Sports

Tune-up Tuesday in boys and girls WPIAL basketball
December 9, 2019
Five years ago, Norwin won the WPIAL Class AAAA girls basketball championship, and Blackhawk took home the Class AAA title.

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Quaker Valley boys basketball coach Mike Mastroianni gives direction during a practice last Thursday. Mastroianni recorded his 500th career win Monday night.
Quaker Valley’s Mike Mastroianni earns career win No. 500
It was a matter of when, not if, Quaker Valley boys basketball coach Mike Mastroianni would get career win No. 500.

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PIHL Team of the Week: Dec. 8, 2019
Chris Serakowski is in his second season as the head coach of Carrick’s varsity hockey team, and he has a message that he and his staff have been preaching to the Cougar players this season, a season removed from a fifth-place finish in the final Division 2 standings last year, and only two years removed from a one-win season.

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WPIAL Football Team of the Week: Week 15
One of the most successful football programs in the WPIAL the last three decades enjoyed another golden moment last week.

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WPIAL football player of the week — Week 15
Trying to stop or even slow down Thomas Jefferson in the 2019 football season turned out to be a losing proposition for 16 opponents.

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WPIAL Hall of Fame inductees pose for a portrait at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Moon Friday, June 22, 2007. In back, from left, are Charles ‘Ace’ Heberling, Pat Campbell, Dick Hoak, Jennifer Flynn-Oldenburg, Suzie McConnell, Sean Shapert, Jim Horner and Cary Kolat. In front are Bill Fralic, Doc Griffin, Jack McCurry, Don Graham, Norm Crawford, Pete Antimarino and Dave Nichol.
Don Rebel: Remembering ‘Ace’ as driving force behind WPIAL’s success
Charles Heberling lived up to his nickname. He truly was an ‘Ace.’

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Charles “Ace” Heberling, who directed the WPIAL for more than two decades and is credited with making the league what it is today, died Monday.
Influential WPIAL administrator Charles ‘Ace’ Heberling dies
Charles “Ace” Heberling, who directed the WPIAL for more than two decades and is credited with making the league what it is today, died Monday. He was 94.

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Longtime coaches Faust, Salvino to square off in basketball showdown
Two legendary coaches meet Monday in a WPIAL boys basketball nonsection contest.

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Peters Township’s Donovan McMillon (3) knocks the ball away from Woodland Hills’ Eshawn Carter as Aidan McCall assists Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 at the Wolvarena.
Peters Township’s Donovan McMillon adds 2 offers as NCAA coaches enter contact period
High school football players are in the midst of a two-week contact period on the NCAA recruiting calendar, a 14-day span that’s kept WPIAL juniors busy.

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Gateway’s Patrick Body picks up a first down past Peters Twp.’s Corban Hondru during the WPIAL Class 5A championship game Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, at Norwin High School.
Gateway sophomore Patrick Body adds first Division I football offer
Gateway sophomore Patrick Body made two of the Gators’ most important catches in the playoffs and was rewarded this week with his first Division I college offer.

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Upper St. Clair’s David Pantelis (11) catches a pass for a touchdown during their game against South Fayette on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019.
WPIAL leading receiver David Pantelis announces offer from Duquesne
December 8, 2019
As the WPIAL’s leading receiver, Upper St. Clair’s David Pantelis earned the attention of WPIAL defensive coordinators all across Class 5A.

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Nick McMasters and Plum are off to a 5-3 start.
PIHL high school hockey standings through Dec. 8, 2019
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday, Dec. 8.

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Franklin Regional’s Caden Smith charges toward net with Greensburg-Salem’s defender Jeff Mankins on pursuit Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in the Hempfield High School Tip-Off Tournament.
Section basketball tips off this week on Trib HSSN
The winter high school sports season kicks into full gear this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network.

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High school scores, schedules for Dec. 8, 2019
High schools

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Deer Lakes junior Adam Morrison (right) and other competitors begin their heat in the boys 500 freestyle during the AA WPIAL Swimming/Diving Championship on Friday, March 1, 2019, at the University of Pittsburgh’s Trees Pool.
Deer Lakes’ Morrison leads strong cast of returning A-K Valley swimmers, divers
Adam Morrison is the hunted.

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Final member of 1939 undefeated Avonmore team Catania dies
The last remaining member of Avonmore High School’s undefeated 1939 football team has died.

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Belle Vernon’s Devin Whitlock charges toward the net in an attempt to score over Penn-Trafford on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in the Hempfield High School Tip-Off Tournament.
High school roundup for Dec. 7, 2019: Jake Hoffman carries Mt. Lebanon to tournament title
Jake Hoffman scored 30 points for the second straight game, hit five 3-pointers and won tournament MVP honors as Mt. Lebanon routed Altoona 73-36 in the championship game of the Mt. Lebanon tournament Saturday night.

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Springdale boys top Greensburg CC for tournament title
December 7, 2019
Springdale boys basketball coach Aaron Epps was looking for contributions throughout the lineup Saturday night, and he got it.

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High school scores for Dec. 7, 2019
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Johnny Crise had 13 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists and five blocked shots in Highlands’ win over Gateway.
Highlands boys basketball storms past Gateway
For the second time in as many nights, the Highlands boys basketball team defended its home court in dominating fashion.

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