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Times, sites set for Tuesday’s PIAA basketball semifinals
The PIAA basketball semifinals conclude Tuesday featuring games for Class 6A, 3A and 2A boys, along with 5A, 4A and A girls. Here are the sites and times for the state semifinals Tuesday on The Road to Hershey. Boys 6A Spring-Ford (28-3) vs. Reading (30-1) at Coatesville on Tuesday, at...
Gateway players disappointed in finish but relish ‘amazing performance’ throughout season
It’s not the way the Gateway boys basketball team wanted to end the season. After winning their first two WPIAL Class 5A playoff games against Woodland Hills and McKeesport, the Gators ended the year with three consecutive playoff losses. Gateway dropped a 62-55 decision to Peters Township in the WPIAL...
Quaker Valley sees pair of wrestlers hit 100-win milestone
It doesn’t often happen that a high school wrestling team has two 100-win grapplers in one season. Quaker Valley is not your average wrestling program. Two QV grapplers racked up their 100th career wins this season, giving the Quakers six wrestlers to reach the century mark in the seven seasons...
Quaker Valley boys will bring plenty back after 2nd straight section title
Quaker Valley’s boys basketball team has a chance to make a little history in 2023-24. QV has won 10 section championships in school history, but the Quakers have never won three in a row. Next year’s team will have the opportunity to do just that. “We really do not look...
Former Penn Hills player set to lead Indians boys volleyball team
Will Piccolino doesn’t have to worry about relating to coaching high school athletes. The first-year Penn Hills boys volleyball coach still plays competitively and must relate to his younger teammates. Piccolino, who graduated from Penn Hills in 2008, is a student at Carlow University and plays for its men’s volleyball...
Penn Hills dictates style of play during PIAA playoff run
The Penn Hills boys basketball team doesn’t have to worry about scoring style points. The Indians brand of basketball, whether playing fast or slow, is most concerned with the end result. In the second round of the PIAA Class 5A basketball tournament, Penn Hills had to scratch and claw to...
Pine-Richland pair claim medals at PIAA wrestling championships
The Pine-Richland wrestling program never sent more than two wrestlers to the PIAA championships. This year, the Rams made history by sending three wrestlers, and they didn’t come home empty handed. Senior Anthony Ferraro finished third in the 133-pound weight class, and senior Joey Schneck finished fifth at heavyweight at...
Loss in semifinals to make Pine-Richland hockey team ‘stronger as a group’
Pine-Richland’s hockey team entered December with a 2-7-1 record and was riding a two-game losing streak. At that point, the playoffs weren’t on the minds of the Rams players and coaches. They just wanted to bring it back to the basics by doing the little things in order to build...
Crew of returning starters ready to lead Plum softball to success in Section 1-5A
It was termed as an up-and-down season for the Mustangs. Plum’s softball team advanced to the WPIAL playoffs for the third consecutive year in 2022, but the Mustangs could muster no better than a 7-12 record by season’s end. “I don’t know if I ever thought of it as a...
Led by trio of divers, North Allegheny girls win program’s 8th team title at PIAA swim meet
LEWISBURG — The North Allegheny girls swimming and diving team had a distinct points advantage even before the swimming consolation and championship finals began Friday afternoon at the PIAA Class 3A championships Bucknell University. Christina Shi, Lola Malarky and Juliet Hood placed first, third and seventh in the diving completion...
Fox Chapel girls relay squad takes home silver at PIAA
LEWISBURG — Talia Bugel couldn’t contain her excitement after she and her Fox Chapel teammates finished the 400-yard freestyle relay final Saturday afternoon at the PIAA Class 3A championships at Bucknell. The Foxes quartet — Bugel, sophomore Sarah Pasquella and seniors Payton O’Toole and Sophie Shao — was second after...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 18, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Saturday’s results Nonsection Franklin Regional 17, Priory (Mo.) 7 Father Judge 6, Mars 1 Mercyhurst Prep 6, Serra Catholic 4 Moon 7, Deer Lakes 2 Serra Catholic 15, Beth-Center 0 Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Saturday’s results Archbishop Wood 78, Coatesville 64 Roman Catholic...
High school roundup for March 18, 2023: North Catholic cruises into state semifinals
Alayna Rocco scored 19 points to lead North Catholic to a 60-27 victory over Wyomissing in the PIAA Class 4A girls basketball quarterfinals Saturday. as North Catholic (25-3) beat Wyomissing (28-3) in the PIAA Class 4A quarterfinals at Bald Eagle. Tori Drevna and Dacia Lewandowski added 16 points each for...
