Tag: Hempfield Area

Hempfield swim relays get in the fast lane

February 3, 2019

The boys and girls sprint groups are gaining momentum in the Hempfield swimming and diving program. The girls, consisting of one junior, one sophomore and two freshmen, are ranked third in the 200-yard freestyle relay and fourth in the 400-yard freestyle relay in WPIAL Class AAA. Relay members include junior

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Westmoreland notebook: Latrobe adds football opponent

February 2, 2019

Penn-Trafford football dropped a bombshell recently when it announced it will play national power Washington High in Massillon, Ohio, to fill a void on its schedule. Struggling Albert Gallatin withdrew from the WPIAL in football, leaving teams in the Class 5A Big East Conference with an open week to fill.

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Hempfield wrestling suffers another strange loss in playoffs

January 30, 2019

For the second consecutive season, the Hempfield wrestling team lost a quarterfinal match in an unusual manner. Last season, after the Spartans defeated Seneca Valley in the quarterfinals, they were forced to forfeit the win because they used an academically ineligible wrestler. An hour before Wednesday's first-round match against Chartiers

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Penn-Trafford boys edge Hempfield on late jumper in overtime

January 29, 2019

Zach Rocco shoots hundreds of jump shots every day, thousands every week, several thousand a month. But the majority of those are in practice. He puts in the extra time so he can apply his skills to clutch moments, like the one he faced Tuesday night. The Penn-Trafford junior point

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High school wrestling notebook: WPIAL tournament will go as planned Wednesday

With school districts canceling classes for Wednesday ahead of the frigid temperatures that are expected in Western Pennsylvania, WPIAL officials said Tuesday the wrestling team tournament will go on as scheduled. There are eight sites hosting first-round and quarterfinal matches: four in Class AAA (Kiski Area, Canon-McMillan, Hempfield and Seneca

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All-American Wresting Club has rich history of training young wrestlers

Rob Waller's All-American Wrestling Club couldn't have asked for a better endorsement. Penn State senior Jason Nolf, a Kittanning graduate, credited Waller and his club's training after he won his second NCAA Division I title last March. Nolf sustained a serious knee injury late in the regular season, which forced

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Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings for week of Jan. 28, 2019

Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings Class AAA Team (district), record, previous 1. Bethlehem Liberty (11), 17-2, 1 2. Bethlehem Catholic (11), 9-1, 2 3. Kiski Area (7), 11-0, 3 4. Cedar Cliff (3), 12-0, 4 5. Council Rock South (1), 8-0, 6 6. Seneca Valley (7), 10-2, 10 7. Nazareth

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WPIAL team wrestling rankings for week of Jan. 28, 2019

WPIAL wrestling rankings Class AAA Team, record, previous 1. Kiski Area, 11-0, 1 2. Seneca Valley, 10-2, 3 3. Hempfield, 12-2, 2 4. Canon-McMillan, 7-2, 5 5. Thomas Jefferson, 15-0, 6 6. Waynesburg, 13-1, 4 7. Norwin, 14-3, 7 8. Mt. Lebanon, 10-3, 8 9. North Allegheny, 10-3, NR 10.

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Penn-Trafford boys, Franklin Regional girls win Class AAA titles at WCCA swim meet

January 26, 2019

For the 14 schools that compete in the Westmoreland County Coaches' Association swimming and diving championships this weekend at Derry, the two-day event marks not only a chance for teams to earn bragging rights for a year, it also gives the swimmers a unique insight as to what they're going

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Westmoreland County high school notebook: WPIAL rushing champ Shoaf pledges to Mercyhurst

The two-time WPIAL regular-season rushing champion has a college destination. Yough senior running back Dustin Shoaf, who racked up 5,053 yards during his highlight-packed career, announced Friday he has committed to Mercyhurst. Shoaf made a short video to declare his school of choice and posted it to Twitter with the

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