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A-K Valley Boys Basketball Notebook: Local scorers putting up big numbers
Several players from the A-K Valley have been among the WPIAL’s highest scorers this season. Leading the way is Springdale’s Demitri Fritch. The 6-foot-3 junior guard is averaging 27.1 points — along with 13 rebounds, seven assists and four steals a game. He has been a big reason for the...
Trib HSSN boys swimmer of the week: Moon’s Nicholas Settembrine
Nicholas Settembrine collected four medals — two individual and two in relays — at last year’s WPIAL Class AAA championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Moon senior has returned as a favorite in his events, including the 100-yard backstroke, and Tigers head coach Jeff Berghoff said Settembrine is on a...
Trib HSSN girls swimmer of the week: Thomas Jefferson’s Hallie Findlan
Thomas Jefferson junior Hallie Findlan owns the top time in the Class AA girls 50-yard freestyle, according to the qualifying lists recently posted at WPIAL.org. She recorded a time of 24.91 seconds in the Jaguars’ Dec. 20 meet against Seton-La Salle. On Tuesday against Baldwin, Findlan swam a time of...
WPIAL team wrestling sectional matches set
The WPIAL team wrestling regular season is complete. The top three teams from each sub-section have qualified for the section tournaments Wednesday, Jan. 22. The first-place teams in each of the two sub-sections will face the runners-up in the opposing sub-section with the two winners then doing battle for the...
Knoch, North Catholic boys join Trib Ten power rankings
We’ve hit the midway point of section play in WPIAL hoops heading into this edition of the Trib Ten boys and girls basketball power rankings. There were no changes on the girls side of the Trib Ten as only North Allegheny slipped a bit after the Tigers’ second loss in...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 15, 2020
Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Aliquippa 56, Hopewell 43 Aquinas Academy 82, Cheswick Christian 48 Avonworth 63, New Brighton 61 Belle Vernon 67, Carrick 53 California 63, Beth-Center 47 Chartiers-Houston 66, Jefferson-Morgan 53 Mohawk 61, Beaver County Christian 41 New Castle 88, Freeport 40 Ringgold 75, Frazier 39 Riverview...
WPIAL football future finalized, girls hoops tip off 2nd half of season Thursday
The much discussed landscape of WPIAL football for the next two years will be finalized Thursday when the district football steering committee meets to map out the conferences for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. The WPIAL presented two options to schools coaches and administrators in a town hall meeting last...
High school roundup for Jan. 15, 2020: Connellsville clinches first place with comeback win
Jared Keslar (145) won by technical fall to give his team the lead for good and George Schultz (152) clinched the victory with a pin as Connellsville rallied past Thomas Jefferson for a 35-29 win in a battle of unbeatens to claim the Section 2A-AAA title Wednesday night. Logan Danielson...
Steel Valley’s Camden Polak likes making noise in the libraryVideo
Many high school students go to the library to check out a book for their next homework assignment, but Steel Valley senior Camden Polak goes there for a different reason. Every morning, from the start of the school year until the beginning of the Ironmen basketball season, Polak woke up...
Hempfield wrestling puts it all together in rout of rival Greensburg Salem
Hempfield wrestling coach Tommy Dolde couldn’t ask for a better performance from his Spartans heading into the WPIAL Class AAA Section 1 tournament Jan. 22. The No. 4-ranked Spartans used seven pins and a forfeit to easily defeat rival Greensburg Salem, 54-21, on Wednesday in the final regular-season match in...
A-K Valley girls basketball notebook: Big game with Butler up next for Fox Chapel
The Fox Chapel girls basketball team opens the second half of Section 1-6A play Thursday at Butler in a game head coach Marty Matvey called crucial for its chances at a WPIAL playoff spot. The Foxes, who suffered a 58-51 loss to the Golden Tornadoes on Dec. 12, are 3-4...
Monessen girls bringing storied program back to prominence
Monessen has a long, proud girls basketball history filled with WPIAL and state titles, but the past decade was a lean one for the Greyhounds. Those tough times finally seem to be coming to an end. The Greyhounds, at 10-4 (4-2 in Section 2-A), already have as many wins this...
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: GCC’s Scala making impact
Gia Scala sat out with an injury and waited to get cleared to return to basketball at Greensburg Central Catholic. She missed the first three games but quickly made her presence known when she returned. Scala, who is from North Huntingdon and attended Norwin before transferring to GCC, has scored...
