Connellsville

Penn Township is the returning Pennsylvania Youth American Legion Western Regional and state champion. It opens defense of the Western Regional at 5 p.m. Friday at the White Township Complex in Indiana against Indiana County champion Brookville. Pool play format will be played Friday, Saturday and Sunday with the top...

Hampton captured three district championships and one state title this past school year, with three of those four coming during the fall sports season. Consistent success throughout all three seasons, however, was a big part of the Talbots showing plenty of bark in winning the Trib HSSN Cup for Class...

The 57th annual Butler Invitational will be held over two days this weekend. The girls take the track Friday and the boys Saturday. There are 48 teams entered in the meet. The invitational will feature some of the top athletes in Western Pennsylvania. “It’s a time to measure yourself against...

Last spring was a celebration as district athletes returned to the diamond after the 2020 season was canceled because of covid-19 shutdowns. Baseball thrived throughout the WPIAL as six new champions were crowned, some in dramatic fashion. That success carried over to the state playoffs as WPIAL teams captured two...

HERSHEY – For what the Waynesburg wrestling team has gone through this season — an unexpected coaching change and having two quality wrestlers sidelined — finishing third in the PIAA Class 3A Team Wrestling Championship was quite an accomplishment. Despite winning only six of 13 bouts, Waynesburg was able to...

Semifinals Nazareth 38, Waynesburg 17 106: Dominic Rizzotto (N) p. Jake Thomas, :37 113: Tahir Parkins (N) d. Ky Szewczyk, 8-2. 120: Charlie Buntin (N) p. Xavier Harmon, 1:08. 126: Braxton Appello-Fries (N) d. Zander Phaturos, 6-3. *132: Mac Church (W) t.f. Ayden Rader, 22-7 (4:45). 138: Colton Stoneking (W)...

First round Connellsville 67, La Salle College 6 106: Edward Donovan (L) p. Trent Huffman, 1:04. 113: Evan Petrovich (C) p. Jackson Hersh, 1:19. 120: Jacob Layton (C) t.f. Connor Kwok, 15-0(3:05). 126: Gabriel Ruggieri (C) p. Aidan Buchanan, 2:23. 132: Chad Ozias (C) p. Noah Ruiba, 1:09. 138: Lonzy...

First-round matches Saucon Valley 45, Quaker Valley 30 106: Cole Hubert (SV) p. Isaac Maccaglia, 1:54. 113: Jack Kazalas (QV) p. Aiden Grogg, 1:03. 120: Logan Richey (QV) p. Jackson Albert, 3:48. 126: Brandon Krul (QV) p. Hector Mateo, 1:16. 132: Connor Nicholas (SV) p. Michael Carmody, 5:50....

For the first time in PIAA team championship history, seven teams from the WPIAL will be at Hershey for the tournament, which begins Thursday at Giant Center. Class 2A Burgettstown and Latrobe and Canon-McMillan in Class 3A earned trips to the state tournament with victories Monday in the preliminary round....

Cole Homet said he knew early in the week that he was going to wrestle in the WPIAL Class 3A team tournament final. After nearly dying in a vehicle accident last summer and severely injuring his left arm, the Waynesburg senior was hoping is high school career wasn’t over. He...

WPIAL wrestling championships Class 3A Semifinals 1-Waynesburg (14-0) vs. 4-Canon-McMillan (11-3) Noon Saturday at Peters Township On the air: Trib HSSN (video stream); 1450 AM How they got there: Waynesburg defeated Thomas Jefferson (61-3) and Norwin (52-10). Canon-McMillan defeated West Allegheny (45-28) and North Allegheny (43-24). WPIAL titles: Waynesburg 6...

Class 3A Rank Team Last week 1. Waynesburg (12-0) 1 2. Latrobe (9-0) 2 3. Connellsville (15-1) 3 4. North Allegheny (6-0) 4 5. Canon-McMillan (9-3) 5 6. Kiski Area (13-3) 6 7. Butler (15-3) 10 8. Franklin Regional (6-1) 7 9. Norwin (9-3) NR 10. Penn-Trafford (5-5) 9 Others...

