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WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball preseason breakdown
WPIAL girls basketball season will tip off next weekend. Preparing to defend their district championship from a year ago are Peters Township (6A), Chartiers Valley (5A), North Catholic (4A), Neshannock (3A), Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (2A) and Rochester (A). North Catholic is looking for a fourth straight district...
Hempfield wrestling team shooting for top spot in WPIAL Class AAA
Hempfield Area wrestling coach Tommy Dolde isn’t keen on rankings, especially when his team is the one ranked No. 1 in the preseason. He’d rather see returning WPIAL Class AAA champion Kiski Area seeded first. “They are No. 1 in my mind until someone beats them,” Dolde said. “Kiski is...
WPIAL Class AAA wrestlers to watch
Top wrestlers returning Class AAA State champions Wrestler, School (Yr., Wt., 2019 Record, Overall) Carter Dibert, Franklin Regional (so., 106, 41-2, 73-12) Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, Seneca Valley (jr., 113, 48-1, 94-9) x-Sam Hillegas, North Hills (sr., 132, 41-1, 118-2) Gerrit Nijenhuis, Canon-McMillan (sr., 170, 44-3, 134-16) x-state champion in 2017, 2018...
Important dates for the 2019-20 high school wrestling season
2019-20 Important Dates Dec. 6-7 Chartiers-Houston Tournament Cumberland Valley Classic, Mechanicsburg Eastern Area Wrestling Invitational at Gateway Hickory Invitational, Sharon Dec. 7 Hampton Duals McDowell Trojan Duals, Erie Dec. 13-14 King of the Mountain, Lock Haven Milford, Del. Invitational Mountain Ridge (Md.) Invitational Penn Cambria Panther Holiday Tournament, Cresson Walsh...
WPIAL Class AAA preseason team wrestling rankings: Hempfield lineup loaded
2019 team rankings Class AAA Team (2018-19 record) 1. Hempfield (13-3) The Spartans return 10 starters, including PIAA qualifiers Ethan Berginc (120), Ty Linsenbigler (138), Dillon Ferretti (220) and Isaiah Vance (285). 2. Kiski Area (19-1) The Cavaliers return 10 starters, including PIAA placewinners Jack Blumer (160) and Nick Delp...
A-K Valley Class AAA wrestling preview: Kiski Area ready to live up to expectations
For the past three years, Kiski Area has been the team to beat in Class AAA. The Cavaliers (19-1) are the three-time defending WPIAL Class AAA champions, and they have placed in the top four of the state tournament the past three years. But, just like many high school teams...
George Guido: Ligonier Valley set to check final box, enter WPIAL
The WPIAL could have a new member school by late Wednesday afternoon. The PIAA is expected to give final approval to the Ligonier Valley High School move from PIAA District 6 to the WPIAL (District 7). The school’s request passed the first two hurdles — a release from District 6...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 2, 2019
Football PIAA playoffs Championships Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Central Dauphin (12-2) vs. St. Joseph’s Prep (11-2) at Hersheypark Stadium, 6 p.m. Class 5A Friday’s schedule Cheltenham (14-1) vs. Archbishop Wood (10-3) at Hersheypark Stadium, 7 p.m. Class 4A Thursday’s schedule Dallas (15-0) vs. Thomas Jefferson (15-0) at Hersheypark Stadium, 7...
High school roundup for Dec. 2, 2019: Logan Schlegel carries Plum hockey to comeback win
Logan Schlegel scored twice in the final 10 minutes of the game to complete a hat trick and lead Plum to a 5-4 come-from-behind victory over Moon in PIHL hockey Monday night. Nic Pushic had a goal and an assist and Dan Baranowski had three assists for Plum (5-2-0). Richie...
Ambridge basketball coach Mark Jula retires week before season opener
Ambridge boys basketball coach Mark Jula started to question his passion for the job, so he retired a week before the season opener. “I’ve coached primarily on passion more than anything,” said Jula, who was about to start his eighth season at his alma mater. “When that passion starts to...
WPIAL Football Team of the Week: Week 14
For four weeks during the WPIAL football playoffs, Avonworth rode the Jax tracks to the school’s first district championship in 60 years. Senior running back Jax Miller rushed for 910 yards and scored 11 touchdowns in four Antelopes postseason victories, including a 28-6 triumph over previously undefeated Washington in the...
