Tag: Burrell

5 WPIAL teams in this week’s Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings

December 18, 2018

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

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A-K Valley H.S. lookahead: Week of Dec. 17-23

December 17, 2018

Monday Girls basketball andamp;#8226; Plum and Franklin Regional battled for the last playoff spot from their section down to the final day of the 2017-18 regular season, with Plum securing it. They'll meet in a Section 2-5A game at Franklin Regional, with Plum seeking to shake off a slow start

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A-K Valley bowling preview: Kiski Area boys hope to draw from experience

December 16, 2018

The postseason has a knack of exposing flaws. An up-and-coming Kiski Area boys bowling team confidently went into Lower Burrell's Wildlife Lanes last February for the 2018 Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League championships and experienced a first. With 20-plus lanes of high school bowlers competing for a championship, the sounds

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PIHL Player of the Week: Montour’s Ritchy Froehlich Jr.

Oh Captain, My Captain. Whether it's a quote from the movie andquot;Dead Poet's Society,andquot; or describing the play of the captain of the highest-scoring team in the PIHL, the picture is the same. It's the senior captain of the Montour Spartans standing above the rest as the first Trib HSSN

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Three Franklin Regional wrestlers win at King of the Mountain tournament

December 15, 2018

Franklin Regional had three wrestlers win titles Saturday at the King of the Mountain tournament at Central Mountain High School. Carter Dibert (106 pounds), Colton Camacho (132) and Mason Spears (138) were winners for Franklin Regional. The Panthers finished fifth in the team standings and had five placewinners. Freshman Finn

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Lowe’s buzzer-beater lifts Monessen over Burrell

Taylon Lowe spent fewer than two seconds on the court Saturday as Monessen faced Burrell at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association Showcase. But the Greyhounds junior guard made the most of it. Monessen inbounded after a timeout with 1.7 seconds left and the score tied, and Lowe found the ball

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Shady Side Academy makes statement, beats Burrell 61-27

December 14, 2018

Burrell won a share of the Section 3-3A championship last season with a physical, grind-it-out, defensive style of basketball. Shady Side Academy, one of the teams the Bucs split that title with, knew the formula to beat Burrell, and worked it to near perfection. Using a full-court pressure defense, Shady

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Basketball showcases on tap in Saturday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports

Tis the season for one-day showcase events. The trend in high school basketball in recent years is for teams to participate in one-day events for various causes held on Saturdays in December and January. One of those events takes place Saturday at Hempfield and will feature seven boys basketball games

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Apollo-Ridge girls hold off Burrell in Section 1-4A opener

December 13, 2018

Amid a flurry of activity as the final seconds ticked off the clock in the first half of Thursday's Section 1-4A girls basketball opener between Apollo-Ridge and Burrell, Morgan Gamble released a 3-point shot that banked home. Her successful field goal enabled the Vikings to complete a second-quarter rally from

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A-K Valley basketball notebook: Leechburg girls continue winning ways

Maybe it seemed unlikely for Leechburg to continue its run of girls basketball success this season. After all, the Blue Devils graduated the most successful senior class in school history after last season, and that group played more than 90 percent of the varsity minutes last season. Early indications show

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