Sports
Penn-Trafford hockey team heating up ahead of Penguins Cup playoffs
February 19, 2023
It’s been a roller-coaster type season for the 2022-23 Penn-Trafford hockey team.
Penn Hills wrestlers make strides during nontraditional season
Penn Hills wrestling coach Jeremy Packer enjoyed having a different type of schedule this season. Due to what the Indians thought were going to be low numbers, Penn Hills focused on competing in individual tournaments and building up the skills of wrestlers in a program filled with inexperienced grapplers.
Penn Hills notebook: Indoor track team looks to build speed, stamina
While Penn Hills indoor track coach Lee Zelkowitz like to use the winter season as a program builder for the fall outdoor season, the Indians would like to build some momentum by sending a few athletes to the state meet.
Pine-Richland sophomore makes name for herself at WPIAL gymnastics meet
Annamaria Samuels has a unique first name and sometimes it’s accidentally misspelled, which was the case on the WPIAL championship results sheet.
Breakout regular season leads Pine-Richland girls into playoff matchup with rival North Allegheny
The first two meetings with North Allegheny provided lessons for the Pine-Richland girls basketball team.
Gateway bowlers earn trip to regional championships
The youthful Gateway boys bowling team collected 2,561 pins through three games and finished 15th out of 24 teams at the WPIBL boys team championship tournament Feb. 15, at Sims Lanes in Beaver Falls.
Shaler notebook: Titans make themselves at home in playoffs
This winter, making the playoffs was standard operating procedure for the Shaler athletic department. The Titans saw plenty of teams earn a chance to move on to the next level of competition.
Westmoreland high school athletes of the week: Week ending Feb. 19, 2023
February 18, 2023
Melina Stratigos
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Fox Chapel’s Anna Troutman, Freeport’s Michael Braun
Anna Troutman
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 18, 2023
High schools
Big day for Canon-McMillan at TSTCA indoor track championships
Rose Kuchera won a pair of events, the 60-meter hurdles and long jump, to headline a big day for Canon-McMillan at the TSTCA indoor track championships Saturday at Edinboro.
WPIAL Class 2A wrestlers begin postseason quest at section tournaments
Every wrestler who takes the mat wants to win. That doesn’t always happen, but this is the time of the season when individuals are in survival mode.
High school roundup for Feb. 18, 2023: Keystone Oaks holds off South Park in Class 3A first round
Eriona Neal scored 26 points as No. 7 Keystone Oaks held off No. 10 South Park, 61-57, in a WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball first-round playoff matchup Saturday at Peters Township.
No. 11 Mohawk upsets No. 6 Apollo-Ridge in 1st round, gets rematch with Neshannock
The Mohawk girls basketball team had a long ride home from Apollo-Ridge after a WPIAL Class 3A first-round game Saturday afternoon.
Fast start lifts No. 5 OLSH to 1st-round win over Mt. Pleasant
Falling into an early hole in the WPIAL basketball playoffs is often a bad sign, especially for a lower seed.
22 WPIAL football players picked for Big School East-West all-star game
Pine-Richland teammates Ryan Palmieri, Jake Beam, John Rottinghaus and Matt Nicely, who won a state title together in December, were among 22 WPIAL football players chosen for the Big School East-West all-star game.
North Hills ‘workhorse’ to play college ball at Cal (Pa.)
Logan Greer’s hunger has paid off.
North Hills girls take significant step forward
The 2022-2023 North Hills girls basketball season was one built around learning. That includes the team’s players, as well as its new coach.
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers runners shine at indoor meet
North Allegheny’s girls mile relay team re-set their school record Feb. 12, at a Tri-State Track Coaches Association indoor track and field meet at Edinboro.
