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Trib WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Feb. 1, 2020
WPIAL rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Fox Chapel, 19-0, 1 2. Butler, 15-4, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 15-4, 3 4. Upper St. Clair, 17-3, 5 5. Pine-Richland, 13-6, 4 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 15-4, 1 2. Penn Hills, 15-4, 2 3. Mars, 14-4, 3 4. McKeesport,...
WPIAL releases football schedules for 2020 season
The loudest complaints from WPIAL football teams were about travel and blowouts. So the WPIAL released schedules Thursday for the 2020 and ‘21 seasons tailored specifically to address those concerns, WPIAL associate executive director Amy Scheuneman said. The schedules differ from years past because the WPIAL handpicked most nonconference opponents...
Central Valley trio announces 1st FBS offers from same MAC schoolVideo
Central Valley teammates Ameer Dudley, Stephon Hall and Myles Walker celebrated a WPIAL football championship last fall at Heinz Field. Now, one college wants to keep them together. The juniors announced offers Tuesday from Central Michigan, giving them their first Division I FBS options. Dudley, the team’s quarterback, earlier announced...
Gateway wideout Chamor Price adds 9th FBS offer this month
Gateway wideout Chamor Price had a breakout season last year and college coaches have taken notice. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound junior announced nine Division I FBS offers this month including his first Power 5 offer from Syracuse. He added Central Michigan on Wednesday to a list that already had Akron, Ball...
PIAA rejects Quaker Valley wrestler Hunter Robison’s request to compete in postseason
Quaker Valley transfer Hunter Robison’s hopes to wrestle this season were dashed by the PIAA. The WPIAL previously ruled the state-ranked sophomore ineligible for the postseason and the PIAA agreed with that decision Tuesday, leaving him unable to compete in team or individual tournaments this winter. The WPIAL Class 2A...
Butler clinches 1st boys basketball section title since 1992
Basketball coach Matt Clement was a junior on the team’s roster the last time Butler won a section title, but he watched Tuesday night as that 28-year wait finally ended. Clement, his players and the school’s large student section all celebrated as Ethan Morton made two free throws with 5.6...
Two-way Gateway football standout Tui Brown commits to UConnVideo
Gateway senior Tui Brown, a two-way standout for the WPIAL champion, committed Sunday to UConn. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound linebacker and tight end caught a team-best 45 passes for 587 yards and nine touchdowns. He also had 45 tackles, three sacks, an interception and a fumble recovery for a Gateway team...
Thomas Jefferson’s Shane Stump commits to DuquesneVideo
Thomas Jefferson’s Shane Stump, who led the Jaguars to undefeated WPIAL and PIAA football titles, committed Monday to Duquesne. Stump announced his decision on Twitter. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound senior was a two-way standout at quarterback and defensive back. Stump passed for 2,664 yards and 36 touchdowns, and rushed for 546...
Colgate football adds another recruit from Mt. LebanonVideo
Mt. Lebanon senior Evan Jones, an all-conference running back for the Blue Devils, announced his commitment Sunday to Colgate. Jones is the second Mt. Lebanon recruit in three years to pick the Raiders. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound senior led the Blue Devils with 17 touchdowns while playing various positions last fall,...
PIAA considers significant change for football heat acclimatization weekVideo
Heat acclimatization week might become a little more eventful for PIAA football teams. After finishing five days of mandatory heat acclimation, two schools could join together on that Saturday for a non-contact scrimmage, according to a football steering committee idea discussed this week by the PIAA board. “They can go...
Trib WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 25, 2020
WPIAL rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Norwin, 13-2, 2 2. Bethel Park, 14-1, 1 3. North Allegheny, 13-3, 3 4. Mt. Lebanon, 14-3, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 9-5, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 17-0, 1 2. Woodland Hills, 15-2, 2 3. Trinity, 13-2, 3 4....
Trib WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 25, 2020
WPIAL rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Fox Chapel, 17-0, 1 2. Butler, 13-4, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 13-4, 3 4. Pine-Richland, 11-5, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 14-3, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 12-4, 2 2. Penn Hills, 12-4, 1 3. Mars, 12-3, 4 4. Shaler,...
Former WPIAL star recruits Montour lineman George Padezanin to LehighVideo
Montour lineman George Padezanin committed Saturday to Lehigh, recruited to the Patriot League school by a former WPIAL football standout. Lehigh’s recruiting coordinator is Anthony DiMichele, a 2007 Sto-Rox graduate. Padezanin, a 6-foot-4, 285-pound tackle, earned all-conference honors on both sides of the football this past fall. He listed more...
