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Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Shady Side Academy girls heat back up
An overtime loss to Pine-Richland during the Peter Sauer Memorial Tournament had the Shady Side Academy girls basketball team on the war path. The Bulldogs bounced back from their second defeat of the season with three consecutive victories where they produced 60 or more points. In Shady Side Academy’s most...
Fox Chapel boys show signs of finding footing at important time of season
Fox Chapel boys basketball coach Zach Skrinjar recognized time is getting shorter. After the Foxes lost to New Castle at home, Skrinjar was happy because he felt maybe they had figured things out. After losing to undefeated New Castle in a bizarrely paced contest due to breaks for a television...
High school roundup for Jan. 16, 2026: Seneca Valley boys beat Fox Chapel at buzzer in key section matchup
Andrew Omasits hit the game-winning jumper at the buzzer to lead Seneca Valley to a 38-36 victory over Fox Chapel in Section 1-6A boys basketball Friday night. Ryan Priester scored 13 points to lead the Raiders (9-6, 4-4). John Rehak scored 12 points for the Foxes (8-7, 3-5). Aliquippa 62,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 17, 2026: Holiday weekend means high school hoops
With the Martin Luther King Jr holiday coming up Monday, this truly is a weekend of district basketball with teams in action both Saturday and Sunday. The two-day Ron Galbreath Classic begins Saturday at Westminster College. Five district boys team hit the court Saturday: • Neshannock takes on Nazareth Prep...
With Josh Pratt back in lineup, Lincoln Park fends off scrappy Montour
What a difference a year has made for both the Montour and Lincoln Park boys basketball programs. A year ago, the Spartans won the Section 4-5A title and finished the season with a 25-3 record while the Leopards suffered through, by far, their worst season ever, ending a nightmarish campaign...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 16, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Seneca Valley 38, Fox Chapel 36 Butler 59, North Allegheny 52 Pine-Richland 53, Woodland Hills 44 Section 2 Upper St. Clair 48, Central Catholic 47 Hempfield 64, Mt. Lebanon 53 Norwin 81, Connellsville 34 Class 5A Section 1 Uniontown 75,...
Upper St. Clair splits season series with Central Catholic as 6A clash goes down to the wire again
Upper St. Clair defended its home court and fended off Central Catholic in a 48-47 victory in Section 2-6A boys basketball Friday night. USC’s victory, which puts the Panthers in a tie atop the section standings, featured seven lead changes and three ties. Jake Foster led the Panthers with 20...
Burrell boys defeat section foe Highlands to stay hot
After witnessing his team lose a 10-point lead in a section matchup with Highlands, Burrell’s Trey Coury found himself with the ball in his hands in the final 10 seconds of a tie game Friday night. Isolated on Golden Rams guard Ty Hall, Coury made his move. The Buccaneers guard...
Southmoreland cranks up tenacious D to beat Elizabeth Forward
Defensive intensity. Every basketball team wants it, and every basketball team needs it to be successful. The Class 3A Southmoreland boys had it Friday night in their matchup with Class 4A Elizabeth Forward. The Scotties played in-your-face, tough and physical defense all night and extended their winning streak to five...
Franklin Regional boys turn back Penn-Trafford behind Logan Walter’s 32 points
Logan Walter had zero points in the second quarter as Penn-Trafford concentrated on stopping the Franklin Regional junior shooting guard after he had 10 in the first. The Warriors, however, couldn’t slow him down in the second half. Not with their guards, not with their 2-3 zone, not with their...
Play-from-behind mentality helps push Deer Lakes past Freeport in boys Section 1-4A showdown
Dylan Ferraro always knows the score during the Deer Lakes boys basketball games. The senior forward believes they are always trailing by 10. The Lancers scored eight consecutive points to open the fourth quarter on their way to collecting a 61-45 Section 1-4A win over Freeport on Friday night at...
Plum’s Owen Campbell, Montour’s Rook Smith to clash in semis at Allegheny County wrestling tournament
Plum senior Owen Campbell was an Allegheny County High School wrestling champion as a freshman. The past two seasons he has placed second. He does not want to be a three-time runner-up. He would prefer a second gold medal. So would Montour senior Rook Smith, who is one of three...
