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High school roundup: Penn Hills grabs 1-point WPIAL playoff win
February 17, 2018
Daivon Stephens, who finished with 14 points, made a free throw with 2.8 seconds remaining to expand the No. 5 Penn Hills (20-3) lead to

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Burrell’s Taylor Johnson caps gymnastics career with WPIAL all-around gold
Burrell senior Taylor Johnson committed to run track at Washington andamp; Jefferson a couple of weeks ago, but before turning her focus to running, she

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Deer Lakes girls can’t overcome slow start in first-round loss to Central Valley
Deer Lakes girls basketball coach Dave Petruska told his players all week that it wasn't going to be easy and to be prepared for a

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Conner Redinger of Quaker Valley gains positioning on South Park's Joseph Fischer in the 106 lbs. championship bout during the WPIAL Class 2A wrestling championships Saturday, February 17, 2018, at Canon-McMillan High School.
Jefferson-Morgan’s Gavin Teasdale wins 4th WPIAL wrestling championship
Jefferson-Morgan senior Gavin Teasdale probably doesn't like to see two losses on his record this season, but what's important is winning titles. Teasdale became the

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Bryce Butler celebrates Latrobe's win over Butler in a WPIAL Class tA first-round playoff game.
Latrobe boys show grit in playoff victory over Butler
Miffed by constant comparisons to last year's team and the notion that it doesn't play enough defense to go far in the WPIAL boys basketball

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Allderdice boys make it a 5-peat in City League
No two seasons are alike, but the last five in City League boys basketball have ended with Allderdice raising the trophy. Jackson Blaufeld scored a

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Riverview's Christian Tamburro (left) is the first wrestler from the school to reach a WPIAL championship match.
Riverview wrestler Tamburro makes program history, reaches WPIAL final
Riverview senior Christian Tamburro has an opportunity to accomplish something that hasn't happened in the Raiders wrestling program in 30 years. Tamburro won his first

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St. Joseph's Alex Jones (1) moves the ball up the court during their WPIAL playoff game against Geibel Catholic on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 at Fox Chapel Area High School.
St. Joseph girls race past Geibel in WPIAL Class A playoffs
It felt something like two weeks since St. Joseph could play the type of basketball game it wanted. Suffice to say the Spartans didn't want

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Leechburg's Mikayla Lovelace (21) drives to the basket against Brentwood during a Feb. 8 game.
A-K Valley high school notebook: Leechburg’s Mikayla Lovelace to face fellow 2,000-point scorer
Mikayla Lovelace played against Sam Breen and Brenna Wise earlier in her high school career and has a close friendship with Amani Johnson and Alexa

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Worth the Waite: Sophomore leads Allderdice to City League girls basketball title
The smallest player on the court had the biggest impact down the stretch for Allderdice. Emma Waite, a 5-foot sophomore guard, sparked a 12-0 run

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Jeannette's Marcus Barnes watches from the sidelines as his team dominates Chartiers-Houston on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017 at Jeannette during WPIAL non-conference football.
Westmoreland high school notebook: Recruiting picks up for Jeannette’s Marcus Barnes
Football recruiting is beginning to pick up steam for Jeannette junior Marcus Barnes, a 6-foot-4, 185-pound wide receiver and defensive back. He has Division I

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WPIAL AA wrestling championships resume at Canon-McMillan
WPIAL wrestling titles will be decided Saturday at the AA individual tournament at Canon-McMillan High School. Twelve wrestlers in each weight class, the top four

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Thomas Jefferson girls JV hoops logs another noteworthy season
Boundless optimism engulfs the Thomas Jefferson girls basketball program. Not only did the varsity team win a section title for the first time in eight

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From left to right, TJ assistant basketball coach Skylar Williams and her younger sister, Shaylor (4), a junior guard at TJ.
Thomas Jefferson’s Williams sisters provide championship link
There is a notable link between the last two section champions in girls basketball at Thomas Jefferson. The Williams sisters. Shaylor Williams is a 5-foot-6

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Bishop Canevin’s Kaczorowski brings renewed energy
In its penultimate game of the regular season, the Bishop Canevin girls basketball team was in a nail-biter with reigning WPIAL Class 5A champion Chartiers

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Penn Hills' Ariana Dunson drives past Woodland Hills' Joi Burleigh during their game Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, at Penn Hills High School.
Penn Hills girls get healthy in time for playoffs
It's not how you start a season, it's how you finish. The Penn Hills girls basketball team had a rocky regular season as injuries took

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Penn Hills baseball works from ground up
Penn Hills athletic director Stephanie Strauss stressed the importance of rejuvenating the secondary sports at Penn Hills when she was hired in May. Strauss believes

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Burrell wrestling sends all-time-high 13 to WPIAL individuals
February 16, 2018
The Burrell wrestling team got back in the practice room Monday after last weekend's PIAA Class AA team tournament in Hershey. The focus was on

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Moon captures 2nd straight WPIAL gymnastics championship
In the comforts of their home gym, members of the Moon gymnastics team edged a tough Thomas Jefferson squad by a margin of just one-tenth

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Burrell's Logan Bitar and Zach Gimbel (r) fights for a loose ball with Riverside's Brian Macmurdo during WPIAL 3A Boys' Basketball playoffs at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High.
High school scores, summaries and schedules: Feb. 16, 2018
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Saturday's schedule Butler (18-4) vs. Latrobe (15-7) at Fox Chapel, 1:30 p.m.; Penn Hills (19-3)

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