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Carter-led Valley holds off Shady Side Academy
December 20, 2018
Valley rode a wave of emotions Thursday -- exhilaration to frustration, back to exhilaration, back to frustration. Exhilaration won out. So did relief. Valley got out to a double-digit lead in the second half and held off a late Shady Side Academy charge, making enough winning plays down the stretch
High school scores, schedules for Dec. 20, 2018
High schools Basketball Boys Thursday's results WPIAL Atlantis Beach Bash tournament In Nassau, Bahamas Upper St. Clair 73, Doris Johnson (Nassau, Bahamas) 62 Kruel Classic tournament In Coral Springs, Fla. Allderdice 62, North Broward Prep (Fla.) 48 Mater Academy Charter (Fla.) 63, Penn-Trafford 46 KSA Disney Classic tournament In Orlando,
No. 3 Bethel Park girls hold off Mt. Lebanon in Section 2-6A clash
Madelyn Dziezgowski is perhaps the lesser-known of Bethel Park's three returning starters. But the junior asserted herself Thursday as the Black Hawks, ranked third among WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball teams, held off host Mt. Lebanon, 44-33, in Section 2 action. Dziezgowki had a game-high 20 points as the Black
Greensburg Salem girls gift themselves with win over Knoch
With little fanfare because she wanted it that way, Megan Kallock recently committed to play college basketball at Saint Vincent. The standout guard from Greensburg Salem showed Thursday night why the Bearcats think she can benefit their program. Kallock, a senior with more than 1,400 career points, scored 22 toA-K Valley high school basketball notebook: Teams prepare for meat of section schedules
The pre-Christmas portion of the WPIAL basketball season will wrap up this weekend, and teams will get a chance to do evaluations as they prepare for the meat of their schedules. To this point, team schedules mainly involved nonsection opponents, with one or two section games thrown in, providing coachesShaler Area girls basketball building confidence despite early struggles
Learning on the fly is a difficult task in most situations. The Shaler girls basketball team has taken some bumps in its learning process. Injuries and an early schedule loaded with top teams has the Titans off to an 0-5 start, including an 0-2 mark in Section 1-6A. Results from
Reynolds helps spark Shaler Area boys to 5-1 start
Mekhi Reynolds decided over the summer his before-school routine would be changing. The 6-foot-3 junior guard for the Shaler boys basketball team wanted to get more work in. Reynolds talked to Titans ninth-grade coach Doug Kepreos putting up more shots before school. There was no better time than 6 a.m.
WPIAL, PIAA champions Wright, Mihm, Buerger return to lead North Allegheny swimming
Despite losing two top competitors, the North Allegheny boys swimming team (3-0) looks forward to earning its eighth WPIAL Class AAA title and third PIAA title in a row. Mason Gonzalez, a freshman on the Stanford men's team, ended last season ranked first in the 100-yard freestyle (43.03 seconds) by
Penn Hills football players named to all-conference team
After hoisting WPIAL and PIAA Class 5A championship trophies this season, many of the contributors who led Penn Hills to its first football titles in more than two decades received individual recognition for their success on the field. Seven Indians were selected to the first-team of the Big 56 Class
Penn Hills’ Mathis looks forward to college career at William & Mary
In mid-May, Penn Hills senior quarterback Hollis Mathis wanted to make sure his college recruitment wasn't a distraction during his final season for the Indians. Mathis announced his verbal commitment to Howard. While Mathis was leading the Indians to WPIAL and PIAA titles, Howard's head coach Mike London left theNorth Allegheny wrestling off to strong start
Predicting how the North Allegheny wrestling team would perform at the Panther Holiday Classic would have been difficult before the season. The Tigers' lineup nearly featured more wrestlers without varsity experience than those who wrestled before. While North Allegheny isn't close to a finished product, it has showed some promisingHampton bowling field full squad for 1st time
If you build it, they will come. It has taken a few years for the Thomas family, but that old saying has finally come to fruition. In its third year, Hampton has a full bowling squad of five players. No more, no less. But it is enough to field a
Hampton girls basketball stays positive during tough start
Though the Hampton girls basketball team is in unfamiliar territory, it is keeping up the positive vibes. The team lost its first five games after losing 12 games the past three years. But it wasn't unexpected with coach Tony Howard admittedly rebuilding with a young group while facing surefire WPIAL
Upper St. Clair’s Matheny chasing state breaststroke record
Upper St. Clair sophomore Joshua Matheny cemented his credentials as one of the top young swimmers in the country at the Speedo Winter Junior Championships-East meet Dec. 5-8 in Greensboro, N.C. Matheny, 16, came in first in the men's 100-yard breaststroke (52.89 seconds) and 200 breaststroke (1 minute, 55.27 seconds).
Westmoreland basketball notebook: Prep work paying off for Derry boys
Preparation is everything for Derry boys basketball. The Trojans aren't sparing a single detail this season. From the four-page scouting report each player gets days before every game, to intensive film-breakdown, first-year coach Tom Esposito has his team doing its homework on opponents. andquot;A lot has changed since the last
WPIAL boys swimmer of the week: North Allegheny’s Rick Mihm
Rick Mihm was a part of high school swimming history last March. The North Allegheny junior standout helped the Tigers' 200-yard freestyle relay team set a National Federation of High Schools record with a time of 2 minutes, 53.81 seconds at the PIAA championships at Bucknell University. andquot;When we first
Laurel Highlands looking for new football coach for 2nd straight year
Laurel Highlands has started the search for a new head football coach. After one season, Jake Just announced his resignation. According to TribLive HSSN affiliate WMBS, Just resigned for family reasons. The Greensburg resident has three children under age 6 and wanted to spend more time with them, he told
Division I commits Mayo, Wilson lead Hempfield swimming teams
Coach Kevin Clougherty operates the Hempfield swimming and diving program as an educational opportunity. andquot;We're using the discipline of the sport to teach life lessons,andquot; Clougherty said. andquot;Self-discipline, time management, working towards long-term goals, consistency of work. andquot;Sure, it's a bucketful of fun when the team is really good, but
WPIAL girls swimmer of the week: Northgate’s Karen Siddoway
Karen Siddoway has been pretty busy over the past several weeks. In addition to getting ready for her senior high school season at Northgate, the defending WPIAL Class AA champion in both the 100- and 200-yard freestyle swam three individual events and four relays at the USA Swimming Junior Winter
WPIAL wrestling standings through Dec. 20, 2018
Here are the latest WPIAL team wrestling standings for the 2018-19 season through Dec. 19. The top three teams from each sub-section qualify for the section tournaments. The top team in each sub-section faces the runner-up in the opposing sub-section with the two winners then doing battle for the section
