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Trib HSSN WPIAL wrestling rankings for Jan. 19, 2021
Team rankings Class AAA Rank Team LW 1. Waynesburg (1-0) 1 2. Seneca Valley (8-0) 2 3. Hempfield (2-0) 3 4. Canon-McMillan (2-1) 5 5. Franklin Regional (5-1) 7 6. North Allegheny (4-0) 8 7. Kiski Area (0-0) 9 8. Norwin (3-0) 10 9. Latrobe (2-3) 4 10. Butler (2-1)...
A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Burrell bounces back to beat Butler in dual meet thriller
The Burrell Bucs found themselves with their backs against the wall this weekend in their first dual meet of the season. But, like they always seem to do, the Bucs bounced back. They traded the first four matches of the meet as Butler’s Nathan McMaster (152) and Steven Green (172)...
Moon basketball’s Reilly Sunday commits to Duquesne
Moon point guard Reilly Sunday, who’s sidelined this basketball season with a knee injury, committed Tuesday to Duquesne. She announced her decision on Twitter. The 5-foot-10 guard would’ve been one of the WPIAL’s top juniors this season. Sunday was a 21-point scorer last season as a sophomore when Moon reached...
Westmoreland wrestling notebook: Norwin’s Altieri reaches 100-win milestone
Norwin senior wrestler John Altieri reached the 100-win mark in his career by winning his weight class at the Mid-Winter Mayhem. Altieri defeated Thomas Jefferson’s Kale Buckiso, 9-1, to win the 145-pound weight class in the morning session of the tournament. He also pinned Jack Moyer of Chestnut Ridge in...
Latrobe’s Roth back to full strength after shoulder injury
Nate Roth was on the verge of qualifying for a trip to Hershey during the 2020 WPIAL Class AAA wrestling tournament. He was so close, he could taste and smell the chocolate. Latrobe’s then-freshman lightweight was leading Connellsville freshman Jace Ross, 10-4, in the semifinals when he suffered a shoulder...
Trib HSSN Wrester of the Week: Hempfield’s Isaiah Vance
Hempfield’s senior heavyweight Isaiah Vance has started off his final year of high school wrestling like he has most years, by remaining undefeated. Vance won all four of his matches at the Mid-Winter Mayhem wrestling tournament at Monroeville’s Convention Center this weekend and recorded three pins in under 30 seconds...
Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week: North Allegheny Tigers
The Tigers dominated the North Allegheny Duals this weekend as they hosted Central Catholic, Southmoreland and Chartiers Valley on Saturday. Over the course of three matches, North Allegheny recorded 23 pins and outscored the opposition, 202-16. Chartiers Valley was the only team to win bouts against the Tigers, recording two...
High school scores, summaries and schedule for Jan. 18, 2021
Basketball Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Class 4A Section 1 Burrell 50, Derry 37 Class 3A Section 3 Albert Gallatin 85, Uniontown 47 North Catholic 59, Mt. Lebanon 40 South Allegheny 51, Steel Valley 42 Nonconference Bethel Park at Shaler, ppd. Tuesday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Pine-Richland,...
High school roundup for Jan. 18, 2021: OLSH girls win showdown
Katie Hoff scored 14 points to lead No. 3 OLSH (5-0, 5-0) to a 49-43 girls basketball victory over Sewickley Academy in a Section 1-2A showdown of WPIAL title contenders Monday night. Bre Warner scored 22 points and Kamryn Lightcap added 11 for No. 4 Sewickley Academy (3-2, 1-1). Albert...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 19, 2021: Chartiers Valley, New Castle square off
There have been 10 possible play dates in the 2020-2021 WPIAL boys basketball season, and the number of teams without a loss keeps dwindling. There are 12 district teams that have at least played three games and have yet to lose. Most of those winning dozen are in action Tuesday...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for Jan. 18, 2021
At Thomas Jefferson, football is king. It is also the prince, duke, count and baron in Jaguars country. However, now starting his 16th season as TJ boys basketball coach, Dom DeCicco has learned to feed off the success of the football team instead of competing against it. “I think people...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for Jan. 18, 2021
When the governor shut down winter high school sports for three weeks with no activities allowed, coaches around the area and across the state were worried about the shape and skill set of their players with everybody on their own. There was no sign of rust for one district boys...
