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Derry boys in playoff hunt after 9-year drought
January 26, 2018
It's late January and the Derry boys are playing — gulp — .500 basketball. So is it time to bring up the andquot;pandquot; word yet
High school basketball notebook: Tension between Franklin Regional-Highlands coaches ‘nothing personal’
Tempers spilled over and led to five technical fouls in the second half Tuesday night when Franklin Regional's boys basketball team played at Highlands in
Norwin girls halt Latrobe’s win streak
Norwin's message to Latrobe: don't play with scissors. Latrobe will have to wait to cut down the nets to celebrate a section title after theButler asks new coach Christy to bolster football roster
Butler removed the interim label from coach Eric Christy's job title. The Golden Tornado formally promoted Christy, who started last season as the team's offensive
Norwin’s Thrift heading to Notre Dame junior weekend
Norwin football player Jayvon Thrift will attend Notre Dame's junior day this weekend in South Bend, Ind. The standout junior safety has eight Division I
Burrell offense ignites in win over Apollo-Ridge
Burrell's defense carried the load during much of the first half of the season, but the Bucs offense had its day Thursday. Logan Bitar scored
Freeport girls hang with No. 1 North Catholic before falling
Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic got the opening tip in Thursday's Section 1-4A matchup with Freeport, and Dani Short converted a layup after seven seconds. The
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Jan. 25, 2018
High schools Basketball Boys Thursday's results WPIAL Class 5A Section 1 Albert Gallatin 52, West Mifflin 44 Section 2 Mars 48, Chartiers Valley 17 Class
MaxPreps to honor state champion Moon girls soccer team
The MaxPreps Tournament of Champions will visit Moon on Friday night to honor the school's state champion girls soccer team. The Tigers will receive the
High school roundup for Jan. 25: Chartiers Valley girls defeat No. 5 West Allegheny
January 25, 2018
Sparked by strong play just before and after halftime, the Chartiers Valley girls basketball team earned a 49-39 victory over No. 5 West Allegheny in
A-K Valley basketball notebook: Wins piling up for Highlands coach
It might seem a small occasion in a coach's career to move above a .500 career record, as Highlands boys basketball coach Tyler Stoczynski did
WPIAL girls basketball playoff clinchings as of Jan. 25
The WPIAL girls basketball regular season has two weeks left and, eventually, at least 76 teams will clinch a berth in the district playoffs. The
Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic’s Rottmann wins No. 400 at alma mater
When the final buzzer sounded signalling the end of the Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic girls basketball team's 47-33 victory over Freeport, the Trojanettes players surrounded
Boys basketball sections take shape with 3 things to watch Friday in WPIAL athletics
Only three Friday nights remain in the boys basketball regular season and this week's section slate features a few key rematches that will shape title
Canon-McMillan, Burrell awarded top seeds for WPIAL wrestling tournament
The Canon-McMillan and Burrell wrestling teams earned the No. 1 seeds for the WPIAL team tournament which begins Monday with four preliminary-round matches at Franklin
Latrobe’s Miller, P-T’s Kalik set to face off at WCCA diving championships
Two of the finest divers in the WPIAL will square off Friday in the first day of competition at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association swimming
Hempfield, Derry coaches prepare for WPIAL team tournament
Some coaches might have felt the WPIAL wrestling committee slighted their teams. Don't count Hempfield's Vince DeAugustine or Derry's Mike Weinell among that group. They
Freeport’s Beale sinks second career buzzer-beater
andquot;Big Shot Benandquot; did it again. Freeport's star senior, who hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to knock off Indiana last season, scored another game-winner Wednesday as
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Leechburg’s John Miskinis, Freeport’s Samantha Clark
John Miskinis School: Leechburg Class: Junior Sport: Basketball Report card: Miskinis came through big Saturday for Leechburg (9-4, 4-3) by scoring six of his game-high
Monessen’s Henderson scores 55 points
Monessen's Lyndon Henderson scored 55 points on Wednesday night, the highest scoring output of the season in the WPIAL and a school record. Henderson, a
