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Westmoreland lookahead for week of March 4, 2019
MONDAY Hockey: Three area teams will be in action in the PIHL Class AA Penguin Cup playoffs. Latrobe takes on Hampton at 7:15 p.m. at Nevin Arena, and Franklin Regional plays Mars at 9:30 p.m. at Baierl Complex in Warrendale. A third first-round game has Hempfield taking on unbeaten Pine-Richland...
Pitt, WVU recruits among Maryland picks for Big 33 Football Classic
Pitt recruit A.J. Woods, a cornerback from Germantown, Md., was among the 38 high school football players chosen to represent Maryland in the Big 33 Football Classic. West Virginia recruits Leighton Bechdel and Osita Smith were also on the all-star game roster announced Saturday. The game is May 27 at...
PIAA releases opening round schedule for boys, girls basketball playoffs
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...
PIAA basketball playoff field set for WPIAL boys, girls teams
The WPIAL basketball playoffs are now history, so the attention turns to the Road to Hershey, which tips off next weekend. The WPIAL will send a handful of teams from each class into the PIAA postseason field, ranging from five to seven teams. Here is the list of the teams...
Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for week of March 3, 2019
The district playoffs are in the rear-view mirror, and the road to Hershey is about to open. Nearly 200 teams are about to begin a three-week journey referred to as the PIAA girls basketball playoffs. This week’s edition of the state rankings didn’t have many changes, but it is lighter...
Mt. Lebanon shows patience in WPIAL championship win over ButlerVideo
Mt. Lebanon wanted to keep the ball out of Ethan Morton’s hands, so the Blue Devils just held onto it themselves. With a two-point lead and 6 minutes left, Mt. Lebanon slowed the pace, ate the clock and used a couple of long possessions to defeat Butler, 62-57, in the...
Kiski Area’s Connor, Blumer defend WPIAL wrestling titles
Cam Connor flashed what in most scenarios constitutes the peace sign to the crowd at Canon-McMillan, but the gesture held a different meaning for the Kiski Area senior. Connor finished his WPIAL wrestling career by winning his second consecutive title, beating Thomas Jefferson’s Alex Weber, 9-1, in the 152-pound final...
Allderdice boys fall short against state’s top-ranked team in Class 6A, Kennedy Catholic
Allderdice boys basketball coach Buddy Valinsky gave his team a bit of a break this past week. Light practice is hardly the conventional wisdom going into a matchup against the No. 1-ranked Class 6A team in the state. But this time of year, less is more. The six-time defending Pittsburgh...
High school scores, schedules for March 2, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Saturday’s results Class 6A Championship Mt. Lebanon 62, Butler 57 Class 4A Championship New Castle 60, Quaker Valley 54 District 6-8-10 subregional Class 6A Final Saturday’s result Kennedy Catholic 68, Allderdice 55 Girls WPIAL playoffs Saturday’s results Class 6A Championship Peters Township 43, North...
Peters Township girls beat 2-time defending champion North Allegheny in OT to win Class 6A title
High-scoring Peters Township was lulled into playing North Allegheny’s game in the WPIAL Class 6A championship, which meant a defense-first approach, and that the final score probably was going to resemble a men’s pants size or a recent high-low temperature on the local weather report. The Indians looked quite comfortable...
Franklin Regional’s Camacho finally defeats Miller, wins second WPIAL title
Franklin Regional senior Colton Camacho never had beaten Kiski Area senior Darren Miller prior to Saturday’s 126-pound final at the Class AAA WPIAL/PIAA Southwest Regional championships. That string ended as Camacho used two first-period takedowns to defeat Miller, 4-2, to win his second WPIAL title at Canon-McMillan. Miller had won...
Brashear’s Mwete qualifies for PIAA wrestling tournament
Brashear senior Joe Mwete earned a trip to Hershey by finishing second at the Class AAA PIAA Northwest Regional at Altoona. The PIAA Wrestling Championships begin on Thursday at Giant Center. Mwete (30-3) reached the 145-pound final, but lost to Cathedral Prep’s Paniro Johnson, 6-5. He advanced to the finals...
Westmoreland notebook: Monessen boys basketball turn focus to PIAA playoffs
Monessen did not make the PIAA Class A boys basketball playoffs last season and had a coaching change in the offseason when longtime coach Joe Salvino left to take the Belle Vernon job. Dan Bosnic came aboard and didn’t need to do much homework on the program. He knew about...
