Tag: Hempfield

High school wrestling notebook: Kiski Area again flexes muscle at EAIWT

December 11, 2018

Kiski Area coach Chris Heater and assistant coach Chuck Tursky didn't know how many times the Cavaliers had won the Eastern Area Invitational at Gateway. Kiski Area won its fourth consecutive EAIWT championship Saturday and has won more than 20 in the tournament's 41-year history. The Cavaliers finished with 241

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WPIAL team wrestling rankings for week of Dec. 10, 2018

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

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Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings for week of Dec. 10, 2018

Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings Class AAA Rank, team (district), record, previous 1. Bethlehem Catholic (11), 0-0, 1 2. Cathedral Prep (10), 0-0, 2 3. Kiski Area (7), 0-0, 3 4. Nazareth (11), 0-0, 4 5. Cedar Cliff (3), 0-0, 5 6. Canon-McMillan (7), 0-0, 6 7. Bethlehem Liberty (11),

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Hempfield’s Vance, Canon-McMillan’s Nijenhuis claim wrestling titles

December 8, 2018

Hempfield sophomore heavyweight Isaiah Vance and Canon-McMillan senior Gerrit Nijenhuis picked up titles Saturday at the Cumberland Valley Tournament in Mechanicsburg. Vance went 4-0 with three pins. He defeated Boiling Springs' Damon Jones, 5-2, in the finals. Hempfield finished fourth with 176.5 points and had seven placewinners. Junior Dillon Ferretti

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Franklin Regional works on finishing moves in win over Greensburg Salem

Franklin Regional went to a half-court offensive set late in Saturday afternoon's game against Greensburg Salem. The plan was to move the ball around and drain time off the clock, but it also gave coach Steve Scorpion an opportunity to get the Panthers accustomed to a style they might need

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Westmoreland high school notebook: Wickstrom takes over Monessen softball

Monessen has made significant strides in the softball postseason the last few years. If the Greyhounds are going to continue their upswing, however, they will do so with a new coach. And a young coach at that. The school recently named Carlee Wickstrom coach after Bo Teets' resignation last month.

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Hempfield girls win opener with new coach; will play Greensburg Salem

December 7, 2018

Another coaching change at Hempfield didn't appear to affect the Spartans in their season-opening girls basketball game, a 52-36 victory over Mt. Pleasant on Friday night at the Greensburg Salem Tip Off Tournament. Jessica Persin scored 18 points, including five 3-pointers, and Sarah Liberatore added 16 in Tom Brush's coaching

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WPIAL basketball, wrestling begin in 3 things to watch Friday in high school sports

December 6, 2018

While you hear a lot about this being 'The most wonderful time of the year,andquot; this weekend is the busiest time of the year for district high school basketball. The 2018-19 WPIAL basketball season begins this weekend with plenty of boys' and girls' tip-off tournaments. During the regular season, most

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Westmoreland County teams prepare for altered basketball landscape

About the only things guaranteed this season in local high school basketball, the only things that haven't changed, are that the ball is round and the rims are 10 feet high. The rest, well, it's all fair game and probably has been subjected in some way to a mass overhaul

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Trib HSSN preseason state wrestling rankings

December 5, 2018

Trib HSSN preseason state wrestling rankings Class AAA Rank, team (district), last year's record 1. Bethlehem Catholic (District 11), 17-1 2. Cathedral Prep (10), 17-3 3. Kiski Area (7), 23-2 4. Nazareth (11), 19-5 5. Cedar Cliff (3), 21-3 6. Canon-McMillan (7), 17-3 7. Bethlehem Liberty (11), 22-2 8. Council

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