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Boys basketball sections take shape with 3 things to watch Friday in WPIAL athletics
January 25, 2018
Only three Friday nights remain in the boys basketball regular season and this week's section slate features a few key rematches that will shape title
Canon-McMillan, Burrell awarded top seeds for WPIAL wrestling tournament
The Canon-McMillan and Burrell wrestling teams earned the No. 1 seeds for the WPIAL team tournament which begins Monday with four preliminary-round matches at Franklin
Latrobe’s Miller, P-T’s Kalik set to face off at WCCA diving championships
Two of the finest divers in the WPIAL will square off Friday in the first day of competition at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association swimming
Hempfield, Derry coaches prepare for WPIAL team tournament
Some coaches might have felt the WPIAL wrestling committee slighted their teams. Don't count Hempfield's Vince DeAugustine or Derry's Mike Weinell among that group. They
Freeport’s Beale sinks second career buzzer-beater
andquot;Big Shot Benandquot; did it again. Freeport's star senior, who hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to knock off Indiana last season, scored another game-winner Wednesday as
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Leechburg’s John Miskinis, Freeport’s Samantha Clark
John Miskinis School: Leechburg Class: Junior Sport: Basketball Report card: Miskinis came through big Saturday for Leechburg (9-4, 4-3) by scoring six of his game-high
Monessen’s Henderson scores 55 points
Monessen's Lyndon Henderson scored 55 points on Wednesday night, the highest scoring output of the season in the WPIAL and a school record. Henderson, a
Monessen guard Henderson’s 55-point game among WPIAL, state’s best
In case you missed it, Monessen's Lyndon Henderson scored 55 points on Wednesday night, the highest scoring output of the season in the WPIAL. Henderson,
Surging Latrobe girls basketball riding high on 7-game winning streak
Latrobe has gone away from hosting some girls-boys basketball doubleheaders this season. Separate nights gives each team the spotlight all to themselves. The boys' games
PIAA puts Philadelphia football powers in WPIAL champions’ paths to Hershey
The road to Hershey will run directly through Philadelphia for WPIAL Class 6A and 5A football teams. The WPIAL and District 12, which contains Philadelphia's
FINAL 2017-2018 WPIAL Team Wrestling Standings
Here are the FINAL WPIAL team wrestling standings for the 2017-2018 season through Wednesday, January 24th. The top three teams from each sub-section qualify for the Section Championship Tournament. The top team in each sub-section faced the runner-up in the opposing sub-section with the two winners then doing battle for the section championship while the […]
Derry does its job, beats McGuffey in Section 2-AA wrestling tournament
When Gannon Lenhart glanced at the scoreboard and saw his lead swell, he turned up the heat for a major decison over Bryton Johnson, clinching
Kiski Area edges Hempfield to capture Section 1 championship
The Kiski Area wrestling team wears sweatshirts with TEAM on the front. That exemplifies the way they approach the WPIAL team tournament. andquot;It takes more
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Jeannette’s Anthony Johnsson, GCC’s Anna Eisaman
Anthony Johnson School: Jeannette Sport: Basketball Year: Junior Claim to fame: Johnson, who is averaging 19 points per game this season, scored 31 to lead
Burrell tops South Fayette to claim 15th straight section title
Danny McCarthy can count his number of wrestling matches this season on one hand, the result of an ankle injury that kept him off the
High school roundup for Jan. 24: Wrestling teams capture section tournament titles
The field is set for the WPIAL wrestling tournament. Twenty teams in Class AAA and 15 in Class AA earned spots in the district tournament
Apollo-Ridge girls focused on stretch run after last season’s collapse
Last season's stretch run was anything but ideal for the Apollo-Ridge girls basketball team. The Vikings were right in the playoff mix through 12 games
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Jan. 24, 2018
High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday's results WPIAL Class 5A Section 2 West Allegheny 55, Moon 53 Class 4A Section 2 Central Valley 67, Ambridge 48
Area swimmers and divers gearing up for annual WCCA championships
January 24, 2018
Westmoreland County's best swimmers and divers will descend on Derry High School on Friday and Saturday for the annual Westmoreland County Coaches Association championships. Diving
Burrell’s Corrado upsets top-ranked Kazalas of Quaker Valley
Burrell's coaches told A.J. Corrado to wrestle aggressively against Quaker Valley's John Rocco Kazalas during their 132-pound bout in the semifinals of the Section 3-AA