Rebuilding Ligonier Valley girls hope to ‘learn how to compete’
There was a reason that Ligonier Valley girls basketball coach Tim Gustin scheduled Punxsutawney for his team’s first preseason scrimmage. He wanted to show his young team what he’d like them to become. Punxsutawney romped through District 9 last season by going 21-0. The Chucks’ only loss was to Blackhawk...
Valley boys confident revamped roster can extend playoff streak
With playoff trips in each of the past three seasons, Valley boys basketball has built some consistency. Enough, the Vikings think, that a fourth trip can happen even with some roster turnover. Valley enters the new season with a good mix of experience and new blood in the starting lineup,...
WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball preseason breakdown
WPIAL girls basketball season will tip off next weekend. Preparing to defend their district championship from a year ago are Peters Township (6A), Chartiers Valley (5A), North Catholic (4A), Neshannock (3A), Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (2A) and Rochester (A). North Catholic is looking for a fourth straight district...
WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball preseason breakdown
A new decade of WPIAL boys basketball tips off next weekend. Preparing to defend their district championships from a year ago are Mt. Lebanon (6A), Mars (5A), New Castle (4A), Lincoln Park (3A), Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (2A) and Nazareth Prep (A). New Castle is looking for a...
Quick Ligonier Valley boys look to make a run to another district titleVideo
You won’t see Ligonier Valley police chief John Berger handling out any speeding tickets in the Ligonier Valley High School gymnasium this winter. That’s because speeding is allowed by the boys basketball team when it is playing for Berger, who also is the boys coach. If Ligonier Valley wants to...
Valley girls expect to build foundation for return to winning ways
It’s been a long, dark period for Valley girls basketball, but coach Ernie Sipolino believes there might be light at the end of the tunnel. The Vikings, a program 16 years removed from its last winning season, will face an uphill task ending that run this year, but there’s a...
PIHL high school hockey standings through Dec. 1, 2019
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Dec. 1. Exclusive coverage of the 2020 PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs can be heard and viewed only on the TribLive High School Sports Network. In Class AAA, the top 8 teams qualify for the playoffs. In Class AA, the...
PIHL Player of the Week for week ending Dec. 1, 2019
North Catholic is playing varsity hockey for the first time in nearly two decades. The program, because of enrollment at the school and other obstacles, folded in the early 2000’s before returning in 2016 as a JV developmental program, where they played the last three seasons. Entering this season, not...
PIHL Team of the Week: Dec. 1, 2019
Mt. Lebanon played four games in two weeks to start the season, and six in October, which is more than most Class AAA teams. Quite the adversity to start the year, though the schedule has relaxed, especially for a team that is almost completely new after a semifinal appearance last...
WPIAL football player of the week — Week 14
Since expansion to six classes in 2016, WPIAL 3A champs, which all came from the Tri-County West Conference, are 4-0 in the PIAA semifinals. Beaver Falls in 2016. Quaker Valley in ‘17. Aliquippa last season and Central Valley this year picked up state semifinal wins and advanced to Hershey. Central...
Yough boys basketball ready for heavy lifting
Inside a weight room at Yough, music blares while players lift and exercise, some methodically traversing from station to station. Jim Nesser, the gravelly voiced boys basketball coach and a familiar face at Yough as a longtime faculty staff member with a PIAA championship at Jeannette to his credit, stands...
PIAA football championships and the start of winter sports this week on HSSN
The high school football season comes to an end with the state championship games, and there is the start of the winter high school sports season this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We conclude our coverage of another high school football season from Hershey with action from...
WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball preseason breakdown
WPIAL girls basketball season will tip off next weekend. Preparing to defend their district championship from a year ago are Peters Township (6A), Chartiers Valley (5A), North Catholic (4A), Neshannock (3A), Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (2A) and Rochester (A). North Catholic is looking for a fourth straight district...
WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball preseason breakdown
A new decade of WPIAL boys basketball tips off next weekend. Preparing to defend their district championships from a year ago are Mt. Lebanon (6A), Mars (5A), New Castle (4A), Lincoln Park (3A), Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (2A) and Nazareth Prep (A). New Castle is looking for a...