Excitement builds for installation of permanent lights at Oakmont’s Riverside Park
On Sept. 8, 2006, Sid Facaros rushed for 114 yards and caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Jared Soell as the Riverview football team defeated Monessen, 28-20, at Riverside Park. The victory was a solid start to that season for the Raiders, who would go on to finish 7-3 overall...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 16, 2026: Upper St. Clair, Central Catholic clash for 1st place
The second half of section play in WPIAL boys basketball begins with a bang in Section 2-6A. Two-time reigning district champion Upper St. Clair had a lot of new faces this season, but at the midway point of section play, the Panthers (13-1 overall) sit in second place with a...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 15, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Class 6A Section 1 New Castle 77, North Hills 56 Section 2 Imani Christian 55, Canon-McMillan 53 Class 4A Section 3 Belle Vernon 68, West Mifflin 46 Class A Section 1 Avella 62, Summit Academy 58 Nonsection Kiski Area 67, Highlands 46 Monessen 60,...
High school roundup for Jan. 15, 2026: Oakland Catholic completes season sweep of North Catholic
Josie Fontana scored 18 points as Oakland Catholic defeated North Catholic, 50-36, on Thursday to complete a season sweep in the series between the top two teams in Section 1-4A girls basketball. Savanna Daye added 15 points for the Eagles (11-2, 7-0). Brady Wehner scored 18 points for North Catholic...
Riley Stephans scores 29, Tamia West stuffs stat sheet as Plum tops Franklin Regional
It took overcoming an early 7-0 deficit and an 18-10 deficit in the second quarter, but the Plum girls basketball team was up to the task as the Mustangs rolled past Franklin Regional, 63-45, in a Section 1-5A matchup Thursday. “It was a great effort by the girls tonight,” Plum...
Jeannette girls lock in, defeat Riverview with defense
Jeannette’s plan was to curb high-scoring senior guard Isabel Chaparro as much as it could and shut down her Riverview teammates. Jayhawks coach Jenna Lusby can call the strategy a success. Jeannette disarmed Riverview with a 1-3-1 zone, getting a game-high 22 points from senior Navarah Smith in a 43-26...
Alma mater comes calling as North Hills hires 4-time WPIAL champ Eric Kasperowicz as football coach
One of the most successful WPIAL football coaches over the last decade and a half is coming home. The North Hills school board voted Thursday evening to hire Eric Kasperowicz as their new head football coach. “It’s incredibly humbling and emotional, honestly,” Kasperowicz said. “North Hills shaped me, not just...
Final score of District 9 boys basketball game: 9-5
Pennsylvania high school basketball is crying out for a shot clock. Case in point? A boys game that ended with a final score of 9-5. Johnsonburg slogged past St Marys in District 9 on Wednesday night. St Marys led 3-2 at halftime. Jude Schreiber scored a game-high six points for...
Westmoreland boys basketball notebook: Ligonier Valley makes habit of playing close games
Ligonier Valley did it again. Once more, the Rams not only showed a propensity for playing in tight games, but also how to win one. Noah Knupp made a 30-foot jumper to lift the Rams to a 51-49 win Friday over Waynesburg in Section 4-3A. Two games prior, Michael Wisniewski’s...
Knoch reinstates fired girls wrestling coach Logan Downes
Logan Downes is back coaching the Knoch girls wrestling team. A week after being fired from his position by the district after it received a complaint filed in relation to on-mat incidents at a tournament last month, the district decided to reversed its decision. After district official met with Downes...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 14, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Nonsection Bentworth 66, Charleroi 49 Blackhawk 86, New Brighton 72 Brentwood 61, Westinghouse 49 Chartiers Valley 73, Allderdice 44 Fairmont (WV) 88, Brownsville 50 Gateway 50, Belle Vernon 46 McGuffey 48, Carmichaels 29 Mohawk 82, Hopewell 47 Riverside 52, Beaver County Christian 28 Thursday’s...
High school wrestling roundup for Jan. 14, 2026: North Allegheny beats Seneca Valley to clinch section title
Dalton Stragand (121) and Bradyn McConneha (285) recorded pins to help North Allegheny to a 41-30 victory over Seneca Valley on Wednesday night, clinching the Section 4-3A wrestling title for the Tigers. Bryce Prosser (114) won by decision and Myles Hoover (133), Gus Stedeford (139), Griffen Reid (152) and Gabriel...
High school basketball roundup for Jan. 14, 2026: A night to remember for 2 of WPIAL’s highest-scoring stars
Julian Semplice hit four 3-pointers, scored 24 points and reached the 1,000-point mark for his career, leading Chartiers Valley to a 73-44 victory over Allderdice in nonsection boys basketball Wednesday night. Luca Federico and Silas Verzich each added 13 points for the Colts (13-1). Anthony Abrahams led Allderdice (9-7) with...