Franklin Regional’s Thomas shines in PIAA 100 backstroke
LEWISBURG — With only eight-tenths of a second separating the No. 1 and No. 8 seeds in the championship final of the boys 100-yard backstroke Saturday evening at the PIAA Class 3A championships, predicting the final order of finish was a little more difficult than one might have originally thought....
Strong 3rd quarter leads Aliquippa past Bishop Canevin in ‘testy’ PIAA quarterfinal
The atmosphere around the Aliquippa vs. Bishop Canevin state quarterfinal was tense, to say the least. Individual fans were escorted out of Peters Township’s gym three times, including once after an argument spilled onto the court. Between the lines, there was physical play, some hard fouls and words were exchanged...
South Fayette tops Cathedral Prep on Maddie Webber buzzer-beating 3
SHARON – Cathedral Prep shut down the play South Fayette drew up in a timeout with just a few seconds left in the game. Villanova recruit Maddie Webber knew exactly what to do. Webber popped out to the top of the key, took one dribble to set her feet and...
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Greensburg Central Catholic’s Mya Morgan and Latrobe’s Vinny Kilkeary
Mya Morgan School: Greensburg Central Catholic Sport: Basketball Class: Junior Claim to fame: Morgan, a shooting guard, scored 17 of her career-high 33 points in the fourth quarter Tuesday in a 61-48 victory over Maplewood in the second round of the PIAA Class 2A playoffs. She added 11 points in...
Norwin girls celebrate beating North Allegheny, prep for next game
The bench was warned: Don’t stand and celebrate until the game is over. Stay seated until the ride comes to a full and complete stop. Norwin girls basketball coach Brian Brozeski reiterated the referee’s orders with about 40 seconds left Friday night. Norwin was well in control, but still …...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls want to make the most of year
Greensburg Central Catholic girls basketball coach Chris Skatell said earlier this season he is looking forward to seeing what his team does as it continues to develop chemistry and experience, especially in the playoffs. He gives a nod to the future but tries his hardest to stay present. That magnetic...
Late free throws the difference as Oakland Catholic gets by McKeesport
In a physical game that’s being closely called, free throws down the stretch become even more important. McKeesport learned that lesson the hard way Saturday as key free throws contributed to Oakland Catholic’s 60-59 comeback win in overtime in their quarterfinal matchup in the PIAA Class 5A girls basketball playoffs...
Deer Lakes boys reach first state semifinal after comeback win vs. Neshannock
All season, the Deer Lakes boys basketball team has prided itself on how deep its bench is. That depth was needed maybe more than at any time this year Saturday to keep the team’s historic run alive. Deer Lakes had nine players score, wore down Neshannock and turned a six-point...
Riverview’s Emily Alcorn Taylor remembers time on court fondly
As a working mom with a young family, Emily Alcorn Taylor doesn’t spend much time thinking about her Riverview basketball career these days. But the memories came rushing back after Taylor received word she was among those scheduled for induction into the Alle-Kiski Sports Hall of Fame on May 20...
Seneca Valley’s Isaiah Clerkley takes silver as 3 from WPIAL earn PIAA diving medals
LEWISBURG — Isaiah Clerkley hit his sixth and final dive – an inward 1½ somersault pike with a 2.4 degree of difficulty – to move into first place in Saturday’s PIAA Class 3A boys championship meet at Bucknell University. The Seneca Valley junior and WPIAL champion finished with 302.95 points....
PIAA sets sites, times for Monday’s basketball semifinals
The PIAA basketball playoffs hit the final four with semifinals games Monday featuring Class 5A, 4A and A boys along with 6A, 3A and 2A girls fourth-round games. Here are the sites and times for the state semifinals Monday on The Road to Hershey. Boys 5A Erie Cathedral Prep (24-3)...
WPIAL swimmers set for championship heats on 2nd day of PIAA Class 3A meet
LEWISBURG – WPIAL swimmers in Class 3A are gearing up for consolation and championships heats Saturday afternoon and evening on the final day of the PIAA state meet from Bucknell University. Mt. Lebanon sophomore Sylvia Roy, second Friday in the 50-yard freestyle, has positioned herself as the top seed for...
