High School category, Page 1302
Peters Township girls top rival Bethel Park, earn return trip to WPIAL Class 6A final
The top-ranked Peters Township girls basketball team leads WPIAL Class 6A squads in scoring at nearly 70 points per game. But the undefeated Indians proved Tuesday they can also win when scoring half that number. Peters Township withstood a slowdown, deliberate game plan from section rival Bethel Park, and the...
Rochester girls advance to 1st WPIAL title game after defeating Quigley Catholic
After battling neck-and-neck through the first three quarters of their WPIAL semifinal matchup, the Rochester girls basketball team exploded for 26 points in the fourth quarter to topple rival Quigley Catholic, 66-55, on Tuesday night at North Hills. The victory for the Rams (18-6) could very well be the biggest...
A-K Valley freshmen hoping to make splash at WPIAL swimming championships
At the start of her first WPIAL swim season in November, Alexis Schrecongost didn’t think she would ascend to the position she is at heading into the WPIAL championships Thursday and Friday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Freeport freshman is seeded second in the 100-yard breaststroke and sixth in the...
Alle-Kiski Valley area basketball playoff capsule for Feb. 27, 2019
Boys Class 4A No. 1 New Castle (19-4) vs. No. 5 Highlands (17-7) 8 p.m. Wednesday at North Allegheny Winner plays: No. 2 Ambridge (15-8) or No. 3 Quaker Valley at 1 p.m. Saturday in the WPIAL championship game Coaches: Ralph Blundo, New Castle; Tyler Stoczynski, Highlands Points scored/allowed: New...
A-K Valley Athletes of the Week: Highlands’ Korry Myers, Deer Lakes’ Julia Hollibaugh
Korry Myers School: Highlands Class: Junior Sport: Basketball Report card: Myers is coming off his best defensive performance of the season in the No. 5-seeded Golden Rams’ 69-61 win over No. 4 Uniontown in Saturday’s WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals. A 6-foot guard, Myers put up 15 points to pace the...
Broken hand will force Shaler’s Sullivan to miss WPIAL, PIAA wrestling tournaments
A broken right hand will keep Shaler senior Ryan Sullivan, the returning WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA 113-pound champion, from defending his titles. Sullivan (28-1), seeded No. 1 at 120 pounds, was pulled from the WPIAL Class AAA tournament bracket Tuesday, according to WPIAL wrestling chairman Frank Vulcano. “It was...
Five boys swimmers to watch at the WPIAL Class AA championships
The WPIAL Class AAA and AA swimming championships will be held Thursday and Friday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Class AAA boys and girls meet will be from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Class AA meet will be held from 3-5:30 p.m. each day. The TribLive High School Sports Network will...
Five boys swimmers to watch at the WPIAL Class AAA championships
The WPIAL Class AAA and AA swimming championships will be held Thursday and Friday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Class AAA boys and girls meet will be from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Class AA meet will be held from 3-5:30 p.m. each day. The TribLive High School Sports Network will...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Derry’s Dom DeLuca, Penn-Trafford’s Paige Kalik
Dom DeLuca School: Derry Sport: Wrestling Class: Senior Claim to fame: DeLuca (36-1), a Mercyhurst football commit, defeated Chestnut Ridge junior Duane Knisely, 3-2, to capture the PIAA Class AA 220-pound Southwest Regional title at IUP on Feb. 23. DeLuca placed second in the regional in 2017 and ’18. He...
Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week: Freedom
TEAM OF THE WEEK: Freedom The Bulldogs had about as efficient a performance as possible at the PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional tournament at IUP. Freedom sent five wrestlers to regionals, and all five earned top-six finishes and a berth at next month’s PIAA championships in Hershey. The five state...
Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Week: Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer
WRESTLER OF THE WEEK: Dayton Pitzer, Mt. Pleasant, fr. The fantastic frosh continued his dominant season with a PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional title, one week after winning a WPIAL championship. Pitzer, who has just one loss all season, pinned his first three opponents in the 182-pound bracket — including...
Longtime coach Chuck Crummie ‘hurt’ after Central Catholic fires him
Chuck Crummie will no longer coach on Chuck Crummie Court. The longtime Central Catholic boys basketball coach said he was fired on Monday, an unexpected exit for one of the WPIAL’s winningest coaches after more than four decades at the school. Last February, Central Catholic named its basketball court after...
