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High school roundup for Feb. 5, 2020: Southmoreland trips up Washington
Riley Comforti scored 32 points to lead Southmoreland to a 62-58 upset overtime victory over first-place Washington in Section 4-3A boys basketball Wednesday night. Brandon Peterson scored 12 points and Zach Cernuto added 10 for Southmoreland (10-11, 7-4), which jumped ahead with a 19-8 run in the third quarter. Tayshawn...
5 things to watch at the PIAA team wrestling championships
The PIAA team wrestling championships begin Thursday at the Giant Center in Hershey. The WPIAL will be represented by five teams — Waynesburg, Seneca Valley and Canon-McMillan in Class AAA and Burrell and Burgettstown in Class AA. Carrick from the Pittsburgh City League qualified for the Class AAA tournament but...
Plum girls basketball has chance to add to school’s growing trophy collection
Last spring, the Plum softball team claimed a section championship, sharing the Section 2-5A title with Hampton. In the fall, the Mustangs girls soccer team split Section 3-3A gold with Oakland Catholic before finishing as the WPIAL 5A runner-up and qualifying for the state playoffs. The Plum girls basketball team...
Western Pa. football players headed to Division I, II programs
Here’s a look at where Western Pa. senior football players signed to play at the Division I and II levels, during the early-signing period in December and on Wednesday. Class of 2020 Division I FBS Seventeen area senior football players accepted scholarships from Division I FBS schools. Two signed letters...
Western Pa.’s top 10 football prospects for the Class of 2021
If you wanted to spot some of the top college football coaches in the country, there was no need to fly to Clemson, S.C., or Ann Arbor, Mich. Just go to Gateway High School. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney and Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh planned visits on the same day last week...
Penn-Trafford girls basketball team hopes close games pay off
The Penn-Trafford girls basketball team has been living on the edge this season. The Warriors have played in eight games decided by single digits, four of which decided by three points or fewer. P-T has won about half of the battles, but despite the setbacks, the Warriors enter their final...
Harvest Baptist’s Sidwell reaches 1,000-point milestone
Jared Sidwell is the leading scorer for the Harvest Baptist Academy boys basketball team. The senior at the Natrona Heights-based school surpassed a scoring milestone in a home victory over Latrobe’s Bible Baptist on Jan. 23. Needing seven points to reach 1,000 for his varsity career, Sidwell, a 6-foot-1 guard,...
Westmoreland County girls basketball notes: Upset win gives Penn-Trafford momentum
If Penn-Trafford needed momentum heading into its section finale Thursday — a section finale at Latrobe that will decide the final playoff spot in Section 3-5A — then the Warriors found it in a head-turning upset. The Class 5A Warriors stunned Class 6A No. 3 and archrival Norwin, 51-50, Monday...
A-K Valley girls basketball notes: Knoch girls count on Lauren Cihonski at crunch time
Lauren Cihonski knew the feeling of producing clutch points to clinch a victory for the Knoch girls basketball team. Two free throws from the Knights senior with less than two seconds remaining in a December Section 1-4A game at Indiana lifted the Knights to a 39-37 win. On Monday against...
WPIAL football recruits make commitments official on signing day
The addition of an early signing period in December has reduced the number of Division I recruits using the traditional early-February date, but a handful of WPIAL football seniors waited it out. Those who signed Wednesday and the schools who signed them took to social media to share their official...
Yough hires new football coach
When Chris Chunko reached age 50, he felt his chances of becoming a head football coach were dwindling. That was until Tuesday when Yough school board members hired him as their new coach to replace Scott Wood, who was not retained after going 1-9 in 2019. In four seasons, Wood...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 4, 2020
Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 76, Seneca Valley 54 Pine-Richland 54, Central Catholic 45 (OT) Section 2 Bethel Park 60, Baldwin 49 Peters Township 62, Canon-McMillan 43 Upper St. Clair 53, Mt. Lebanon 48 Section 3 Fox Chapel 70, Connellsville 39 Penn-Trafford 49, Norwin 42...
High school roundup for Feb. 4, 2020: Central Valley keeps playoff hopes alive
Needing a win to keep its playoff hopes alive, Central Valley pulled off a comeback to remember Tuesday night. Trailing by 12 points in the third quarter, the Warriors rallied for a 61-60 victory over No. 5 New Castle to stay in the wild Section 2-4A race. It was Central...
