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Highlands baseball putting in work, desires deeper playoff run
Highlands wasn’t halfway through its Sunday baseball practice, and sophomore Tanner Nulph already was talking to teammates about staying late. Sure enough, when practice ended, coach Jeff Campbell still had a bat in his hands and continued to hit ground balls to the left side of the infield. Nulph and...
Despite loss in PIAA 2nd round, Highlands boys basketball proves it has arrived
All seasons must come to an end. For the Highlands boys basketball team, its storybook season concluded Tuesday night against Grove City in the second round of the PIAA Class 4A playoffs. After the Golden Rams led 10-2 through the first 5 minutes, the Eagles (18-9) slowly gained momentum over...
Kiski Area hockey writes remarkable turnaround tale
The Kiski Area hockey team wrote one of the bigger turnaround stories in high school sports in quite some time. Coming off of a one-win season a year ago, the Cavaliers won a division championship and a PIHL playoff game to advance to the Penguins Cup semifinals. Kiski’s magical season...
Fox Chapel’s Manelis earns bronze at PIAA Class AAA boys diving championships
Fox Chapel junior David Manelis led the WPIAL contingent with a third-place finish in the Class AAA boys diving championship Thursday at Bucknell University. The WPIAL champion finished the 11-dive competition with 472.25 points and maintained the position he held entering the three-dive finals. “I feel I did all right...
Girls basketball sites, times: North Allegheny, Bethel Park travel to Bellefonte for PIAA quarterfinals
WPIAL finalists North Allegheny and Bethel Park will play on the same floor Friday night, one after the other as part of a PIAA girls basketball doubleheader at Bald Eagle in Bellefonte. Bethel Park plays Plymouth-Whitemarsh at 5:30 p.m. in one PIAA quarterfinal, and North Allegheny faces Nazareth at 7...
Boys basketball sites, times: PIAA schedules quarterfinal doubleheader at Hempfield
The PIAA scheduled a boys basketball quarterfinal doubleheader Friday night at Hempfield involving two WPIAL Class A teams. Bishop Canevin plays District 5 champion Berlin Brothersvalley at 6 p.m., and Cornell faces District 6 champion Bishop Carroll at 7:30 p.m. Sites and times for Saturday’s quarterfinals for Class 6A, 3A...
Gateway’s Livingston among WPIAL swimmers advancing to finals of PIAA swimming Day 1
Olivia Livingston is set to compete for her fourth PIAA championship in the Class AAA girls 50-yard freestyle. The Gateway senior is the third seed for Wednesday evening’s championship heat at Bucknell after a swim of 23.48 seconds in the preliminaries. She will test her mettle against the challenge of...
Mt. Lebanon says it won’t play PIAA tournament game vs. Eastern Pa. team because of coronavirus
Mt. Lebanon School District administrators, concerned about coronavirus, informed the PIAA that its boys basketball team wouldn’t participate in Wednesday night’s playoff game against Eastern Pa. opponent Cheltenham. As a result, the PIAA postponed the second-round game until 7 p.m. Thursday at Chambersburg to give the PIAA “some time to...
Scheduled to close, Vincentian Academy ends basketball season with emotional PIAA lossVideo
This was the teary-eyed postgame talk that coach Tim Tyree dreaded, one that he and his Vincentian Academy players tried to delay for as long as possible. Season-ending speeches are tough. Program-ending speeches are tougher. “I didn’t want to deliver that one,” Tyree said. “The look in front of those...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 10, 2020
Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Second round Wednesday’s schedule Methacton (25-2) vs. Abraham Lincoln (14-10) at William Tennent, 7 p.m.; Roman Catholic (17-10) vs. Pennridge (19-8) at Bensalem, 7 p.m.; Freedom-District 11 (19-8) vs. Reading (19-8) at Martz Hall, 7:30 p.m.; Chester (22-4) vs. Simon Gratz (24-5) at Cardinal...
High school roundup for March 10, 2020: Cornell shocks No. 1 Elk County Catholic
Cornell’s talented trio of 1,000-point scorers isn’t ready to call it a career just yet. Zaier Harrison, Kaden DiVito and Isaiah Langston, the decorated seniors who have led the team all season, all scored in double digits and Cornell knocked off top-ranked Elk County Catholic, 53-44, in a PIAA Class...
Indiana rallies in third period to end Kiski Area’s dream season in PIHL semifinals
It’s difficult to beat a team three times in a season, as Indiana’s hockey team proved in the PIHL Penguins Cup semifinals Tuesday night. After falling twice to Kiski Area by one goal during the regular season, Indiana claimed the rubber match in a 4-2 victory over the Cavaliers at...
