Sports
Harvest Baptist’s Sidwell reaches 1,000-point milestone
February 5, 2020
Jared Sidwell is the leading scorer for the Harvest Baptist Academy boys basketball team.
Westmoreland County girls basketball notes: Upset win gives Penn-Trafford momentum
If Penn-Trafford needed momentum heading into its section finale Thursday — a section finale at Latrobe that will decide the final playoff spot in Section 3-5A — then the Warriors found it in a head-turning upset.
A-K Valley girls basketball notes: Knoch girls count on Lauren Cihonski at crunch time
Lauren Cihonski knew the feeling of producing clutch points to clinch a victory for the Knoch girls basketball team.
WPIAL football recruits make commitments official on signing day
The addition of an early signing period in December has reduced the number of Division I recruits using the traditional early-February date, but a handful of WPIAL football seniors waited it out.
Yough hires new football coach
When Chris Chunko reached age 50, he felt his chances of becoming a head football coach were dwindling.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 4, 2020
Basketball
High school roundup for Feb. 4, 2020: Central Valley keeps playoff hopes alive
Needing a win to keep its playoff hopes alive, Central Valley pulled off a comeback to remember Tuesday night.
WPIAL clinched: Boys basketball clinchings through Feb. 4, 2020
February 4, 2020
The WPIAL boys basketball regular season has less than a week left.
Quaker Valley defeats Blackhawk, creates 1st-place tie in unpredictable Section 2
The WPIAL’s wildest section won’t tame easily.
Leechburg boys basketball team defeats Clairton, moves into 3rd place
Leechburg couldn’t have scripted a better senior night.
Penn-Trafford boys basketball eliminates Norwin from playoff contention
Visiting Penn-Trafford needed a victory to get back on track after losing two games in a row. Norwin needed one to stay in the hunt for a postseason spot.
Big second half helps Serra Catholic soar past Brentwood, set up showdown with Jeannette
Serra Catholic led most of the first quarter and again in the second quarter, only to have a late Brentwood flurry in each quarter give the host Spartans a one-point lead.
Deer Lakes boys clinch 4th straight trip to WPIAL playoffs with win over Valley
For the second time in school history, Deer Lakes is heading to the WPIAL basketball playoffs for a fourth straight year.
Balanced attack helps GCC boys take down Imani in 1st-place showdown
Greensburg Central Catholic clinched at least a tie for the WPIAL Section 3-A title Tuesday, but first-year coach Christian Hyland wants more.
Holloway hits 1,000 points as Freeport tops Fox Chapel in battle of playoff-bound teams
Both the Fox Chapel and Freeport girls basketball teams suffered close section losses Monday, and opportunity presented itself Tuesday for one of them to quickly get back in the win column as the teams went head to head in nonsection play at Fox Chapel.
Westmoreland Athletes of the Week: Belle Vernon’s Devin Whitlock, Southmoreland’s Gracie Spadaro
Devin Whitlock
Burrell wrestling looking to prove it belongs with the best at state tournament
The Burrell wrestling team has been in this position a time or two.
Trib HSSN individual wrestling rankings for Feb. 4, 2020
Class AAA
WPIAL wrestling notebook: Waynesburg, Canon-McMillan could collide again
Looking at the pairings for the PIAA Class AAA wrestling tournament, there is a decent chance that WPIAL champion Waynesburg and Section 4 rival Canon-McMillan could meet in the semifinals.
