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GCC wide receiver Kurpiel lands unique walk-on offer with St. Francis (Pa.)

Greensburg Central Catholic senior Bryce Kurpiel is a unique case in the recruiting game. He had no scholarship offers for football, yet could end up on a Divison I-FCS roster next season. Here’s his story: Kurpiel, who is from Ligonier, wanted to attend a college that offered a five-year physician’s...
Pine-Richland leads Trib HSSN PIHL power rankings

Every Monday during the 2018-19 PIHL hockey season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the rankings for the week of Feb. 24. Overall record includes wins, losses, ties and overtime losses. PIHL TRIB 10 1. Pine-Richland Rams (18-0-0-1) (Last...
High school scores, schedules for Feb. 24, 2019

High Schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Saturday’s results Butler 75, Upper St. Clair 70 Canon-McMillan 83, Latrobe 62 Mt. Lebanon 56, Fox Chapel 40 Pine-Richland 64, Peters Township 62 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...
Mt. Lebanon boys start fast in win over Fox ChapelVideo

For the final three-and-a-half quarters, Fox Chapel and Mt. Lebanon were even on the scoreboard. The problem for the Foxes came the first four minutes of the game, when the Blue Devils raced to a 16-point lead. Add it all up, and Mt. Lebanon advanced to the WPIAL Class 6A...
Mt. Pleasant’s Pitzer, Derry’s DeLuca claim regional wrestling titlesVideo

Wrestlers who give up a five-point move early in a championship match usually don’t recover. Someone forgot to give Mt. Pleasant freshman Dayton Pitzer the memo. Pitzer rebounded from the first-period toss by Ellwood City junior Austin Walley to capture the PIAA Class AA 182-pound Southwest Regional title 9-6 on...
Paola leads Ligonier Valley boys past Central Cambria

Luckily for Ligonier Valley, free-throw shooting didn’t figure in the outcome of the top-seeded Rams’ 75-55 boys basketball victory Saturday over visiting Central Cambria in a District 6 Class 3A quarterfinal. They made just 6 of 13 attempts (46 percent) to Central Cambria’s 10 of 11 (91 percent). From the...
Burrell’s Oswalt achieves goal at PIAA Class AA Southwest wrestling regional

Burrell sophomore Ian Oswalt had one goal in mind at the PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional: He wanted to dominate. That’s exactly what he did in capturing the 120-pound title Saturday at IUP’s Kovalchick Complex. Oswalt (45-2 this season, 92-12 career) achieved his goal by picking up two pins on...
Defense leads Penn Hills girls past Franklin Regional

Penn Hills has been one of the top defensive girls basketball teams in the WPIAL all season. The spark that ignites the engine has been relentless, wall-to-wall pressure. Add that hassling style to a healthy lineup, and Penn Hills has the look of a title contender in WPIAL Class 5A....
Fox Chapel’s Cagley, Penn-Trafford’s Kalik repeat at WPIAL diving

Defending champs reigned at North Allegheny during Saturday’s WPIAL Class AAA diving championships: When all was said and done, both student-athletes who entered as defending champs left with gold. In the boys field, 26 of the 29 dives scored 50 or more points. Eight scored better than 60,and two were...
Kiski Area’s Miller wins showdown for 3rd section title

When Kiski Area’s Darren Miller and Franklin Regional’s Colton Camacho met in the 126-pound final at Saturday’s Section 1-AAA tournament at Kiski Area, a three-time section champion was guaranteed to be crowned. Miller and Camacho each captured section titles the previous two seasons. The senior rivals met at the season-opening...
High school roundup for Feb. 23, 2019: Butler takes down Upper St. Clair in quarterfinals

After a sub-par performance in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball playoffs, Butler’s Ethan Morton more than made up for it in the quarterfinals. Morton hit three 3-pointers, three two-point field goals and was 17 of 18 from the free-throw line for 32 points as Butler...
Canon-McMillan cruises to upset victory over No. 2 Latrobe

Veteran Canon-McMillan coach Rick Bell had a few defensive strategies lined up for Latrobe, but it took him some time to decide which one to open with in Saturday afternoon’s playoff game. “On the bus ride over, that’s when I figured out what we’d do,” Bell said. “I figured, what...
Last second putback helps top-seeded Pine-Richland survive Peters Township’s upset bid

After Pine-Richland coach Jeff Ackermann finished his instructions for an inbounds play during a time out with the score tied and five seconds remaining, Colin Luellen reminded everyone to go hard for the rebound if there was a missed shot. Luellen followed his own advice and found a rebound to...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Norwin’s Salopek draws more offers

Jack Salopek knows the recruiting process soon might be coming at him hot and heavy, like a rush linebacker in a Friday night conference game. But the Norwin junior quarterback is adjusting and seems prepared for the onslaught. “I think I’m handling it pretty well,” he said. “I try not...
Allderdice girls top Obama Academy, defend City League title

Watching a 21-point first-half lead evaporate over the course of 12 minutes of basketball, Allderdice girls basketball coach Ellen Guillard looked calm, cool and collected on the outside, but she was a nervous wreck on the inside. Guillard watched her team play on its heels for most of the second...
No. 2 South Park girls rally back to defeat Deer Lakes in Class 3A quarterfinals

For much of Saturday afternoon, Deer Lakes appeared headed toward its first WPIAL girls semifinal appearance since 1991. But South Park’s Maura Huwalt took over, scoring 20 of her 26 points in the second half as the No. 2-seeded Eagles came from behind to defeat the No. 7 Lancers, 46-41,...

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