Tag: Burrell

WPIAL wrestling brackets to be released in Thursday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports

January 23, 2019

Is anybody up for a little mat bracketology The first team brackets of the winter high school sports season will be released Thursday afternoon when the WPIAL unveils the 2019 team wrestling postseason matchups. The one-week tournament will begin Monday, with four Class AAA preliminary-round matches. Then, on Jan. 30,

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A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Valley’s Hutcherson joins teammate with 100 career wins

January 22, 2019

Noah Hutcherson wasn't counting down -- or up -- to 100 wins, but he knew how important the accomplishment was when he reached it. The Valley senior 170-pounder earned his century victory last week with an 8-0 major decision over Burrell's Danny McCarthy, joining teammate David Schuffert in triple digits.

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Top-ranked Burrell, Kiski Area to be tested at respective section wrestling tournaments

Austin Mele racked his memory for a time he faced an Elizabeth Forward wrestler in his Burrell career, and nothing emerged. The senior 160-pounder should get his chance Wednesday, as the Class AA No. 1 Bucs and Warriors square off at 6 p.m. in the semifinals of the Section 3-AA

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Trib HSSN WPIAL team wrestling rankings for week of Jan. 21, 2019

Trib HSSN wrestling rankings Class AAA Team, record, previous 1. Kiski Area, 9-0, 1 2. Hempfield, 11-1, 2 3. Seneca Valley, 8-2, 3 4. Waynesburg, 12-0, 4 5. Canon-McMillan, 5-2, 5 6. Thomas Jefferson, 13-0, 6 7. Norwin, 8-2, 7 8. Mt. Lebanon, 9-2, NR 9. Peters Township, 5-1, 8

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Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings for week of Jan. 21, 2019

Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings Class AAA Team (district), record, previous 1. Bethlehem Liberty (11), 14-2, 1 2. Bethlehem Catholic (11), 8-1, 2 3. Kiski Area (7), 9-0, 3 4. Cedar Cliff (3), 10-0, 4 5. Nazareth (11), 11-2, 10 6. Council Rock South (1), 6-0, 6 7. Hempfield (7),

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Trib HSSN PIHL player of the week: Chartiers Valley goalie Logan Marnik

January 20, 2019

It's not often in hockey that a box score shows a goaltender giving up six goals in a loss and both coaches saying the goalie played a great game. It happened Monday in the PIHL, in a game won 6-1 by Bishop McCort, this week's TribLIVE High School Sports Network

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A-K Valley high school sports look-ahead: Week of Jan. 21, 2019

MONDAY Girls basketball: Apollo-Ridge will get a second chance to slow down Class 4A No. 1 North Catholic in a Section 1-4A game. The Vikings (10-4, 4-4) have the second-best defense in the section, allowing 36.5 points per game, but the defending WPIAL champion Trojans (12-1, 8-0) scored 76 in

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A-K Valley girls hoops teams struggle through challenges

January 19, 2019

John Broderick became something like a college coach in his first two seasons as Springdale's girls basketball coach, leaving his Fox Chapel teaching job at midday to sit in Springdale's cafeteria and recruit players. He had some success but then would find himself in the same position the next year:

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WPIAL section tournaments set for Wednesday

January 18, 2019

The section team wrestling tournaments in Class AAA and Class AA will get underway at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Kiski Area is the returning WPIAL champion in Class AAA and Burrell in Class AA. Burrell has won 12 consecutive Class AA titles. The top two teams in each subsection, which have

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Burrell wrestlers take down rival Valley to claim subsection title

January 16, 2019

Burrell wanted to get back on track with the WPIAL team season approaching, especially after a disappointing loss to local rival Kiski Area last week. A Section 3-AA matchup against neighboring Valley did just the trick, as Burrell maintained its section dominance with a 57-19 victory over the host Vikings

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