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High school roundup for Jan. 26, 2020: Highlands tops Allderdice
In a rare Sunday boys basketball game, Highlands earned a 70-52 win over Allderdice (13-4) at the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Classic at Montour. Korry Myers scored 17 points, and Johnny Crise added 15 points and nine rebounds for the Golden Rams (16-2). Luke Cochran tallied 13 points, five rebounds and...
High school scores, schedules for Jan. 26, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys Sunday’s results WPIAL PBC Hall of Fame Classic At Montour Highlands 70, Allderdice 52 Lincoln Park 58, Kennedy Catholic 45 Sto-Rox 79, Seton LaSalle 78 Uniontown 56, Ambridge 52 Upper St. Clair 77, Mars 68 Shootout at Seton Hill University Greensburg Central Catholic 57, Derry 49...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Soccer teams face changes to sections
A new PIAA enrollment cycle means realignment of WPIAL sections in all sports. Soccer has not joined the six-classification movement, but there are notable changes that will affect the local scene. The most significant change for Westmoreland is on the girls side, where longtime Class A rivals Greensburg Central Catholic...
Team Blue rallies from 4-goal deficit to win PIHL Class AAA All-Star Game
In most situations, a four-goal deficit would be worrisome. That was not the case for Team Blue on Sunday in the PIHL Class AAA All-Star Game. The squad rallied from a 4-0 deficit to beat Team Gold, 11-8, at RMU Island Sports Center. “This was definitely more fun than a...
Former Penn-Trafford baseball star who died in Penn Township crash remembered
A star baseball player died Saturday as a result of injuries he suffered when his car collided with a pickup in Penn Township, authorities said. Maclean Peter “Mac” Maund, 18, of Harrison City died at Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, where he had been taken for treatment, according to his obituary....
Norwin girls defeat Hempfield in Shootout at Seton Hill
Norwin plans to play in front of big crowds and in potentially foreign gyms with large courts as a season of high expectations continues toward the WPIAL and PIAA postseason. So playing in the Shootout at Seton Hill came with its advantages. Norwin got more out of the event than...
Team Blue uses late surge to win PIHL Class AA All-Star Game
It took Team Blue a while to find some offensive chemistry in Sunday’s PIHL Class AA All-Star Game. Once it did, the squad racked up four goals in the third period to post a 7-5 win over Team Gold at the RMU Island Sports Center. “It was special to get...
Hannah Potter makes surprise comeback for Kiski Area girls basketball
When Hannah Potter suffered a broken wrist in Kiski Area girls basketball’s opener, she and others thought her season would be lost because of the nature of the injury and the recovery time needed. But good news during a doctor visit Thursday gave the Cavaliers senior captain a second chance....
Thomas Jefferson’s Pazo, North Catholic’s Shaffer lift Team Blue to PIHL Class A All-Star Game win
Thomas Jefferson junior Eddie Pazo and North Catholic junior Quinten Shaffer had a hat trick each to lead Team Blue to a 9-5 win over Team Gold in the PIHL Class A All-Star Game Sunday at RMU Island Sports Center. Shaffer scored once in each period. In the second, he...
Ringgold’s Budjos nets hat trick to lead Team Blue to victory in PIHL Class B All-Star Game
Typically going on the penalty kill late in a game down by two goals is not a successful strategy, but in the PIHL Class B All-Star Game, Team Blue made being down a player work in a major way. Team Blue scored four times shorthanded in the third period, including...
PIAA considers significant change for football heat acclimatization weekVideo
Heat acclimatization week might become a little more eventful for PIAA football teams. After finishing five days of mandatory heat acclimation, two schools could join together on that Saturday for a non-contact scrimmage, according to a football steering committee idea discussed this week by the PIAA board. “They can go...
High school roundup for Jan. 25, 2020: Bethel Park girls top Woodland Hills in tournament finale
Bethel Park, Class 6A’s No. 2 team girls basketball team, got out to a hot start and never looked back in a nonsection victory over Class 5A No. 2 Woodland Hills, 58-40, on Saturday in the finale of the Joey Fabus Memorial Classic at Bethel Park. The Black Hawks (15-1)...
Kiski Area freshmen impress at Westmoreland County swimming championships
A pair of Kiski Area freshmen were excited to see where they stood compared to the top swimmers in Westmoreland County. Parker Sterlitz and Levi Hansen, who were the top two seeds in the boys 500 freestyle, finally got the experience they were looking for as they competed in the...
