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Kiski Area, Burrell remain atop WPIAL wrestling rankings
January 15, 2019
Trib HSSN wrestling rankings Class AAA Team, record, previous 1. Kiski Area, 8-0, 1 2. Hempfield, 10-1, 3 3. Seneca Valley, 5-2, 2 4. Waynesburg, 11-0, 4 5. Canon-McMillan, 4-2, 5 6. Thomas Jefferson, 12-0, 7 7. Norwin, 7-2, 8 8. Peters Township, 5-0, 9 9. Greensburg Salem, 6-1, 6
Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings for week of Jan. 14, 2019
Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings Class AAA Team (district), record, previous 1. Bethlehem Liberty (11), 12-2, 1 2. Bethlehem Catholic (11), 6-1, 2 3. Kiski Area (7), 8-0, 3 4. Cedar Cliff (3), 8-0, 4 5. Cathedral Prep (10), 15-2, 5 6. Council Rock South (1), 3-0, 6 7. Hempfield
Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Week: Upper St. Clair’s Jake Slinger
WRESTLER OF THE WEEK Jake Slinger, Upper St. Clair, senior, heavyweight A PIAA Class AAA medalist as a junior, Slinger is having a dominant senior campaign, and he continued that over the weekend at the Burgettstown Tournament. Slinger rolled to the heavyweight championship at Burgettstown, winning his first three matches
Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week: Waynesburg
Team of the week: Waynesburg The Raiders chose to win again at the Winner's Choice Tournament in Fairmont, W.Va. Waynesburg went into the tournament as the defending champion and once again claimed the title, finishing with 208.5 team points, well ahead of second-place East Fairmont. Four Waynesburg wrestlers won individual
Assistant Mike Junko replaces Jim Render as Upper St. Clair football coach
For the first time in four decades, Upper St. Clair football has a new coach. The school board promoted assistant Mike Junko to head football coach Monday night, filling the vacancy created when Jim Render retired Jan. 3 after 40 seasons with the Panthers. Junko, a USC graduate and son
High school roundup for Jan. 14, 2019: Mt. Lebanon storms past USC
January 14, 2019
Mt. Lebanon girls basketball took over sole possession of third place in Section 2-6A by rolling over Upper St. Clair, 58-42. The Blue Devils (6-8, 5-2) raced out to a 22-9 lead after one quarter and increased their advantage to 37-19 by halftime. Patrice Smith led the Blue Devils with
Deer Lakes girls lose to Shady Side Academy, fall into 2nd-place tie in section
Deer Lakes girls basketball coach Dave Petruska felt his team was as ready as possible to battle for first place in Section 3-3A on Monday night. But Shady Side Academy built a double-digit lead by the end of the first quarter. Deer Lakes tried to rally, but Shady Side didn't
High school scores, schedules for Jan. 14, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys Monday's results WPIAL Class 3A Section 1 Lincoln Park 96, New Brighton 55 Nonsection Freedom 64, Rochester 59 Mohawk 61, Portersville Christian 44 Westinghouse 58, Propel Andrew Street 52 (2OT) Mapletown at Hundred, (W. Va.), ppd. Waynesburg at Chareloi, ppd. District 6 Heritage Ligonier Valley 67,
Sewickley, OLSH set for rematch in Tuesday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports
By comparison sake, this is a budding rivalry. But the intensity and number of meetings has made this one of the hottest matchups in the district. Sewickley Academy and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart will meet for the eighth time in two calendar years when the two powers collide
Latrobe girls keep cool, hold off Penn-Trafford
As a comfortable-looking lead began to turn into a potentially precarious situation for the Latrobe girls basketball team, senior guard Carly Augustine and her two fellow captains reeled in the Wildcats. Breathe, just breathe. andquot;As the three captains, we try to stay composed and set an example for our younger
Sewickley-OLSH clash highlights Tuesday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports
By comparison sake, this is only a budding rivalry. But the intensity and number of meetings has quickly turned this into one of the hottest matchups in the district. Sewickley Academy and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart will meet for the eighth time in two calendar years when theKallock, Mellinger lead Greensburg Salem girls past Apollo-Ridge
Greensburg Salem girls basketball coach Rick Klimchock wanted his team to finish the first half of section play the right way, and led by his backcourt tandem of Nikki Mellinger and Megan Kallock, it did. Kallock had a game-high 18 points, and Mellinger scored 14 to guide the Golden Lions
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week: Uniontown
Our Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week is the first-place squad in Section 3-4A, the Uniontown Red Raiders. Earlier this season, Uniontown lost both of its games in the Snowball Holiday Tournament in at Southern Garrett HS in Maryland to drop to 4-3. Since the calendar changed from
Norwin’s Rizzo earns award at Blue-Grey Classic All-American Bowl
Norwin's Gianni Rizzo made the most of his trip to Texas. The senior linebacker was named defensive most valuable player Monday at the Blue-Gray Classic All-American Bowl in Houston. A Youngstown State recruit, Rizzo was picked for the all-star game in September. Rizzo played for Team 49, which lost to
Leechburg boys adopt road-warriors mentality
Borrowing from a tactic he heard a college coach uses, Corey Smith makes his Leechburg starters practice every day wearing their blue road jerseys. He is making a statement, but not one for fashion. On the road, the Blue Devils' third-year coach believes, plenty can go against a team: the
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week: Butler’s Ethan Morton
Ethan Morton School: Butler Class: Junior Let's be honest, Ethan Morton is one of the top players in the district, period. So anytime the 6-foot-6 junior laces them up and hits the court, he could be our Trib HSSN Player of the Week. But it's hard to look in a
Latrobe boys basketball not impressed with top billing
Latrobe respects the fact it is the No. 1-ranked boys basketball team in Class 6A. But don't expect the Wildcats to romanticize or gloat about being the top dog in the WPIAL's largest classification. andquot;It's just the Trib's opinion of us,andquot; senior swingman Bryce Butler said. andquot;It's just a number
Trib HSSN PIAA boys basketball rankings: Week of Jan. 14, 2019
One team cracked the top five and one slid out among the six classifications and there was some movement at the top in the two highest classes. Roman Catholic lost by one point to the No. 2 team in Class 4A Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast dropping the Cahillites behind Kennedy Catholic
