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Sports luminaries highlight long-awaited West Jefferson Hills Hall of Fame inductions
West Jefferson Hills announced it was starting the Hall of Fame program during the 2019-20 school year, but the first class never was recognized due to the covid-19 pandemic. The district relaunched its program last fall and re-opened the nomination process. On March 4, WJHSD inducted the members into the...
Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode remains 2nd to none in WPIAL gymnastics
Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode has made an indelible imprint on WPIAL gymnastics. Rexrode won her second consecutive all-around title in the advanced division at the WPIAL championships Feb. 11 at Moon. By doing so, the 16-year-old sophomore held firm as the WPIAL’s top gymnast. “Abby had a strong all-around performance. She...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 25, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Saturday’s results Nonsection North Hills 6, St. Joseph (NJ) 5 Pennsbury 9, Baldwin 5 Pickerington (OH) 16, North Hills 6 Upper Arlington (OH) 4, Latrobe 3 Blackhawk at Albert Gallatin, (n) Uniontown at Morgantown (WV), (n) Basketball PIAA playoffs Championships Boys Class 6A Saturday’s result Reading...
High school roundup for March 25, 2023: Latrobe softball off to sizzling start
Lauren Weatherton doubled twice and drove in three runs and Sydney DeGram had four hits, including a double, as Latrobe continued its hot start to the season with an 8-3 win over Belle Vernon at the MVI First Pitch softball showcase Saturday. Macie McHugh doubled twice and drove in a...
Freeport girls coach goes out with a win as West sweeps East at Cager Classic
Melaina DeZort’s favorite spot on the basketball court to shoot is the corners. In the second half of the Cager Classic, she found her happy place and started hitting to help Team West overcome a double-digit deficit. DeZort, a senior at Freeport, had 11 of her game-high 14 points in...
Ohio State recruits beat Penn State recruits, Pa. squad falls at Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic
Vinny Kilkeary and Rocco Welsh ended their high school careers with wins at the 49th annual Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic on Saturday at Peters Township. And the future Ohio State commits did it by defeating two Penn State commits. This could be the start of a good wrestling rivalry. While Kilkeary...
Second-period surge helps LaSalle College beat Peters Township for Class 3A state hockey title
The LaSalle College Explorers broke a 1-1 tie with four second-period goals on their way to a 7-3 victory over Peters Township on Saturday, capturing their seventh state high school hockey championship. “The second period is what hurt us,” said Peters Township coach Rick Tingle. “We came back in the...
Archbishop Wood stops South Fayette in PIAA Class 5A girls title game
HERSHEY – South Fayette’s first trip to the PIAA Class 5A girls basketball championship game started off well enough, with Erica Hall scoring on the Lions’ first possession and Maddie Webber adding a couple field goals quickly after that. But South Fayette lost its shooting touch while Archbishop Wood never...
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: Latrobe’s Josie Straigis and Yough’s Jack Sampson
Josie Straigis School: Latrobe Class: Senior Sport: Softball Claim to fame: Straigis helped power Latrobe to a 3-0 start with her bat and her arm. She delivered a walk-off home run to beat Norwin, 9-8, in the opener. In that game, she went 4 for 4 and hit for the...
Valley News Dispatch wrestling all-stars: Burrell’s Cooper Hornack gets top honor
Wrestler of the year Cooper Hornack Burrell, jr., 127 pounds 2022-23 record: 43-6 Career record: 116-19 Two weeks after winning his first PIAA Class 2A wrestling title, Burrell junior Cooper Hornack said his achievement still hasn’t registered. Hornack rallied to defeat WPIAL rival Chris Vargo of Bentworth, 2-1, in the...
South Fayette celebrates 1st Pennsylvania Cup championship
On a special day for hockey all across the Commonwealth, special teams were extra special in the Class 2A Pennsylvania Cup championship game between Penguins Cup champion South Fayette and Flyers Cup champion Pennsbury. The teams combined for three power-play goals and three short-handed goals through two periods. South Fayette...
Westmoreland wrestling all-stars: Latrobe’s Vinny Kilkeary earns top honor
Wrestler of the year Vinny Kilkeary Latrobe, sr., 127 pounds 2022-23 record: 29-0 Overall record: 131-12 When Latrobe’s Vinny Kilkeary won the 106-pound PIAA Class 3A title as a freshman in 2020, he shocked the state. He defeated Bethlehem Catholic’s Tyler Kasak, 14-10, in the semifinals with a great comeback,...