WPIAL clinched: Boys basketball clinchings through Feb. 4, 2020
The WPIAL boys basketball regular season has less than a week left. The playoff field is starting to take shape. When the regular season ends, at least 76 boys basketball teams will earn a spot in the WPIAL postseason. Trib HSSN will once again have exclusive coverage of the Path...
Quaker Valley defeats Blackhawk, creates 1st-place tie in unpredictable Section 2Video
The WPIAL’s wildest section won’t tame easily. Four teams are within a game of first place and there’s now a two-way tie at the top after Quaker Valley defeated host Blackhawk, 71-59, Tuesday night in Section 2-4A. This section is traditionally one of the WPIAL’s deepest, but there’s been very...
Leechburg boys basketball team defeats Clairton, moves into 3rd place
Leechburg couldn’t have scripted a better senior night. Jake Blumer went over 1,000 points in his career, Dylan Cook scored a career-high 36 points and the Blue Devils tied Clairton for third place in Section 3-A with a masterful 85-40 win Tuesday night at Lewis Hicks Gym. Leechburg (14-5, 9-4)...
Penn-Trafford boys basketball eliminates Norwin from playoff contention
Visiting Penn-Trafford needed a victory to get back on track after losing two games in a row. Norwin needed one to stay in the hunt for a postseason spot. Unfortunately for the homestanding Knights on Tuesday night, there could be only one winner. Zach Rocco scored 17 points to lead...
Big second half helps Serra Catholic soar past Brentwood, set up showdown with Jeannette
Serra Catholic led most of the first quarter and again in the second quarter, only to have a late Brentwood flurry in each quarter give the host Spartans a one-point lead. However, when Serra punched Brentwood early in the third quarter, there was no return run and the Eagles cruised...
Deer Lakes boys clinch 4th straight trip to WPIAL playoffs with win over Valley
For the second time in school history, Deer Lakes is heading to the WPIAL basketball playoffs for a fourth straight year. Thanks to an intense defensive effort in the second half Tuesday at Valley, the Lancers (11-8, 6-5) were able to hold off an inspired Vikings (3-17, 2-9) squad and...
Balanced attack helps GCC boys take down Imani in 1st-place showdownVideo
Greensburg Central Catholic clinched at least a tie for the WPIAL Section 3-A title Tuesday, but first-year coach Christian Hyland wants more. “I’m greedy,” Hyland joked after his team defeated Imani Christian Academy, 67-48, in a first-place showdown. “I don’t like ties. We want to win the section outright at...
Holloway hits 1,000 points as Freeport tops Fox Chapel in battle of playoff-bound teams
Both the Fox Chapel and Freeport girls basketball teams suffered close section losses Monday, and opportunity presented itself Tuesday for one of them to quickly get back in the win column as the teams went head to head in nonsection play at Fox Chapel. Yellowjackets senior Harley Holloway scored the...
Westmoreland Athletes of the Week: Belle Vernon’s Devin Whitlock, Southmoreland’s Gracie Spadaro
Devin Whitlock School: Belle Vernon Sport: Basketball Year: Sophomore Claim to fame: Whitlock, who’s averaging 19 points and four assists, scored a game-high 32 points to lead Belle Vernon (15-5, 7-2) to a 79-62 win over South Park in Section 3-4A action Jan. 28. Whitlock scored 10 points for Belle...
Burrell wrestling looking to prove it belongs with the best at state tournament
The Burrell wrestling team has been in this position a time or two. In fact, for the 14th straight year, the Bucs are heading to the Giant Center in Hershey as the WPIAL Class AA champions. Over the past decade and a half, they’ve built a certified dynasty, and the...
Trib HSSN individual wrestling rankings for Feb. 4, 2020
Class AAA 106: 1. Mac Church, fr., Waynesburg (34-3); 2. Jacob Houpt, so., Canon-McMillan (23-7); 3. Briar Priest, so., Hempfield (27-3); 4. Vincent Kilkeary, fr., Latrobe (19-4); 5. Nick Gorman, fr., North Allegheny, (23-3). 113: 1. Carter Dibert, jr. Franklin Regional (31-2); 2. Ethan Berginc, jr. Hempfield (22-4-3); 3. Nico...
WPIAL wrestling notebook: Waynesburg, Canon-McMillan could collide again
Looking at the pairings for the PIAA Class AAA wrestling tournament, there is a decent chance that WPIAL champion Waynesburg and Section 4 rival Canon-McMillan could meet in the semifinals. Canon-McMillan (15-4) was beaten by Seneca Valley in the WPIAL semifinals, denying the Big Macs a second shot at the...