Chartiers Valley’s McConnells combine for another WPIAL title — this time girls
Tim McConnell thought back to eight years ago when he said someone made a comment to him that one day he’d coach his daughter, Megan. “I told them I would never coach girls basketball,” he said. He’s glad he was wrong. In his first season as the Colts girls coach,...
Norwin’s Phipps, North Hills’ Hillegas eye 3rd WPIAL titles after semifinal victoriesVideo
Norwin junior Kurtis Phipps and North Hills junior Sam Hillegas clinched a spot in the 2019 WPIAL Class AAA wrestling championship with wins in the semifinals Saturday at Canon-McMillan. The duo is trying to join a large list of three-time WPIAL champions. That number is at 77 after Frazier junior...
New Castle tops Quaker Valley in WPIAL 4A final for 3rd consecutive year
New Castle just wouldn’t be denied its 13th WPIAL boys basketball title. The Red Hurricanes, down by 10 late in the third quarter and with their vaunted 3-point shooting ability seemingly vanished, took over the fourth quarter and defeated Quaker Valley, 60-54, in the Class 4A championship game at Petersen...
WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball preview: Butler vs. Mt. Lebanon
Class 6A boys Mt. Lebanon (21-3) vs. Butler (20-4) 9 p.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center Starting lineups No. 3 Mt. Lebanon (21-3) Coach: Joe David No. Player, Pos., Ht., Yr. 4 Hayden Mitchell, G, 6-2, Sr. 10 Blaine Gartley, G, 5-9, Jr. 20 Mike Palmer, G, 5-10, Sr. 22 Sean...
Top-seeded Neshannock girls defeat Shady Side Academy for 1st WPIAL title
Every team needs a little luck while making a championship run. Unfortunately, for Shady Side Academy, Neshannock’s luck came in the form of a late time out by the Indians. Trailing by three points with 18.5 seconds remaining, Shady Side Academy’s Ariana Goitz brought the ball up the floor, had...
Silver lining for Brentwood girls basketball team
Playing for a WPIAL championship at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center was a dream-come-true for the Brentwood girls basketball team. “It has been my dream forever,” said senior guard Anna Betz, the Spartans’ leading scorer with a 14.8 ppg average. “We talked about playing at the Peterson Events Center since the...
Gateway girls pleased with season despite falling short in title defense
Goal No. 1 was achieved by the Gateway girls basketball team. The Gators won the Section 2-5A championship, squeaking past Franklin Regional atop the standings. “We had good year thus far,” said Curtis Williams, who is in his fourth season as Gateway’s coach. “We did a lot of good things...
Finnerty brothers bolster Thomas Jefferson wrestling team’s success
Between them, the Finnerty brothers have almost 50 wins this season as members of the Thomas Jefferson wrestling team. Brendan Finnerty, a 145-pound junior and team captain, owns a sparkling 31-8 record. Seniors Max Shaw, Alex Weber, Andy Kalup and the 17-year-old Finnerty share the captaincy role for the Jaguars....
Penn-Trafford diver Kalik making familiar trek to PIAA championships
Penn-Trafford senior Paige Kalik is headed to the PIAA Class AAA girls diving championship March 15 at Bucknell for the third consecutive season, and this time she will have company. Senior Logan Sherwin qualified for his first boys championship March 16 after coming close the past two seasons. “I’m super...
The Herald Spotlight Athlete: Fox Chapel’s Jonah Cagley
Jonah Cagley, a senior on the Fox Chapel swimming and diving team, won his third straight title two weeks ago at the WPIAL Class AAA championships. “Winning this time definitely topped the previous years because we had four divers in the top 10, and I also broke the school 11-dive...
Fox Chapel indoor track program finishes strong
The Fox Chapel indoor track team finished its season on a high note. On Feb. 17, the team ran in the Tri-State Coaches Association championships at Edinboro. With approximately 75 teams competing, the girls squad finished second, and the boys came in third. The distance medley relay team of Sarena...
6 Pine-Richland wrestlers punch tickets to WPIALs
The high school wrestling postseason is in full swing, and Pine-Richland is seeing positive results, starting with the WPIAL Section 3-AAA individual championships Feb. 23 at Fox Chapel. The Rams exited the event boasting a pair of first-place finishers, a pair of second-place showings and another pair of wrestlers who...