Armstrong’s Cadin Olsen repeats as Willie Thrower Award winner
The great Willie Thrower was said to have the largest hands in football history. The former Ken High football star’s nickname was “Mitts.” He was even recognized for it by Ripley’s “Believe It Or Not.” Cadin Olsen’s hands are not as big as Thrower’s, but the Armstrong senior quarterback was...
Kiski falls to West Chester East in Class A Pennsylvania Cup championship game
The story the last few years for the West Chester East hockey program has been depth, speed and a tendency to jump on opponents and wear them out. That story has resulted in what is now three straight Pennsylvania Cup state championship victories after the Vikings used a goal just...
Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Norwin, GCC girls basketball primed for sustained success
Norwin and Greensburg Central Catholic made thrilling runs to the girls basketball state semifinals, both finishing one win shy of a trip to Hershey for the finals. With the talent the teams are expecting back, they could be in line for an extended postseason run next year. Norwin fell to...
Despite strong start, Deer Lakes comes up short to West Catholic in PIAA Class 3A final
HERSHEY — “Let’s go Lancers.” With the fourth-quarter clock running out, the Deer Lakes student section ignored the lopsided situation on the Giant Center scoreboard and chanted one last time. The Lancers were down 30 points and headed for an 83-55 loss to Philadelphia’s West Catholic in the PIAA Class...
Blackhawk sees halftime lead vanish in PIAA championship loss to Lansdale Catholic
HERSHEY — Blackhawk, looking for the fifth state title in program history, came up a bit short in the PIAA Class 4A girls basketball finals Saturday afternoon as Lansdale Catholic defeated the Cougars, 53-45. Having also finished second in the WPIAL playoffs, Blackhawk looked like it might make a double-digit...
Fox Chapel notebook: Hot goalie ends hockey team’s season
The Fox Chapel hockey team saw a surprising end to its season in the PIHL Class A Penguins Cup championship game March 20. The Foxes lost to Kiski, 4-1, at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. Fox Chapel, which finished the season 20-3, defeated the Cavaliers by a combined score of...
Penn Hills softball looking forward to enjoying home-field advantage
Penn Hills softball coach Ashley Banner and the Indians softball team are grateful for the school district’s maintenance staff. Thanks to the staff putting plenty of long hours between the end of softball season last year and this March, Penn Hills was able to prepare a softball field for the...
Bethel Park assistant AD headed to WPIAL Hall of Fame for storied Serra Catholic basketball career
Laura Grimm is a relatively new face in the Bethel Park athletic department. She was hired as assistant athletic director in September 2021 and is serving in that capacity this school year as well. Grimm, however, is a well-known figure on the Serra Catholic campus as well as around the...
Bethel Park swimmers hit lifetime bests, collect medals at WPIAL meet
He’s only a sophomore, but he stood out as a team leader for Bethel Park. Trent Powell was a medalist in two relays and two individual events at the WPIAL Class 3A boys swim championships March 2-3 at North Allegheny. “Trent had a breakthrough year,” said Kathy Strock, who coaches...
‘Emotional leader’ Gavin Moul caps Bethel Park career with Big 33 appearance
Gavin Moul’s high school football career is not over just yet. The Bethel Park senior was chosen to play on the Pennsylvania squad in this year’s Big 33 Football Classic. The prestigious all-star game will take place at 7 p.m. May 28, at Bishop McDevitt’s Rocco Ortenzio Stadium in Harrisburg....
Playoff run, WPIAL championship build legacy for Penn Hills players
Penn Hills boys basketball coach Chris Giles and the players on the team had an opportunity to create permanent memories. Winning the Class 5A WPIAL championship gave everyone something to hold on to. The Indians’ season came to an end March 17 in Sharon with a 68-54 loss to Cathedral...
New-look Pine-Richland softball team looking to put it all together
Pine-Richland softball coach Sam Hartzberg was looking out at the field during Monday’s season opener against Chartiers Valley and it hit him how different the team looks this season. The Rams return four starters, but they are a youthful group that will look to build off a 12-5 season where...
After ‘magical year,’ Pine-Richland baseball embraces ramped-up expectations
When Pine-Richland baseball coach Kurt Wolfe reminisced about the 2022 season and earning a share of the Section 1-6A title, what stood out to him most was how the team did it. It was a young roster coming together, believing in one another, that surprised many across the WPIAL by...