It took all of 22 seconds for the Latrobe wrestling team to seize momentum Wednesday in its WPIAL Section 2-3A tournament championship match against Connellsville. Wildcats freshman Luke Willochell recorded a quick pin in the opening match at 106 pounds over the Falcons’ Trent Huffman, helping propel Latrobe to a...

The WPIAL announced pairings Thursday for wrestling section tournaments as part of the team championship. The section tournaments will be held Wednesday at the sites of the first-place team in the B subsections. There was a three-way tie for second place in Section 1-A. Fort Cherry was awarded the spot...

Bob Kalp won more than 400 games as Hempfield’s softball coach, and Chuck Tursky celebrated his 500th career win as Kiski Area’s wrestling coach. Those are remarkable numbers, and they set them apart from their peers, yet the wins only partially explain why they’re among the best coaches in WPIAL...

So, what have we learned about wrestling in the WPIAL two weeks into the season? Well, a lot. Latrobe and Connellsville look to be serious contenders in Class AAA and could challenge No. 1 Waynesburg. Latrobe, ranked No. 2, won the Hickory Tournament on Dec. 11 and placed fourth overall...

A dozen Penn-Trafford football players earned first-team all-conference honors from a Warriors team that went unbeaten in the Big East and won a WPIAL title Saturday. Their coach, John Ruane, was name the conference’s top coach. The first-team all-conference list included Penn-Trafford running back Cade Yacamelli, who starred in the...

Julian Dugger threw for 260 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 5 Penn Hills to a 42-22 victory at Kiski Area (6-4, 1-4) in a Class 5A Northeast Conference football game Friday. Raion Strader caught four passes for 200 yards and two touchdowns for Penn Hills (6-3, 4-1). Logan...

The Connellsville girls soccer team came into Monday’s WPIAL Class 3A playoff home game against Kiski Area with the opportunity to make program history. It didn’t happen. The fourth-seeded Falcons, seeking the program’s first WPIAL playoff win, were burnt by the speed of 13th-seeded Kiski Area as the Cavaliers scored...

Monday, weather permitting, is the last day on the links for scholastic golfers in 2021. Last week was the PIAA individual championships; Monday is the state team finals, taking place at the Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York. WPIAL champion Fox Chapel will be one of six local boys teams...

Monday’s games Boys Class 2A First round 15-Burrell (7-7) at 2-Quaker Valley (15-2) 6:30 p.m. at Quaker Valley Stadium, Leetsdale Winner plays: Winner of 7-Deer Lakes (8-4-1)/10-East Allegheny (10-5) 6:30 p.m. Thursday (Site TBD) Notes: Burrell placed fourth in Section 2 and will look to pull an upset in the...

Jeremiah Ramsey returned an interception 43 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter as Woodland Hills claimed a playoff spot with a 26-17 victory in its WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference game against Latrobe (3-6, 1-3) on Friday night. Brandon Jones ran for two touchdowns for Woodland Hills...

Connellsville prepared all week for the hard-charging rushing attack of Penn-Trafford in Friday’s Class 5A Big East Conference game at Connellsville Stadium. What the Falcons got was a steady dose of the Warriors’ ability to move the ball through the air. Carter Green threw two touchdown passes and Conlan Greene...

Last week: 8-4 (66.7%) Season: 59-26 (69/4%) His ears still ringing from his first Rolling Stones concert he attended last week at Heinz Field — stage-side; he knew a guy — the Birdie has been strutting around the office like Mick Jagger. He can’t believe how entertaining the band is...

Class 6A 2-Central Catholic (5-2, 3-1) at Hempfield (2-5, 0-4) 7 p.m. Friday, Spartan Stadium, Hempfield Central Catholic lost a game and its No. 1 ranking last week when it fell to Mt. Lebanon, 35-14, in a game that carried over into Saturday morning because of lightning delays. Gannon Carothers...