High School category, Page 1112
Big 33 sees 3 alumni reach Super Bowl, extends streak to 54 years
The Big 33 Football Classic’s Super Bowl streak continues with help from a former WPIAL athlete. All 54 Super Bowl matchups have included at least one former player from the high school football all-star game, a streak that San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Kevin Givens and kicker Robbie Gould, and...
High school roundup for Jan. 18, 2020: Uniontown boys rout Connellsville
Keondre DeShields’ 18 points led five Uniontown boys basketball players in double digits scoring during a 82-49 nonsection win Saturday at Connellsville. Isaiah Melvin and Jahmere Richardson added 13 points each for Uniontown (11-1), and teammates Bryant Grady and Billy DeShields scored 13 and 11 points. Kade Musgrove had 15...
High school scores, schedules for Jan. 18, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Belle Vernon 78, Monessen 50 Carmichaels 70, Avella 40 Central Valley at Neshannock, ppd. Knoch 69, Burrell 32 North Hills 64, Shaler 61 South Fayette 60, Blackhawk 49 South Park at Carrick, ppd. Uniontown 82, Connellsville 49 Waynesburg 61, Charleroi 49 MLK...
Trio of A-K Valley wrestlers capture Allegheny County titlesVideo
Plum’s Vince Citrano just came up short at last season’s Allegheny County wrestling tournament. That loss to South Park’s Joey Fischer in the 106-pound championship sat with Citrano for a year, and Saturday evening at Fox Chapel, the Mustangs sophomore got his chance at redemption. Facing off against Moon’s Tyler...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Penn-Trafford’s Allen gets another scholarship offer
Penn-Trafford senior football player Noah Allen is drawing Division I attention as national signing day (Feb. 5) approaches. Allen received his second Division I FCS scholarship offer, from Butler. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound Allen also has an offer from Valparaiso. He had 15 receptions for 228 yards and two touchdowns this...
Trib WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 18, 2020
WPIAL rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Bethel Park, 13-0, 1 2. Norwin, 11-2, 2 3. North Allegheny, 11-3, 3 4. Mt. Lebanon, 12-3, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 9-4, NR Out: Baldwin (10-5, 5) Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 15-0, 1 2. Woodland Hills, 13-2, 2 3. Trinity, 11-2,...
Trib WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 18, 2020
WPIAL rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Fox Chapel, 15-0, 1 2. Butler, *10-4, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 11-4, 3 4. Pine-Richland, *9-4, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 13-2, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Penn Hills, *11-2, 1 2. Chartiers Valley, 10-4, 4 3. Shaler, 11-4, 2 4. Mars,...
Ligonier Valley, Derry weigh effects of WPIAL football realignment
With realignment, WPIAL football will change again like it does every two years. The latest tweaks won’t reach the drastic degree some thought, but a number of teams undoubtedly will be competing in new territory come the fall — and not everyone will he happy. The new-look landscape will not...
Longtime Neshannock baseball coach Mike Kirkwood resigns
After 32 years, baseball is about to look very different in Lawrence County. Longtime coach Mike “Bubba” Kirkwood announced he will be resigning as Neshannock’s head coach. He broke the news in a team meeting Friday evening. “It’s a sad day for Neshannock baseball,” longtime assistant John Quahliero said. “It’s...
Gateway girls refocus for 2nd half of section play
After a 14-point loss to Section 2-5A rival Plum on Jan. 13 at Furrie Sports Complex, Gateway girls basketball team members held a players-only meeting to share their thoughts about the game and the overall state of the season heading into the second half of section play. “We just talked...
Family ties run deep in Gateway basketball program
Some may say once someone becomes a Gateway boys basketball team member, he is part of a brotherhood. For a couple of current and former players, however, brotherhood is suitable in the more literal sense of the word. Sophomore guard/forward Will Kromka is the last of eight siblings (with five...
Thomas Jefferson basketball teams score signature wins
The Thomas Jefferson basketball teams know how to make a good first impression. The boys and girls started the new decade with impressive victories, both on the road. The boys won a Section 2-5A game Jan. 3 at Montour, 58-54. “We are starting to play a little better each day,”...
Balanced Baldwin climbs to top of PIHL standings
Baldwin wrapped up the 2019 portion of its PIHL season with an 8-0 record. The Highlanders started with a 9-1 victory over Montour on Oct. 3, routed Hampton, 10-2, on Dec. 9 and won six times in between. That’s more than two months without a loss. Baldwin, West Allegheny and...
