Sports
Westmoreland 2018 sports year in review: Championships aplenty around region
December 30, 2018
History was made, and championships were celebrated as another local sports year made its mark. Here are the top five Westmoreland County sports stories from 2018: 5. Golden Lions take state The Greensburg Salem boys cross country team captured the PIAA Class AA title for its first state championship. TheWestmoreland 2018 sports year in review: Championships aplenty around region
History was made, and championships were celebrated as another local sports year made its mark. Here are the top five Westmoreland County sports stories from 2018: 5. Golden Lions take state The Greensburg Salem boys cross country team captured the PIAA Class AA title for its first state championship. The
Quaker Valley girls force 35 turnovers in win over Riverview
December 29, 2018
Riverview did everything it could defensively to dig out of an eight-point halftime deficit by holding Quaker Valley without a field goal for the first 4 minutes, 30 seconds of the third quarter, but too many turnovers kept its offense stuck in neutral. Any time the Raiders had an opportunity
Miller finishes second at Powerade; Kiski sets record
Kiski Area senior Darren Miller knew he faced a tough opponent in the 2018 Powerade Wrestling Tournament finals. That's because it was good friend and practice partner Sam Hillegas of North Hills, a two-time WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA champion. So when he fell behind early in the match, Miller
Thomas Jefferson hockey in hunt for division title
Thomas Jefferson ended the first half of the PIHL season in a three-way battle for first place in the Class A South Division. South Fayette (10-1), TJ (8-2) and South Park (8-2) are the top contenders in the section, followed by Chartiers Valley, Wheeling Catholic and Wheeling Park. andquot;So far,
High school scores, schedules for Dec. 29, 2018
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday's results WPIAL Avella tournament Avonworth 71, Propel Montour 57 Chartiers-Houston 59, Burgettstown 50 Fort Cherry 63, Brownsville 42 McGuffey 66, Avella 47 Elmira (N.Y.) tournament Latrobe 71, Elmira (N.Y.) 50 Great Eight Classic tournament In Jefferson City, Mo. Mt. Lebanon 86, Jefferson City (Mo.) 57St. Joseph boys sprint past Springdale for tourney title
Usually ultra-quick St. Joseph operated at about half speed in the first half of its tournament championship game Saturday night. Then the Spartans cranked their game into high gear, picked up the pace and ran away with the title. Matt Arvay and Grant Bendis scored 18 points apiece, and St.
WPIAL girls basketball rankings for week of Dec. 30, 2018
Rankings Girls basketball Class 6A Team, record, previous 1. North Allegheny, 10-0, 1 2. Peters Township, 8-0, 2 3. Bethel Park, 8-0, 3 4. Norwin, 8-0, 4 5. Fox Chapel, 5-1, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Chartiers Valley, 8-0, 1 2. Mars, 7-0, 2 3. Oakland Catholic, 8-1, 3
WPIAL boys basketball rankings for week of Dec. 30, 2018
Rankings Class 6A 1. Latrobe, 7-1, 1 2. Upper St. Clair, 10-0, 2 3. Pine-Richland, 7-2, 3 4. Mt. Lebanon, 7-2, 4 5. Butler, 7-2, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Mars, 7-1, 1 2. Moon, 8-0, 2 3. Woodland Hills, 7-1, - 4. Penn Hills, 6-2, 3 5. Franklin
High school roundup for Dec. 29, 2018: Franklin Regional girls edge Vincentian in OT
Courtney Giles scored 19 points and Cali Konek added 18 points as Franklin Regional earned a 56-44 overtime victory over Vincentian Academy (3-6) at the Hempfield tournament. The Panthers improved to 5-3 overall. Hannah Katz scored 21 points to lead Vincentian, which trailed by 14 points at halftime before rallying
Westmoreland notebook: Latrobe welcomes back 2,000-point scorer Sobota
Latrobe welcomed home one of its own for a holiday girls basketball tournament. Jen Sobota, the Wildcats' all-time leading scorer with 2,093 points, is the coach of the McLean High School girls team in Virginia. Sobota brought her team to Latrobe for the three-day tournament on the refurbished floor. Sobota,
Norwin’s Phipps, North Hills’ Hillegas claim second Powerade titles
When Norwin junior Kurtis Phipps looked at the 120-pound bracket for the 2018 Powerade Wrestling Tournament earlier this week, he knew he had to bring his 'A' game. Phipps did, and so did North Hills junior Sam Hillegas. Both won their second Powerade titles on Saturday at Canon-McMillan, and it
Aquinas Academy fencing team sees strong growth ahead of season
With a boys team that is ballooning in numbers and enough newcomers joining to gather a girls team for the first time in three years, the future has never looked brighter for Aquinas Academy fencing. The program's growth over the last year, along with the returning talent, has coach John
Plum, Burrell hockey teams play charity game to raise money for Tree of Life Synagogue
The Plum and Burrell hockey teams, situated in different classifications, don't face each other in regular Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League play. But the Mustangs and Bucs shared the ice for a couple of hours Dec. 23 at Pittsburgh Ice Arena in Lower Burrell, and the teams helped raise money for
Defense continues to be trademark of Franklin Regional boys basketball
One of the messages Franklin Regional boys basketball coach Steve Scorpion always tells his players is defense travels. The challenge for this season was to channel the defensive intensity from the graduated seniors who were part of last season's WPIAL Class 5A runner-up to four new starters. So far, defense
SSA boys basketball on right track coming out of holiday break
Heading into Christmas, the Shady Side Academy boys basketball team was 3-4 overall and 2-1 in section play. The Indians suffered their first section loss Dec. 20 against visiting Valley, 72-70. SSA coach David Vadnais remains optimistic. andquot;I feel our team is getting better and still has a lot ofSSA boys basketball on right track coming out of holiday break
Heading into Christmas, the Shady Side Academy boys basketball team was 3-4 overall and 2-1 in section play. The Indians suffered their first section loss Dec. 20 against visiting Valley, 72-70. SSA coach David Vadnais remains optimistic. andquot;I feel our team is getting better and still has a lot of
