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Quaker Valley’s Harper Sipes beats Keystone Oaks’ Jeremy Wagner in a 133-pound bout during the Allegheny County Wrestling Championship Jan. 17, 2025 at Fox Chapel Area High School.
Quaker Valley wrestlers pick up section wins, place at tournaments
January 26, 2025
The bitterly cold temperatures in January haven’t curbed the efforts of the athletes in the Quaker Valley wrestling program.

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Quaker Valley’s Bruce Anderchak beats North Allegheny’s Charlie LaQuatra the 114-pound final at the Allegheny County wrestling championship Jan. 18.
100-match winners lead Quaker Valley wrestlers at Allegheny County tournament
Quaker Valley junior Bruce Anderchak has dominated in high school wrestling for the past two-and-a-half years.

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Matt Kwalick swims for Westminster in 2019.
Quaker Valley notebook: Former Quakers swimmer lends expertise as coach
Did you know that Matt Kwalick, a Quaker Valley assistant swim coach, competed for the Quakers swim team when he was a high school student?

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Gateway’s Braden Washington, at left, and Luke Pawlowski each finished in seventh place at the Allegheny County wrestling tournament Jan. 18, 2025, at Fox Chapel.
After slow start, Gateway wrestlers rally at Allegheny County tournament
Gateway wrestling coach Ryan Sula said he didn’t see a lot of good things early on during the two-day Allegheny County tournament Jan. 17 and 18 at Fox Chapel High School.

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Chartiers Valley’s Robert Model beats Plum’s Matthew Nelson in a 215-pound bout during the Allegheny County Wrestling Championship on Jan. 17, 2025 at Fox Chapel Area High School.
Chartiers Valley wrestlers hitting their stride at right time
When speaking about his wrestlers and the season they’ve been having, Chartiers Valley coach Bill Evans brought up a quote he recently read:

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Chartiers Valley’s Domi Crowley vaulting to new heights
For someone who spends a lot of time in the air, Chartiers Valley senior pole vaulter Domi Crowley is very grounded.

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Thomas Jefferson’s Maddox Shaw beats South Fayette’s Luke Dunlap in the 152-pound bout in the Allegheny County Wrestling Championship on Jan. 18, 2025 at Fox Chapel Area High School.
Behind 4 Allegheny County champions, Thomas Jefferson wrestling focused on WPIAL team postseason
Thomas Jefferson wrestlers Bode Marlow, Maddox Shaw and Shepard Turk made team history last season as all three won WPIAL championships.

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Thomas Jefferson’s Nick Trklja drives between Kiski Area’s Noah Thimons and Owen Pearson (33) during a WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal last season.
Buzzer-beater boosts Thomas Jefferson boys
His 11th rebound in the game was his most important.

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Thomas Jefferson’s Shep Turk celebrates after sacking Lampeter-Strasburg quarterback Caileb Howse during their PIAA Class 4A semifinal Nov. 29, 2024, at Mansion Park in Altoona.
South Hills Record notebook: Thomas Jefferson football fills trophy case with postseason honors
A tip of the cap (or is it helmet?) goes out to Thomas Jefferson football coach Bill Cherpak for being named Trib HSSN football coach of the year in Class 4A.

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Baldwin’s Nate Wesling (11) scores his 1,000th career point Dec. 28, 2024, in a nonsection game against Knoch at Geneva College.
Baldwin boys celebrate signature win, milestone for Nate Wesling
It could be considered the basketball game of the year at Baldwin.

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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 25, 2025
January 25, 2025
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Baldwin’s Caden Cherico
High school roundup for Jan. 25, 2025: Baldwin battles to beat North Hills in 2OT
Caden Cherico scored 22 points to lead Baldwin to a 61-58 victory over North Hills in double overtime at the PBC Hall of Fame Classic at North Hills on Saturday.

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Norwin huddles up during a game against Bishop Guilfoyle on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 at the Shootout at Seton Hill.
Comeback bid comes up short as Norwin falls to Bishop Guilfoyle at Seton Hill
While their comeback was exciting, the end result left the Norwin girls basketball team wanting more.

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Belle Venon’s Zion Moore drives against Belle Vernon’s Zane Pacek on Saturday.
Belle Vernon hits glass to beat Knoch in matchup of Class 4A contenders
Belle Vernon missed its share of shots after halftime Saturday, but somehow those misses kept finding their way into the basket.

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Fox Chapel’s John Rehak works against New Castle’s Jayden Shaffer earlier this month.
WPIAL boys basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 26, 2024
Class 6A

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Penn-Trafford’s Lauren Marton pulls down a rebound next to Latrobe’s Carley Berk last month.
WPIAL girls basketball rankings: Week ending Jan. 26, 2024
Class 6A

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Mt. Pleasant’s Joseph Gardner wins the boys 200 IM during the WCCA swimming championships Saturday at Derry Area High School.
Mt. Pleasant swimming sweeps 2A titles at WCCAs; Franklin Regional boys, Latrobe girls win in 3A
In the final Westmoreland County Coaches Association swimming meet of their high school careers, the Mt. Pleasant senior quartet of Lily King, Kiersten O’Connor, David Mutter and Joseph Gardner went out in style Saturday.

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Southmoreland’s Anthony Smith threw for 2,110 yards and 22 touchdowns as a freshman.
Syracuse offers Southmoreland freshman Anthony Smith
Freshman Anthony Smith’s first NCAA Division I scholarship offer has come in.

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Penn-Trafford’s Torrie DeStefano
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Penn-Trafford’s Torrie DeStefano, Derry’s Jake Hauser
The Westmoreland County Athletes of the Week is presented by Smail Kia. Look for the tags and look for the savings at Smail Kia in Greensburg.

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Norwin’s Michael Crnkovic breaks up a pass intended for Penn-Trafford’s Dom Smith in August.
Westmoreland high school notebook: Three Norwin players get college offers on same day
St. Francis (Pa.) came to Norwin looking for football talent and left with three potential prospects.

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