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WPIAL field hockey all-stars announced
December 5, 2018
The Peters Township, Penn-Trafford and Shady Side Academy field hockey teams captured WPIAL championships in 2018, and all three were well represented on the All-WPIAL Division I and II squads released recently. Division I First Team Jessie Kolesar, Norwin Emelia Krakora, Mt. Lebanon Veronica Schratz, Peters Township Greta Schratz, Peters
WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball breakdown
WPIAL Class 2A Preseason Player of the Year Shamyjha Price Bishop Canevin 5-9, Sr., guard 14.4 ppg last season Players to watch Dymond Crawford Jeannette 5-9, Sr., G, 20.4 ppg Gigi Mele-Madigan Serra Catholic 5-7, Sr., G, 11.5 ppg Natalie Murrio Brentwood 5-6, Sr., G, 9.0 ppg Ashley Norling OLSH
WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball breakdown
WPIAL Class 2A Preseason Player of the Year Isiah Warfield Sewickley Academy 6-4, Jr., guard 16.0 ppg last season Players to watch Daren DiMichele OLSH 6-1, Sr., G, 17.0 ppg Dusan Krivokopic Winchester Thurston 6-5, Jr., F, 20.6 ppg Jimmy Moon Serra Catholic 6-8, Sr., F, 16.1 ppg Dante Spadafora
After winning past 12 WPIAL Class AA titles, Burrell wrestling not resting on laurels
As the Burrell girls soccer team prepared for a game this fall, members of the school's wrestling team ran laps around the track at Buccaneer Stadium. The wrestlers moved eventually to Puckety Church Road, running up the hill that divides the high school campus from Huston Middle School. Every practice
Big 7 all-conference: Tyler Bradley, Darius Goosby earn POY honors
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart's Tyler Bradley and Rochester's Darius Goosby, whose teams met in the WPIAL Class A championship, earned player of the year honors in the Big Seven Conference. Coaches chose Bradley as the conference's top offensive player and Goosby earned the defensive award. OLSH's Dan Bradley
Woodland Hills TE Joshua Rawlings adds ACC offer
Woodland Hills junior Joshua Rawlings, a top WPIAL football recruit from the 2020 class, received his first Power Five offer Tuesday from Virginia. The 6-foot-6, 235-pound tight end announced the scholarship on Twitter. Virginia joined a list that already included FBS schools Akron, Kent State, Temple and Toledo. Rivals classifiesFreedom hires Greg Toney as football coach
Freedom's school board filled its football coaching vacancy Tuesday night by promoting assistant Greg Toney to head coach. The school announced the hire on Twitter. Toney becomes the fourth head coach at Freedom in 14 months and replaces interim coach John Rosa, the school's athletic director. Rosa took over coaching
Penn Hills football team plans PIAA championship practice at Penn State
Penn Hills won't bus directly to Hershey for the state championship but instead will stop and practice at Penn State, where senior Terry andquot;Tankandquot; Smith's uncle coaches. The running back's namesake is Nittany Lions' assistant head coach Terry Smith. So in preparation for Friday night's PIAA final, Penn Hills will
Despite being undersized, Brentwood’s Bauer named top lineman in Three Rivers Conference
December 4, 2018
Luke Bauer stands 5-foot-10 and weighs 200 pounds when he's soaking wet. That's undersized for any athlete battling in the trenches on a high school football team. Some would consider it almost Lilliputian. But Bauer enjoyed a gigantic season for the Brentwood football team, standing head and shoulders above the
George Guido: Bengals coach Marvin Lewis last WPIAL product left
And then there was one. With the surprise firing of Green Bay Packers coach and Bishop Boyle High School graduate Mike McCarthy, it means Fort Cherry's Marvin Lewis of the Cincinnati Bengals is the only current NFL head coach from a WPIAL school. Since Brentwood's Joe Schmidt was named coach
High school scores, schedules for Dec. 4, 2018
High schools Football PIAA playoffs Class 6A Finals Saturday's schedule Harrisburg (13-1) vs. St. Joseph Prep (12-0) at Hersheypark Stadium, 6 p.m. Class 5A Finals Friday's schedule Manheim Central (15-0) vs. Penn Hills (15-0) at Hersheypark Stadium, 7 p.m. Class 4A Finals Thursday's schedule Imhotep Charter (11-2) vs. Cathedral Prep
WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball breakdown
Class 3A Preseason Player of the Year Bella Burrelli, Neshannock 5-11, Sr., forward 17.9 ppg last season Players to watch Ariana Goitz, Shady Side Academy 5-6, Sr., G, 19.0 ppg Maura Huwalt, South Park 6-0, Sr., F, 13.0 ppg Amaia Johnson, East Allegheny 5-8, Jr., G/F, 12.2 ppg Karly McCutcheon,
WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball breakdown
Class 3A Preseason Player of the Year Keeno Holmes, Lincoln Park 6-3, Sr., guard 23.0 ppg last season Players to watch Tyreek Davis, Avonworth 6-2, Sr., F, 15.7 ppg Isaac DeGregorio, North Catholic 5-10, Jr., G, 14.2 ppg Dan Etheridge, Washington 6-4, Sr., F, 16.8 ppg William Gipson, Aliquippa 6-4,
WPIAL wrestling champion Kiski Area motivated to add PIAA title
Kiski Area held an optional wrestling workout on the final Monday of November, with some of its athletes and coaches taking part in the first day of hunting season. The Cavaliers are hunting more than deer, though: The back-to-back WPIAL Class AAA champions have bigger game in mind once the
PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Rochester, Washington, West A win ’01 titles
The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't
WPIAL Class AAA preseason wrestling rankings
WPIAL Class AAA preseason team rankings Rank, team, last season's record 1. Kiski Area, 21-2 andamp;#8226; The WPIAL AAA champion and PIAA runner-up returns nine starters, including three PIAA qualifiers. 2. Canon-McMillan, 15-3 andamp;#8226; The WPIAL runner-up, which finished fourth in the state, returns nine starters. 3. Hempfield, 19-2 andamp;#8226;
New coach, same goals for Hempfield wrestling team
There is a new man running the Hempfield wrestling program after Vince DeAugustine left to take over coaching duties at Norwin. Veteran coach Tommy Dolde, who led Connellsville to a state title in 2005 and WPIAL titles in '04, '05 and '08, has taken the reins for the Spartans. Dolde
Several wrestlers return after reaching PIAA Class AAA tournament
Returning PIAA Class AAA champions Alejandro Herrera, Seneca Valley (46-8 last season) The sophomore won the 106-pound state title and placed second in the WPIAL. Sam Hillegas, North Hills (32-1) The junior is a two-time PIAA champion, winning the 126-pound title in 2018. He has a 85-1 career record. RyanSeveral wrestlers return after reaching PIAA Class AAA tournament
Returning PIAA Class AAA champions Alejandro Herrera, Seneca Valley (46-8 last season) The sophomore won the 106-pound state title and placed second in the WPIAL. Sam Hillegas, North Hills (32-1) The junior is a two-time PIAA champion, winning the 126-pound title in 2018. He has a 85-1 career record. Ryan
WPIAL wrestling dates to remember
WPIAL wrestling Dates to remember Dec. 7-8 Chartiers-Houston tournament Cumberland Valley tournament at Mechanicsburg Eastern Area Invitational at Gateway Walsh Ironman tournament in Akron, Ohio Dec. 14-15 King of the Mountain at Central Mountain Jan. 22-23 Beast of the East at Delaware Dec. 28-29 Powerade tournament at Canon-McMillan Southmoreland tournament
