Tag: Greensburg Salem

Greensburg Salem beats Apollo-Ridge, clinches WPIAL Class 4A playoff berth

February 7, 2019

Greensburg Salem coach Rick Klimchock called his team's overtime loss Monday to Indiana one of the toughest he has witnessed during his coaching career. But the Golden Lions bounced back Thursday at Apollo-Ridge in a key Section 1-4A game with a WPIAL playoff spot on the line. They seized momentum

Read More...

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

February 5, 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.

Read More...

Westmoreland athletes of the week: Greensburg C.C.’s Geoff Helm, Greensburg Salem’s Megan Kallock

Geoff Helm School: Greensburg Central Catholic Sport: Basketball Year: Senior Claim to fame: Helm, a Shippensburg recruit, scored 30 points to lead Greensburg Central Catholic (12-6, 7-3) to a 68-57 win over Leechburg on Jan. 29. Helm is averaging 17.7 points. andquot;Last week, I went right at them off the

Read More...

Late offbalance 3-pointer helps Indiana top Greensburg Salem girls in OT

February 4, 2019

Greensburg Salem regrouped after a slow start to take control against Indiana and held the lead for much of the game. But Indiana knows there's always Hope. Freshman Hope Cook -- and Mia Ciocca, another wide-eyed freshman -- helped the visiting Indians sink the Golden Lions on senior night with

Read More...

Gateway avenges Section 1-5A loss to Greensburg Salem, stays in hunt for playoff berth

February 1, 2019

Mark Zahorchak used the word discouraging after Friday night's game. Actually, the Greensburg Salem boys basketball coach had a discouraging feeling before, during and after visiting Gateway took down his undermanned Golden Lions, 61-42, in a Section 1-5A game. Greensburg Salem (8-11, 3-8) couldn't punctuate senior night with a victory

Read More...

Trib HSSN Boys Swimmer of the Week: Greensburg Salem’s William Crites

January 31, 2019

William Crites didn't know if he would come out on top in the 100-yard breaststroke at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association meet last Saturday at Derry High School. But the Greensburg Salem senior was glad to have to opportunity. Crites, who now owns the top Class AA boys 100 breaststroke

Read More...

Westmoreland basketball notebook: FR’s Kobus among many thriving 1st-year coaches

Anthony Kobus thought a player was joking during a Franklin Regional girls basketball practice when she mentioned the team had not won a section title since 1979. andquot;I laughed at first,andquot; Kobus said. andquot;Then I noticed she was right. It's up there on the banner (beside the scoreboard in the

Read More...

A year after seizure scare, Parsons becomes fearless force for GS boys

January 28, 2019

When he looks back at last basketball season, Dante Parsons said he remembers two things most: one, the WPIAL playoff game in which he and his Greensburg Salem teammates played and, two, the exciting game the Golden Lions played against Jeannette in their Christmas tournament. Greensburg Salem lost both games.

Read More...

Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week: South Park’s Maura Huwalt

January 27, 2019

Maura Huwalt School: South Park Class: Senior As 2018 came to a close, the South Park girls basketball team was 3-5 overall after back-to-back losses to Gateway and Elizabeth Forward in the Betsy Invitational. What a difference a new year makes. Since the start of January, the Eagles are 7-1

Read More...

Greensburg Salem girls bowling rolling but not looking too far ahead

Greensburg Salem's girls bowling team knows there could be championship celebrations in the future, but it's trying to keep its expectations in check. Undefeated with an 8-0 record, coach Jeff Heater wants his team to be laser-focused on Week 9 and not where they could be in a month. andquot;I

Read More...