WPIAL, Philadelphia-area football teams separated under PIAA playoff proposalVideo
MECHANICSBURG — The PIAA might move Pittsburgh and Philadelphia a little farther apart. Football teams from the WPIAL and the powerful Philadelphia Catholic League won’t share the same side of the state playoff brackets anymore — if the PIAA approves tentative brackets revealed Wednesday for the 2020 and ’21 football...
Aliquippa drops PIAA appeal, accepts promotion to Class 4A football
MECHANICSBURG — Aliquippa accepted its football team’s fate Wednesday and the school ended efforts to stay in Class 3A. School administrators were scheduled to appear before the PIAA board and argue their appeal, but instead they cancelled that hearing on the advice of Aliquippa’s school board, said athletic director Brandon...
Quaker Valley transfer Hunter Robison remains ineligible to wrestle this season
Quaker Valley wrestler Hunter Robison, a talented midseason transfer from General McLane, might not suit up for the Quakers this season. The WPIAL denied Robison’s request for a postseason waiver at a hearing Monday in Green Tree, leaving him ineligible for the upcoming team and individual tournaments. PIAA rules also...
WPIAL rules GCC transfers Bailey Kuhns, Mark Mizerak ineligible
The WPIAL ruled a pair of Greensburg Central Catholic transfers ineligible Monday. The board declared girls basketball player Bailey Kuhns and football player Mark Mizerak both ineligible based on transfer paperwork submitted by the schools, WPIAL executive director Tim O’Malley said. Their previous schools flagged the transfers as possibly motivated...
WPIAL will address Propel Andrew Street’s allegations of racial slurs by Leechburg in boys basketball game
The WPIAL board voted Monday to call in school administrators and boys basketball coaches from Propel Andrew Street and Leechburg to address allegations of racial slurs. A date has not been scheduled. The section basketball game between the two schools was cut short in the final minute Friday after Propel...
WPIAL reveals football conference alignment for 2020, 2021 seasons
The WPIAL has witnessed a decline in football attendance, so it took steps Monday to address those concerns. The board approved an updated conference alignment that keeps the six classification format preferred by 70% of schools, but also attempted to quiet complaints about unwanted travel. To make that happen, the...
East Allegheny wide receiver Tyler Padezan commits to DuquesneVideo
East Allegheny’s Tyler Padezan, who earned all-conference honors at wide receiver and defensive back, committed Sunday to Duquesne. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound senior led East Allegheny with 33 catches for 721 yards and 11 touchdowns. He also listed Division I FCS offers from Albany, Morgan State, St. Francis (Pa.), Rhode Island...
Big 33 sees 3 alumni reach Super Bowl, extends streak to 54 years
The Big 33 Football Classic’s Super Bowl streak continues with help from a former WPIAL athlete. All 54 Super Bowl matchups have included at least one former player from the high school football all-star game, a streak that San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Kevin Givens and kicker Robbie Gould, and...
Trib WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 18, 2020
WPIAL rankings Girls basketball Class 6A 1. Bethel Park, 13-0, 1 2. Norwin, 11-2, 2 3. North Allegheny, 11-3, 3 4. Mt. Lebanon, 12-3, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 9-4, NR Out: Baldwin (10-5, 5) Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 15-0, 1 2. Woodland Hills, 13-2, 2 3. Trinity, 11-2,...
Trib WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 18, 2020
WPIAL rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Fox Chapel, 15-0, 1 2. Butler, *10-4, 2 3. Mt. Lebanon, 11-4, 3 4. Pine-Richland, *9-4, 4 5. Upper St. Clair, 13-2, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Penn Hills, *11-2, 1 2. Chartiers Valley, 10-4, 4 3. Shaler, 11-4, 2 4. Mars,...
Important questions remain as WPIAL football realignment process continues
The WPIAL has already requested a weekend at Heinz Field for the football finals, but it’s too early to say which classifications will play their championships at the North Shore stadium. That’s because this is a realignment year for the PIAA, a resorting of teams that occurs across the state...
Woodland Hills basketball showcase draws teams from 7 states for anti-violence event
High school basketball teams from seven states are headed to Woodland Hills this weekend for the Martin Luther King Weekend Stand Against Violence Showcase, a four-day event that features 41 boys and girls varsity games. The showcase starts Friday. In the field are two teams that are ranked nationally. The...
