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Belle Vernon’s Cole Weightman returns, hopes to conquer stacked weight class
Belle Vernon senior Cole Weightman recently made two tough decisions about his future. First, he picked IUP over Cal (Pa.) to play football, which was difficult choice. And second, after talking to his dad Ed, he decided to wrestle. “We talked about making history,” Cole Weightman said. “I have a...
Wrestling notebook: 3 WPIAL junior high champions for Norwin
Norwin crowned three champions at the WPIAL Junior High School Tournament on Saturday. Connellsville won the team title 255 points. The Falcons had one champion, three wrestlers finish second, five finish third and one fifth. Winning titles for the Knights were Landon Sidun (110 pounds), Jack White (117) and Gage...
Westmoreland WPIAL basketball playoff preview capsules: Games for Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022
GIRLS Class 2A Quarterfinals 5-Seton La Salle (16-6) at 4-Greensburg Central Catholic (18-4) 7 p.m. Thursday Winner plays: Winner of 9-Apollo-Ridge (16-4)/1-Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (19-4) Monday in semifinals Layup lines: Seton LaSalle advanced with a 48-35 victory over No. 12 Sto-Rox in the first round. The Rebels...
A-K Valley WPIAL basketball playoff preview capsules: Games of Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022
BOYS Class 5A Quarterfinals 5-Highlands (17-6) at 4-Penn Hills (18-4) 7 p.m. Thursday Winner plays: 8-Hampton (13-10) at 1-Laurel Highlands (22-0) Monday in semifinals (site and time TBD) Layup lines: Highlands is coming off a dominating 76-40 victory over Albert Gallatin in the first round Monday. Jimmy Kunst scored 24...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Feb. 23, 2022: Basketball quarterfinals begin
One round is in the books, now it’s time to move on to Round 2 on the Path to the Pete. The first of three straight basketball quarterfinals nights shines a spotlight on boys 4A, boys A, girls 6A and girls 3A. In boys 4A, they have met several times,...
Trib HSSN Individual Wrestling Rankings for Feb. 23, 2022
Class 3A 106: 1. Luke Willochell (Latrobe) 35-4; 2. Nico Fanella (Indiana) 26-0; 3. Ty Kapusta (Franklin Regional) 23-5; 4. Tanner Mizenko (Canon-McMillan) 26-9; 5. Casey Walker (North Allegheny) 25-9. 113: 1. Ty Chappell (Seneca Valley) 27-4; 2. Brandon Dami (Canon-McMillan) 21-7; 3. Luke Dunlap (South Fayette) 21-3; 4. Darius...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 22, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s results North Allegheny 71, Baldwin 59 Mt. Lebanon 75, Hempfield 51 Upper St. Clair 89, Penn-Trafford 59 Pine-Richland 64, Bethel Park 31 Butler 81, Norwin 73 Quarterfinals Friday’s schedule North Allegheny (15-8) at North Hills (22-0), 7 p.m.; Mt....
High school roundup for Feb. 22, 2022: Aislin Malcolm sets Chartiers Valley scoring mark
Aislin Malcolm scored 19 points to become the program’s all-time leading scorer as top-seeded Chartiers Valley defeated Connellsville, 72-33, in a WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball first-round playoff game Tuesday night. Malcolm, a Pitt recruit, hit four 3-pointers to run her career total to 1,671 points, one more than Mackenzie...
Strong 1st quarter leads No. 8 North Allegheny past No. 9 Baldwin in WPIAL playoff opener
Tuesday marked the playoff opener for the North Allegheny boys, but the Tigers felt they’d already had a postseason mindset for a while now. For that, they credit life in Section 1. So, when the postseason officially arrived, senior Matt McDonough made four 3-pointers in the first quarter, the team’s...
Scorching start carries Upper St. Clair past Penn-Trafford in Class 6A
There is a term thrown around a lot around tournament time: one and done. It points out the suddenness of a loss that could end a season. On Tuesday, the one and done may have pertained to the first quarter for Penn-Trafford. Defending WPIAL Class 6A champion Upper St. Clair...
Latrobe girls battle past scrappy Mars into Class 5A quarterfinals
This was a playoff win built on the bedrock of team basketball. Latrobe made extra passes to enhance shot opportunities, fought through screens to get people open and helped on defense. In the end, it was enough to push the No. 7 Wildcats past No. 10 Mars, 67-62, in a...
Winning streak continues for Monessen in Class 2A 1st-round victory over Jeannette
After finishing the regular season with 15 consecutive wins and a Section 4 title, the Monessen boys basketball team continued its winning ways in its postseason opener Tuesday night. It didn’t come easy, though. Fifth-seeded Monessen was forced to hold off a late charge by No. 12 Jeannette en route...
