Tag: Woodland Hills

5 players to watch in the opening round of the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs

February 15, 2019

The five-day forecast calls for cold weather across Western Pennsylvania, but here are five WPIAL boys basketball players worth braving the wind chill to watch. All five are in action during the first round of the WPIAL playoffs. Keandre Bowles, Woodland Hills, senior Bowles was the WPIAL's leading scorer in

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5 players to watch in the opening round of the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs

The five-day forecast calls for cold weather across Western Pennsylvania, but here are five WPIAL boys basketball players worth braving the wind chill to watch.

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Waynesburg’s Phillips defends WPIAL rifle title

February 14, 2019

There was a feeling of dandamp;#233;jandamp;#224; vu in the Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen's Club on Thursday afternoon. Name after name was called and 15 medals were handed out at the 22nd annual WPIAL individual rifle championships. In the corner of the range, a teammate fixed the hair of defending champion Selena

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5 things to watch in the opening round of the WPIAL girls basketball playoffs

February 13, 2019

The 2019 WPIAL girls basketball playoffs opening round is an extended one. It begins Friday and continues through Wednesday. There are opening-round games in five of the six classes, with the exception being Class 6A. Only eight teams qualified, so they all go straight to the quarterfinals. Here are five

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WPIAL committees to determine basketball, wrestling matchups Tuesday

February 11, 2019

If the WPIAL football playoff brackets unveil is like Christmas for high school fans, then the basketball tournament release is like Easter. Coaches, players, fans and the media's thoughts and guesses to what the district basketball brackets will look like will become reality Tuesday evening. The WPIAL will gather coaches

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Penn-Trafford girls set up win-and-in finale by defeating Woodland Hills

February 6, 2019

As a 13-point lead dimmed to eight with about a minute to play, Penn-Trafford girls basketball coach John Giannikas mouthed two words to his players. Calm down. Woodland Hills was charging back Wednesday night, and the Warriors were lacking a deflector shield as they attempted to run off some clock.

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Woodland Hills, Plum boys to play game in Cleveland Cavaliers’ arena

Pittsburgh may not have an NBA franchise, but that won't stop a pair of WPIAL teams from getting an opportunity to play in a professional arena. Woodland Hills and Plum will meet in a nonsection game at 3 p.m. Monday at Quicken Loans Arena, home to the Cleveland Cavaliers. After

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Western Pa.’s top 10 football prospects for the Class of 2020

1. Michael Carmody Mars 6-5, 290, offensive tackle Carmody is in the midst of basketball season for top-ranked Mars, but his college future is on the offensive line. Rivals ranks Carmody as a four-star recruit and the 29th-best offensive tackle nationally. He is rated second overall among Pennsylvania recruits. Nearly

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WPIAL football players sign with Division I FBS programs

Class of 2019 Twenty-one senior football players from the WPIAL accepted scholarships from Division I FBS schools. Three signed letters of intent Wednesday: Division I FBS Tyler Brennan, North Hills, WR/RB, Army* Dante Cephas, Penn Hills, WR, Kent State* Mike Coleman, Woodland Hills, DB, Toledo* M.J. Devonshire, Aliquippa, DB, Kentucky

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McKeesport avenges loss to Woodland Hills in Section 1-5A

February 2, 2019

During practice all week, the McKeesport scoreboard showed the score of the Tigers' five-point loss at Woodland Hills from Jan. 8. On Saturday, the Tigers used that motivation to return the favor with a 77-73 upset victory over Woodland Hills in Section 1-5A action at Neenie Campball Gym. andquot;It was

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