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Westmoreland County wrestling notebook: Mt. Pleasant to host junior high tournament
The annual Westmoreland County Junior High wrestling tournament will be held Friday and Saturday at Mt. Pleasant. It will feature teams from throughout the county. Teams entered include Belle Vernon, Burrell, Derry, Franklin Regional, Greensburg Salem, Kiski Area, Latrobe (two teams), Ligonier Valley, Mt. Pleasant, Norwin, Penn-Trafford, Southmoreland and Valley....
Trib HSSN individual WPIAL wrestling rankings for Jan. 7, 2020
Individual wrestling rankings Class AAA 106: 1. Mac Church, fr., Waynesburg (21-3); 2. Briar Priest, so., Hempfield (21-1); 3. Jacob Houpt, so., Canon-McMillan (16-6); 4. Vincent Kilkeary, fr., Latrobe (14-4); 5. Troy Hohman, so., Penn-Trafford (7-1). 113: 1. Carter Dibert, jr. Franklin Regional (20-1); 2. Ethan Berginc, jr. Hempfield (14-3);...
A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Burrell, Kiski Area set for annual showdown
Two of the top wrestling teams in the WPIAL will converge on Thursday at Kiski Area as the three-time defending WPIAL Class AAA champion Cavaliers will host the 13-time defending WPIAL Class AA champions, Burrell. The teams, which are among the top in their classification, get together each year for...
Trib HSSN WPIAL team wrestling rankings for Jan. 7, 2020
2019 TEAM RANKINGS Class AAA Team record LW 1. Waynesburg 4-0 1 2. Seneca Valley 4-0 2 3. Canon-McMillan 4-0 3 4. Hempfield 13-2 4 5. Kiski Area 7-2 5 6. Norwin 6-2 6 7. Connellsville 6-1 7 8. Mt. Lebanon 8-1 8 9. Butler 2-1 9 10. North Allegheny...
Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings for Jan. 7, 2020
STATE TEAM RANKINGS Class AAA Team record LW 1. Nazareth (11) 3-0 1 2. Bethlehem Catholic (11) 2-0 2 3. Waynesburg 4-0 3 4. Seneca Valley 4-0 4 5. Canon-McMillan 4-0 5 6. Council Rock South (1) 3-0 6 7. Erie Prep (10) 1-0 7 8. Hempfield Area 13-2 8...
Quaker Valley athlete of the week: Sophie Besterman
Sophie Besterman School: Quaker Valley Sport: Swimming Class: Senior Claim to fame: Bloomsburg commit Sophie Besterman took a hiatus from swimming lasting more than a year, and she’s still one of the best local athletes in the sport. Besterman recently qualified for WPIALs in the 100 backstroke, 200 free relay...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 6, 2020
Basketball Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Class 4A Section 2 Ambridge 63, Central Valley 61 Class 3A Section 4 McGuffey 64, Southmoreland 49 Nonsection Hundred (W.Va.) 44, Jefferson-Morgan 38 Tuesday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Central Catholic at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. North Hills at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. Pine-Richland...
High school roundup for Jan. 6, 2020: Rochester tops Vincentian in double OT
If Monday night’s result is any indication, the race for the WPIAL Class A girls basketball championship this season should be a barnburner. Corynne Hauser scored 23 points and Alexis Robinson added 22 as Rochester, No. 1 in this week’s Trib HSSN rankings, edged No. 3 Vincentian Academy, 72-69, in...
Deer Lakes rolls to section win over East Allegheny
The Deer Lakes girls basketball team plays three Section 3-3A games this week, and the Lancers got off to a good start Monday with a 62-41 victory over East Allegheny. “I told the girls that it’s one game at a time at this point,” said Lancers coach Dave Petruska, who...
Blackhawk defense shuts down Central Valley in Class 4A showdown
Blackhawk girls basketball coach Steve Lodovico loves to run a press and trap defense with the goal of creating turnovers and racking up points off them. Facing a familiar foe in Central Valley on the road, he decided to adjust the gameplan. Instead, the Cougars relied on a tough half-court...
Burrell dominates Highlands in section matchup
Heading into Monday night’s Section 3A-AA wrestling match between Burrell and Highlands, both teams were undefeated in their section. Burrell was looking to protect its legacy. Highlands was out to prove that it belonged. On a night where the Bucs were celebrating their seniors and the Golden Rams were down...
