Sports
Late surge carries Shady Side Academy boys past Apollo-Ridge
February 19, 2021
Even after Shady Side Academy sustained a 30-point loss in the opening round of last year’s WPIAL playoffs, coach David Vadnais felt good about his program going forward.
Mt. Pleasant junior flexes muscles at WPIAL Class AA section wrestling tournament
Mt. Pleasant junior Noah Gnibus has had a successful high school career, but he’s yet to make it to Hershey.
Plum’s Proviano to play soccer at Division I Long Island University
Plum senior Gina Proviano scored 70 goals and had 33 assists over four years as one of the WPIAL’s top girls soccer players.
Bethel Park’s Travis Zeis claims WPIAL rifle championship
Travis Zeis became the first Bethel Park student to win a WPIAL rifle title in almost 20 years, edging Hempfield’s Lydia Dunn and Waynesburg’s Tayler Burnfield at the individual championships Friday at the Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen Club.
Kiski Area’s Brayden Roscosky and Sammy Starr get 100th wins
After this week’s WPIAL Class AAA Section 1A individual subsection meet, Kiski Area’s Sammy Starr and Brayden Roscosky joined a long line of Kiski Area wrestlers to win 100 career matches.
Explainer: A trickier NCAA bracket in this unusual season
There’s no need to worry about geography in this year’s NCAA Tournament.
Franklin Regional ready to hire football, soccer coaches
Franklin Regional plans to hire head coaches Monday night to fill vacancies in football and boys soccer.
Latrobe linebacker Tucker Knupp picks Lehigh
Latrobe senior Tucker Knupp will play college football in the Patriot League.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 18, 2021
High schools
High school roundup for Feb. 18, 2021: Quaker Valley gets its revenge
Markus Frank scored 31 points to lead No. 4 Quaker Valley to a 72-64 victory over No. 2 Lincoln Park in Section 2-4A boys basketball Thursday night, avenging a loss from earlier in the week.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 19, 2021: Seeds up for grabs in Class 6A hoops
February 18, 2021
In the last week, both of these boys basketball teams defeated Section 1-6A front runner North Allegheny to cut the gap between the Tigers and the field.
No. 2 Upper St. Clair girls use 3-point barrage to sink No. 3 Bethel Park
Tied at the end of three quarters, Upper St. Clair finally came up with a way to score against a suffocating Bethel Park defense.
Southmoreland cuts it close, beats Belle Vernon to clinch share of section title
Talk about cutting it close.
Valley, Leechburg opt out of WPIAL girls basketball playoffs
Earlier this week, Valley girls basketball coach Ernie Sipolino said he was optimistic his team, despite only having five players able to take the court, would enter the open WPIAL Class 4A playoffs.
Greensburg Salem girls repeat as WPIBL champions
For the second year in a row, the Greensburg Salem girls bowling team is the WPIBL champion.
Four years later, St. Joseph’s Andrew Sullivan continues to score
For the past four years, St. Joseph senior guard Andrew Sullivan has been a mainstay in the Spartans program and has given the team a leader to look to when things get tough.
A-K Valley boys basketball notebook: All 14 boys teams opt into WPIAL playoffs
The WPIAL basketball playoffs are approaching, and teams had until Thursday afternoon to decide whether they were going to play in this year’s open tournament format.
Westmoreland boys basketball notebook: Everyone going to playoffs
All 18 boys teams from Westmoreland County will enter the WPIAL basketball playoffs.
After tough losses, Mt. Pleasant boys turn it up in time for playoffs
Mt. Pleasant had just surrendered a six-point, fourth-quarter lead against Jeannette and took a gut-punch.
