Tag: South Park

WPIAL dominates the top seeds in PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional pairings

February 17, 2019

The PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional pairings were released Sunday, and the WPIAL had nine of the 14 top seeds.

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Oakland Catholic, Penn Hills girls to meet for Section 3-5A championship

February 4, 2019

It's the final Tuesday of the high school basketball regular season, and there are plenty of key WPIAL boys basketball games on the schedule. One of the better games on the slate though is a girls basketball showdown with a section championship up for grabs. Oakland Catholic sits atop Section

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Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week: South Park’s Maura Huwalt

January 27, 2019

Maura Huwalt School: South Park Class: Senior As 2018 came to a close, the South Park girls basketball team was 3-5 overall after back-to-back losses to Gateway and Elizabeth Forward in the Betsy Invitational. What a difference a new year makes. Since the start of January, the Eagles are 7-1

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Kiski Area, Burrell earn top seeds for WPIAL wrestling tournament

January 24, 2019

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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After tough start, South Park girls hitting their stride in Section 2-3A

January 23, 2019

South Park's girls basketball team sits atop the Section 2-3A standings, but the Eagles' record hasn't always been sky-high this season. The team lost six of its first 10 games, including a 41-point loss at the hands of Class 5A No. 1 Chartiers Valley. Not everyone was happy, but coach

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Thomas Jefferson captures 1st Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament team title

January 19, 2019

Thomas Jefferson coach Michael Ladick didn't get hoisted and carried off the mat after the Jaguars claimed their first Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament team title Saturday at Fox Chapel. Ladick didn't need to. He already was flying high. Thomas Jefferson crowned three champions -- Mike Zacur, Alex Weber and Max

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Quaker Valley’s Redinger rallies, TJ’s Serapiglia pulls surprise at Allegheny County tournament

January 18, 2019

It's not often a quarterfinal-round match features two past tournament champions. But that's what happened at the 18th annual Allegheny County Wrestling Championships Friday at Fox Chapel. Quaker Valley sophomore Conner Redinger, the 2018 champion at 106 pounds, battled Penn Hills senior Justin Perkins, the 2017 champion at 126, in

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Class 5A contenders Penn Hills, Oakland Catholic to square off in 3 things to watch Thursday in high school sports

January 9, 2019

Their pasts have been golden, and the present is pretty good, as well. Tradition though won't mean a thing when the ball goes up in a girls basketball clash of top teams in Class 5A Thursday evening. Both Oakland Catholic and Penn Hills are 5-0 atop Section 3-5A. The Eagles,

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High school roundup for Dec. 26, 2018: Belle Vernon tops Southmoreland in OT

December 26, 2018

Mitch Pohlot had 24 points, and Larry Calloway added 21 as Belle Vernon defeated Southmoreland, 84-80, in overtime at the Charleroi tournament Wednesday night. Jake Haney scored 13 points, and Cameron Nusser added 12 for the Leopards (2-6). Riley Comforti scored 28 points to lead Southmoreland (3-5). Ringgold 69, Yough

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PIHL Team of the Week: Plum Mustangs

December 23, 2018

Two seasons ago, the Plum hockey team celebrated the school's second PIHL title. At the end of that season, Plum lost several of its best players. A year later, the Mustangs bowed out of the playoffs in the first round. Fast forward to the start of the 2018-19 season, and

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