Several big boys basketball games set for Tuesday in Class 6A
The two rivals met in the very first WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball championship game three years ago in 2017. Now, Pine-Richland will visit Butler for the first of two Section 1-6A meetings in the regular season coming up on Tuesday. Back in March of 2017, Phil Jurkovec led Pine-Richland...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week — Week ending Jan. 4, 2020
Last year, the Brentwood boys basketball team finished with a .500 record in both Section 2-2A and overall. The Spartans finished the regular season in fourth place with a 6-6 record and an 11-11 mark for the season. “Last year, we finished .500, but there were a number of games...
Fox Chapel in, Butler, Penn Hills out of latest PIAA boys basketball rankings
There was a fair amount of change in the Trib HSSN weekly boys basketball state rankings over the holidays, especially in the higher classifications. Two Class 6A teams along with one each from 5A and 4A dropped out, opening the door for four new teams to crack the top five....
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week — Week ending Jan. 4, 2020
At Quaker Valley, the boys basketball teams is offering much Adou about many things. Runners-up to New Castle the last three years in WPIAL Class 4A, the Quakers are hoping to clear the golden hurdle this year with guidance from a standout sophomore. Adou Thiero, a 5-foot-10 guard, is part...
Unbeaten Southmoreland gets ‘after it’ on defense, rolls past Elizabeth Forward
Unbeaten Southmoreland continued its best start in school history, passing a stern road test in the process, by utilizing what has brought it this far: defensive wherewithal and offensive balance. When the two intersect, this is one dangerous team. Four players scored in double figures, and the stingy Scotties quickly...
Kranitz pin secures win as Norwin wrestling edges Franklin RegionalVideo
Almost everyone in the gym Monday night would have loved to see a rematch between Norwin senior wrestler Kurtis Phipps and Franklin Regional sophomore Finn Solomon. The two battled in the Westmoreland County Coaches Association finals at 126 pounds, and Phipps used a defensive pin to win his second title....
Freeport swimmer Lexi Schrecongost on track for impressive second act
Lexi Schrecongost is hoping for an encore and more after a freshman swimming season that saw her earn four WPIAL medals, including an individual bronze in the girls Class AA 100-yard breaststroke. The Freeport sophomore said her motivation to come back and build on last year was strong in the...
Bishop Canevin’s Maziarz, McKeesport’s Robinson named Trib HSSN scholar-athletes of the month for December
The TribLive High School Sports Network is recognizing some of the best and brightest student-athletes in Western Pennsylvania. School administrators, athletic directors, coaches and teachers have the opportunity to nominate one female and one male scholar-athlete to receive the TribLIVE High School Sports Network Scholar Athlete of the Month Award....
Latrobe swimming has one of its largest boys teams in years
Latrobe boys swimming and diving is off to a perfect start with one of its largest teams in recent seasons. The Wildcats won three nonsection meets and downed Armstrong in their Section 1-AAA opener. “I expect great things for us,” senior Corbin Makar said. “During my freshman year, we had...
Standout Bailey Kuhns no longer part of undefeated Southmoreland girls basketball team
Southmoreland will have to continue its best start in girls basketball without one of its best players. Sophomore Bailey Kuhns is no longer on the team, coach Brian Pritts confirmed. Pritts did not give a reason, although Kuhns’ bio on her Twitter account now reads, “Greensburg Central Catholic High School...
Central Valley and West Greene join Trib HSSN’s state girls basketball rankings
There were no changes at the top of the first Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings of 2020. Upper Dublin (Class 6A), Chartiers Valley (5A), North Catholic (4A), Delone Catholic (3A), Bellwood-Antis (2A) and Jenkintown (A) remain No. 1 as teams return to section/district play. Six teams were not as...
Championship-caliber WPIAL girls basketball games highlight a busy Monday
Three years ago, Bishop Canevin and Chartiers-Houston won WPIAL girls basketball championships. On Monday, the Crusaders will host the Buccaneers for first place in Section 3-2A. The 2017 WPIAL Class 3A championship for Bishop Canevin was the second of three straight district crowns. The Crusaders crushed Neshannock, 65-36, in that...
Boys and girls section basketball and scholastic wrestling in first full week of 2020
The first full week of 2020 is a busy one, filled with plenty of scholastic hoops and high school wrestling this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of WPIAL boys and girls section basketball games including the HSSN Video Stream Games of the Week....
High school scores, schedules for Jan. 5, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 4A Section 2 Central Valley at Ambridge, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Hundred, W.Va. at Jefferson-Morgan, 7 p.m. Girls Sunday’s result Woodland Hills 60, Cleveland East Tech, Ohio 50 Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Norwin, 7:30 p.m. Shaler at Seneca...
