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Basketball, wrestling and swimming broadcasts on tap this week on Trib HSSN
With Feb. 2 being Tuesday, HSSN is a lot like the old movie “Groundhog Day.” We go all out to cover high school sports day after day after day after day. Here’s what is on tap this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of video...
Aquinas Academy sophomore Vinnie Cugini makes WPIAL history
There weren’t many fans to witness it, but Aquinas Academy sophomore Vinnie Cugini made WPIAL history Friday night. The 6-foot-1 guard scored his 1,000th career point in the Crusaders’ 84-76 loss to Leechburg, his 29th game at the tiny private Catholic school in Hampton. Cugini became the fastest player in...
Meeting could steer WPIAL swimmers in right direction
The WPIAL swimming steering committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday, and the group could finalize a plan for the championships and provide answers amid the uncertainty with covid-19 gathering restrictions. Among the decisions WPIAL swimmers, coaches and others hope to find out is where the championships, slated for the week...
Dunn deal: Norwin baseball player commits to Hartford
Norwin continues to churn out college baseball talent. What else is new? This year’s roster, which the Knights can’t wait to roll out in the spring, especially after last season was canceled, is loaded top-to-bottom with talent. Elijah Dunn is the latest prospect to make a commitment to a NCAA...
Senior Max Belt has turned into a Swiss Army knife for Sewickley Academy
For the past four years, Sewickley Academy senior Max Belt has been a mainstay in the boys basketball playing rotation and always has provided coach Win Palmer with a steady perimeter-shooting presence. This season, the three-year starter has taken his game to a new level. Through their first seven games...
WPIAL champ Isabel Huang of Quaker Valley picking up where she left off last season
Quaker Valley junior swimmer Isabel Huang stepped to the top spot of the podium at the WPIAL championship twice last season, winning gold in the 200-yard IM and 100 backstroke. She is picking up where she left off. During Quaker Valley’s meet against Moon on Jan. 26, Huang put together...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Girls basketball team runs into No. 1 North Allegheny
Penn-Trafford girls basketball coach John Giannikas was honored before the Jan. 25 game against North Allegheny for winning his 200th game. But the veteran coach would rather have had the win against the Tigers that night instead. North Allegheny claimed sole possession of first place in WPIAL Section 1-6A with...
Penn-Trafford’s Hayden Coy following in brothers’ footsteps
When part of a successful wrestling family, there is plenty of advice to go around. Penn-Trafford freshman Hayden Coy gets it if he wants it or not. Usually, the youngest of the Coys doesn’t mind the tips from brothers Cam and Nick. “We talk almost every day,” Hayden Coy said...
Gateway girls gaining experience against top competition
The Gateway girls basketball team started its season with losses in its first six games, including its first four in Section 2-5A play. The six teams — section foes Latrobe, Woodland Hills, Penn Hills and McKeesport, along with Chartiers Valley and Bethel Park — were a combined 22-3 through Jan....
Shaler girls basketball focused on limiting turnovers
Shaler girls basketball coach Cornelious Nesbit believes for the Titans to be successful, they need to value the ball and limit their opponents’ possessions. Thus far, Shaler still is searching for a way to take care of the basketball. Before the Titans’ squared off with North Hills last Thursday, Shaler...
Shaler boys basketball working to overcome personnel shuffles
Stopping and starting the basketball season hasn’t made for an easy personnel situation for Shaler coach Rob Niederberger. Since the Titans’ resumed play Jan. 8, they have had four games postponed and had seven players miss time with various injuries. Having so many people coming in and out of the...
South Fayette basketball teams press on through stop-and-start season
Much like the fall high school sports season, the 2021 WPIAL basketball season has been a challenge. Some schools have dealt with the obstacles and have been able to adhere to their updated schedules following the three-week shutdown from Dec. 12 through Jan. 4. However, other boys and girls basketball...
Brayden Reynolds does it all for Chartiers Valley boys
A couple of weeks ago in a big Class 5A Section 1 showdown, Chartiers Valley senior Brayden Reynolds struggled against visiting New Castle from the field. Mid-range jumpers, 3-point shots, layups — nothing seemed to be falling. “Honestly, it was just one of those nights against New Castle,” Reynolds said....
