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Westmoreland County high school notebook: New challenge awaits Latrobe after WPIAL realignment

The fall sports landscape will look quite different next year with the WPIAL realigning teams in its latest two-year enrollment cycle. Norwin and Hempfield are back in Class 6A for football and will play in one, eight-team conference that also will include Canon-McMillan, Central Catholic, Mt. Lebanon, Seneca Valley, North...
After strong finish, Franklin Regional girls look toward promising future

A couple more games. Maybe another week of section play would have done the trick. Franklin Regional may have peaked too late, but that’s not exactly a bad thing as coach Bernie Pucka looks back on girls basketball season. The Panthers finished fifth in Section 1-5A, when fourth would have...
Hampton swimmers to bring competitive fire to WPIAL meet

Swimmers by their nature are super competitive, both in practice when challenging teammates and at meets against other schools. The Hampton swim team has added another outlet in which to stoke that competitive fire — the video game Fortnite. “Before the high school season would start, we would play three...
Playoff heartbreaker ends eventful season for Hampton girls

A season of ups and downs came to an end for the Hampton girls basketball team Feb. 20 with a loss to No. 2 seed McKeesport in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. “Our girls put forth a great effort after a good week of preparation,” said...
Senior shot putter leads Fox Chapel indoor track state qualifiers

Mason Miles wanted more input on how to become a better thrower. The Fox Chapel senior does his best to work with throw coach Jayne Beatty a few times a week. Beatty, who was a three-time All-American at Slippery Rock, was able to help Miles refine his technique and make...
1st-round jitters can’t stop Fox Chapel in wild win over North Hills

Zach Skrinjar has a theory about the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. Despite there being some mismatches on paper in terms of high seeds against lower seeds, the veteran Fox Chapel boys basketball coach believes the first round is the most difficult. “Everyone has nerves. You know...
Bethel Park junior swimmer sweeps her way into WPIAL meet

Bethel Park junior Cally Edner made a big splash in the pool again this year. Edner qualified for the WPIAL Class 3A swim finals Feb. 29-March 1 at Pitt’s Trees pool in every individual event. “We call that the WPIAL sweep,” said Kathy Strock, Bethel Park’s girls coach. “Cally is...
Bethel Park hockey battling hard at end of regular season

The Bethel Park hockey team found itself in a battle for a PIHL Class 3A playoff spot coming down the stretch in the regular season. The senior-laden Black Hawks were tied with Central Catholic in seventh place with a 9-7-0-1 record and 19 points, trailing Seneca Valley (30 points), Pine-Richland...
Late-season surge has Bethel Park girls excited about program’s future

Bethel Park’s girls basketball team ended its season in a most positive way — with six consecutive victories. The Black Hawks fell a game short, however, of qualifying for the WPIAL Class 6A playoffs. “We played a really competitive schedule (against) some of the 5A teams,” coach Steve Norman said....
Plum swimmers aim to contend at WPIAL championship meet

Brooke Price will again swim the 100-yard backstroke Friday on the second day of the WPIAL Class 3A championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool. The Plum sophomore swam to 17th in the event in her WPIAL debut last year. It was the only individual event she qualified for in her first...
After WPIAL playoff exit, Plum says goodbye to senior quartet

In 2021, the Plum girls basketball team defeated Lincoln Park to snap a two-decade-long win drought in the WPIAL playoffs. Last year, the Mustangs topped Montour in the WPIAL first round before bowing out to No. 2 Oakland Catholic, the eventual WPIAL runner-up, in the quarterfinals. Plum hoped to make...
Norwin girls wrestlers shine at 1st WPIAL championship meet

In a year of firsts, Norwin doubled up. Two Norwin girls claimed individual championships at the inaugural WPIAL girls wrestling championships held Feb. 17 at North Allegheny, taking their place in program and Westmoreland County history. Sophomore Josephine Dollman and freshman Octavia Walker won championships in their first attempt. Dollman...
Norwin notebook: Gabby Viola, Xander Eddy earn national kickboxing titles

Hungry for Hungary. A pair of local martial artists earned qualification to the U.S. Kickboxing Team that will compete in the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations Junior World Championships in the fall in Budapest. Gabby Viola, 13, and Xander Eddy, 15, won national titles recently at the USA Kickboxing Team...
North Hills senior hits 100 career wins, lands on college wrestling radar

Giavonie Schipani’s personality takes on a different form when he steps on the mat. Off of it, the senior North Hills wrestler is a mild-mannered kid who enjoys quiet time hunting in the woods or fishing on the lake. But when he goes face-to-face with another wrestler? A different side...
North Hills girls end long droughts with section title, playoff win

When Tony Grenek took over the North Hills girls basketball program before the 2022-2023 season, he did so assuming that, in time, he’d be able to pull the program out of the continual depths it had resided for for years. What he perhaps didn’t fully expect was that the time...
North Allegheny notebook: NA’s Leyna Rumpler captures WPIAL wrestling title

It was a day of firsts at the WPIAL girls wrestling championships Feb. 17, at North Allegheny. Not only was this the inaugural season for girls wrestling across the state, the 13 winners are part of history. Canon-McMillan senior Valarie Solorio always will be known as the first girls WPIAL...

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