Sto-Rox pulls away from Springdale in 2nd quarter, advances to WPIAL 2A quarterfinals
A big second quarter was more than enough to push Sto-Rox along further in the playoffs. The ninth-seeded Vikings clamped down on defense and held host Springdale to one field goal in the second frame en route to a 72-46 victory in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A...
Early surge in 3rd quarter carries Mt. Lebanon boys past Hempfield in Class 6A
After weathering a second-quarter comeback attempt by 13th-seeded Hempfield, Mt. Lebanon pulled away from the Spartans for the second time this season. After leading seeing a 15-point first-half lead whittled to six toward the end, Mt. Lebanon got a big three from senior guard Zac D’Alesandro to start the third...
Highlands girls find rhythm, shake off West Mifflin in WPIAL Class 4A 1st round
It’s a difficult task to try to trace the history of the Highlands girls basketball team. But it didn’t matter. These Golden Rams are making history of their own. After playing a tense first three quarters, Highlands settled down and play true to form in the final eight minutes. Backed...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for Feb. 22, 2022
Wash, rinse, repeat. Well, it wasn’t that simple, but thanks to the combination of early district playoff wins and district byes for some, there was little change to the latest edition of the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings. Only West Middlesex slipped out of the rankings, as they were...
Alle-Kiski Valley WPIAL basketball playoff capsules for Feb. 23, 2022
Wednesday’s games Boys Quarterfinals Class 4A 7-Burrell (14-8) at 2-Montour (18-4) 7 p.m. Wednesday Winner plays: Winner of 11-Freeport (13-9)/3-Belle Vernon (18-3) in semifinals on Saturday (site and time TBD) Layup lines: Burrell kicked off the WPIAL playoffs in successful fashion Friday with a 63-42 victory over No. 10 Elizabeth...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for Feb. 22, 2022
This past week was the quiet before the ranking storm. While the waters were still and steady this week, that should change as we go deeper into the district playoffs and begin the state playoffs in the next few weeks. For the time being though, only one school lost its...
Westmoreland WPIAL basketball playoff capsules for Feb. 23, 2022
Wednesday’ games Girls Quarterfinals Class 6A 5-Bethel Park (10-9) at 4-Norwin (15-5) 7 p.m. Wednesday Winner plays: Winner of 8-Peters Township (13-10)/1-Mt Lebanon (20-1) on Saturday in semifinals Layup lines: Bethel Park finished third in Section 2 behind Mt. Lebanon and Upper St. Clair. There are only two sections in...
Apollo-Ridge boys basketball hopes rebuild is quick
Greg Fox figured it might go like this. The Apollo-Ridge boys basketball coach saw the writing of a bridge year on the wall after a successful 2020-21 season that included a trip to the WPIAL playoffs. “No one lost as much as we did as far as graduation,” said Fox,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 22, 2022: First round ends with appealing matchups
Welcome to the final day of the first round in the 2022 WPIAL basketball playoffs. Five years ago, Pine-Richland (11-11) won the first WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball championship with a 72-61 victory over Butler. The title run was the second in a row for the Rams, who captured the...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week for Feb. 21, 2022
When Journey Thompson started her high school career at Peters Township, she was a starter on a perfect team. The Indians finished 30-0 in winning both the 2019 WPIAL and PIAA championships. The scholastic journey is almost over for Thompson, who has finally guided Peters Township (13-10) back on the...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Feb. 21, 2022
Lincoln Park sophomore Brandin Cummings has always been close with his older brother Nelly, who starred with the Leopards and graduated in 2017 before playing his college ball at Bowling Green and Colgate. Both won WPIAL championships as a freshman at Lincoln Park. That was Nelly’s only district title. Brandin...
Logan Bernesser powers Shaler past South Fayette in overtime win
Shaler senior Logan Bernesser registered a double-double in a dominating first-round performance. The 6-foot-6 forward scored a game-high 26 points, had 14 rebounds and seven blocked shots in leading Shaler past host South Fayette, 68-64, in overtime in an opening-round game Monday night. On defense, Bernesser not only blocked shots,...
Steel Valley knocks out No. 4 Seton LaSalle with 1-2 punch in WPIAL playoff upset
Steel Valley’s Makhai Valentine wears No. 1 and teammate Cruce Brookins is No. 2, fitting for a combination that delivered a knockout punch Monday night. Fourth-seeded Seton LaSalle was the heavyweight that fell. Brookins scored 30 points, Valentine had 23 and No. 13 seed Steel Valley pulled off a first-round...
