Tag: Monessen

Monessen boys repel St. Joseph rally, reach WPIAL semifinals

February 21, 2019

The St. Joseph and Monessen boys basketball teams met Thursday at West Allegheny with a spot in the WPIAL 1A semifinals and a trip to the PIAA tournament on the line.

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A-K Valley basketball playoff capsules: Games of Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019

February 20, 2019

Boys

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Westmoreland high school basketball playoff capsules: Games of Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019

February 19, 2019

Boys basketball

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High school basketball notebook: LV guard Marinchak serves 1-game suspension

February 14, 2019

Ligonier Valley junior guard Michael Marinchak missed the Rams' regular-season finale Thursday at Bedford but he will return for the start of the District 6 playoffs. Marinchak had to serve a one-game suspension for his ejection in the Rams' last game. He picked up two technicals in the Heritage Conference

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Freshman Whitlock takes charge for Monessen boys basketball

February 13, 2019

Stepping into the Monessen football team's starting lineup as a freshman this fall, Devin Whitlock received first-team all-conference honors as a defensive back. Offensively, he piled up more than 2,000 all-purpose yards, first as a receiver and kick returner, then as the Greyhounds' quarterback. And he didn't stop there. For

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Breaking down the 2019 WPIAL boys basketball playoffs

February 12, 2019

Here is a breakdown of the 2019 WPIAL boys basketball playoffs: Class 6A Favorite: Senior guards Dan Petcash (22.2 ppg) and Greg Shulkosky (16.1) lead a high-scoring Pine-Richland lineup that enters the playoffs on a 19-game winning streak. The Rams average 79.7 points per game, which leads the entire WPIAL.

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Latrobe boys hoping for top seed when WPIAL releases basketball playoff pairings

February 11, 2019

Latrobe has been in a number of close games. Like, let's-take-this-and-run games. All the while, the Wildcats have spent the majority of the boys basketball regular season as the No. 1-ranked team in WPIAL Class 6A. They have not lost to a WPIAL team since last year's quarterfinals. They have

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WPIAL boys basketball rankings for week of Feb. 10, 2019

February 9, 2019

Rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Pine-Richland, 19-2, 2 2. Latrobe, 18-2, 1 3. Mt. Lebanon, 17-3, 3 4. Butler, 16-4, 5 5. Upper St. Clair, 19-3, 4 Out: none Class 5A 1. Mars, 21-1, 1 2. Moon, 21-1, 2 3. Penn Hills, 18-3, 3 4. Woodland Hills, 16-5, 5

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Ellwood City girls hold out hope for playoff berth in Saturday’s 3 things to watch in HS sports

The 2019 WPIAL boys and girls playoff fields are finally set. Well, the girls' side is nearly finalized. One team will find out if it is headed to the district playoffs or if it will be home listening to the postseason on Trib HSSN. The strange thing is the team

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

January 31, 2019

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

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