Tag: Seneca Valley

Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings for week of Dec. 24, 2018

December 25, 2018

State wrestling rankings Class AAA Team (district), record, previous 1. Bethlehem Catholic (11), 3-0, 1 2. Kiski Area (7), 4-0, 2 3. Cedar Cliff (3), 6-0, 3 4. Cathedral Prep (10), 4-1, 5 5. Bethlehem Liberty (11), 6-0, 6 6. Council Rock South (1), 1-0, 7 7. Seneca Valley (7),

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Serra Catholic, Winchester Thurston girls to face off in Thursday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports

December 20, 2018

Twenty years ago, Bill Cleary guided Serra Catholic to the school's second girls basketball district title and first of three WPIAL Class A championships. The past two years, Winchester Thurston has been the queen of the WPIAL Class A court, winning back-to-back district crowns. Now the two decorated programs are

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Lightweights power Seneca Valley past Butler

December 19, 2018

Behind workmanlike performances from their top-flight grapplers, the No. 4-ranked Seneca Valley wrestling team bested Butler, 49-20, in a Class AAA, Section 3A match Wednesday night. The Raiders' (2-0, 2-0) second section win of the season came on the heels of an impressive second-place showing at the King of the

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Trib HSSN wrestler of the week: Franklin Regional’s Carter Dibert

December 18, 2018

This week's Trib HSSN wrestler of the week is Franklin Regional sophomore Carter Dibert. The Panthers' 106-pounder finished third in the WPIAL last season and is making an early statement this season. The sophomore followed up his impressive championship at the season-opening Eastern Area Invitational Wrestling Tournament by claiming another

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High school wrestling notebook: A call to the Hall for Western Pa. trio

Greensburg Salem graduate Greg Jones, Norwin wrestling coach Vince DeAugustine and former coach Floyd Marshall will be inducted into the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame. This is the PWCA's 50th anniversary. Jones, a 2000 Greensburg Salem grad, was a three-time NCAA Division I champion at West Virginia. He

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Trib HSSN wrestling team of the week: Seneca Valley takes 2nd at KOM

This week's WPIAL wrestling team of the week is Seneca Valley. The Raiders showed the strength of their individual wrestlers at the annual King of the Mountain tournament at Central Mountain High School on Friday and Saturday, with two champions and seven more medalists lifting the Raiders to a second-place

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Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week: Laurel Highlands’ Taylor Smith

December 16, 2018

Taylor Smith School: Laurel Highlands Class: Junior After making the playoffs in the 2015-16 season, the Laurel Highlands girls basketball program has fallen on hard times. The Mustangs finished 2-20 two years ago and then followed that up with a 3-19 record last winter. But the dawn of a new

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Three Franklin Regional wrestlers win at King of the Mountain tournament

December 15, 2018

Franklin Regional had three wrestlers win titles Saturday at the King of the Mountain tournament at Central Mountain High School. Carter Dibert (106 pounds), Colton Camacho (132) and Mason Spears (138) were winners for Franklin Regional. The Panthers finished fifth in the team standings and had five placewinners. Freshman Finn

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State, WPIAL champions highlight Trib 25 football all-star team

December 12, 2018

Another high school football season has come and gone, and 2018 will be memorable for teams and players across Western Pennsylvania. Penn Hills and Aliquippa celebrated PIAA titles in Hershey and shared WPIAL championship glory with Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Steel Valley, South Fayette and Pine-Richland. There were

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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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