Tag: Hempfield Area

Norwin girls extend winning streak to 8 with rout of Hempfield

January 26, 2019

With only a Jan. 4 loss to Class 6A top-ranked North Allegheny blocking Norwin's path to an unbeaten season so far, the fourth-ranked Knights have been met with little resistance as their climb continues back to WPIAL relevance in girls basketball. The journey took another step Saturday with a 61-28

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Penn-Trafford divers Kalik, Sherwin sweep WCCA titles

January 25, 2019

Over the past year, Penn-Trafford diver Paige Kalik has been adding to her long list of career achievements. First, she won the 2018 WPIAL Class AAA diving title. Then, she reached the podium at the PIAA championships with a sixth-place finish. Now, Kalik can add a new accolade to her

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Westmoreland basketball notebook: Hempfield boys, Southmoreland girls take pride in ‘D’

January 24, 2019

The Hempfield boys and Southmoreland girls basketball teams have something common, and it isn't that you can get to both schools via the Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass. The similarity is in the numbers. Both teams lead their respective WPIAL classifications in defensive scoring average. Hempfield holds the lowest points-against average

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Kiski Area, Burrell earn top seeds for WPIAL wrestling tournament

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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Hempfield boys hold off Norwin to end five-game losing streak

January 22, 2019

For a third time in a row, Hempfield and Norwin traded boys basketball victories in a season on one another's court. Marcus McCarthy scored 13 points, and Reed Hipps added 11 to lead Hempfield to a 45-41 win Tuesday at Norwin, the Spartans' first Section 3-6A victory. Hempfield (8-8, 1-5)

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Norwin’s DeAugustine set to face former team Hempfield in Section 1 semifinals

Norwin wrestling coach Vince DeAugustine knew this day would come. The day the first-year Norwin coach sat across the mat from the team he coached for the past 13 seasons. DeAugustine compiled a 218-52 record at Hempfield before resigning last summer to take over a Norwin program that had rarely

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

Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings Class AAA Team (district), record, previous 1. Bethlehem Liberty (11), 14-2, 1 2. Bethlehem Catholic (11), 8-1, 2 3. Kiski Area (7), 9-0, 3 4. Cedar Cliff (3), 10-0, 4 5. Nazareth (11), 11-2, 10 6. Council Rock South (1), 6-0, 6 7. Hempfield (7),

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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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