Improving Riverview girls excited to tackle second half of section schedule
With a collection of experienced varsity players returning for this season, Riverview girls basketball coach Keith Stitt voiced an optimistic tone throughout preseason practices and scrimmages. With 14 games now under his team’s belt, he feels that his players are rounding into form and ready to tackle the challenges of...
West Allegheny’s Austin Hendrick next WPIAL standout who could join MLB ranksVideo
West Allegheny’s Austin Hendrick tells a story about hitting baseballs two years ago with Neil Walker, the former Pine-Richland player and first-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates. “It was a really cool experience meeting him and talking to him a little bit,” said Hendrick, describing himself as a sponge...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 14, 2020
Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 80, Seneca Valley 66 Central Catholic 78, Pine-Richland 69 North Allegheny 57, North Hills 51 Section 2 Bethel Park 83, Baldwin 57 Mt. Lebanon 63, Upper St. Clair 56 Peters Township 55, Canon-McMillan 46 Section 3 Fox Chapel 49, Connellsville...
High school roundup for Jan. 14, 2020: North Allegheny sweeps North Hills
Khalil Dinkins scored 14 points as North Allegheny came back from a three-point deficit after three quarters for a 57-51 victory over North Hills in Section 1-6A boys basketball Tuesday night, sweeping a rivalry doubleheader. Zach Andreykovich had 13 points and Grant Timmerson 12 for the Tigers (8-6, 3-2). Alex...
Final night of team wrestling section matches highlight WPIAL Wednesday
Seven years ago, Canon-McMillan and South Fayette found themselves at Chartiers Valley on Groundhog Day preparing to wrestle for WPIAL gold. Both district team wrestling title matches were close that day, with Canon-McMillan edging Franklin Regional for AAA gold while South Fayette lost by five points to Burrell in the...
No. 1 Knoch boys overcome slow start, pull away from Freeport
It took a half, but the Knoch scoring machine finally got in gear in the third quarter. The Knights, the Trib HSSN’s No. 1-ranked boys basketball team in Class 4A, scored 27 points in each of the final two quarters Tuesday night to post an 83-59 victory at Freeport. It...
Jeannette puts together complete effort in routing Serra Catholic
Even though Jeannette coach Adrian Batts was hoarse from imploring his team all game, it wasn’t going to stop him from talking about the enjoyment he got from watching his team execute Tuesday night. From strong defense, to good ball movement, to shooting well, the Jayhawks did pretty much everything...
Quick start allows Mt. Lebanon to turn the lights out on Upper St. ClairVideo
In the third quarter of the Upper St. Clair-Mt. Lebanon game Tuesday night, some of the lights went out at Mt. Lebanon. After play was stopped, the gym went dark for a few moments before the lights were restored and play resumed. Ironic, because once the game ended, the plug...
Springdale tops rival Riverview to remain undefeated in section play
Throughout the 2019-20 basketball season, the Springdale boys basketball team has been carried by a high-paced offense that has averaged 65.5 points a game, which is the third-highest in WPIAL Class 2A. But on Tuesday evening at Donald G. McGhee Fieldhouse, the Dynamos (13-1, 7-0) were led by an intense...
Marcus McCarthy’s clutch free throws help Hempfield boys end skid vs. Latrobe
It has been a while since the Hempfield boys basketball team has beaten Latrobe. It has been even longer since the Spartans won at Latrobe. Those streaks came to an end Tuesday thanks to clutch free throws from Marcus McCarthy. The senior made five of six free throws in the...
Zach Rocco shares spotlight as Penn-Trafford rolls over Norwin
Teams know what they are getting when they play Penn-Trafford: a steady dose of Zach Rocco. But as the Warriors go through the season, something is happening. A supporting cast is taking shape and Rocco, the team’s lone senior, does not have to do it all. Make no mistake, Rocco...
Laurel bounces back with rivalry win over Shenango
The Shenango Wildcats came into Tuesday’s rivalry game against Laurel as one of the hottest teams in the WPIAL. Conversely, Laurel had lost four of its last five games. But it was the Spartans who shined on the road, soundly defeating Shenango, 62-38. The Wildcats had run off eight straight...
