Sports
Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer captures 2nd Regional title, continues strong junior year
February 27, 2021
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.
Hampton’s Murray siblings show drive to succeed
For years, Brennan and Meghan Murray have squared off at the basketball hoop in the driveway of their Hampton home.
Diving no longer ‘secondary thing’ for Hampton’s Carslaw
When Koda Carslaw took up diving last season, he admits it was “more of a secondary thing.”
Shady Side Academy boys beaming with confidence after big wins, playoff seeding
At the beginning of this season, no one expected the Shady Side Academy boys basketball team to be much of a threat.
Fox Chapel basketball teams prepare to make run through WPIAL playoffs
When the WPIAL announced seedings for the girls and boys basketball tournaments Feb. 23, both Fox Chapel teams found themselves in unique positions.
Pine-Richland hockey team riding prolific offense
With the volatility that comes with playing during a pandemic, Pine-Richland hockey coach Jordan Yoklic told his players to embrace each opportunity and not take it for granted.
Pine-Richland boys basketball team jells in coach’s 1st season
The last time the WPIAL had an open basketball tournament in 1984 Bob Petcash was a senior at Ambridge and played for a Bridgers team that made the Class 4A final, where it lost to Farrell.
