Sports
New-look Pine-Richland boys basketball team learning ropes
December 11, 2022
The Pine-Richland boys basketball has a much different look this season.
3 Plum wrestlers claim Eastern Area titles
Plum wrestling coach Mike Supak said the Eastern Area Invitational Wrestling Tournament on Dec. 2 and 3 at Gateway was a strong first step for his young but experienced group.
Plum girls swim team boasts talent, depth
Plum swim coach Shawn Haupt looks up and down his girls roster and is excited for what could transpire throughout the 2022-23 season.
Norwin looking for wrestlers to lead program into future
The buzzword around the Norwin wrestling team this preseason was leadership.
Norwin notebook: Girls basketball team starts season on winning note
The Norwin girls basketball team sprinted out of the gates to open the season.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 10, 2022
December 10, 2022
High Schools
High school roundup for Dec. 10, 2022: Central Catholic trips up Penn Hills
Payton Wehner scored 13 points to lead the host Vikings to a 66-60 boys basketball victory over Penn Hills at the Central Catholic Tournament on Saturday.
Volleyball event honors Ellen Toy, gathers area’s best seniors
Saturday’s inaugural We Serve First girls volleyball classic was a success in a number of ways, and the event could become a staple of the local sports scene.
Norwin boys basketball grinds out victory against Yough
There weren’t any slam dunks, and fast breaks were at a minimum.
Latrobe boys edge Greensburg Central Catholic
You don’t have to lose to learn.
George Guido: Chuck Gugino was a coach to remember
One of the area’s most successful basketball coaches has passed away, soon after hitting age 100.
PIAA wants investigation into signs, video targeting Westinghouse football team
The PIAA has directed the Southern Columbia administration to investigate allegations of racist taunts involving signs and a social media video targeting Westinghouse’s football team.
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Mt. Pleasant’s Tiffany Zelmore, Southmoreland’s Ty Keffer
Tiffany Zelmore
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Plum’s Megan Marston, Burrell’s Macky Bennis
Megan Marston
Once healthy, Franklin Regional wrestling should be a team to beat
It may not happen in the month of December, but the Franklin Regional wrestling team could be a tough team to beat in early 2023.
After 7-year hiatus, Jamie Kyriazis returns to coach North Allegheny wrestling team
Timing is important in wrestling.
North Allegheny notebook: Girls volleyball players earn all-state honors
The Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association recognized the top players from each of the four girls volleyball classifications last week with the release of the all-state selections.
Expanded roster brings high expectations to Fox Chapel wrestling program
There’s one thing that becomes evident when visiting the Fox Chapel wrestling room at the school’s field house — plenty of wrestlers.
COUNTERPOINT: Immigration detention system is driven by profits
President Joe Biden vowed to end the federal government’s use of private prisons on the campaign trail. His campaign platform further stated that “the federal government should not use private facilities for any detention, including detention of undocumented immigrants.” And in 2021, Biden stepped into office continuing to promise that he would address the human rights abuses that pervade the immigration detention system.
POINT: Privately run immigration detention safe, cost-effective alternative
On his campaign website, then-candidate Joe Biden vowed to “end for-profit detention centers,” asserting tendentiously that “no business should profit from the suffering of desperate people fleeing violence.”