Knoch hockey team denied postseason berth
Knoch’s bounce-back hockey season ended without a trip to the Penguins Cup playoffs. Gregory Hensh scored a pair of goals and added two assists, leading Connellsville to a 5-0 win over Knoch on Monday night in the teams’ PIHL Division 2 regular-season finale. Ryan Brown added a goal and two...
Leechburg, Deer Lakes qualify for PIAA boys basketball playoffs
Deer Lakes’ and Leechburg’s boys basketball teams are following the leader right into the PIAA tournament. The Lancers and Blue Devils qualified for the state playoffs Monday night thanks to WPIAL semifinal wins by the teams that beat them in the quarterfinals last week. The WPIAL’s follow-the-leader format for PIAA...
No. 3 North Catholic boys knock off Aliquippa in Class 3A semifinals
North Catholic was aware of the intense defensive pressure it would face Monday in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals against Aliquippa. But the Trojans weathered several storms and came away with a 61-49 victory over the Quips at North Allegheny. No. 3 North Catholic (21-4) will face top-seeded Lincoln Park...
Nazareth Prep beats No. 2 Cornell to reach 1st WPIAL championship game
The character of a team is often revealed by how it responds to adversity. Nazareth Prep had the content of its character challenged on several occasions against Cornell Monday night in the WPIAL Class A semifinals at Ambridge High School, and each time it responded. In fact, its response was...
Lincoln Park returning to WPIAL title game after defeating Seton LaSalle in Class 3A semifinals
After Seton LaSalle had a good second quarter to cut its deficit to seven points going into halftime, Lincoln Park coach Mike Bariski said he gave his team a brief history lesson on what can happen if you let an opponent keep the game close. His players responded by running...
Cochran, Crise connection bolsters Highlands in trip to WPIAL semifinals
The lobs don’t stop when Luke Cochran and Johnny Crise spend time together away from basketball. “We just know where each other is at,” Cochran said. “It’s as simple as I’m on the couch, and he throws me a pop.” It works differently on the court but can be just...
Brentwood girls defeat Laurel, earn long-awaited trip to WPIAL finals
Laurel went into the WPIAL Class 2A semifinals Monday night riding a school-record 14-game winning streak. Brentwood had won 12 games in a row, and 14 of its past 15. Something had to give. Brentwood defeated Laurel, 50-37, at Moon to advance to the Thursday’s WPIAL finals at Petersen Events...
No. 1 Vincentian finishes strong to take down No. 4 Monessen in Class A semifinals
Vincentian is going from Peters to the Pete. The top-seeded and defending WPIAL Class A champion Royals took care of business in the semifinals Monday night to punch their ticket to the title game with a 61-49 victory over No. 4 Monessen at Peters Township. Vincentian Academy (16-7), coached by...
WPIAL boys, girls basketball teams qualify for PIAA playoffs
While the Path to the Pete continues into the semifinals this week, and the Road to Hershey will tip off next week. The WPIAL will send a handful of teams from each class into the PIAA postseason field, ranging from five to seven teams. While all four semifinalists have clinched...
High school scores, schedules for Feb. 25, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Wednesday’s schedule Pine-Richland (21-2) vs. Butler (19-4) at Fox Chapel, 8 p.m.; Canon-McMillan (16-8) vs. Mt. Lebanon (20-3) at Moon, 8 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Mars (22-1) vs. Chartiers Valley (18-5) at Fox Chapel, 8 p.m.; Penn Hills (20-3)...
No. 4 OLSH upsets 3-time defending champion Bishop Canevin in Class 2A semifinals
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart weathered the Bishop Canevin storm out of the gates, then came back off the canvas and delivered a knockout, bracket-busting punch to oust the top seed from the WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball playoffs. Behind senior Ashley Norling’s 29 points, the No. 4-seeded Chargers...
Central Valley rallies past Blackhawk, advances to 1st WPIAL title game
Christiane Frye hoped to reach 1,000 points in her high school basketball career. The Central Valley senior just didn’t know she’d eclipse that milestone while sending her No. 2-seeded Warriors to their first WPIAL Class 4A championship appearance. Frye tallied a team-high 14 points to help Central Valley rally past...
Top-seeded North Catholic girls defeat Elizabeth Forward in Class 4A semifinals
With her team leading by five after one quarter against the defending WPIAL Class 4A champions Monday night, Elizabeth Forward coach Krystal Gibbs was feeling good. Her team was shooting lights out from 3-point range and had top-seeded North Catholic reeling for a period of time. But the veteran coach...
