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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 17, 2020
Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s schedule Hempfield (12-10) vs. Peters Township (13-9) at Mt. Lebanon, 8 p.m. Pine-Richland (14-8) vs. Connellsville (8-14) at Fox Chapel, 8 p.m. Central Catholic (12-10) vs. Penn-Trafford (14-8) at Norwin, 8 p.m. Bethel Park (13-8) vs. North Allegheny (11-11) at North...
High school roundup for Feb. 17, 2020: Laurel Highlands handles Hampton
Thanks to a first-round victory Monday night, Laurel Highlands will find itself in an intriguing WPIAL boys basketball quarterfinals matchup on Friday. Tim Smith scored 20 points, including six 3-pointers, as eighth-seeded Laurel Highlands got off to a quick start and held off ninth-seeded Hampton, 52-46, in Class 5A. Laurel...
Knoch girls use defense, free-throw shooting to hold down New Castle
It wasn’t easy for the Knoch girls basketball team in its WPIAL Class 4A first-round game against New Castle on Monday at Fox Chapel. The No. 11 Red Hurricane gave the Knights all they could handle before the No. 6 seed held on for a 43-35 victory and punched its...
Freeport comes up big in 4th, holds off Belle Vernon
After three hotly-contested quarters, Freeport was looking for players to come up big in the fourth quarter. And seniors Sidney Shemanski and Madeline Clark did as the No. 7-seeded Yellowjackets held off No. 10 Belle Vernon, 44-38, in an WPIAL Class 4A first-round game at North Hills Middle School. Leading...
WPIAL wrestling realignment takes geographical approach
The WPIAL board approved new wrestling sections Monday based more on geography and less on competitive balance. As a result, Class AAA will have a much different alignment next season, said Canon-McMillan athletic director Frank Vulcano, chairman of the wrestling committee. Nineteen of the 45 teams are moving to a...
A-K Valley basketball playoff preview capsules: Games for Feb. 18, 2020
Tuesday’s games Girls First round Class 5A No. 8 Penn Hills (11-11) vs. No. 9 Plum (14-6) 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fox Chapel Winner plays: No. 1 Chartiers Valley (22-0) on Saturday in the quarterfinals Coaches: Robert Cash, Penn Hills; Steve Elsier, Plum Points scored/allowed: Penn Hills 44.6/37.7; Plum: 47.5/42.1...
Westmoreland County basketball playoff preview capsules: Games for Feb. 18, 2020
Boys Class 6A First round No. 8 Hempfield (12-10) vs. No. 9 Peters Township (13-9) 8 p.m. Tuesday at Mt. Lebanon Winner plays: No. 1 Butler (17-4) Saturday in quarterfinals Coaches: Bill Swan, Hempfield; Gary Goga, Peters Township Points scored/allowed: Hempfield 58.1 ppg/55.2; Peters Township 57.7/57.7 Players to watch: Marcus...
Penn-Trafford wrestlers look to take next step at individual section tournament
Coming into the 2019-20 season, Penn-Trafford first-year wrestling coach AJ Brentzel knew it might be a tough winter as he tried to rebuild the program’s winning culture. He knew it would take more than one season. The Warriors are 2-4 and did not qualify for the playoffs in Section 1-AAA,...
‘Fun begins’ for Norwin swimmers as WPIAL championship looms
Norwin junior swimmer Jordan Kutchak worked hard in the offseason and is reaping the rewards. Kutchak earned a gold medal in the girls 200-yard freestyle in the Westmoreland County Coaches Association meet in January. Her time of 1 minute, 57.65 seconds is on a list of top marks in WPIAL...
Chartiers Valley sophomore Aislin Malcolm receives Princeton offer
Chartiers Valley sophomore Aislin Malcolm, who hasn’t lost a game in two seasons, announced a college basketball offer Sunday from Princeton. The Tigers join Pitt, Duquesne, West Virginia, Western Michigan and Kent State as Division I programs recruiting the 5-foot-10 shooting guard. Malcolm is an 18-point scorer for a Chartiers...
Peters Township safety Donovan McMillon announces Penn State offerVideo
Add Penn State’s James Franklin to the growing list of college football coaches hoping to recruit Peters Township junior Donovan McMillon. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound safety announced a scholarship offer Saturday from the Nittany Lions, his seventh new offer in the past nine days. The Penn State offer came a little...
