Tag: Penn Hills

Ball State, once unfamiliar to Western Pa., offers 6 more WPIAL juniors

January 24, 2019

Ball State wasn't always a familiar name for WPIAL football recruits. Not until Cardinals coach Mike Neu made inroads into Western Pennsylvania over the past year and signed two recruits from the WPIAL's senior class last month. Now, his staff has focused on some WPIAL juniors. Montour lineman George Padezanin,

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Mars boys, North Allegheny girls stay atop Trib 10 basketball power rankings

January 23, 2019

Every Wednesday during the 2018-19 WPIAL basketball season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases Power Rankings during the WPIAL Roundball Report at 6:30 p.m. Then, after the show, we post the Trib 10 online at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the rankings for the week

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WPIAL denies Penn Hills’ appeal, upholds suspension of football coach Jon LeDonne

January 21, 2019

Where there's smoke, there's ire. A mandatory one-game suspension levied against Penn Hills football coach Jon LeDonne remains in place, as does the other discipline the WPIAL handed down last month. The WPIAL board heard an appeal Monday from LeDonne and Penn Hills administrators, but rejected their request to change

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WPIAL boys basketball rankings for week of Jan. 20, 2019

January 19, 2019

Rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Latrobe, 12-2, 1 2. Pine-Richland, 12-2, 3 3. Mt. Lebanon, 13-2, 4 4. Upper St. Clair, 15-1, 2 5. Butler, 11-3, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Mars, 14-1, 1 2. Moon, 14-0, 2 3. Penn Hills, 12-2, 4 4. Woodland Hills, 10-2, 3

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Penn Hills girls bowlers off to fast start in quest for trip to state championships

January 17, 2019

Last season, the Penn Hills girls bowling team finished fourth at the WPIBL championships and seventh at the Western Pennsylvania Regional Championships. At the regional tournament, the girls just missed qualifying for the state championship when they tallied 3,107 pins, just behind Gateway's 3,181. The girls didn't forget about how

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Penn Hills swimmers, relays earn WPIAL qualifying cuts

The Penn Hills swim team has one goal -- have as many swimmers as possible qualify for the WPIAL Class AAA championships, set for Feb. 28-March 1 at Pitt. Three swimmers and two relay teams have qualified thus far this season. Seniors Kimani Gregory and Glenn Hanna, as well as

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Fox Chapel set to host 18th annual Allegheny County wrestling tournament

A native of East Liberty, where wrestling wasn't very prevalent as he grew up, Ron Frank nonetheless made the sport a significant part of his life's work. And even after nearly four decades of coaching at Fox Chapel, Frank still gets a rush from the sight of the medal stand

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Mars boys, North Allegheny girls lead Trib 10 basketball rankings

January 16, 2019

Every Wednesday during the 2018-19 WPIAL basketball season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases Power Rankings during the WPIAL Roundball Report at 6:30 p.m. Then, after the show, we will post the Trib 10 at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the ranking for the week

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No. 4 Penn Hills uses team effort to top rival Woodland Hills in Section 1-5A matchup

January 15, 2019

Players leaving the Penn Hills boys basketball team should exit with a certificate for a skilled trade alongside their diplomas. No team in the WPIAL is better at creating and converting high-percentage shots. While playing for control of Section 1-5A Tuesday night at home, the Indians showed their efficiency doesn't

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High school wrestling notebook: Dolde to get 1st taste of Hempfield-Greensburg Salem rivalry

When Tommy Dolde coached wrestling at Connellsville, the Falcons really didn't have a rivalry match. Mt. Pleasant was the Falcons' rival for a few years when Rob Waller coached the Vikings in the late 1970s, and Uniontown was another rival in the early '80s. Connellsville then left Fayette County and

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