Sports
North Allegheny girls basketball team snaps Norwin’s 12-game streak
January 28, 2020
Norwin’s Jayla Wehner found solace in the possibility of having another meeting with the North Allegheny girls basketball team down the road.
Westmoreland Athletes of the Week: Norwin’s Ethan Tulenko, Hempfield’s Francesca Nemetz
Ethan Tulenko
A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Burrell’s AJ Corrado pins his way to 100th win
Burrell’s AJ Corrado headed into last weekend’s Thomas Chevrolet wrestling tournament in Bedford on the brink of earning his 100th career win.
Westmoreland County wrestling notebook: Latrobe collects medals at West Branch
It was another successful tournament for Latrobe, which earned a fourth-place finish at the West Branch Ultimate Warrior tournament.
Norwin’s Vince DeAugustine reaches coaching milestone
The Norwin wrestling team presented coach Vince DeAugustine a couple of banners following Monday’s match against West Mifflin.
Kiski Area looking for redemption after section championship loss
For the past three years, the Kiski Area wrestling team has come home from the WPIAL team tournament with gold in hand.
Alle-Kiski Valley Athetes of the Week: Plum’s Kennedie Montue, Leechburg’s Jake Blumer
Kennedie Montue
Trib HSSN WPIAL team wrestling rankings for Jan. 28, 2020
Class AAA
Trib HSSN state team wrestling rankings for Jan. 28, 2020
Class AAA
Trib HSSN individual wrestling rankings for Jan. 28, 2020
Class AAA
WPIBL regular season winding down to final two weeks
With two weeks left in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League’s regular season, teams and individuals are jockeying for championship-tournament positioning with some still fighting to qualify for the postseason.
George Guido: Special chance to see special player Kobe Bryant
The terrible news that came out Sunday about Kobe Bryant’s death in a helicopter accident is another example of it being great to be a high school sports reporter and getting to see athletes before they become famous.
Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Week for week of Jan. 27, 2020
Burrell 152-pounder A.J. Corrado turned in a solid performance at the Thomas Chevrolet tournament in Bedford this past weekend, taking home first place with a 4-0 record and four pins.
Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week for week of Jan. 27, 2020
Following a 17th straight section championship last week, the Burrell wrestling team traveled to Bedford for the Thomas Chevrolet tournament. Burrell placed second behind Chestnut Ridge and scored 225.5 points.
Two-way Gateway football standout Tui Brown commits to UConn
Gateway senior Tui Brown, a two-way standout for the WPIAL champion, committed Sunday to UConn.
TJ notebook: Alyssa DeAngelo hits 1,000-point milestone
Thomas Jefferson senior Alyssa DeAngelo scored her 1,000th career point Jan. 13 in a section game at Trinity.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 27, 2020
Basketball
High school roundup for Jan. 27, 2020: Chartiers Valley’s Tim McConnell wins 600th game
Chartiers Valley coach Tim McConnell celebrated the 600th victory of his high school coaching career Monday night.
Girls hoops showdown joins list of many big boys basketball games on Tuesday
January 27, 2020
There are plenty of key boys basketball games slated for Tuesday. One of the biggest games, however, is on the girls’ side of the hardwood.
No. 1 North Catholic fights off serious challenge from Freeport
Coming into Monday’s game, North Catholic girls basketball had won 54 section games in a row — all but one of them by double digits — so when Freeport tied the game with five minutes remaining, it presented a situation that hadn’t come up in a while.
