Michael Love stories, Page 106

Both Belle Vernon’s Ian Shahan and Neshannock’s Conner McBeth surpassed Shahan’s 100-yard freestyle WPIAL record from last year when the rivals swam neck-and-neck through Friday’s race at the WPIAL Class AA swimming championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool. Only one could end up with his name in the record books and...

The Fox Chapel girls 200-yard medley relay kicked off the WPIAL Class AAA swimming championships Thursday with a school record and a third-place medal. The Foxes’ 400 free relay closed things out with another top swim. The quartet of freshman Talia Bugel, senior Grace Gackenbach, junior Vivian Shao and senior...

There weren’t any floats or marching bands at Thursday’s WPIAL Class AA swimming championship meet at Pitt’s Trees Pool, but there was a sizable parade of Alle-Kiski Valley individuals and relay teams to the medal podium in the session’s six events. Deer Lakes seniors Adam Morrison and Noah Loper led...

Butler’s Laura Goettler was going after a four-peat in the Class AAA girls 200-yard individual medley on the first day of the WPIAL swimming championships Thursday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. But North Allegheny senior Torie Buerger had golden goals of her own. In the end, the versatile Tigers standout stood...

A pair of Class 3A girls basketball teams clinched spots in the PIAA playoffs Wednesday based on results of WPIAL semifinal matchups at West Allegheny. Seventh seed East Allegheny (13-11) and No. 8 Seton LaSalle (15-8) advanced with wins by No. 2 Mohawk over No. 3 Carlynton and No. 1...

Eight WPIAL basketball teams from boys Class 5A and 2A and girls Class 6A and A punched tickets to this weekend’s championship games at the Petersen Events Center with semifinal victories Tuesday evening. The results of six of the eight contests also meant state tournament berths for teams that suffered...

Zoe Skirboll burst onto the high school swimming scene last year as a freshman for Fox Chapel, capturing gold medals and setting records at the WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA championships. She decided not to return to high school swimming this year, opting to concentrate on training for June’s Olympic...

Baldwin and Moon brought home team titles at the PA Classic gymnastics state championship meet Saturday at Moon High School. Moon edged Thomas Jefferson for first in the Gold division. The Tigers won the beam and floor exercise and were runners-up on vault and bars, while the Jaguars won vault...

With their WPIAL quarterfinal victories, 24 boys and 24 girls basketball teams kept championship dreams alive. They also secured automatic bids to the PIAA playoffs, which begin March 6-7. Under the WPIAL’s follow-the-winner format for determining additional state playoff qualifiers, eight berths also were picked up Monday by teams who...

Peyton Kondis felt right at home over the weekend as the University of Houston hosted the American Athletic Conference men’s and women’s swimming championships. The Plum resident and Oakland Catholic graduate won two individual titles and was a part of two relay triumphs. She captured both the 100 and 200...

Despite losses in the WPIAL quarterfinals, Fox Chapel, Riverview, Freeport and Knoch remain alive for the PIAA girls basketball playoffs that begin March 6. The four teams have gained rooting interests as they need help under the WPIAL’s follow-the-winner format for determining state qualifiers. Each of the six classifications has...

Bethel Park and Fox Chapel were locked in a low-scoring struggle through three quarters of Friday’s WPIAL 6A first-round game at North Hills. But the No. 1 Black Hawks made the plays and got the points they needed in the fourth quarter to pull out a hard-fought 33-29 victory over...

With 2 minutes, 4 seconds left in the third quarter of its WPIAL Class 5A first-round game against Penn Hills at Fox Chapel, the Plum girls basketball team held a four-point lead and hoped to expand it toward the program’s first playoff victory since 2002. However, the Indians went on...

Maeve Kelley has made the most of her freshman swim season representing Winchester Thurston as an independent. The distance freestyler, also a member of the Fox Chapel Killer Whales club team, made her mark throughout the season at Fox Chapel and Ellis dual meets. Kelley will be looking for big...

For most of this winter high school sports season, Henry Miller pulled double duty, representing Southmoreland both as an independent swimmer and as a member of the wrestling team. “He’s driven with a great work ethic,” said Barry Miller, Henry’s father and a coaching representative for the freshman’s swimming efforts....

After coming from behind to pull off a mild upset of No. 7 Burgettstown in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs last week, the Riverview girls basketball team hoped to keep its winning ways intact Thursday against No. 2 Bishop Canevin at Hampton. The Raiders entered the...

Boys Class 2A Quarterfinals No. 4 Springdale (20-3) vs. No. 12 Winchester Thurston (11-10) 8 p.m. Friday at Shaler Winner plays: No. 1 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (21-1) or No. 9 South Side Area (12-11) in semifinals Coaches: Aaron Epps, Springdale; Jordan Marks, Winchester Thurston Points scored/allowed: Springdale,...

For the second year in a row, the Deer Lakes and Seton LaSalle girls basketball teams met in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs. The Lancers hoped for a repeat performance of last year’s 15-point victory while the Rebels hoped for a measure of revenge. The game...

Today’s games Girls Class 4A quarterfinals No. 2 Southmoreland (22-0) vs. No. 7 Freeport (17-6) 8 p.m. at Penn-Trafford Winner plays: No. 3 Central Valley (17-3) or No. 6 Knoch (17-6) on Monday in semifinals Coaches: Brian Pritts, Southmoreland; Fred Soilis, Freeport Points scored/allowed: Southmoreland 57.7 ppg/29.9; Freeport 55.3/44.1 Players...

When the Fox Chapel girls basketball team plays No. 1 Bethel Park on Friday in the WPIAL 6A quarterfinals at North Hills, 11 days will have passed since its regular-season finale, a 49-31 victory over Armstrong on Feb. 10. Coach Marty Matvey said he’s not concerned about the layoff as...

The Penn Hills and Plum girls basketball teams, longstanding section rivals in the old Class AAAA, hadn’t played in more than four years until the WPIAL brought them together Tuesday for a Class 5A first-round game at Fox Chapel. Numerous games in the series between the Mustangs and Indians were...

Girls Class 3A First Round No. 8 Seton LaSalle (14-7) vs. No. 9 Deer Lakes (13-9) 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at North Allegheny Winner plays: No. 1 Beaver (19-3) Saturday in the quarterfinals Coaches: Jordan Giles, Seton LaSalle; Dave Petruska, Deer Lakes Points scored/allowed: Seton LaSalle, 51.2/47.7; Deer Lakes, 44.7/37.9 Players...