Tag: Greensburg Salem

Greensburg Central boys cash in on chances to beat Greensburg Salem in 2OT

January 26, 2019

Opportunities kept arriving at Greensburg Salem's doorstep. At the end of regulation. At the end of the first overtime, and again at the end of the second. But Greensburg Central Catholic did just enough with the chances it had to snag a 52-50 victory in a nip-and-tuck backyard rivalry game

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Greensburg Central Catholic girls run floor, best rival Greensburg Salem

As a former La Roche coach, Greensburg Central Catholic girls coach Sam Salih is used to training players to run on a wide college floor. He has done the same type of training with his current players, and it paid dividends Saturday afternoon against Class 4A Greensburg Salem on the

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Bowles helps Woodland Hills edge Greensburg Salem in Section 1-5A contest

January 25, 2019

Woodland Hills found itself in a dogfight at Greensburg Salem on Friday, but Keandre Bowles made sure the Wolverines left with a victory. The WPIAL's leading scorer tallied 11 of his game-high 22 points in the fourth quarter, including hitting on 9 of 10 from the foul line, and Woodland

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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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Kiski Area rallies to defeat Hempfield for 24th section title

January 23, 2019

As the Kiski Area wrestling team was lining up for a photo after winning its 24th section title, assistant coach Chuck Tursky turned to the squad and said, andquot;this never gets old.andquot; Kiski Area, the No. 1 team in the Trib HSSN Class AAA rankings, claimed the title by rallying

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Trib HSSN WPIAL team wrestling rankings for week of Jan. 21, 2019

January 22, 2019

Trib HSSN wrestling rankings Class AAA Team, record, previous 1. Kiski Area, 9-0, 1 2. Hempfield, 11-1, 2 3. Seneca Valley, 8-2, 3 4. Waynesburg, 12-0, 4 5. Canon-McMillan, 5-2, 5 6. Thomas Jefferson, 13-0, 6 7. Norwin, 8-2, 7 8. Mt. Lebanon, 9-2, NR 9. Peters Township, 5-1, 8

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Westmoreland high school notebook: Hempfield tackle Brose drawing D-I looks

January 19, 2019

Junior Fintan Brose is the next Division I football prospect to watch at Hempfield. He isn't hard to miss. Brose is 6-foot-3 and 280 pounds and is a two-way tackle for the Spartans. His ability to stuff the run and open rushing lanes on offense is paramount for Hempfield. He

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WPIAL section tournaments set for Wednesday

January 18, 2019

The section team wrestling tournaments in Class AAA and Class AA will get underway at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Kiski Area is the returning WPIAL champion in Class AAA and Burrell in Class AA. Burrell has won 12 consecutive Class AA titles. The top two teams in each subsection, which have

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Westmoreland high school basketball notebook: Brozeski subs fast and furious

January 17, 2019

Norwin girls basketball coach Brian Brozeski joked he has a timing mechanism in his pocket during games that alerts him when to substitute players. Watch a Knights game, and it's like hockey line changes: three in, three out; four down, four up. While a number of teams like to whittle

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Greensburg Salem hires new athletic director

Greensburg Salem School District hired a new athletic director: Mike Burrell Jr., who serves the same role at North Catholic. The school board voted 7-2 on Wednesday to hire Burrell at an annual salary of $75,000, with members Jeff Metrosky and Robin Savage opposing. Burrell will start at Greensburg Salem

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