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Alle-Kiski Valley high school sports look ahead: Dec. 27-30
December 24, 2017
Tuesday • The Springdale and Valley girls basketball teams played each other on the season's opening weekend, at Springdale's tip-off tournament. They'll meet again, thisWestmoreland high school notebook: Yough’s Houseman, Penn-Trafford’s Suman get offers
Division II schools have been scouring the WPIAL in recent weeks and extended scholarship offers to several Westmoreland players. Yough lineman Scotty Houseman and Penn-TraffordWestmoreland high school sports look ahead: Dec. 27-30
Highlights of the week ahead in Westmoreland high school sports: WEDNESDAY Boys basketball Holiday tournaments begin around the WPIAL. Penn-Trafford will host McKeesport, Allderdice andSt. Joseph boys golfer Petrishen cards ace on Florida trip
Derek Petrishen wasn't having his best golf round during his recent trip to Florida, but he improved it in a hurry. The St. Joseph seniorPine-Richland hockey enters break on high note
The Pine-Richland hockey team entered the holiday break riding high, after toppling a strong Latrobe squad 6-5. The hard-fought victory was instrumental in keeping thePine-Richland gymnasts optimistic despite loss
Right out of the gate this season, the Pine-Richland gymnastics team was competing in quite the measuring stick matchup against Moon, a program that has
East Allegheny star guard Johnson scores 26 in win over Greensburg Central Catholic girls
Like any team that plays East Allegheny, Greensburg Central Catholic's quandary was take-over senior guard Amani Johnson. Speeding up the game with her up-tempo play
Highlands boys bounce back from loss to rout Greensburg CC
After losing to Franklin Regional on Friday night, Highlands made sure it wasn't going to lose to another Westmoreland County team Saturday afternoon. Sophomore KorryEverything old is new again for Westmoreland hoops coaches
Just because coaches spend years teaching basketball and pacing the sidelines at dozens of games does not mean they are experts on the sport. TheBrothers on Highlands swim team dedicated season to grandfather, A-K Valley sports figure
December 23, 2017
Cole Masarik has his sights set on earning a medal in the 100-yard breaststroke at the WPIAL championships and qualifying for states. The Highlands senior
Minus WPIAL champion Jones, Hampton gymnastics expects to compete
No matter what the Hampton gymnastics team does this season, the first five years of the program's existence have been widely successful. Given how coach
Herald spotlight athlete: Shady Side Academy’s Ariana Goitz
Ariana Goitz, a junior on the Shady Side Academy basketball team, has helped the team get off to a quick start. Goitz scored 63 points
Shaler launches unified bocce program
Samantha Smyers, a 2010 Shaler graduate, can point to a number of programs that help make the district more inclusive for all students. When approached
Shaler swimmer Stanton sets high expectations
Making a trip to Bucknell for the PIAA Class AAA swimming championships last year was the perfect experience for Shaler sophomore Jenna Stanton. Supporting teammate
Quaker Valley’s Ashburn nabs surprise biathlon win
Only weeks after taking up rowing, Quaker Valley sophomore Hannah Ashburn scored a big win. Ashburn took first place in the novice girls division at
State champion football players add special element for top-ranked Quaker Valley baketball team
Quaker Valley boys basketball coach Mike Mastroianni, who doubles as the school's athletic director, said he has been approached by several people who are writing
Hampton boys working out kinks early in season
For Hampton boys basketball, the biggest individual question mark already has been answered just a few weeks into the season. For the team, though, the
Plum wrestling coaches encouraged by early-season effort
Plum wrestling coach Steve Stremple examined his team's numbers coming into the season and concluded that it would be behind the 8-ball when it cameHigh school scores and schedules: Dec. 23, 2017
High Schools Basketball Boys Saturday's results Jamfest tournament (at Penn Hills) East Allegheny 70, Jeannette 62 Highlands 94, Greensburg Central Catholic 48 Penn Hills 77,
High school roundup: Hempfield boys edge Greensburg Salem
Braden Brose's 21 points helped the Hempfield boys basketball team top neighborhood rival Greensburg Salem, 57-55, in a nonsection game Saturday in Greensburg. Hempfield (3-5)
