Tag: Connellsville

Five things to watch at Saturday’s WPIAL wrestling semifinals, finals

February 1, 2019

The WPIAL Class AAA and AA wrestling championships will be held Saturday. Kiski Area (Class AAA) and Burrell (AA) are the returning champions, and both are seeded No. 1 in each classification. Here are some interesting facts about the team tournament. Can Burrell do it again Burrell has reached the

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Kiski Area wrestlers roll into WPIAL Class AAA semifinals after convincing victories

January 30, 2019

The Kiski Area wrestling team is halfway home to what it hopes is a third consecutive WPIAL Class AAA team championship. The top-seeded Cavaliers defended their house Wednesday evening, scoring a 65-6 first-round victory over South Fayette and a 49-16 quarterfinal triumph over Connellsville. andquot;I thought we wrestled well,andquot; Kiski

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Five things to watch in the WPIAL wrestling team tournament

January 27, 2019

Can they do it again The 41st annual WPIAL wrestling team tournament gets underway Monday with four Class AAA preliminary-round matches at Canon-McMillan. Burrell in Class AA and Kiski Area in Class AAA will try and defend their WPIAL titles. Burrell has won the past 12 championships in Class AA,

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Kiski Area, Burrell earn top seeds for WPIAL wrestling tournament

January 24, 2019

The WPIAL wrestling committee on Thursday awarded Kiski Area (Class AAA) and Burrell (Class AA) the No. 1 seeds for the upcoming team tournament, which begins Monday with Class AAA preliminary-round matches. Kiski Area (11-0), ranked third in the state in the Trib HSSN rankings, has won the past two

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Albert Gallatin’s departure leaves open week for Big East opponents to fill

January 21, 2019

The Big East football conference just got a little smaller. As expected, the Class 5A conference will have only seven teams next fall, now that Albert Gallatin has withdrawn from playing WPIAL football. The WPIAL approved an updated conference alignment at Monday's board meeting. Albert Gallatin's subtraction was the only

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Trib HSSN PIHL player of the week: Montour’s Ritchy Froehlich Jr.

January 13, 2019

During the second period of Montour's 13-1 win Monday against North Hills, Class A's third-leading scorer, Michael Felsing, was on the bench, sitting next to another sophomore, Anthony Migliozzi. The pair watched their captain, senior Ritchy Froehlich Jr., score a goal to make it 9-1 and secure a hat trick.

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Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week: Sewickley Academy’s Nate Ridgeway

January 7, 2019

Nate Ridgeway School: Sewickley Academy Class: Senior While the results to the start of 2019 for the defending WPIAL champions and the top-ranked team in Class 2A were split, it was a strong start for one of their top players. Sewickley Academy senior Nate Ridgeway scored a combined 50 points

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High school roundup for Dec. 26, 2018: Belle Vernon tops Southmoreland in OT

December 26, 2018

Mitch Pohlot had 24 points, and Larry Calloway added 21 as Belle Vernon defeated Southmoreland, 84-80, in overtime at the Charleroi tournament Wednesday night. Jake Haney scored 13 points, and Cameron Nusser added 12 for the Leopards (2-6). Riley Comforti scored 28 points to lead Southmoreland (3-5). Ringgold 69, Yough

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PIHL Team of the Week: Plum Mustangs

December 23, 2018

Two seasons ago, the Plum hockey team celebrated the school's second PIHL title. At the end of that season, Plum lost several of its best players. A year later, the Mustangs bowed out of the playoffs in the first round. Fast forward to the start of the 2018-19 season, and

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WPIAL team wrestling rankings for week of Dec. 10, 2018

December 11, 2018

WPIAL wrestling rankings Class AAA Rank, Team, record, previous 1. Kiski Area, 0-0, 1 2. Canon-McMillan, 0-0, 2 3. Hempfield, 0-0, 3 4. Seneca Valley, 0-0, 4 5. Waynesburg, 1-0, 5 6. Franklin Regional, 0-0, 6 7. Connellsville, 0-0, 7 8. Greensburg Salem, 0-0, 8 9. Thomas Jefferson, 5-0, NR

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