More PIAA playoff factoids as the 2nd round continues Wednesday
Everybody wants a second chance. The PIAA basketball playoffs are a second chance at winning a championship for teams that did not win their respective district. On Wednesday, the Upper St. Clair boys get the ultimate second chance: a rematch against WPIAL Class 6A champion Butler, which knocked the Panthers...
Mohawk girls keep historic season going with win over Carlynton
The Mohawk girls basketball team continues to write new chapters in its historic season. The Warriors, coming off their first WPIAL title win and first PIAA win, notched a second-round victory Tuesday night, 61-44, over Carlynton at North Allegheny High School. Mohawk (24-3) led the entire way, building up a...
Grove City stuns Highlands in PIAA second round
Just a few weeks after winning its first WPIAL championship since 1995, Highlands’ postseason run came to an end Tuesday night at North Allegheny High School. After scoring 14 points in the first quarter behind a 10-2 run to start the game, it looked like the Golden Rams’ historic postseason...
Lancaster Catholic outlasts Belle Vernon in 4OT epicVideo
ALTOONA — Lancaster Catholic won’t get to re-watch the last portion of its insane PIAA second-round win, and it’s unfortunate. “We had someone filming and our iPad died in the seventh quarter,” Crusaders coach Joe Klazas said. “We’ll have a lot to remember, I can tell you that.” The game...
Pieces in place for Hempfield softball’s quest for 6th straight WPIAL crown
Even by Hempfield’s lofty standards, last year was somewhat of a surprise. The Lady Spartans started slow, took a pair of haymakers to the chin from North Allegheny and Penn-Trafford and looked like they might be in for a slow climb to get into playoff form again, let alone title-winning...
Hempfield baseball to lean on pitching depth, work ethic
Hempfield could take some time to find its identity on the baseball diamond, and 13th-year coach Tim Buzzard is in no hurry to see that happen. “We still have things to figure out,” Buzzard said. “We have to see which kids blend and mesh. You really don’t know until you...
Freeport confident heading into softball season with small but talented roster
When Freeport softball takes the field this year, there’s a good chance there will only be 11 players on the team. Don’t be fooled by the small roster, though. The Yellowjackets have a mix of veteran and young talent, and they expect to be in the mix for a section...
Westmoreland PIAA basketball capsule for March 11, 2020
Today’s game Class 4A Second round Southmoreland (25-1) vs. Lancaster Catholic (26-3) 6 p.m. at Bedford High School Winner plays: Winner of Northern Lebanon (23-4) and Danville (25-3) on Saturday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Coaches: Brian Pritts, Southmoreland; Charlie Detz, Lancaster Catholic Players to watch: Sarah Pisula, Southmoreland (Sr.,...
Community support swells for Southmoreland girls hoops
Carson’s Catering in Scottdale welcomed the Southmoreland girls basketball team in for a buffet dinner after Saturday’s PIAA playoff win — the first in the state postseason for the Scotties. Pasta, chicken parmesan, hot sausage, stuffed shells, ravioli, soup and salad — all of it, on the house. A carb...
With Heilman on hill, Freeport has shot at another special season
Last season, Freeport baseball coach Ed Carr watched a team that consisted mainly of juniors grow up on the fly and exceed expectations. Led by Mercyhurst recruit Jarrett Heilman’s outstanding year on the mound, the Yellowjackets won a section title, made the WPIAL semifinals and qualified for the PIAA playoffs...
George Guido: Freeport coach shows grace in PIAA loss to North Catholic
When you feel you see history unfolding before your eyes, your mind can go in many different directions. That was the case Saturday afternoon at Kiski Area High School when Freeport led Class 4A powerhouse North Catholic for more than a half. How would an upset fare from a historical...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Latrobe’s Vinny Kilkeary and Southmoreland’s Olivia Cernuto
Vinny Kilkeary School: Latrobe Sport: Wrestling Class: Freshman Claim to fame: Kilkeary (30-7) pinned No. 1 seed Cathedral Prep’s Jake Vandee in overtime at 6 minutes, 31 seconds to capture the 106-pound title at the PIAA Class AAA championships March 7 in Hershey. Kilkeary finished as the WPIAL runner-up to...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Freeport’s Julia Cummings and Kiski Area’s Jack Blumer
Julia Cummings Class: Freshman School: Freeport Sport: Bowling Report card: Cummings was runner-up to Woodland Hills’ Johnna Hill at the Western Regional on Friday, losing in a roll off 58-28 after tying 201-201 after 10 frames. Cummings was one of six girls from the Alle-Kiski Valley to advance to the...
