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5 things to watch at the PIAA wrestling championships
HERSHEY — The PIAA wrestling championships begin Thursday, with Class AA kicking things off at 9 a.m. at the Giant Center. Nine WPIAL wrestlers earned No. 1 seeds. Three — Seneca Valley sophomore Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, North Hills junior Sam Hillegas and Frazier junior Thayne Lawrence — are returning state champions....
After long rest, Monessen boys set to face Jamestown in PIAA playoffs
At this point in past seasons, the buzz about District 10’s Class A champion has been all about Kennedy Catholic. With the Golden Eagles soaring to Class 6A, D-10 crowned a new champion in Class A, the Jamestown Muskies. And the Muskies have found themselves in the crosshairs of the...
A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Burrell’s Oswalt, Kiski Area’s Connor have targets on their backs
Burrell’s Ian Oswalt and Kiski Area’s Cam Connor didn’t have to look far to find their names in their respective brackets for the PIAA wrestling championships: They were right there, smack-dab at the top. Oswalt, a sophomore, was seeded first at 120 pounds for the PIAA Class AA tournament. Connor,...
WPIAL athletes garner all-state honors for indoor season
Athletes from WPIAL schools were lauded by the Pennsylvania Track & Field Coaches Association with the organization’s all-state teams for the indoor season. Hempfield’s MacKenna Orie and Zachary Kinne of North Allegheny, state champions in the shot put and 3,000-meter run, respectively, were first-team selections. Jared Bannon of Hempfield (60-meter...
WPIAL passing leader Tyler Bradley commits to Seton HillVideo
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart quarterback Tyler Bradley, the WPIAL’s top passer last season, committed Tuesday to Seton Hill. He announced his commitment on Twitter. Bradley threw for 3,364 yards as a senior and guided OLSH to the WPIAL Class A title, earning a spot on the Trib 25...
Texas A&M joins schools recruiting Gateway sophomore Derrick DavisVideo
Gateway’s Derrick Davis has another major college football team interested in him. Davis (6-0, 180) announced Tuesday a scholarship offer from Texas A&M, making Aggies coach Jimbo Fisher the latest to recruit the Gators’ star sophomore. He’s quickly become one of the state’s top recruits for 2021. Before Texas A&M,...
Chartiers Valley freshman Aislin Malcolm draws basketball offer from Pitt
Chartiers Valley freshman Aislin Malcolm scored 18 points Saturday at Petersen Events Center when her Colts won the WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball title. Three days later, Pitt offered to make “The Pete” her future home court. The 5-foot-10 guard announced a scholarship offer Tuesday from Pitt, the latest Division...
Hempfield’s Brose up to eight Division I offers
Hempfield’s Fintan Brose is pulling in offers in pairs. Seemingly each week, the junior football lineman is attracting scholarship opportunities two at a time. The 6-foot-3, 280-pound tackle announced two additional offers within the past week, in Navy and Princeton. Honored and thankful to receive an offer from the United...
Valley’s Hutcherson advances to PIAA Class AA quarterfinals with overtime decision
HERSHEY — Noah Hutcherson needed some extra effort on his first day at the PIAA wrestling championships. Good thing he came prepared. Hutcherson, a state qualifier for the first time in his senior season at Valley, advanced to the PIAA Class AA quarterfinals at 170 pounds with a 10-8 win...
Alle-Kiski Valley PIAA basketball capsules: Games for March 8-9, 2019
Boys basketball Class 6A First round Fox Chapel (16-8) vs. Kennedy Catholic (22-3) 7 p.m. Saturday at Farrell HS Winner plays: Wilson (22-5) or Pine-Richland (21-3) on Wednesday in the second round Coaches: Zach Skrinjar, Fox Chapel; Rick Mancino, Kennedy Catholic Players to watch: Ryan Kerr, Fox Chapel (sr., G);...
PIHL roundup for March 5, 2019: Peters Township blanks Canon-McMillan
First period goals from Torrey Schwartz and Nico Watsula, as well as a 17-save performance by Alex Wilbert led Peters Township to a 3-0 victory over Canon-McMillan (6-13-1) in a PIHL Class AAA Penguins Cup first round game Tuesday at Southpointe’s Printscape Arena. Jeremy Anthos also scored for Peters Township....
High school scores, schedules for March 5, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs First round Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Abington (27-1) vs. Cumberland Valley (17-9) at Council Rock South, 4 p.m.; Lincoln (10-16) vs. Pennridge (22-4) at Southern, 5 p.m.; Boys Latin (22-5) vs. Norristown (21-6) at Lincoln, 5 p.m.; Hazleton (21-6) vs. Methacton (20-7) at Wilkes...
