Sports
Preston Zandier joins list of Thomas Jefferson Big 33 players
February 28, 2021
Preston Zandier has joined an exclusive club as a senior member of the Thomas Jefferson football program.
Baldwin girls basketball honors senior class that has seen it all
They have been friends and teammates throughout their high school careers, sticking together through thick and thin.
Patrick Cutchember becomes 4th Quaker Valley wrestler to win WPIAL title
In the short history of Quaker Valley’s wrestling program, only three wrestlers had the opportunity to have a WPIAL gold medal placed around their neck before this season. On Feb. 20, after trips to the finals the past two years, 189-pound junior Patrick Cutchember joined the ranks as he captured his first WPIAL championship.
Quaker Valley’s Adou Thiero is embracing a bigger role
For the past three years, Adou Thiero’s role for the Quaker Valley boys basketball team has been evolving.
WPIAL’s Finest distance relay takes 2nd at national indoor track championships
WPIAL’s Finest almost was the finest in the nation.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 27, 2021
February 27, 2021
High schools
Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer captures 2nd Regional title, continues strong junior year
Mt. Pleasant junior Dayton Pitzer continued his hot run Saturday at the PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional tournament at IUP’s Kovalchick Complex.
Central Valley gymnasts sweep WPIAL individual championships
Central Valley gymnasts capped off the program’s championship weekend with a clean sweep.
Burrell freshman Cooper Hornack wins Southwest Regional wrestling title
A week after capturing his first WPIAL title, Burrell freshman Cooper Hornack left IUP’s Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex with his first PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional title.
High school roundup for Feb. 27, 2021: McKeesport rolls into 1st round
Robert Robinson’s 22 points led No. 17 McKeesport to a 78-49 victory over No. 16 Hampton in a WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball preliminary round game Saturday afternoon.
1-point losses stop Kiski Area trio from claiming WPIAL wrestling titles
CANONSBURG — The best way for Kiski Area seniors Sammy Starr and Brayden Roscosky to look at what happened at the Class AAA WPIAL/PIAA Southwest Regional on Saturday at Canon-McMillan? There’s always next week.
Seneca Valley’s Chappell, Herrera-Rondon become 3-time WPIAL wrestling champions
Coaches around the state talk about how tough the WPIAL is in wrestling.
Fox Chapel’s Manelis, North Allegheny’s Shi repeat as WPIAL diving champs
The 2021 WPIAL Class AAA diving championships were full of repeats.
Franklin Regional boys rally in 4th quarter to defeat Armstrong
Franklin Regional scored three points in the third quarter and surrendered the lead for the first time to that point against visiting Armstrong.
Seton LaSalle girls take down Jeannette in opening round of WPIAL playoffs
It has been eight years since the Jeannette girls basketball team last won a WPIAL basketball playoff game.
Moss scores 29, Plum boys hold off West Allegheny to advance in WPIAL playoffs
In what is likely to be their final home game, Plum’s Connor Moss and his fellow seniors came up big in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s WPIAL Class 5A preliminary-round playoff game.
George Guido: Covid concerns force organizers to cancel 2021 Cager Classic all-star game
For the second straight season, the A-K Valley Cager Classic has been canceled.
Central Valley claims 1st WPIAL gymnastics title
Central Valley’s gymnastics team made history Friday night by capturing the school’s first WPIAL gymnastics title.
Opponents try, and fail, to knock North Allegheny top scorer off his game
North Allegheny’s Connor Chi occasionally gets cross-checked behind the play or hit a little late by an opponent trying to intimidate him on the ice.
