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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 7, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 50, Fox Chapel 43 New Castle 72, North Allegheny 52 Pine-Richland 64, Seneca Valley 34 Woodland Hills 59, North Hills 34 Section 2 Canon-McMillan 61, Connellsville 59 Hempfield 49, Norwin 32 Upper St. Clair 41, Mt. Lebanon 31 Class...
High school roundup for Feb. 7, 2025: Woodland Hills scoops up playoff spot in section finale
Scoop Smith and Donshae Mosley scored 14 points apiece to lead Woodland Hills to a 59-34 victory over North Hills in Section 1-6A boys basketball Friday night. Calvin Barksdale added 10 points for the Wolverines (11-11, 6-8), who avenged a 26-point loss from earlier this season and clinched a playoff...
Peters Township ends Bethel Park’s playoff hopes
The mission for the Bethel Park boys basketball team was clear. To qualify for the WPIAL postseason in Section 3-5A, they needed to win at home over Peters Township on the final night of section play and have Thomas Jefferson lose to section champion Baldwin. The Highlanders helped with a...
Top-ranked Montour closes out section schedule with win over scrappy Moon
Montour held off a Moon comeback at home Friday night, closing out its Section 4-5A schedule with a satisfying 60-50 win. “We’re trying to go as far as we can, and we’re trying to win everything this year,” Montour center Ama Sow said. “That’s the goal. That’s the mindset.” The...
WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball playoff field finalized with 84 teams
The WPIAL girls basketball regular season is nearly in the books and the district playoff field has been finalized with 84 teams punching their ticket to ride into the district playoffs. A change in the playoff format this season has sections with eight or more teams sending the top five...
Hempfield boys earn satisfying victory over Norwin in regular-season finale
As Max Williams and his senior teammates left the floor with just over a minute to play Friday night, Hempfield interim boys basketball coach Mark Katarski told them to “take your time.” He wanted them to absorb the moment as they checked out of their final game as Spartans —...
WPIAL clinched: Boys basketball playoff field set with 85 teams
The stretch run is over and the WPIAL boys basketball playoff field is set with 85 district teams set to begin the Path to the Pete. A change in the playoff format this season has sections with eight or more teams sending the top five teams to the playoffs while...
Jeannette boys make memories in win over Clairton
It was a special moment Friday on senior night for one Jeannette boys basketball player. Oh, how Casen Clary knows it. He scored the first points of his high school career for the second-ranked Jayhawks in the final minute of their 60-45 WPIAL Section 1-2A victory over visiting Clairton moments...
Connellsville looks sharp, Franklin Regional falls in PIAA Class 3A wrestling quarterfinals
ALTOONA — Franklin Regional saw its dream of winning a PIAA Class 3A wrestling championship slip away Friday. District 11 runner-up Nazareth rallied from an early deficit, won a couple of 50/50 matches and defeated the WPIAL champions 32-29 at Altoona Area High School Field House. The Panthers (18-1) drop...
Kiski Area boys down Penn Hills for 1st section title since 2012-13
Kiski Area boys basketball’s section-championship drought is over. The Cavaliers captured the outright Section 2-5A championship Friday night, their first section title since 2012-13, with a 68-61 victory at Penn Hills. “It means so much that we worked so hard for this,” said Kiski Area coach Corey Smith, who won...
North Catholic boys win section crown by beating Deer Lakes
Beating Deer Lakes on the road to wrap up sole possession of the Section 1-4A boys basketball title came from a foundation North Catholic built in early December. The Trojans lost their first three games, two by 15 or more points. But the lessons North Catholic learned from losing to...
Burrell falls to Faith Christian in state quarterfinals; Bertucci reaches milestone
ALTOONA — Any team hoping to knock off one of the top squads in the country better bring its A-plus game to the mat. Burrell, the WPIAL Class 2A champion, wrestled well Friday against Faith Christian Academy but was unable to keep pace with the talented Lions from Quakertown and...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 6, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Class 6A Section 2 Imani Christian 76, Central Catholic 74 (OT) Class 2A Section 2 Northgate 76, Brentwood 54 Section 4 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 54, South Side 26 Southwestern Christian Athletic Conference Cheswick Christian Academy 73, Western PA School for the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 7, 2025: Every section title and playoff-clinching scenario in boys basketball
For some WPIAL boys basketball teams on this final night of section play, it’s kind of like dancing the hokey pokey. If you win, you are in, and if you lose, you are out. That’s what Friday is all about. Section championships and some District 7 postseason berths are still...
