Tag: Franklin Regional

Franklin Regional girls basketball preparing for challenging schedule to start new year

December 21, 2018

The Franklin Regional girls basketball team took the first step to what it hopes is a return to the WPIAL playoffs with its 61-49 victory Dec. 18 over rival Plum. The Section 2-5A triumph was an important one also for the fact that it came just days after a tough

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Westmoreland basketball notebook: Prep work paying off for Derry boys

December 20, 2018

Preparation is everything for Derry boys basketball. The Trojans aren't sparing a single detail this season. From the four-page scouting report each player gets days before every game, to intensive film-breakdown, first-year coach Tom Esposito has his team doing its homework on opponents. andquot;A lot has changed since the last

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Trib HSSN wrestler of the week: Franklin Regional’s Carter Dibert

December 18, 2018

This week's Trib HSSN wrestler of the week is Franklin Regional sophomore Carter Dibert. The Panthers' 106-pounder finished third in the WPIAL last season and is making an early statement this season. The sophomore followed up his impressive championship at the season-opening Eastern Area Invitational Wrestling Tournament by claiming another

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Trib HSSN WPIAL wrestling rankings for week of Dec. 18, 2018

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

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High school wrestling notebook: A call to the Hall for Western Pa. trio

Greensburg Salem graduate Greg Jones, Norwin wrestling coach Vince DeAugustine and former coach Floyd Marshall will be inducted into the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame. This is the PWCA's 50th anniversary. Jones, a 2000 Greensburg Salem grad, was a three-time NCAA Division I champion at West Virginia. He

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Trib HSSN wrestling team of the week: Seneca Valley takes 2nd at KOM

This week's WPIAL wrestling team of the week is Seneca Valley. The Raiders showed the strength of their individual wrestlers at the annual King of the Mountain tournament at Central Mountain High School on Friday and Saturday, with two champions and seven more medalists lifting the Raiders to a second-place

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Mars uses late surge to top Franklin Regional in rematch of WPIAL title game

December 17, 2018

Mars is going to Las Vegas for a holiday boys basketball tournament. Before the Planets head west across the country, they stopped to play a high-stakes Section 3-5A game against a team primed to be their rival this season. The top-ranked Planets used a big fourth-quarter surge to turn back

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Franklin Regional girls bounce back, defeat Plum in Section 2-5A matchup

The Plum girls basketball team wasted no time in establishing a lead in Monday's Section 2-5A contest at rival Franklin Regional. Kennedie Montue converted a layup four seconds into the game, and Kelsie Zik followed with a 3-pointer 20 seconds later. But Franklin Regional rallied to take its first lead

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

December 16, 2018

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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