High school scores, schedules for Jan. 25, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Elizabeth Forward 73, Carrick 52 Greensburg Salem 73, Valley 48 Kiski Area 56, Burrell 49 Monessen 62, Sewickley Academy 59 Quigley Catholic 97, Beaver County Christian 45 Shenango 74, Ellwood City 53 Waynesburg 69, Fort Cherry 49 PBC Hall of Fame Classic...
Record-setting WCCA swimming meet for Belle Vernon’s Shahan, Mt. Pleasant’s Gardner
Heading into the Westmoreland County Coaches Association swimming and diving championships, Belle Vernon junior Ian Shahan and Mt. Pleasant senior Heather Gardner had their sights on reaching the record books. The pair certainly left their mark, combining to break three meet records and nearly broke a fourth Saturday at Derry....
Westmoreland high school notebook: Norwin baseball loaded again
Expectations always are high in the Norwin baseball program, and that’s before the college commitments start rolling in. The Knights have had talent-heavy teams before, but the one they expect put on the field this spring looks loaded. The team has three Division I commits in sophomore shortstop Jake Kendro...
Trib WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 25, 2020
WPIAL rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Norwin, 13-2, 2 2. Bethel Park, 14-1, 1 3. North Allegheny, 13-3, 3 4. Mt. Lebanon, 14-3, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 9-5, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 17-0, 1 2. Woodland Hills, 15-2, 2 3. Trinity, 13-2, 3 4....
Trib WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 25, 2020
WPIAL rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Fox Chapel, 17-0, 1 2. Butler, 13-4, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 13-4, 3 4. Pine-Richland, 11-5, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 14-3, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 12-4, 2 2. Penn Hills, 12-4, 1 3. Mars, 12-3, 4 4. Shaler,...
Former WPIAL star recruits Montour lineman George Padezanin to LehighVideo
Montour lineman George Padezanin committed Saturday to Lehigh, recruited to the Patriot League school by a former WPIAL football standout. Lehigh’s recruiting coordinator is Anthony DiMichele, a 2007 Sto-Rox graduate. Padezanin, a 6-foot-4, 285-pound tackle, earned all-conference honors on both sides of the football this past fall. He listed more...
Kiski Area’s Potter returns to lineup after recovery from wrist injury
Hannah Potter is back. The Kiski Area senior guard and team captain returned to the lineup for the Cavaliers girls basketball team Friday after missing 15 games because of a broken wrist suffered in the season opener against Saltsburg on Dec. 6. Potter came off the bench, entering the Section...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 24, 2020
Basketball Boys Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 70, North Hills 50 Central Catholic 62, Seneca Valley 48 Pine-Richland 48, North Allegheny 43 Section 2 Bethel Park 79, Peters Township 65 Mt. Lebanon 37, Canon-McMillan 34 Upper St. Clair 69, Baldwin 58 Section 3 Fox Chapel 70, Hempfield...
High school roundup for Jan. 24, 2020: Butler’s Ethan Morton scores 2,000th point
Butler’s Ethan Morton joined an elite group of WPIAL basketball greats Friday night, scoring the 2,000th point of his career. The Purdue recruit hit the milestone on a layup late in the first half. He scored 19 points to lead the No. 2 Golden Tornado (13-4, 7-0) to a 70-50...
Boys, girls basketball events tip Saturday and continue Sunday
The Pittsburgh Basketball Club is holding its Hall of Fame Classic over two days at Montour this weekend with a dozen boys basketball games. There are seven games set to start at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday and five more games on Sunday tipping off at noon. One of the marquee...
Big third quarter the difference as North Catholic beats Seton LaSalle
The showdown for first place in Section 2-3A was tight in the first half, as North Catholic led Seton LaSalle by five at the break. Then the third quarter started, the Rebels blinked, and the highest scoring team in the WPIAL took control with a big run to begin the...
Brayden Reynolds, Chartiers Valley slam Thomas Jefferson
Brayden Reynolds had never dunked in a game before. That changed, in a major way, on Friday night. Reynolds threw down a pair of first-half dunks, part of a 25-point night for the Chartiers Valley junior, as the Colts grinded out a 60-49 win over Thomas Jefferson in WPIAL Section...