Brentwood’s Mallory Daly, other freshmen make instant impact
Mallory Daly has had a major effect on the Brentwood girls basketball team. You could say she has helped the team improve on a daily basis — at practice and in the Spartans’ games And she’s only a freshman. The 5-foot-7 Daly, a backcourt sensation as a sharpshooting point guard,...
Baldwin competitive cheer squad pivots to virtual routine, makes nationals
The Baldwin competitive cheerleaders have entered the land of the unknown. Baldwin qualified for the Universal Cheerleaders Association nationals again this year, but this time virtually. It marks the eighth consecutive year the Highlanders have made the national event under the guidance of coaches Taryn Madden and Dena Mihalsky. This...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 30, 2021
Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 1 Laurel Highlands 56, Ringgold 43 Section 4 Shaler 90, Indiana 50 Class 4A Section 1 Freeport at Keystone Oaks, ppd. Section 3 Uniontown 71, Southmoreland 34 Class 3A Section 3 Shady Side Academy 62, Ligonier Valley 33 Nonsection Burgettstown 70, Waynesburg...
High school roundup for Jan. 30, 2021: Rochester wins clash of champions
In a matchup of defending WPIAL champs, Rochester got 31 points from Alexis Robison and handed Bishop Canevin its first section loss since 2016 with a 78-35 win in a Section 1-A girls basketball game Saturday afternoon. The loss snapped a 49-game winning streak in section play for the Crusaders....
Kilkeary, Vance, Morlacci claim Powerade wrestling titlesVideo
Like many high school athletes, Latrobe sophomore Vinny Kilkeary is just happy to be competing this season. The coronavirus has delayed and even canceled a lot of high school athletics the past year. For now, athletes are getting a chance to compete. Kilkeary showed why he is the top ranked...
Latrobe’s Kilkeary rolls into Powerade finals
Latrobe freshman Vinny Kilkeary is looking for his first Powerade Tournament title, and he reached the finals Saturday night with two impressive wins in the morning and afternoon session. Kilkeary defeated Kiski Area’s Antonio Giordano, 7-2, in the quarterfinals and routed Hickey’s Justin O’Neill, 16-0, in the semifinals. He will...
Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Greensburg CC lauded for fall sports success
Sunday is the beginning of Catholic Schools Week, and the Diocese of Greensburg is recognizing the remarkable fall sports season Greensburg Central Catholic had in 2020. While tiptoeing around a global pandemic and growing covid-19 numbers in Westmoreland County, GCC managed three WPIAL championships, a WPIAL runner-up and a trio...
Greensburg Salem loses delayed season opener to JeannetteVideo
Greensburg Salem boys basketball coach Mark Zahorchak glared through a doorway as his players ran onto the court. He watched proudly and his Golden Lions, the last WPIAL boys team to take the floor for a game this season, finally returned to action. There were butterflies. There were smiles and...
WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 31, 2021
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 9-0, 1 2. Upper St. Clair, 6-1, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 8-1, 3 4. Bethel Park, 6-1, 5 5. Norwin, 6-2, NR Out: Penn-Trafford (6-2, 4) Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Trinity, 8-1, 1 2. Chartiers Valley, 9-1, 2...
WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 31, 2021
Class 6A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. Upper St. Clair, 8-1, 1 2. North Allegheny, 8-2, 2 3. Fox Chapel, 7-2, 3 4. Hempfield, 5-2, 5 5. Mt. Lebanon, 4-3, 4 Out: none Class 5A Rk., Team, W-L, Last 1. New Castle, 9-0, 1 2. Chartiers Valley, 10-1, 2 3....
Fox Chapel’s Sophie Shao off to fast start in quest to defend WPIAL, PIAA championships
Two years ago, then-eighth grader Sophie Shao witnessed Fox Chapel freshman Zoe Skirbol make history with a WPIAL swimming championship in the 100-yard breaststroke and a state title in the 200 individual medley. Last year, it was Shao’s turn to shine in her varsity debut as she won WPIAL gold...
North Allegheny’s Khalil Dinkins works to add snarl to his game
As a future Penn State football player, there’s no questioning Khalil Dinkins’ athleticism. But his basketball coach has told him there’s one flaw in his game: He’s too nice. That’s about to change. Dinkins’ tough side showed clearly Jan. 26 when he made a game-saving block at the end of...
