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Sean Snead’s 3-pointers lead Obama past Penn Hills in PIAA 1st roundVideo
A first-half shot can’t be called a game-winner, especially one that only ties the score, but the energy from Sean Snead’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer was felt long after halftime. “I was electrified,” said Snead, who scored a game-high 25 points with five 3s to lead City League champion Obama Academy past...
WPIAL accepts apology, reduces suspension for Mars’ Michael Carmody
The WPIAL accepted senior Michael Carmody’s apology and reduced his suspension to one game, Mars athletic director Scott Heinauer said Thursday. Carmody initially was suspended two games for unsportsmanlike actions in the WPIAL Class 5A basketball championship last weekend. He attended an appeal hearing Wednesday in Green Tree, and the...
Mars’ Michael Carmody ‘remorseful, apologetic’ for WPIAL championship actions
Michael Carmody came to Green Tree on Wednesday asking for his two-game suspension to be reduced, but first he was there to apologize, said his father, Mars basketball coach Rob Carmody. “Michael has apologized to his teammates. He has apologized to me as his coach. He has apologized to his...
Mars’ Michael Carmody faces 2-game suspension for WPIAL championship actionsVideo
Mars senior Michael Carmody, one of Western Pennsylvania’s top athletes, faces a possible two-game WPIAL suspension for his actions in the Class 5A boys basketball championship. The WPIAL scheduled a hearing for Wednesday. The 6-foot-6, 290-pound Notre Dame football recruit was called for an intentional foul in the third quarter...
3 WPIAL track athletes win state titles at PTFCA indoor championship
Indiana senior Kendall Branan was one of three WPIAL track athletes who won state titles Sunday at the PTFCA indoor championship at Penn State. North Allegheny’s Casey Burton (girls long jump) and Shaler’s Cam Mbalo (boys triple jump) also won gold at PSU’s multisport indoor facility. Branan, a Pitt recruit,...
PIAA girls basketball sites, times for 1st-round games
The PIAA announced sites and times for first-round playoff basketball games. Here’s a list of games involving WPIAL and City League girls teams. Class 6A Friday’s games 7-1 North Allegheny (22-3) vs. 3-6 Manheim Township (19-8) at Sewickley Academy, 6 p.m. 7-2 Bethel Park (21-3) vs. 3-5 Governor Mifflin (22-5)...
PIAA announces boys basketball sites, times for 1st-round games
The PIAA announced sites and times for first-round playoff basketball games. Here’s a list of games involving WPIAL and City League boys teams. Class 6A Saturday’s games 7-1 Butler (20-4) VS. 3-5 Central Dauphin (22-6) at North Allegheny, 2:30 p.m. 7-2 Mt. Lebanon (18-7) vs. 3-4 Cedar Crest (23-5) at...
Butler tops Mt. Lebanon for WPIAL Class 6A title, team’s 1st since 1991
Ethan Morton waited four years for this celebration, but he had tears in his eyes knowing that his coach and his hometown had waited far longer. “It’s even better than I’d imagined,” said Morton, who had 20 points, 14 rebounds and five assists Saturday night as No. 1 seed Butler...
Butler, Mt. Lebanon are familiar foes in WPIAL Class 6A championship rematch
Butler was in the locker room getting ready for its semifinal at Robert Morris’ new arena, but senior Ethan Morton tried to catch a little of Mt. Lebanon’s game ahead of theirs. “I was peeking in and out,” he said. Likewise, after Mt. Lebanon defeated Central Catholic, the Blue Devils...
Star freshman Rodney Gallagher leads Laurel Highlands past Mars in WPIAL Class 5A thrillerVideo
There are 131,504 residents in Fayette County, and Rodney Gallagher might’ve hugged them all Friday night. But first, the Laurel Highlands freshman needed to draw a foul and make two free throws with 4.8 seconds left to defeat two-time defending champion Mars, 52-51, in the WPIAL Class 5A final at...
Mars’ Carmody, Laurel Highlands’ Gallagher share spotlight in WPIAL 5A final
One is a 290-pound senior signed to play football at Notre Dame. The other is a 150-pound freshman with Division I basketball offers. Mars’ Michael Carmody and Laurel Highlands’ Rodney Gallagher are much different athletes, but they have this in common: Both stepped into the bright spotlight this season and...
North Catholic upends two-time defending champ Lincoln Park in Class 3A title game
Isaac DeGregorio sensed that the run was coming. North Catholic hadn’t led since the opening minutes, but scored 13 consecutive second-half points Thursday night to defeat top-seeded Lincoln Park, 65-56, in the WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball championship at Petersen Events Center. A four-point deficit suddenly became a nine-point lead,...
North Catholic seeks better shooting night in championship rematch with Lincoln Park
Nearly a year after the loss, North Catholic coach Dave DeGregorio forced himself to watch the video of his team’s WPIAL championship. Some parts were worse than he’d remembered. The Trojans had a dismal shooting night and lost 62-50 to Lincoln Park in the WPIAL Class 3A finals. DeGregorio watched...
