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Greensburg Salem’s White captures WPIBL singles title

In addition to battling fatigue and a field of 90 other bowlers, Greensburg Salem’s Mattie Mae White said she typically finds herself combating nerves in championship-level events. On Thursday at the WPIBL girls singles championships at Sims Lanes in Beaver Falls, White overcame all three challenges to earn first place,...
Laurel Highlands grad Kolesar hired as football coach at alma mater

The Laurel Highlands School Board stayed in house in hiring the district’s second high school football coach in as many seasons. Rich Kolesar, a 2006 Laurel Highlands graduate and a teacher in the district, was hired to replace Jake Just, who resigned after one season. “It’s pretty exciting,” said Kolesar,...
Alle-Kiski Valley basketball playoff capsules: Games of Friday, Feb. 23, 2019

Girls Class 6A Quarterfinals No. 1 Peters Township (22-0) vs. No. 8 Fox Chapel (15-7) 6:30 p.m. Friday at Mt. Lebanon Winner plays: No. 4 Bethel Park (20-2) or No. 5 Seneca Valley (15-7) on Tuesday in the semifinals. Coaches: Bert Kendall, Peters Township; Jennifer O’Shea, Fox Chapel Points scored/allowed:...
Alle-Kiski Valley wrestling notebook: Class AAA steps into spotlight

The WPIAL’s top Class AA wrestlers took the stage last weekend. Now the Class AAA competitors will join them. The individual portion of the Class AAA season begins Saturday with sectional tournaments at Kiski Area (Section 1), Connellsville (2), Fox Chapel (3) and Chartiers Valley (4). Action begins at 9:30...
Franklin Regional quite familiar with Moon

Franklin Regional has developed a playoff connection with Moon in the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs. The Panthers (17-6), the No. 6 seed in Class 5A, will take on No. 3 Moon (18-4) again on Friday night at West Allegheny. Some will remember — others would like to forget — Franklin...
Trib HSSN Boys Swimmer of the Week: North Allegheny’s Jack Wright

Jack Wright is no stranger to the feeling of high school swimming’s championship season. The seasoned North Allegheny senior again is leading the pack as the WPIAL championship meet approaches and is the clear-cut No. 1 seed in the Class AAA boys 200-yard freestyle (1 minute, 36.09 seconds). He also...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Jeannette gets another shot at Sewickley Academy

To Jeannette, it seems like Sewickley Academy is lurking around every corner at boys basketball playoff time. There seems to be no escaping the perennially strong Panthers. The teams will meet again at 8 on Friday night for the fourth straight postseason — the third time in four years in...
Westmoreland basketball playoff capsules: Games of Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019

Saturday’s games Boys WPIAL Class 6A Quarterfinals No. 2 Latrobe (18-2) vs. No. 7 Canon-McMillan (15-8) 3 p.m. Saturday at Norwin Winner plays: Winner of No. 3 Mt. Lebanon (19-3)/No. 6 Fox Chapel (16-7) on Wednesday in semifinals Coaches: Brad Wetzel, Latrobe; Rick Bell, Canon-McMillan Points scored/allowed: Latrobe, 71.4/60.9; Canon-McMillan,...
Trib HSSN Girls Swimmer of the Week: Freeport’s Ariana Clark

Ariana Clark earned an eighth-place medal in the 100-yard backstroke at last year’s WPIAL Class AA championship meet at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Freeport senior just missed another medal in the 100 butterfly, taking 10th overall. Clark, now a senior, will return to WPIALs next week with bigger goals in...
NFL, NBA and MLB represented in 2019 WPIAL Hall of Fame classVideo

As an NFL quarterback, when Charlie Batch studied scouting reports, he would take note whether there were any Western Pennsylvania natives on the other sideline. “I always made an effort to go out and say hello at some point, whether that was before or after the game,” said Batch, who...
Five things to watch in the WPIAL girls basketball quarterfinals

It took five playing days and nearly a week’s time, but the opening round of the 2019 WPIAL girls basketball playoffs is in the books. Now, it’s down to the Elite Eight in each classification with not only berths in the district semifinals up for grabs, but state playoff berths,...
Ringgold boys oust Freeport in Class 4A opening round

The Freeport and Ringgold boys basketball teams were both on lengthy streaks without a WPIAL playoff victory. Freeport’s last win came in 2010 while Ringgold last appeared in the playoffs in 2011, when it lost in the first round. It was a tale of two halves for the No. 8-seeded...
Deer Lakes girls pull away from Seton LaSalle in Class 3A 1st round

Western Pennsylvanians saw nearly every form of precipitation Wednesday: snow, ice, sleet and rain. Weather conditions forced schools to call a two-hour delay or cancel classes, and it showed on the court. The Deer Lakes and Seton LaSalle girls played like two teams that were on a two-quarter delay during...
High school roundup for Feb. 20, 2019: Deshields leads Uniontown past Beaver

Billy Deshields had the hot hand Wednesday night and carried Uniontown to a 72-53 victory over Beaver in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball playoffs at Peters Township. Deshields drained seven 3-pointers and had 29 points for the No. 4 Red Raiders (19-3). Bryant Grady had...
Knoch displays versatility, rolls past South Park in 1st round

Knoch has displayed an ability and willingness to get out and run the floor a little more than it has in the past, and that continued in a big way in the playoffs Wednesday night. That transition game coupled with a defensive tenacity that has been the hallmark of Ron...
Derry denied elusive playoff win thanks to Blackhawk’s late surgeVideo

Neither Derry nor Blackhawk had school Wednesday because of the early morning snow storm. Their first-round boys basketball playoff game went on as scheduled, but Derry still ran into some tough sledding in its long-awaited return to the WPIAL postseason. The Trojans will have to wait a little longer for...

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