Wagner leads youthful, talented Quaker Valley swimming team
On a Quaker Valley team with a lot of new members, junior swimmer Halle Wagner is a mainstay. Wagner qualified for the WPIAL Class AA girls championship in two events individually in each of the past two seasons. Last season, she went to the PIAA meet in a relay. “My...
Quaker Valley trio looking forward to PIHL All-Star Game
Quaker Valley’s hockey team continues to climb the PIHL Class AA standings. With a handful of games left in the regular season, the Quakers (7-4-0-2) were atop the Northwest Division with 16 points. Josh Bemis, Max Quinn and Colin Rice have played key parts in the team’s surge. The trio...
Penn-Trafford wrestler Zona trying to attain elusive spot in PIAA tournament
Tony Zona has had a successful wrestling career at Penn-Trafford. The 170-pound senior has won more than 75 matches and placed at the postseason section tournament in each season. But there is one last thing Zona wants to accomplish: qualify for the PIAA tournament. “I haven’t done that yet in...
Pine-Richland girls basketball pushing through adversity
There’s good luck. There’s bad luck. And then there’s the luck the Pine-Richland girls basketball team has had to suffer through during its 2019-20 season. Nearly half of the players have been hit with injuries. The team has six players who are missing time with injuries. Of those six, five...
Freshman Vinnie Cugini leads potent offense for Aquinas boys basketball
On Jan. 7, the Aquinas Academy boys basketball team won the first WPIAL section game in school history, besting Section 3-A foe St. Joseph, 76-73. Three days later, the Crusaders (4-8, 2-4) started their first section winning streak by beating Propel Montour, 80-49. The winning streak since has been snapped...
Franklin Regional wrestling again features strong lineup of lightweights
When the Franklin Regional wrestling team was winning WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA titles earlier this decade, the Panthers featured a nearly unbeatable lineup from 106 to 160 pounds. Devin Brown, Spencer Lee, Gus Solomon, Dom Giannangeli, Tyler Smith, Michael Kemerer, Josh Maruca and Josh Shields all went on to...
Shady Side Academy boys basketball needs to surge in 2nd half of schedule
The Shady Side Academy boys basketball team is in need of a second-half surge in section play if it harbors any playoff hopes. As of Jan. 16, the Indians were 5-7 overall and 2-4 in the section. “If we are going to make the playoffs, we need to be better...
Herald spotlight athlete: Shady Side Academy’s Maya Groff
Maya Groff, a senior at Shady Side Academy, helped the swimming and diving team defeat Knoch last week with a first-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley and 200 free relay. Groff, a team captain, is undecided about college but plans to major in chemistry. Here’s a closer look at...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 17, 2020
Basketball Boys Friday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 1 Albert Gallatin 63, Greensburg Salem 62 McKeesport 81, Laurel Highlands 77 Woodland Hills 48, Gateway 43 Section 2 Chartiers Valley 60, Trinity 59 Montour 55, West Mifflin 34 Moon 46, West Allegheny 42 South Fayette 65, Thomas Jefferson 60 Section 3...
High school roundup for Jan. 17, 2020: South Fayette knocks off Thomas Jefferson
With the score tied heading into the fourth quarter, the South Fayette boys basketball team went out and snagged an upset win Friday night. Joey Alcorn and Brandon Jakiela scored 14 points apiece as the Lions (8-5, 5-3) knocked off No. 5 Thomas Jefferson, 65-60, in Section 2-5A. Drew Franklin...
A.J. Nelson makes game-winning shot as Sto-Rox edges Apollo-Ridge
Sto-Rox’s A.J. Nelson was well below his 16 point-per-game average Friday against Apollo-Ridge. But Nelson’s put-back of a missed free throw with 8 seconds left in the game proved to be the difference as the Sto-Rox Vikings defeated the Apollo-Ridge Vikings, 62-60, in a key Section 1-2A matchup. Apollo-Ridge, down...
Holiday weekend of great basketball at Woodland Hills makes for busy Saturday
It is a tradition that is growing into a feast for local high school basketball fans. For a second straight year, Woodland Hills once again will host a high school basketball extravaganza with 43 games over four days on Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. It began with a couple of...