High school roundup for Feb. 6, 2025: North Catholic, Oakland Catholic share section title
Sam Weir scored 12 points as North Catholic clinched a share of the Section 1-4A girls basketball title with a 75-23 victory over Derry on Thursday night. Harmony Jones added 11 and Brady Wehner finished with 10 for North Catholic (19-3, 13-1). Jane Huss scored eight points to lead Derry...
WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball playoff field nearly set with 83 teams
With the exception of a couple of more section games, the 2025 WPIAL girls basketball regular season is nearly in the books with 83 teams punching their ticket to ride into the district playoffs. There could be one more addition to the Class 3A field depending on the outcome of...
Penn-Trafford girls leave no doubt in rout of Indiana
Senior forward Lauren Marton not only made the first 3-pointer for the undefeated Penn-Trafford girls basketball team in a ramped-up Section 2-5A girls basketball finale, but she also was the first to climb the ladder to cut off a piece of the net on a special Thursday night in Harrison...
Belle Vernon coach Joe Salvino, 2nd on all-time WPIAL boys basketball wins list, to retire
Belle Vernon boys basketball coach Joe Salvino, the second-winningest coach in WPIAL history with 741 victories, is walking away. Salvino announced Thursday that this season will be his last on the sideline, and he will retire when the Leopards’ playoff run comes to an end. He has a career record...
PIAA to follow Trump’s order barring transgender athletes from girls sports
The PIAA, which has allowed transgender high school athletes to compete in its state championships, will heed a presidential executive order barring them from women’s and girls sports. “We are tracking and assessing the law as it evolves and encourage all member schools to do the same,” PIAA executive director...
‘Something I needed to do’: Knoch football coach Tim Burchett resigns
Tim Burchett has resigned as coach of the Knoch football team, and he said the decision was not an easy one but one that was the best for him moving forward. “It was a combination of a lot of things,” said Burchett who is a teacher in the school district....
Westmoreland County boys basketball notebook: WPIAL playoff field nearly set
The local boys basketball playoff field is just about set. The WPIAL will meet Monday and announce playoff seedings and opening matchups. The tournaments could start as early as Feb. 13, the league said. Qualifiers from Westmoreland County are: Norwin (10-10, 6-7) in 6A; Latrobe (17-4, 9-4), Penn-Trafford (12-9, 7-6),...
Goals still in sight for reloaded Fox Chapel boys roster as playoffs approach
Fox Chapel coach Zach Skrinjar isn’t worried about the classification the Foxes fall under when the PIAA realigns their boys basketball divisions every two years. The Foxes plan to adjust and contend. When Fox Chapel returned to Class 6A this season, the Foxes stuck to the plan. Fox Chapel has...
Playoff-bound Norwin boys can talk the talk under first-year coach, alum Auld
At 26, Cam Auld is one of the WPIAL’s younger coaches, but he admits to having an old-school side. “I dabble in a bit of old and new,” he said. Norwin’s first-year boys basketball leader and Knights alum is all about his players talking and understanding rather than the alternative:...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 5, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 72, Albert Gallatin 39 Class 2A Section 3 Fort Cherry 73, Mapletown 12 Nonsection California 53, Carmichaels 35 Armstrong 53, Freeport 36 Penn-Trafford 63, Trinity 60 Seton LaSalle 66, Sto-Rox 43 Thursday’s schedule Class 6A Section 2 Central...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 6, 2025: Playoff scenarios for girls basketball section hopefuls and bubble teams
Thursday marks the final busy night of WPIAL girls basketball section play with some titles and postseason berths still up for grabs. The section titles in Sections 3 and 4 in Class 5A were decided Monday and the Section 1 title will be decided on Friday. That leaves first place...
