Sports

Fox Chapel wrestling looks to lean on work ethic in 2020
December 13, 2020
After losing four seniors to graduation, the Fox Chapel wrestling team is going to go through a transition process in 2020.

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Fox Chapel’s Sophie Shao works out in the pool Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, at Fox Chapel High School.
Fox Chapel swimming set to have best team in recent history
The Fox Chapel swimming program is on the rise.

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Hampton’s Catie Kress competes in the girls 500 freestyle during the 2020 Class AAA WPIAL swimming and diving championship at Trees Pool.
Hampton girls swimmers get up to speed quickly in preseason
With most swimming pools shut down for much of the offseason, Hampton coach Morgan Zweygardt was unsure what to expect from her girls team when practices began.

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Hampton’s Ethan Apaliski competes in the boys 100 breaststroke during the 2020 WPIAL Class AAA swimming and diving championship at Trees Pool.
Hampton boys swimmers a WPIAL title threat in Class AA
The Hampton boys swimming team is looking forward to picking on someone its own size.

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Freeport’s Vinnie Clark
2020 Valley News Dispatch Football All-Stars
December 12, 2020
Here’s a look at the 2020 Valley News Dispatch football all-star team:

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Springdale’s Logan Dexter defends against Jeannette’s Brett Birch in the first half Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, at Veterans Memorial Field.
Valley News Dispatch Defensive Player of the Year: Springdale’s Logan Dexter
Alle-Kiski Valley Defensive Player of the Year

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Apollo-Ridge’s Logan Harmon (44) rushes the ball against Beaver Falls at Geneva College’s Reeves Field on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020.
Valley News Dispatch Offensive Player of the Year: Apollo-Ridge’s Logan Harmon
Alle-Kiski Valley Offensive Player of the Year

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Penn Trafford quarterback Ethan Carr throws during practice on Sept. 10.
Penn-Trafford’s Ethan Carr named Tribune-Review Westmoreland County Player of the Year
When Penn-Trafford football coach John Ruane asked Ethan Carr to switch positions during his sophomore season, there were no objections.

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Jeannette’s Brad Birch
2020 Tribune-Review Westmoreland County Football All-Stars
First team

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Mars’ Zach Schlegel scores against Knoch on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, in Adams.
WPIAL teams in action Friday night savor the moment, worry about what’s next
In all of his years as the Mars boys basketball coach, Rob Carmody has never celebrated an undefeated season.

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North Catholic’s Alayna Rocco (top) battles Mars’ Madeleine Horvath for a rebound during their game on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, at North Catholic.
High school roundup for Dec. 11, 2020: OLSH boys top North Catholic in battle of WPIAL champs
December 11, 2020
With only a few hours to spare before a three-week, state-mandated sports shutdown, a pair of defending WPIAL champions managed to squeeze in one of the season’s most marquee boys basketball matchups.

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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 11, 2020
Basketball

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Chartiers Valley and Baldwin line up for the opening tipoff Friday, Dec. 11, 2020.
Chartiers Valley girls keep winning streak alive with win over game Baldwin squad
Chartiers Valley waited exactly nine months to pick up their 59th consecutive victory toward breaking a state record winning streak.

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Penn-Trafford’s Maura Suman is fouled by Sto-Rox’s Asia Harper on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, at Penn-Trafford High School.
Penn-Trafford fits in basketball sweep before sports shutdown
One and done.

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Fox Chapel huddles before meeting Oakland Catholic on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020.
Oakland Catholic girls hold off spirited Fox Chapel rally
The Fox Chapel girls basketball team gave host Oakland Catholic all it could handle in a nonsection game Friday night.

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Greensburg Salem’s Cody Kaufman fights off a takedown attempt by Southmoreland’s Andrew Johnson at 138 pounds on Friday, Dec. 11.
Greensburg Salem wrestling downs Southmoreland in match before hiatus
When Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf decided to put high school and recreational youth athletics on a three-week hiatus and the Monroeville Mat Madness wrestling tournament was canceled, Southmoreland athletic director and wrestling coach Dan Boring went to work.

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Fox Chapel’s Eli Yofan drives to the basket past Hampton’s Matt Moser to score during their game Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, at Fox Chapel.
Fox Chapel gets a win over Hampton before three-week shutdown
Before his team met Hampton on Friday for its only game in the next three weeks, Fox Chapel boys basketball coach Zach Skrinjar wrote a message on the whiteboard.

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St. Joseph’s Ally Swierezwski (left) and Neshannock’s Hunter Newman battle for a loose ball in the first half Friday, Dec. 11, 2020.
St. Joseph girls ‘all-in’ on playing opener, lose to Neshannock
St. Joseph girls basketball coach Dennis Jones said there was no question his team wanted to take the court Friday to open its season less than 24 hours after Gov. Tom Wolf announced high school sports would shut down for four weeks as part of covid-19 mitigation efforts.

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Riverview’s Maddie Deem competes for a loose ball during practice Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at Riverview High School.
PIAA doesn’t anticipate ‘pause’ becoming lengthy shutdown
PIAA executive director Bob Lombardi said he doesn’t believe this “pause” of interscholastic sports will drag on for months like the shutdown last spring.

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Knoch junior Ryan Lang takes a jumpshot during practice on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020.
Schedules altered as WPIAL high school basketball season tips off
Welcome to opening day of the 2020-21 winter sports season.

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