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Quaker Valley track team collects medals at indoor state championships
Quaker Valley wrapped up a successful indoor track season at the PTFCA state championships March 2 at Penn State. Cecilia Montagnese led the way with a second-place finish in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9 minutes, 42.25 seconds. “Cecilia’s place was the highest ever (indoors) by a Quaker...
Senior’s 4-medal haul highlights successful WPIAL meet for Quaker Valley swimmers
Thomas Fuener ended his WPIAL swimming career in style. The Quaker Valley senior was a four-time medalist at the WPIAL Class 2A championships Feb. 27-28 at Pitt’s Trees Pool. “WPIALs went well,” Fuener said. “It was a great way to wind down my high school career, and I’m proud of...
Penn-Trafford notebook: Hockey team rallies for quarterfinal win
The Penn-Trafford hockey team sure surprised a lot of teams during the PIHL playoffs in 2024. The Warriors entered the Penguins Cup tournament in Class 2A and proceeded to defeat No. 1 Thomas Jefferson and No. 4 Norwin. This year, the Warriors were seeded fourth in the tournament, and they...
Penn-Trafford pair earns trip to PIAA wrestling championships
HERSHEY — Penn-Trafford sophomore Luke DeSantis and junior Dylan Barrett earned their way to the biggest stage in high school wrestling this season — the PIAA Class 3A tournament in Hershey. It was a split decision for the Penn-Trafford pair on Day 1 of the tournament March 6 at the...
New coach aims to lead Penn Hills softball back to postseason
Michele Stiller was excited to have the opportunity to take over the Penn Hills softball program. Stiller, a 2012 Penn Hills graduate, was confident the pipeline supplying the varsity program was in good shape. “There is a lot of good coaching at the middle school and rec level,” Stiller said....
Penn Hills baseball puts focus on snapping losing skid in Section 1-5A
The bright yellow signs taped on the padded walls behind the batting cages inside the Fralic Center are impossible to miss. In large black letters, the Penn Hills baseball team has a blunt reminder of what they hope to avoid in the future. The signs read 0-22, of the Indians’...
Plum notebook: Mustangs swimmers advance to PIAA championships
Members of the Plum girls swim team fared well at the WPIAL swim championships Feb. 27-28 at Pitt’s Trees Pool and earned berths in five events to the PIAA championships at Bucknell University. The Class 3A state meet starts Friday morning and concludes Saturday evening. The girls 200-yard medley relay...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 8, 2025
High schools Basketball PIAA playoffs Boys Class 6A First round Saturday’s results Scranton 50, Cheltenham 45 Coatesville 63, Allen 44 Cumberland Valley 51, New Castle 49 Parkland 60, Downingtown West 43 Father Judge 71, Garnet Valley 52 Hazleton 60, Northampton 41 Imhotep 62, CB East 46 McDowell 72, Central Catholic...
Central Valley’s Boni takes 2nd in down year for WPIAL Class 2A
HERSHEY — Class 2A wrestlers from the WPIAL did not have a good weekend at the PIAA wrestling championships, which concluded Saturday. Only 10 wrestlers, no champion, earned medals at the Giant Center on Saturday. The WPIAL had one finalist, Central Valley junior Antonio Boni, who lost to Faith Christian...
Driven by WPIAL finals loss, Aliquippa dominates in PIAA 1st-round win
Aliquippa had an entire week to fix what went wrong in the WPIAL finals, which was bad news for Westmont Hilltop. The same mistakes weren’t made twice. “We came out today and did all the little things that we didn’t do that made us lose,” said junior Josh Pratt after...
Canon-McMillan’s Solomon is WPIAL’s only girls wrestling state champ
HERSHEY — When the PIAA held its first girls wrestling championships last March, one WPIAL wrestler won a gold medal. It was Valarie Solorio of Canon-McMillan. On Saturday, at the second PIAA girls wrestling championships, the story was mostly the same. Except, this time, standing atop the medal stand was...
Belle Vernon’s Elijah Brown beats Kiski Area’s Cooper Roscosky for school’s 1st state title
HERSHEY — Belle Vernon’s wrestling program finally has a state champion. On the school’s sixth try, junior Elijah Brown achieved what five others previously had attempted. Brown defeated Westmoreland County rival Cooper Roscosky of Kiski Area, 4-3, in the Class 3A 215-pound final Saturday at Giant Center. Roscosky scored a...
High school roundup for March 8, 2025: Clairton’s Iyanna Wade ends career 2nd on WPIAL all-time scoring list
Iyanna Wade scored 24 points to finish her career second on the WPIAL’s all-time girls basketball scoring list as Clairton lost 61-46 to St. Joseph Academy in the first round of the PIAA Class A playoffs Saturday. Wade finished with 3,119 points, passing Monessen’s Charel Allen (3,110). Monessen’s Gina Naccarato...
