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Experience helps Shaler boys navigate WPIAL playoff bracket
Whether teams are playing man defense or zone defense doesn’t matter to Shaler senior forward Brandon London. Nor does it matter if the other team wants to play fast or slow. The Titans, who have their top eight rotation players back from last season, have enough experience that they’ve seen...
South Korea native Dawson Lee makes immediate impact with Chartiers Valley swimming
Back in the fall, Chartiers Valley swimming and diving coach Morgan Soulia received a message from an aspiring high school swimmer. It was from a junior named Dawson Lee, who recently had moved nearly 7,000 miles away from home. “I got an email from him and he was like, ‘Hi,...
After 5 brushes with perfection, Thomas Jefferson bowler bags elusive 300 game
Thomas Jefferson bowler Joey Nix tied the school record five times in practice. Nix eclipsed it during a WPIBL match Jan. 17 against Norwin. The sophomore bowling star rolled the first 300 game in school history at Spins Bowl in West Mifflin, his home alley. “I have worked very hard...
Hockey, volleyball teams headline Baldwin sports hall of fame Class of 2024
The Baldwin Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2024 consisted of one athlete, four coaches and three teams. All distinguished in their own right, the inductees included Maddison Sgattoni, coaches Bob Gneus, Ed Helbig, Bunny Schmidt and Rich Wright, the 1987-88 ice hockey team and the 2014 and 2015 girls...
Baldwin gymnast Abby Rexrode savors 3rd WPIAL gymnastics title, eyes unprecedented 4th
Much like the luminosity displayed by a three-carat diamond, Baldwin junior Abby Rexrode has had a brilliant three-year gymnastics career. And she’s not finished just yet. Rexrode won her third consecutive WPIAL all-around advanced division title in gymnastics Feb. 10 at Moon, taking first place in three of four events....
Sewickley Herald notebook: Quaker Valley swimmers show grit
Quaker Valley’s boys swim team competed with just seven athletes on its roster in 2023-24. “Give some high accolades to these boys. There’s not a lot of them, but they have a lot of grit,” QV coach Mercedes McCarthy said earlier this season. “They are tiny but mighty. Sometimes we...
Hampton cools off Avonworth’s red-hot scorer for spot in WPIAL 4A final
Hampton’s Peter Kramer has faced his share of unorthodox defenses over the years, schemes designed specifically to shut him down as a scorer. Some work, some don’t. That makes Kramer the perfect person to critique the efforts of teammate A.J. Prodente, whose job Saturday was to shadow Avonworth scorer Rowan...
Frazier wrestler Rune Lawrence becomes 32nd 4-time WPIAL champion
When Frazier senior Rune Lawrence began his high school career, his goal was to become a four-time champion. One down, two to go. Lawrence became the 32nd wrestler in WPIAL history to become a four-time champion when he pinned West Greene sophomore Colin Whyte in the 215-pound final at the...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Norwin’s Josephine Dollman, Franklin Regional’s Brandon Smith
Josephine Dollman School: Norwin Class: Sophomore Sport: Wrestling Claim to fame: Dollman made history last weekend when she became the first girl from Westmoreland County — and her school — to win a WPIAL individual wrestling title. Dollman, who is 20-3 with 18 pins, won the championship with a fall...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 24, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Mt. Lebanon (20-4) vs. Baldwin (17-6) at Bethel Park, 7 p.m.; Central Catholic (15-8) vs. Upper St. Clair (18-5) at Gateway, 8 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Monday’s schedule Moon (21-3) vs. Thomas Jefferson (21-3) at Peters Township, 8 p.m.;...
WPIAL wrestling roundup for Feb. 24, 2024: Trinity crowns 4 section champs
Trinity crowned a WPIAL-best four section champs at the Class 3A Southern Sectional on Saturday at South Fayette. Dom Canali (121), Blake Reihner (139), Bode Morgan (172) and Robbie Allison (189) were the champs for the Hillers, who sent nine wrestlers through to next weekend’s WPIAL tournament. Bethel Park led...
Cheswick Christian boys edge Pittsburgh Christian Academy for SWCAC title
The Cheswick Christian Academy boys basketball team defeated Pittsburgh Christian Academy, 42-39, on Saturday at a packed Steve Warden Gymnasium to take home its first SWCAC title since 2015. Grant Rochkind, the league MVP, finished with 14 points, 13 rebounds and six assists for Cheswick Christian. The game featured eight...
Defending champion Lincoln Park holds off Uniontown for return trip to WPIAL finals
Uniontown had a couple of good looks at a go-ahead 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter and had possession of the ball down three with only a minute left. The Red Raiders certainly had chances to maybe knock off the reigning champion in a WPIAL semifinal Saturday, but against a...