Trib HSSN PIHL team of the week: West Allegheny
Going into the final two weeks of the PIHL regular season, there is only one remaining unbeaten team. That team resides in Class B and is the defending champion in the Co-Op Division. Ringgold’s victory last week is not the only reason it remains undefeated. There were two unbeaten teams...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Feb. 15
With a Jan. 13 loss to defending WPIAL Class 2A champion Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, the South Side girls basketball team dropped to 7-5 overall. Then something kicked in and the team won nine of its next 11 games, including a Class 2A first-round playoff triumph. “We really...
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week: Week ending Feb. 16, 2020
High-scoring nights are nothing new to Burrell senior Gio Palombo. He has missed games this season because of injury, but he has been very good in a multitude of roles in the games he has played. The Bucs have needed Palombo to play defense — something he has done with...
High school schedules for Feb. 17, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s schedule Hempfield (12-10) vs. Peters Township (13-9) at Mt. Lebanon, 8 p.m. Pine-Richland (14-8) vs. Connellsville (8-14) at Fox Chapel, 8 p.m. Central Catholic (12-10) vs. Penn-Trafford (14-8) at Norwin, 8 p.m. Bethel Park (13-8) vs. North Allegheny (11-11)...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Feb. 15
There were only 34 WPIAL girls basketball games played last week: 30 on the final night of the regular season and four playoff games Friday. In two of those games, Ellis School junior Natalie Jasper was a dominant force. “Natalie has been one of our leaders this season both on...
PIHL high school hockey standings through Feb. 16, 2020
Here are the PIHL standings through Sunday, Feb. 16. Exclusive coverage of the 2020 PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs can be heard and viewed only on the TribLive High School Sports Network. In Class AAA, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. In Class AA, the top two teams...
Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020
Last week around the PIAA was a lot like the classic movie “All Quiet on the Western Front,” except you could add on the Central Front and the Eastern Front. It was the week when the regular season ended and most district playoffs began, however the elite teams in each...
Trib HSSN broadcasts for Week of Feb. 17-23
The Path to the Pete continues with more opening-round and second-round WPIAL basketball postseason play this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. HSSN has exclusive coverage of the WPIAL boys and girls basketball playoffs with the final three days of the first round followed by three days of...
Five WPIAL wrestlers receive tops seeds at Southwest Region tournament
Pairings for the PIAA Class AA Southwest Region tournament were released Sunday, and five WPIAL wrestlers received No. 1 seeds. Heading the list is two-time PIAA champion and four-time WPIAL champion Thayne Lawrence of Frazier. He got the top billing at 160 pounds. The others top seeds are South Park...
WPIAL basketball playoffs continue Monday with first-round games
West Allegheny scrambled last season to make the WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball playoffs and was seeded No. 13 in a 13-team playoff field. The Indians put a scare into No. 4 Woodland Hills before the Wolverines pulled away and advanced to the quarterfinals. Fast forward a year, and once...
Westmoreland County basketball playoff capsules: Games for Monday, Feb. 17, 2020
Boys Class 5A First round No. 11 Franklin Regional (11-11) vs. No. 6 South Fayette (15-7) 8 p.m. Monday at Peters Township Winner plays: No. 3 Mars (17-5) Friday in quarterfinals Coaches: Steve Scorpion, Franklin Regional; Dave Mislan, South Fayette Points scored/allowed: Franklin Regional 56.5/53.7; South Fayette 61.9/56.5 Players to...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Boys basketball No. 6
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years. They expanded from two days to three days and from eight boys and girls finals to a dozen championship games. The district also switched venues, moving from the Palumbo Center at Duquesne to the...
A-K Valley girls basketball playoff capsules: Games for Monday, Feb. 17, 2020
Monday’s games Girls Class 4A First round No. 7 Freeport (16-6) vs. No. 10 Belle Vernon (16-6) 6:30 p.m. at North Hills Winner plays: No. 2 Southmoreland (22-0) on Saturday in quarterfinals Coaches: Fred Soilis, Freeport; Ronnie Drennen, Belle Vernon Points scored/allowed: Freeport, 55.8/44.4; Belle Vernon, 50.5/39 Players to watch:...
After scholarship from Hines Ward, Valley’s Guzzo to be featured in book
Greg Guzzo was checking his email randomly last year when he saw a message titled “Positive Athlete.” He didn’t know what it meant at the time, but the email turned out to be a gateway to a scholarship and an opportunity to tell the story of how he handled a...
