Sports
Franklin Regional boys, girls earn team titles at WCCA swim meet
January 24, 2026
It was a good day to be a Panther at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association swimming championships.
In meeting of 2 of WPIAL’s brightest stars, Lincoln Park pulls away from Gateway
Lincoln Park pulled away from Gateway in an action-packed 61-48 victory in the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Hall of Fame Classic on Saturday afternoon in Montour.
PIHL cancels all-star games because of weather
The PIHL announced the cancellation of its five all-star games scheduled for Sunday because of the impending winter storm expected for Western Pennsylvania.
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Burrell’s Chase Coury, Deer Lakes’ Mason Cervone
Chase Coury
Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Foxes’ Lyla Jablon surpasses scoring milestone
Lyla Jablon is tasked with doing much more than scoring for the Fox Chapel girls basketball team. The senior guard has been asked to try and set the tempo for a team with a young roster hoping to make a run at the playoffs in Section 1-5A.
Trip to county finals rewarding for Fox Chapel senior wrestler
Adam Haines remembers his worst loss from the 2024-25 wrestling season vividly. The Fox Chapel senior dropped a 1-0 decision to Gateway’s Luke Pawlowski in the blood round of the Allegheny County Tournament at 139 pounds.
Fox Chapel freshman wrestler sees hard work pay off with breakthrough win
Fox Chapel freshman Ariana Morris felt that wrestling was a sport she was destined to compete in. When the Foxes started their own girls team a few years ago, the plan for Morris to follow in her family tradition was set into motion.
Pitt to honor Shady Side Academy girls basketball coach Jonna Burke
Jonna (Huemrich) Burke was honored to pick up the phone and have Sam Clancy on the other end of line. Clancy, a Pitt graduate who had an 11-year football career in the USFL and NFL, was calling to tell Burke she will be honored Feb. 20 at Pitt’s 64th annual Varsity Letter Club Awards Dinner as part of the 2026 Awardees of Distinction Class.
Bethel Park notebook: Wrestler captures county championship
Bethel Park’s Ian Bucheli turned in a championship performance Jan. 17 at the Allegheny County wrestling tournament at Fox Chapel.
Bethel Park’s Charlie Simmons honored for work on, off the field
Bethel Park senior Charlie Simmons joined 10 other area football players as a Jerome Bettis Leadership Award recipient.
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Hempfield’s Ashley Bensur, Belle Vernon’s Elijah Brown
Ashley Bensur
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Norwin cross country coach honored as state’s best
Norwin is known for its almost year-round training for track and field and cross country.
Sewickley sports notebook: Quaker Valley hockey secures back-to-back shutouts
Quaker Valley’s hockey team outscored the opposition by a 17-0 overall difference in recent back-to-back PIHL Class A games.
Quaker Valley swimmers ramp up for postseason meets
Three up and three down.
Quaker Valley boys in driver’s seat as stretch run draws near
The Quaker Valley boys basketball team ended the first half of section play in a great position.
Franklin Regional boys basketball battles through Section 1-5A slate
Franklin Regional’s boys basketball team played two key Section 1-5A games last week.
Franklin Regional soccer player studying link between knee injuries, turf
When Grace Copeland was a freshman, she fractured her right tibia and fibula and needed more than 11 months of recovery time to get back to playing soccer.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 23, 2026
High schools
High school roundup for Jan. 23, 2026: Bauman brothers shoot No. 4 Moon past No. 1 Chartiers Valley
Jackson Bauman hit his fifth 3-pointer of the game with 4.9 seconds to go to lead Trib HSSN Class 4A No. 4 Moon to a 52-49 victory over No. 1 Chartiers Valley on Friday night, handing the Colts their first Section 4-5A loss of the season.