St. Joseph girls fall to Farrell in PIAA tourney after refs clear gym in 4th quarter
FARRELL — With 4 minutes, 31 seconds left in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s PIAA Class A girls basketball game between District 10 champion Farrell and WPIAL No. 5 seed St. Joseph, game referees, in response to what they deemed excessive abusive language and yelling from some spectators, cleared the...
Upper St. Clair attacks York William Penn inside and outside in PIAA 1st-round win
Against the Upper St. Clair boys basketball team’s offense, opponents are forced to pick their poison. They can play zone in an effort to shut down the Panthers’ big men inside, or they can go man to man to defend their talented guards. On Saturday in a PIAA Class 6A...
Kymon’e Brown’s ‘flu game’ lifts Jeannette boys past Mercyhurst Prep in PIAA 1st round
Jeannette point guard Kymon’e Brown missed a morning walkthrough Saturday with flu-like symptoms. His stomach hurt, and he was sluggish. While Brown was told to drink a lot of fluids, the junior settled for a steady dose of free throws to help the Jayhawks stay ahead and post a win...
Sites, times set for Tuesday’s PIAA 2nd-round basketball games
The second round of the PIAA boys 5A, boys 4A, boys A, girls 6A, girls 3A and girls 2A is set for Tuesday. Well, nearly set. The PIAA is expected to make a decision Saturday about the brawl that ended the Meadville vs. Uniontown boys 5A first-round game with over...
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Penn-Trafford’s Aiden Drotos, GCC’s Erica Gribble
The Westmoreland County Athletes of the Week is presented by Smail Kia. Look for the tags and look for the savings at Smail Kia in Greensburg. Aiden Drotos School: Penn-Trafford Class: Sophomore Sport: Hockey Claim to fame: In the PIHL Class 2A Penguins Cup quarterfinals Monday, Drotos netted two goals...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Jeannette’s Kymon’e Brown draws 1st offer
Jeannette football standout Kymon’e Brown is expected to see increased college recruiting attention as the clock ticks toward his senior season. Brown, a quarterback and defensive back, received his first NCAA Division I offer last week as Navy reached out. The TribLive Westmoreland Player of the Year last fall helped...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 8, 2025: Upper St. Clair boys hoping for another memorable PIAA win
Four years ago, it was one of the stories of the year, maybe even the decade. The Upper St. Clair boys basketball team had just defeated Pine-Richland to win the 2021 WPIAL Class 6A championship in an “open” tournament in which all district teams were invited to participate because of...
Fight halts Uniontown vs. Meadville boys basketball game in PIAA playoffsVideo
Officials cut short a state playoff game between the Uniontown and Meadville boys basketball teams Friday night after a fight in the stands spread onto the court. Host Meadville led 63-55 with 3:12 left in the fourth quarter when the Class 5A first-round game was halted. Uniontown athletic director Harry...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 7, 2025
High schools Basketball PIAA playoffs Boys Class 6A First round Saturday’s schedule Mechanicsburg (20-3) at Conestoga (21-5), 3 p.m.; Hazleton (12-12) at Northampton (19-9), 1 p.m.; Spring-Ford (20-7) at Central Dauphin (20-5), 7 p.m.; Garnet Valley (19-7) at Father Judge (19-7), 2:30 p.m.; Imhotep (23-5) vs. CB East (15-11) at...
High school roundup for March 8, 2025: Latrobe, Aquinas Academy make big comebacks in PIAA 1st round
Ian DeCerb scored 25 points to lead Latrobe to a 64-58 comeback victory over District 3 runner-up Exeter Township in a PIAA Class 5A boys basketball first-round matchup Friday night. Max Butler added 13 points for the Wildcats (21-6), who trailed by 11 points after three quarters before outscoring Exeter...
Montour takes care of business in PIAA 1st round, sets up rematch with Chartiers Valley
The only trap Friday night was the defense Montour sprung on its opponent. Montour’s Kaleb Platz scored 28 points, and three teammates scored in double figures as the Spartans opened the state playoffs with a 68-49 victory over visiting Milton Hershey in PIAA Class 5A. Clearly, this was no trap...
Upper St. Clair girls carry momentum from WPIAL title win into PIAA 1st round
The Manheim Township girls basketball team’s bus made a pit stop on its four-hour journey from Lancaster to Upper St. Clair for a PIAA Class 6A first-round playoff game Friday. The team stopped at an arcade for some afternoon fun before arriving an hour before tip-off. It didn’t take long...