Sinatra to represent Moon rugby team in Ireland
Moon rugby player Isabella Sinatra will be getting a taste of international competition. Sinatra, a senior, has been selected for the Midwest Girls Thunderbirds team that will tour Ireland for 10 days in August. It will be her first trip to Europe. “I hope to gain more knowledge and playing...
Wrestlers are creatures of habit when preparing for PIAA tournament
Like many people, Austin Mele looks at his phone almost immediately upon waking up in the morning. The Burrell senior checks his texts and SnapChat account before plugging it back in, making sure it’s got a full charge. Then it’s time to brush his teeth, followed by checking his weight...
Kiski Area wrestlers to rely on experience at PIAA tournament
With top-three finishes at the PIAA Class AAA team championships each of the past three seasons, Kiski Area knows the feeling of wrestling in Hershey’s Giant Center. But the wrestlers who will represent the Cavaliers at the state individual tournament this week know it’s a completely different animal. “It’s all...
Norwin wrestler Phipps chasing PIAA gold this weekend
Kurtis Phipps and his brother Drew having something in common — both suffered heart-breaking, 1-0 losses in the PIAA Class AAA wrestling finals. Drew Phipps, now at Bucknell, fell to Stroudsburg Jake Jakobsen in the 195-pound final in 2016. Kurtis Phipps, a Norwin junior, lost to Seneca Valley sophomore Alejandro...
George Guido: A-K Valley basketball teams open PIAA playoffs this weekend
The PIAA basketball playoffs are set to start this weekend, and there are five Alle-Kiski Valley teams entered. Boys teams from Leechburg, Highlands, Deer Lakes and Fox Chapel are in, likewise the Fox Chapel girls. There was apparently so much interest in Sunday’s bracket rollout that the PIAA’s website briefly...
High school wrestling notebook: Hempfield sending 5 to state tournament
It was quite a weekend for the Hempfield wrestling team at the WPIAL/PIAA Class AAA Southwest Regional tournament. The Spartans had five wrestlers advance to the PIAA tournament, which begins Thursday at the Giant Center in Hershey. Senior Kyle Burkholder, junior Dillon Ferretti, and sophomores Ethan Berginc, Ty Linsenbigler and...
A-K Valley Athletes of the Week: Fox Chapel swimmer Zoe Skirboll, Deer Lakes swimmer Adam Morrison
Zoe Skirboll School: Fox Chapel Class: Freshman Sport: Swimming Report card: Skirboll crushed the WPIAL record (1 minute, 2.68 seconds) in the 100-yard breaststroke with time of 1:00.96. She also finished second in the 200 IM (2:00.25). Both times were top 100 in the country this season and earned her...
Franklin Regional boys excited for ‘another chance to play’ in state tournament
A sense of finality seemed to wash over Franklin Regional boys basketball players, coaches and fans after the Panthers lost to Moon in the WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals at West Allegheny. It was almost like the year-end banquet was the next event on the schedule, not the PIAA playoffs. Some...
PCN will re-air Quaker Valley vs. Annville-Cleonas PIAA basketball final from 1999
The Quaker Valley boys basketball team and coach Mike Mastroianni experienced a heartbreaking state championship loss to Annville-Cleonas 20 years ago this winter. If they’re ready, they can rewatch it March 9 at 7 p.m. PCN announced Tuesday that it will re-air some of the great PIAA basketball championship games...
Penn-Trafford RB Lisbon draws Navy offer
A running back who averaged nearly nine yards a carry last season has his first Division I football offer. Penn-Trafford junior Caleb Lisbon is expected to draw many more offers, but Navy will be the leader of the pack. Lisbon (6-foot, 195 pounds) rushed for 1,329 yards last season and...
Trib HSSN individual wrestling rankings for week of March 4, 2019
Trib HSSN individual wrestling rankings Class AAA 106: 1. Dylan Chappell, Seneca Valley (39-4); 2. Carter Dibert, Franklin Regional (37-2); 3. Mason Prinkey, Connellsville (32-6); 4. Costa Moore, Canon-McMillan (26-8); 5. Briar Priest, Hempfield (30-10); 6. Vince Citrano, Plum (30-6); 7. Troy Hohman, Penn-Trafford (21-17); 8. Brook Petras, Indiana (27-10)....
Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Week: North Hills’ Sam Hillegas
WRESTLER OF THE WEEK: Sam Hillegas, jr., North Hills One of the most dominant wrestlers in the state, Hillegas continued his mastery of opponents by winning his third consecutive WPIAL Class AAA championship. Hillegas (39-0) rolled through the 132-pound bracket, pinning his first three opponents — one in 29 seconds,...
Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week: Kiski Area
TEAM OF THE WEEK: Kiski Area The Cavaliers won the WPIAL Class AAA team championship, so it came as little surprise when they won the team title at the WPIAL individual tournament as well, edging Hempfield and Seneca Valley to take the trophy. Senior Cam Connor and junior Jack Blumer...