Terrelle Pryor takes a look back at decorated Jeannette career
In May and June, the TribLive High School Sports Network held a fan vote to determine the Best of the Century among the district’s top male and female athletes. We also had a chance to visit with some of the participants — interviews that have yet to be seen. Join...
Knoch girls start fast, roll past rival Freeport
The Knoch girls basketball team scored the first eight points in Monday’s Section 1-4A contest with rival Freeport at Freeport Middle School. The Knights, No. 3 in the latest Triblive HSSN Class 4A rankings, quickly developed a double-digit advantage in the opening stanza and didn’t let up en route to...
Freshman Pepple leads Penn-Trafford girls past rival NorwinVideo
When rival teams such as Penn-Trafford and Norwin get together, the simplest things can seem challenging. Cross-court passes, press-breaking plays and even the easiest-looking layups are contested. “It’s 32 minutes of grind,” Penn-Trafford coach John Giannikas said. Penn-Trafford freshman guard Olivia Pepple did not seem to have much trouble with...
63! Chartiers Valley girls break state basketball win streak recordVideo
Silver balloons hung in Chartiers Valley’s locker room after Monday’s girls basketball game, with some spelling out “yay!” and others “63.” Those balloons were the only hint the team had just made history. Chartiers Valley extended its unmatched winning streak to 63 games with a 91-39 victory over Gateway, breaking...
Successful Belle Vernon boys soccer coach Miele resigns
Rob Miele said the adage is true. When it comes to the tail end of coaching stop, you just know. Miele is stepping down as the boys soccer coach at Belle Vernon after four seasons. He finished with a record of 57-14-4 with two section titles and four playoff appearances....
Former WPIAL stars Alex Kirilloff, Austin Hendrick on Baseball America’s prospect list
A pair of former WPIAL stars are ranked in Baseball America’s top 100 prospects, including one who cracked the top 20 for the first time. Plum’s Alex Kirilloff is ranked the No. 18 overall prospect and No. 1 in the Minnesota Twins organization by Baseball America. The 6-foot-2, 215-pound outfielder...
High school scores, schedules for Jan. 17, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys Sunday’s results Penn Hills 72, Nazareth Prep 39 Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 5A Section 3 Kiski Area at McKeesport, 7 p.m. Penn Hills at Woodland Hills, 7:30 p.m. Class 4A Section 1 Burrell at Derry, 7:30 p.m. Class 3A Section 3 Steel Valley at South Allegheny,...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for week ending Jan. 17, 2021
The Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils were the queens of Class AAAA girls basketball when they captured three straight PIAA championship in 2009, ‘10 and ‘11. They have a lot of basketball left this season before they can be sized for a crown, but this group of Blue Devils is off...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for week ending Jan. 17, 2021
Three times this century, the Burgettstown girls basketball program began the season with a 3-0 record. That happened in back-to-back years in 2014-15 and again in 2015-16. Both of those times the Blue Devils missed the playoffs. It happened again last season, and Burgettstown made the playoffs only to lose...
What to watch in WPIAL sports Jan. 18, 2021: Chartiers Valley girls chasing history
History could be made Monday night as the Chartiers Valley girls basketball team tries to set the PIAA record for most consecutive victories. But it won’t be easy. The Colts are 3-0 in Section 1-5A, 5-0 overall as they prepare to host a South Fayette team that is 1-0 in...
Winter sports season heats up this week on Trib HSSN
The TribLive High School Sports Network will spend the second half of January on the basketball court, the ice, the mats and the pool. Trib HSSN has plenty of video and audio coverage of WPIAL boys and girls high school basketball, along with some roundball action from Districts 6 and...
Hopewell’s Shatori Walker-Kimbrough featured in Trib HSSN Best of the Century podcast series
Through the end of 2020 and the start of 2021, the Rebel Yell podcast will feature chats with some of the top WPIAL athletes from the first 20 years of this century. In May and June, the TribLive High School Sports Network held a fan vote bracket to determine the...
Gateway’s Rogers eager to return to basketball court after recovery from heart bypass surgery
Being away from the basketball court for any length of time normally is a foreign concept for Alvis Rogers. The third-year Gateway boys head coach enjoys keeping his mind and body sharp in the game he loves. But a medical issue and subsequent surgery late last month now has the...
