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Leechburg’s Jake Blumer scores over Bishop Canevin’s Aidan Logan Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 at Fox Chapel Area High School.
Leechburg boys pull away from Bishop Canevin after halftime
February 14, 2019
Leechburg boys basketball coach Corey Smith walked his team onto the floor after halftime, turned around, removed his charcoal gray sport coat and said, “I’m feeling it.”

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OLSH coach Don Eckerle talks with his team during a game against Burgettstown on Feb. 15, 2019, at Peters Township.
OLSH girls get defensive in WPIAL Class 2A 1st-round win
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart had some struggles offensively against Burgettstown on Friday in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball playoffs.

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Mt. Pleasant freshmen wrestlers capture Section 3-AA titles
Mt. Pleasant freshmen Luke Geibig and Dayton Pitzer wrestled like veterans in their first Section 3-AA tournament Friday at Canon-McMillan.

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Greensburg Central Catholic’s Geoff Helm attempts a layup shot against Geibel on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 at Charleroi Area High School during WPIAL boys’ basketball class 1A first round playoffs.
Helm’s hot hand leads No. 7 Greensburg Central Catholic past Geibel in WPIAL 1st round
Members of Greensburg Central Catholic’s boys basketball team knew senior Geoff Helm would have to figure into an opening-round playoff victory.

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Ellis’ Natalie Jasper drives past Aliquippa’s Kayla Czambel Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 at Fox Chapel Area High School.
Ellis School tops Aliquippa for 2nd playoff victory in program history
The Ellis School won only its second WPIAL playoff game in school history Friday night.

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The Thomas Jefferson gymnastics team captured the WPIAL championship Feb. 15, 2019, at Moon.
Thomas Jefferson claims 1st WPIAL gymnastics title
Last year, the Thomas Jefferson gymnastics team came so close to a WPIAL title, they could taste it as they finished as runner-up to Moon by just one-tenth of a point.

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Burrell’s A.J. Corrado scores back points against Southmoreland’s Nick Yessick in the 138-pound final of the Section 3-AA tournament Friday at Canon-McMillan.
Valley’s Hutcherson, Schuffert secure Section 3-AA wrestling titles
Noah Hutcherson has a pretty simple goal for the individual wrestling postseason.

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Riverview’s Annie Betler (right) pressures South Side’s Emily Bailey during their WPIAL Class 2A playoff game.
South Side girls use 3rd-quarter surge to take down Riverview in 1st round
Riverview did pretty much everything a lower-seeded team would want to do in the first half.

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Burrell’s Austin Mele works to pin Laurel’s Reed Kissick in the first round of the WPIAL Class AA individual wrestling championships Friday.
Fatigue worth it for A-K Valley wrestlers during sectionals, WPIAL 1st round
Austin Mele sported a split lip and a sore elbow late Friday night at Canon-McMillan. He also had a smile.

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Upper St. Clair head coach Danny Holzer talks with Andrew Casey during their game against Mt. Lebanon Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, at Mt. Lebanon High School.
5 things to watch in the opening round of the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs
Good bye or bad bye?

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Penn-Trafford’s Jack Hughes (right) battles for possession with Baldwin’s Jason Kavulic during a recent game.
Rough stretch of losses keeps Penn-Trafford hockey out of postseason
After going through a difficult five-game losing streak that put postseason aspirations on thin ice, a 4-3 win over Latrobe on Monday provided the Penn-Trafford hockey team a brief moment of hope.

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Penn-Trafford diver Paige Kalik is a contender for WPIAL and PIAA gold medals in 2018-19.
Penn-Trafford swimmers, divers set to contend at WPIAL meets
After sweeping titles at the county meet, Penn-Trafford seniors Paige Kalik and Logan Sherwin look forward to doing the same at the WPIAL Class AAA diving championship on Saturday at North Allegheny.

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Hunter Mattie (left) and Quaker Valley face Franklin Regional in the playoff opener.
Quaker Valley, Sewickley Academy hockey teams ready for playoffs
Quaker Valley and Sewickley Academy will concentrate on the qualities that got them into the PIHL playoffs and leave their struggles in the rearview mirror.

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Franklin Regional’s Mason Fishell finished second in 1-meter diving at the WCCAs.
Franklin Regional swim team enjoys surprise success
Longtime Franklin Regional swimming coach Vic Santoro was expecting this season to be a rebuilding year. Until it wasn’t.

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Quaker Valley’s Isabel Huang competed at the MAC championships Feb. 9, 2019, at Moon.
Quaker Valley swimmers, divers prepare for WPIAL championships
Quaker Valley’s Simon Iwanonkiw will be among favorites at the WPIAL Class AA diving championship Friday at South Park, giving the Quakers (3-6 overall, 3-4 in Section 2-AA) a much-needed lift going into the WPIAL swimming championship next week at Pitt.

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Baldwin’s competitive spirit squad competed at the national championship Feb. 9, 2019, in Orlando, Fla.
Baldwin cheerleaders finish 3rd at national competition
Baldwin’s Alaina Wodarek said it’s every cheerleader’s dream to finish among the top three teams nationally.

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Knoch’s Braden Zukowski works out Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, in the Butler YMCA pool.
Knoch’s Cummings takes advantage of sole high school season
Matt Cummings is making the most of his first and only high school swimming season.

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5 things to watch in the opening round of the WPIAL girls basketball playoffs
February 13, 2019
The 2019 WPIAL girls basketball playoffs opening round is an extended one. It begins Friday and continues through Wednesday. There are opening-round games in five of the six classes, with the exception being Class 6A. Only eight teams qualified, so they all go straight to the quarterfinals. Here are five

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High school scores, schedules for Feb. 13, 2019
High Schools Basketball Boys Thursday's schedule District 8 City League Brashear at Allderdice, 3:15 p.m.; Carrick at Westinghouse, 3:15 p.m.; Obama Academy at Perry, 3:15 p.m. District 6 Nonsection Ligonier Valley at Bedford, 7:30 p.m. WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Feb. 19 schedule Penn-Trafford (14-8) vs. Peters Township (15-7)

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Mars boys, Peters Township girls stand atop Trib 10 basketball power rankings
Every Wednesday during the 2018-19 WPIAL basketball season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases Power Rankings during the WPIAL Roundball Report at 6:30 p.m. Then, after the show, the Trib Ten is posted at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the ranking for the Week of

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