Tag: Hempfield Area
Westmoreland high school basketball notebook: Brozeski subs fast and furious
January 17, 2019
Norwin girls basketball coach Brian Brozeski joked he has a timing mechanism in his pocket during games that alerts him when to substitute players. Watch a Knights game, and it's like hockey line changes: three in, three out; four down, four up. While a number of teams like to whittle
Hempfield wrestling uses forfeits, big run to defeat Greensburg Salem
January 16, 2019
Spotting No. 2 Hempfield 12 points from two forfeits isn't a good recipe in winning a wrestling match. That's where No. 9 Greensburg Salem found itself Wednesday in its first-place showdown at Hempfield. Those forfeits were part of eight consecutive Hempfield wins, and it rode that wave to a 39-21
Latrobe boys basketball survives hard-charging Hempfield
January 15, 2019
Hempfield played about as well as it can play against visiting Latrobe, the No. 1 team in WPIAL Class 6A. But instead of pulling an upset, the Spartans left upset Tuesday night in a foul-filled, 58-56 loss at Spartans Field House. Alex Bisignani made two free throws with four-tenths of
High school wrestling notebook: Dolde to get 1st taste of Hempfield-Greensburg Salem rivalry
When Tommy Dolde coached wrestling at Connellsville, the Falcons really didn't have a rivalry match. Mt. Pleasant was the Falcons' rival for a few years when Rob Waller coached the Vikings in the late 1970s, and Uniontown was another rival in the early '80s. Connellsville then left Fayette County and
Kiski Area, Burrell remain atop WPIAL wrestling rankings
Trib HSSN wrestling rankings Class AAA Team, record, previous 1. Kiski Area, 8-0, 1 2. Hempfield, 10-1, 3 3. Seneca Valley, 5-2, 2 4. Waynesburg, 11-0, 4 5. Canon-McMillan, 4-2, 5 6. Thomas Jefferson, 12-0, 7 7. Norwin, 7-2, 8 8. Peters Township, 5-0, 9 9. Greensburg Salem, 6-1, 6
Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings for week of Jan. 14, 2019
Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings Class AAA Team (district), record, previous 1. Bethlehem Liberty (11), 12-2, 1 2. Bethlehem Catholic (11), 6-1, 2 3. Kiski Area (7), 8-0, 3 4. Cedar Cliff (3), 8-0, 4 5. Cathedral Prep (10), 15-2, 5 6. Council Rock South (1), 3-0, 6 7. Hempfield
Bowling Green football targets 4 WPIAL juniors
January 13, 2019
Four WPIAL juniors announced football offers from Bowling Green this week including the first for Hempfield lineman Fintan Brose. Penn Hills safety Aakeem Snell, Woodland Hills tight end Joshua Rawlings and Central Catholic defensive end A.J. Beatty also added offers from the Mid-American Conference school. Beatty (6-5, 250) received a
Trib HSSN PIHL player of the week: Montour’s Ritchy Froehlich Jr.
During the second period of Montour's 13-1 win Monday against North Hills, Class A's third-leading scorer, Michael Felsing, was on the bench, sitting next to another sophomore, Anthony Migliozzi. The pair watched their captain, senior Ritchy Froehlich Jr., score a goal to make it 9-1 and secure a hat trick.
Trib HSSN’s PIHL Team of the Week: Montour Spartans
andquot;Everything was clicking.andquot; Those were the words Clay Shell used to summarize Montour's 13-1 win over North Hills on Jan. 7. It was a win against an Indians' team that is in fourth place in the Class A North Division. The Spartans hadn't played since Dec. 17, when they picked
Baldwin’s O’Malley, NA’s Burton win 3 events at TSTCA indoor meet
Baldwin's Brendan O'Malley and North Allegheny's Casey Burton won three events apiece Saturday at the Tri-State Track Coaches Association indoor meet in Edinboro. O'Malley, a senior, won the boys 200, 400 and long jump. Burton, a junior, won the girls 60, 200 and long jump. The meet was the second