Seneca Valley, North Allegheny divers continue dominant runs with WPIAL titles
Seneca Valley’s Isaiah Clerkley turned in a dominant performance and Lola Malarky extended North Allegheny’s stranglehold on girls gold at the WPIAL Class 3A diving championships Saturday. Clerkley defended his boys championship with a score of 583.35, the best score in the boys competition since 2019. Fox Chapel’s Jackson Hagler...
High school roundup for Feb. 24, 2024: Imani Christian wins WPIAL finals rematch with Union
RJ Sledge hit five 3-pointers and scored 28 points as top-seeded Imani Christian won a rematch of last year’s WPIAL championship game, defeating No. 5 Union, 101-67, in the Class A boys basketball semifinals Saturday at Montour. Nate Brazil added 26 points for the Saints (13-10), who will meet No....
Trifecta for Derry at WPIAL 2A wrestling championships
It was a day of perfection for the Derry wrestling team at the WPIAL Class 2A championship Saturday at Chartiers Valley. The Trojans went 3 for 3 in the finals, and it was their most champions in the same season. Junior Anthony Mucci and his dad, Blaise, have something in...
Burrell duo claim WPIAL 2A titles, including gold No. 3 for Cooper Hornack
Winning a WPIAL wrestling title is not easy. Just asked Burrell senior Cooper Hornack. He needed an overtime takedown and a couple of great scrambles to defeat Burgettstown senior Gaven Suica, 3-1, to win the 139-pound title, his third, at the WPIAL Class 2A championships Saturday at Chartiers Valley. Twice,...
Neighborhood Academy tops Rochester, makes finals in program’s 4th year in WPIAL
Jordan Marks has spent plenty of time at the Petersen Events Center. Before becoming the head coach at Neighborhood Academy, Marks cut his teeth as a video coordinator under former Pitt coach Jamie Dixon. So, Marks is pretty familiar with where he will be next Thursday night. Behind 18 points...
Shady Side Academy pulls away from Beaver Falls to earn trip to WPIAL finals
Beaver Falls senior Avina Norman has been a force in the postseason for the Tigers, averaging 20.5 points per game in leading the team in scoring in both first-round and quarterfinal victories. However, her play Saturday went from sweet to sour thanks to the defense of Shady Side Academy sophomore...
Sophomore Erica Gribble hits milestone as No. 1 Greensburg CC reaches WPIAL finals
She came off a curl and caught the basketball on the wing, in front of her team’s bench, and let it fly with 21.4 seconds left in the third quarter. Erica Gribble, Greensburg Central Catholic’s skilled sophomore, asked for the ball on a weaving give-and-go from senior Avery Davis —...
Yough’s Terek Crosby scores 2,000th point in playoff loss to Shady Side
Standout senior guard Terek Crosby of Yough scored his 2,000th career point Saturday in a 61-47 loss to Shady Side Academy in a WPIAL Class 3A consolation game at Fox Chapel. He hit the milestone with a spinning layup in the lane during the second quarter. He is the 34th...
WPIAL announces playoff sites, times for Tuesday basketball semifinals
Fox Chapel, Gateway and Peters Township will host WPIAL semifinal doubleheaders Tuesday night. Games are scheduled that night for Class 6A and 2A boys and Class 5A and 4A girls. WPIAL basketball Tuesday’s semifinals Class 6A boys 1-Mt. Lebanon (20-4) vs. 4-Baldwin (17-6) at Bethel Park, 7 p.m. 2-Central Catholic...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Deer Lakes’ Collin Rodgers, Kiski Area’s Veronica Flanagan
Veronica Flanagan Class: Junior School: Kiski Area Sport: Bowling Report card: Kiski Area junior Veronica Flanagan captured the WPIBL girls singles championship Thursday at AMF Mt. Lebanon after she defeated Freeport’s Mackensie Livingston, 222-183, in the final. Flanagan, the WPIBL runner-up last year, was fourth after the qualifying round when...
Nearly a national record holder, Butler’s Drew Griffith running the best he ever has
Drew Griffith ran two miles in a historic time, faster than the all-time indoor best for high school boys, but the Butler senior’s name won’t appear in any national record book. While running last weekend at an invitational meet hosted by Notre Dame, Griffith won the 2-mile race in 8...
After sweeping section titles, Franklin Regional swimmers speed into WPIAL meet
It’s been quite a season for the Franklin Regional swimming teams. The boys finished the season 11-0 and were Section 1-3A champions while the girls were 8-3 overall and also were Section 1-3A champions. The girls’ losses were nonsection. Both also were Class 3A Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association team champions....