Butler rallies past USC in overtime, earns return trip to WPIAL finals
Doubt crept into Ethan Morton’s mind for a moment Wednesday night as Butler trailed by five with less than a minute left. But it didn’t linger. “I caught myself just for a half second thinking, ‘Oh crap, down five with not much time left,’” Morton said. “But I knew better....
Mars’ Michael Carmody flexes muscles against Chartiers Valley, returns to WPIAL finalsVideo
Michael Carmody has already won two WPIAL basketball championships and contributed to both, but the Mars senior wasn’t responsible for leading the Planets to Petersen Events Center either time. It’s a far different story this year. Carmody’s romp through the WPIAL playoffs continued Tuesday night with 27 points and 22...
Baldwin assistant hired as Bishop Canevin’s 4th football coach in 4 years
Bishop Canevin has hired former Baldwin assistant Richard Johnson as football coach, the school announced Tuesday. He becomes the Crusaders’ fourth coach in four years. Johnson spent the past two seasons at Baldwin, where he worked as a varsity assistant and middle school head coach. He was chosen from among...
Lincoln Park earns 5th straight trip to WPIAL finals with whistle-heavy win over AliquippaVideo
Nobody wanted 56 fouls called, but nobody was too surprised, either. “Aliquippa and Lincoln Park is physical. That’s the way it is,” Lincoln Park coach Mike Bariski said. “One game three years ago, we had 62 fouls. Nobody’s backing down. It’s two tough communities, Midland and Aliquippa. Everybody comes to...
WPIAL announces sites, times for basketball semifinals
The UPMC Events Center at Robert Morris will host a WPIAL basketball playoff doubleheader Wednesday. The WPIAL will take both Class 6A boys semifinals to RMU’s new arena. Central Catholic plays Mt. Lebanon at 6:30 p.m., and Butler faces Upper St. Clair at 8 p.m. Semifinal sites and times were...
Mt. Lebanon’s Patrick Anderson among nation’s best after TSTCA Indoor Championship
Mt. Lebanon senior Patrick Anderson ran one of the fastest 3,000-meter times in the nation this season at the TSTCA Indoor Championship Saturday at Edinboro. The North Carolina recruit finished in 8 minutes, 39.15 seconds, which ranked him ninth-best nationally this winter and first in Pennsylvania, according to Milesplit.com statistics....
Strong 2nd half carries Upper St. Clair past Pine-Richland, into semifinals
Maybe it is the team’s gritty style. Maybe it is coaching adjustments, or maybe it is just the names on the roster. Whatever the reason, Upper St. Clair often is better after halftime than before, a trait that let the fourth-seeded Panthers regroup and defeat No. 5 Pine-Richland, 62-59, on...
Laurel Highlands scores with 3.5 seconds left, stuns No. 1 Penn Hills in WPIAL quarterfinalsVideo
Laurel Highlands coach Rick Hauger called for a timeout, but the crowd was still raucous from Penn Hills’ game-tying 3-pointer. “Thank goodness they didn’t hear me,” Hauger said. Laurel Highlands fought through the trap that had Hauger worried, and senior Keandre Cook banked in a game-winning runner with 3.5 seconds...
South Allegheny uses buzzer-beater to defeat Beaver Falls, reach WPIAL semifinalsVideo
Bryce Epps wasn’t having his best shooting night, but suddenly a loose ball was at his feet. With the clock ticking down, the South Allegheny freshman scooped up the offensive rebound and scored at the buzzer as No. 3 seed South Allegheny defeated No. 6 Beaver Falls, 60-58, Thursday night...
West Allegheny hires Dave Schoppe as football coach
West Allegheny looked to its past to find its future head football coach. The school board Wednesday hired Dave Schoppe, a 1988 West Allegheny graduate who’s coached 27 years as an assistant as various schools, said athletic director Dave McBain. Schoppe, 49, was a volunteer assistant at West A last...
Sheldon Cox leads New Castle to WPIAL 1st-round win against Mt. PleasantVideo
If he could’ve changed anything, Mt. Pleasant coach Allan Bilinskyh would’ve picked a gym with tighter rims. He figured that might’ve been his team’s best strategy to slow down New Castle’s shooters Wednesday night. Sheldon Cox scored 29 points and tied a school record with nine 3-pointers as the seventh-seeded...
22 WPIAL football players selected for PSFCA East-West Game
Two WPIAL quarterbacks, Seneca Valley’s Gabe Lawson and Baldwin’s Mason Stahl, were chosen to lead the West all-stars in the PSFCA East-West Game on Memorial Day weekend. They were among 22 WPIAL players selected for the annual all-star event run by the state coaches association. Rosters were announced Wednesday. The...
