Tag: Canon-McMillan

Ellwood City girls hold out hope for playoff berth in Saturday’s 3 things to watch in HS sports

February 9, 2019

The 2019 WPIAL boys and girls playoff fields are finally set. Well, the girls' side is nearly finalized. One team will find out if it is headed to the district playoffs or if it will be home listening to the postseason on Trib HSSN. The strange thing is the team

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Canon-McMillan wrestling stays alive with dramatic win at PIAA tournament

February 8, 2019

HERSHEY -- The Canon-McMillan wrestling team isn't ready to end the team portion of the season just yet. The Big Macs, who dropped a match to Cedar Cliff during Day 1 of the PIAA Class AAA team tournament Thursday, picked up two victories in the consolation round Friday at the

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Canon-McMillan wrestlers drop PIAA 1st-round match to Cedar Cliff

February 7, 2019

HERSHEY -- When Canon-McMillan's Jimmy Baxter (120 pounds) and Kenny Hayman (126) lost early in the Big Macs' match against District 3 champion Cedar Cliff, Canon-McMillan coach Jason Havelka knew it would be tough to win. Cedar Cliff, after losing the first match at 113 pounds, won eight consecutive bouts

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Ambridge, Quaker Valley girls to play for playoff berth Thursday night

February 6, 2019

Win and you're in. It might be stressful for players and coaches, but it's an early playoff gift for girls basketball fans. That will be the case Thursday in Section 2-4A when Ambridge hosts Quaker Valley. Both teams are tied for fourth place with 4-7 records, trailing co-leaders Blackhawk and

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Wrestling notebook: Twist added to WPIAL Class AA individual tournament

February 5, 2019

The WPIAL Class AA individual wrestling tournament gets underway Feb. 15 at Canon-McMillan, and there will be a different twist to this year's tournament. In previous years, the section tournament was held the first day and the WPIAL tournament the next day. This year, the section tournament will begin at

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Trib HSSN WPIAL team wrestling rankings for week of Feb. 4, 2019

Trib HSSN wrestling rankings Class AAA Team, record, previous 1. Kiski Area, 15-0, 1 2. Seneca Valley, 13-3, 2 3. Canon-McMillan, 10-3, 4 4. Waynesburg, 15-3, 6 5. Hempfield, 13-3, 3 6. Thomas Jefferson, 16-2, 5 7. Norwin, 15-4, 7 8. Connellsville, 11-5, NR 9. Mt. Lebanon, 10-4, 8 10.

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Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings for week of Feb. 4, 2019

TribHSSN state team rankings Class AAA Team (district), record, previous 1. Bethlehem Catholic (11), 12-1, 2 2. Kiski Area (7), 15-0, 3 3. Northampton (11), 17-3, 8 4. Bethlehem Liberty (11), 19-4, 1 5. Cedar Cliff (3), 16-0, 4 6. Council Rock South (1), 12-0, 5 7. Seneca Valley (7),

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Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week: Burrell Buccaneers

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Burrell Burrell winning a WPIAL Class AA championship is a tradition unlike any other -- each February, the Bucs end up on top. The longest WPIAL wrestling championship streak in WPIAL history reached 13 years Saturday as Burrell beat Freedom, 54-21, at Chartiers-Houston. Seven different wrestlers

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WPIAL wrestling teams find out opponents for PIAA team tournament

February 3, 2019

Now that the Burrell and Kiski Area wrestling teams have successfully defended their WPIAL titles, they can focus on winning PIAA championships. The PIAA team tournament begins Monday in both Class AAA and Class AA. Canon-McMillan, which defeated Waynesburg for third place in Class AAA, will travel to Pittsburgh to

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Kiski Area wins third straight WPIAL Class AAA wrestling crown

February 2, 2019

Kiski Area is beginning to collect WPIAL championships the way it gets pins: in bunches. Control of Class AAA wrestling remained firmly with the Cavaliers, who rolled to their third consecutive title with a convincing 49-17 victory over Seneca Valley on Saturday at Norwin. One of the WPIAL's most consistent

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