Sports

The Valley's Dru Stokes scores past Freeport's Ben Beale Friday, Jan. 19, 2018 at Freeport Middle School.
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Jan. 19, 2018
January 20, 2018
High schools Basketball Boys Friday's results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Central Catholic 55, Seneca Valley 47 North Allegheny 64, Shaler 52 North Hills 82,

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High school roundup for Jan. 19: North Hills boys upset No. 4 Butler
January 19, 2018
Kam Taylor scored 35 points, including 19 in third quarter as North Hills upset No. 4 Butler, 82-55, in a Section 1-6A boys basketball game

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Fox Chapel’s Cutchember reaches semifinals at county tournament
Fox Chapel sophomore Donovan Cutchember was the lone A-K Valley wrestler to advance to the semifinals of the Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament on Friday. Cutchember

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Baldwin's 2017-18 competitive spirit team qualified for the PIAA championship meet.
PIAA-bound Baldwin spirit team keeps improving
Baldwin's competitive cheerleading squad has evolved into an annual PIAA qualifier. The Highlanders qualified this year thanks to a terrific team effort at the recent

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Thomas Jefferson senior guard Marina Petruzzi competes against Oakland Catholic's Alexis Sestric on Jan. 8, 2018, at Thomas Jefferson.
Scoring depth key for Thomas Jefferson girls
Thomas Jefferson's girls basketball team has been highly productive on the offensive end of the court this season. That prowess led to a 13-2 overall

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Allderdice's Tyler Williams scores against Westinghouse's Rafeik Simons during their game Friday, Jan. 19, 2017, in Squirrel Hill.
Allderdice boys win City League showdown over Westinghouse
City League boys basketball bragging rights were on the line when undefeated teams Allderdice and Westinghouse faced off Friday night. Allderdice reminded Westinghouse why the

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Derry's Gannon Lenhart wrestles in neutral against Mt. Pleasant's Zac Presock in the 160 weight class bout Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018 at Mt. Pleasant Area High School.
Derry to be shorthanded for section tournament
Derry wrestling coach Mike Weinell feels his second-ranked Trojans can compete with anyone in Class AA when healthy. But when the team tournament begins Wednesday,

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Southmorland no. 2 Cali Konek reacts to a fall after an unsuccessful lay-up in the second half of the game against Belle Vernon on Monday, December 18, 2017.
Southmoreland’s Konek to miss ‘minimal time’ after knee injury
Southmoreland girls basketball coach Brian Pritts said standout junior Cali Konek will miss andquot;minimal timeandquot; with a sprained MCL in her right knee. She will

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Day 2 of Allegheny County tournament part of 3 things to watch Saturday in WPIAL athletics
The final of the four county wrestling tournaments around the WPIAL concludes Saturday with Day 2 of the Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament from Fox Chapel

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North Hills senior Kevin Lovasik trains for the 2017-2018 season Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, at North Hills.
North Hills swimming will be represented well at WPIAL championships
Teams are halfway through the swimming season, and one thing is for sure: North Hills will have plenty of representatives at the WPIAL championships. Both

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North Journal high school sports roundup: North Allegheny wrestling on to section championships
North Allegheny won't have to worry about wrestling its way into the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs. The young Tigers beat Shaler, 42-31, in a subsection

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Thomas Jefferson junior Max Shaw competes at 195 pounds against West Mifflin on Jan. 17, 2018, at Thomas Jefferson.
Senior pair helps Thomas Jefferson wrestling advance to section tournament
They have been a staple for the Thomas Jefferson wrestling program for the last three years. Senior grapplers Kellen Lynch and James Mulenga were recognized

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Gateway's Courtney Jackson catches a touchdown pass next to Penn-Trafford's Caleb Lisbon during the second quarter of the WPIAL Class 5A championship game Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, at Heinz Field.
Harlan on recruiting: Toledo coaches impressed by WPIAL athletes
Within a six-minute span early this week, Woodland Hills junior Mike Coleman and Gateway teammates Courtney Jackson and Jeremiah Josephs announced scholarship offers from Toledo

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Mars' Michael Carmody drives into Moon's Brady Sunday during their game Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2017, at Mars Area High School in Adams.
Mars’ Michael Carmody making a name for himself in football, basketball
Michael Carmody is known as Robby's little brother, but the Mars sophomore is anything but little. And football coaches have noticed. Carmody, who's 6-foot-6 and

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Westmoreland County basketball notebook: Jeannette’s Dymond shines bright
Dymond Crawford grew up watching Ciara Gregory launch 3-pointers and light up the scoreboard at Jeannette. andquot;I thought it would be pretty cool if that

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Ligonier Valley's Marrek Paola
Ligonier Valley tandem Paola, Marinchak out for redemption
Every day he walks into the gymnasium at Ligonier Valley, Michael Marinchak stares at a blank banner with hope. Marinchak, only a sophomore but already

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Southmoreland High School
Southmoreland hires new football coach
Southmoreland has a new football coach. The district on Thursday night hired Dave Keefer to replace Mark Adams, who resigned after five seasons. Keefer, not

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Southmoreland's Cali Konek drives down court against Keystone Oaks defense Thursday Jan. 18, 2018 during WPIAL girls' basketball at Southmoreland Senior High School.
Konek injured as Southmoreland girls fall to No. 4 Keystone Oaks
Southmoreland showed it's more than just Cali Konek — at least for a quarter and a half. Konek injured her knee just 16 seconds into

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Hempfield's student section reacts from the stands during their school's varsity boys' basketball game against Latrobe on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 at Greater Latrobe Area High School.
Is boys’ Section 3-6A shaping up for another tight finish?
Boys basketball Section 3-6A could get interesting again as it winds into the second round of games. But can it top last year's logjam at

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Leechburg's Mikayla Lovelace (21) drives down the court during their game against Riverview on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 at Leechburg. Leechburg won 72-49.
A-K Valley basketball notebook: Leechburg’s Lovelace living at the line
The charity stripe has been a fine line for Leechburg's Mikayla Lovelace this season. Lovelace, who broke her own school record by scoring 44 points

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