a loved one to cancer. They not only support each other but also get a...
WPIAL cancels 2 preliminary-round playoff basketball games
The WPIAL on Thursday cancelled two playoff basketball games after the Ambridge girls and Propel Braddock Hills boys withdrew from the postseason. No. 17 seed Ambridge (1-16) was scheduled to visit No. 16 Burrell (8-8) in a preliminary round game Saturday in Class 4A girls. Instead, Burrell advances to face...
Derry boys basketball shooting for 1st playoff win in program history
Motivation can come in many forms in basketball. For Derry, the WPIAL playoffs, while open this year to every team because of disproportionate records and games played — a reflection of the pandemic — did not come with a free pass. Coach Tom Esposito still wanted his team to earn...
May tipoff confirmed for Roundball Classic all-star games
The Roundball Classic was canceled last spring due to the onset of the coronavirus outbreak. But the high school basketball all-star event is returning — and in full force. Organizer Allen Deep green-lighted the 2021 Roundball, which will be played May 13, 14 and 15 at Geneva College. “We couldn’t...
WPIAL takes no action against Mt. Lebanon basketball coach for objecting to official
Mt. Lebanon boys basketball coach Joe David testified in a WPIAL hearing Thursday that he was uncomfortable with one of the officials assigned to his game last week, but insisted he never threatened to take his team and leave. The WPIAL questioned coaches, administrators and officials involved in Saturday’s nonsection...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 24, 2021
High schools Basketball Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Seneca Valley 82, Butler 65 North Hills at Pine-Richland, ppd. Class 5A Section 4 Armstrong 35, Hampton 24 Class 4A Section 1 Derry 54, Freeport 44 Section 2 Ambridge 78, Beaver 74 Class 3A Section 1 Ellwood City 69, Laurel...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 25, 2021: Latrobe, Woodland Hills girls to battle for section supremacy
Whether or not they receive a section plaque from the WPIAL because all the section games weren’t played, the section crown is scheduled to be decided in Section 4-5A girls basketball on Thursday. Woodland Hills (11-4) is 10-1 in section play and will finally conclude its section schedule when it...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for Feb. 24, 2021
With the regular season winding down and district playoffs coming up, the latest HSSN boys basketball state rankings become a little more intriguing with the elite teams shuffling in and out. Four teams exited the top 5, two in Class 5A. Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast dropped out after spending most of...
Trib 10: Trinity girls climb to top of power rankings
Belle Vernon continues to hold on to the top spot for the boys, but there is a change at the top for the first time this season on the girls side of the Trib 10 HSSN basketball power rankings. After ending Chartiers Valley’s record 64-game win streak last month, the...
High school roundup for Feb. 24, 2021: Seneca Valley stops Butler
Connor Lyczek scored 20 points to lead five players in double figures as Seneca Valley defeated Butler, 83-65, in a Section 1-6A matchup of seeds on the same side of the WPIAL Class 6A playoff bracket Wednesday night. Luke Lawson added 15 points for Seneca Valley (10-9, 6-5), the No....
Penn-Trafford boys pass test against Franklin Regional
Penn-Trafford is known for playing close basketball games and competing with some of the best in the WPIAL. Franklin Regional has a similar reputation for playing anybody, anytime. So, when the teams met Wednesday night, the last thing they wanted to hear was that they weren’t playing for anything. That...
Thomas Jefferson junior wins WPIBL boys singles title by 4 pins
Thomas Jefferson’s Nick Johnson edged Freeport’s Mark Livingston by four pins to capture the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League boys singles championship Wednesday at AMF Mt. Lebanon Lanes. Johnson, the No. 2 seed for the bracketed playoffs, rolled a 195 in the finals to Livingston’s 191. The Jaguars junior made...
Stay-at-home directive suits Southmoreland girls just fine
Home-court advantage could play a much larger role than in past years when the WPIAL basketball playoffs get started Saturday. Most years, all games are played at neutral sites. The Southmoreland girls could be a beneficiary of a new rule that will allow higher-seeded teams to host tournament games through...
A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Three Kiski Area wrestlers nab No. 2 seeds for WPIALs
No wrestler from the Alle-Kiski Valley will enter the WPIAL Class AAA tournament as the No. 1 seed, but three Kiski Area Cavaliers will have the next-best thing at Canon-McMillan on Saturday. Enzo Morlacci (160), Sammy Starr (172) and Brayden Roscosky (189) earned No. 2 seeds. Both Starr and Morlacci...
Sisters team up — or in one case, square off — on A-K Valley hardwood
When Kalleigh Nerone took the court for her second varsity game Jan. 11, the freshman guard at Highlands found herself going up against a unique opponent. As the Golden Rams faced Section 1-4A rival Knoch, Nerone matched up for the first time with her step-sister, Knights sophomore standout Nina Shaw....
Westmoreland girls basketball notebook: Mt. Pleasant’s Tiffany Zelmore quietly emerges
As far as scorers go, Mt. Pleasant might have the best-kept secret in WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball. Sophomore Tiffany Zelmore has been on a scoring tear of late, with 35- and 30-point efforts in back-to-back wins. The 5-foot-10 forward had 35 in a 57-52 victory over South Allegheny, and...
Alle-Kiski Valley girls basketball notebook: Deer Lakes ready for Southmoreland
Deer Lakes last played a game Feb. 9 at North Hills. Shortly thereafter, the Lancers went on a covid pause, halting practices and games until they were able to return to the court earlier this week. Coach Dave Petruska said his players are excited to be back and have put...
