Sports
Quaker Valley track team collects medals at indoor state championships
March 9, 2025
Quaker Valley wrapped up a successful indoor track season at the PTFCA state championships March 2 at Penn State.
Senior’s 4-medal haul highlights successful WPIAL meet for Quaker Valley swimmers
Thomas Fuener ended his WPIAL swimming career in style.
Penn-Trafford notebook: Hockey team rallies for quarterfinal win
The Penn-Trafford hockey team sure surprised a lot of teams during the PIHL playoffs in 2024.
Penn-Trafford pair earns trip to PIAA wrestling championships
HERSHEY — Penn-Trafford sophomore Luke DeSantis and junior Dylan Barrett earned their way to the biggest stage in high school wrestling this season — the PIAA Class 3A tournament in Hershey.
New coach aims to lead Penn Hills softball back to postseason
Michele Stiller was excited to have the opportunity to take over the Penn Hills softball program. Stiller, a 2012 Penn Hills graduate, was confident the pipeline supplying the varsity program was in good shape.
Penn Hills baseball puts focus on snapping losing skid in Section 1-5A
The bright yellow signs taped on the padded walls behind the batting cages inside the Fralic Center are impossible to miss. In large black letters, the Penn Hills baseball team has a blunt reminder of what they hope to avoid in the future.
Plum notebook: Mustangs swimmers advance to PIAA championships
Members of the Plum girls swim team fared well at the WPIAL swim championships Feb. 27-28 at Pitt’s Trees Pool and earned berths in five events to the PIAA championships at Bucknell University.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 8, 2025
March 8, 2025
High schools
Central Valley’s Boni takes 2nd in down year for WPIAL Class 2A
HERSHEY — Class 2A wrestlers from the WPIAL did not have a good weekend at the PIAA wrestling championships, which concluded Saturday.
Driven by WPIAL finals loss, Aliquippa dominates in PIAA 1st-round win
Aliquippa had an entire week to fix what went wrong in the WPIAL finals, which was bad news for Westmont Hilltop.
Canon-McMillan’s Solomon is WPIAL’s only girls wrestling state champ
HERSHEY — When the PIAA held its first girls wrestling championships last March, one WPIAL wrestler won a gold medal. It was Valarie Solorio of Canon-McMillan.
Belle Vernon’s Elijah Brown beats Kiski Area’s Cooper Roscosky for school’s 1st state title
HERSHEY — Belle Vernon’s wrestling program finally has a state champion.
High school roundup for March 8, 2025: Clairton’s Iyanna Wade ends career 2nd on WPIAL all-time scoring list
Iyanna Wade scored 24 points to finish her career second on the WPIAL’s all-time girls basketball scoring list as Clairton lost 61-46 to St. Joseph Academy in the first round of the PIAA Class A playoffs Saturday.
St. Joseph girls fall to Farrell in PIAA tourney after refs clear gym in 4th quarter
FARRELL — With 4 minutes, 31 seconds left in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s PIAA Class A girls basketball game between District 10 champion Farrell and WPIAL No. 5 seed St. Joseph, game referees, in response to what they deemed excessive abusive language and yelling from some spectators, cleared the gym before concluding the game.
Upper St. Clair attacks York William Penn inside and outside in PIAA 1st-round win
Against the Upper St. Clair boys basketball team’s offense, opponents are forced to pick their poison.
Kymon’e Brown’s ‘flu game’ lifts Jeannette boys past Mercyhurst Prep in PIAA 1st round
Jeannette point guard Kymon’e Brown missed a morning walkthrough Saturday with flu-like symptoms.
Sites, times set for Tuesday’s PIAA 2nd-round basketball games
The second round of the PIAA boys 5A, boys 4A, boys A, girls 6A, girls 3A and girls 2A is set for Tuesday.
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Penn-Trafford’s Aiden Drotos, GCC’s Erica Gribble
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.
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Jeannette’s Kymon’e Brown draws 1st offer
Jeannette football standout Kymon’e Brown is expected to see increased college recruiting attention as the clock ticks toward his senior season.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 8, 2025: Upper St. Clair boys hoping for another memorable PIAA win
Four years ago, it was one of the stories of the year, maybe even the decade.
