Tag: Hempfield

Hempfield junior Briar Priest controls Latrobe sophomore Nate Roth in a battle of top wrestlers at 132 Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Priest held on for a 6-5 win.
Hempfield’s Briar Priest tops Latrobe’s Nate Roth to lift Spartans
January 26, 2021
The top wrestlers in the WPIAL at 132 pounds met for the first time Tuesday, and the two walked away knowing this likely won’t be the last time they meet this season.

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Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week for Jan. 25, 2021: Waynesburg
January 25, 2021
When some of the best wrestling teams in the WPIAL gathered at Kiski Area for the Cavalier Duals this weekend, the Raiders, who were ranked as Trib HSSN’s No. 1 team in Class AAA, came out on top with a record of 5-0.

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Belle Vernon’s Dane Anden runs against Laurel Highlands on Oct. 2, 2020, at Laurel Highlands.
H.S. notebook: Belle Vernon’s Dane Anden gets preferred walk-on offer from Pitt
January 23, 2021
Dane Anden could hardly believe the news.

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Hempfield’s Niheim Lewis (left) and Christian Zilli defend a pass by Norwin’s Nick Fleming Friday night.
Top-5 Hempfield boys show they belong with gritty win over Norwin
January 22, 2021
Hempfield is neither shying away nor hiding from the Class 6A boys basketball rankings. In fact, it’s quite the opposite.

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Franklin Regional’s Carter Dibert wrestles Ben Monn of Cumberland Valley at last year’s state tournament.
Kiski Duals to feature WPIAL wrestling’s heavy hitters
January 21, 2021
About the only thing Kiski Area athletic director John Peterman hasn’t changed this past month is his last name, and that may change.

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Ligonier Valley’s Isaac Neidbalson (12) scores against Penns Valley last season.
Westmoreland County boys basketball notebook: Ligonier Valley finally getting started
As of Wednesday, nine WPIAL boys basketball teams had yet to play a game this season due to covid-19 shutdowns and scheduling issues.

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Hempfield’s Briar Priest pins Norwin’s Nathan Campbell in the second period at 132 pounds Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.
Quick start pushes Hempfield wrestling past Norwin
January 20, 2021
Hempfield wrestling coach Vince DeAugustine couldn’t have asked for a better starting point on Wednesday in his team’s WPIAL Section 2B-AAA first-place showdown with Norwin.

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Trib HSSN Wrester of the Week: Hempfield’s Isaiah Vance
January 19, 2021
Hempfield’s senior heavyweight Isaiah Vance has started off his final year of high school wrestling like he has most years, by remaining undefeated.

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Derry girls coach Gene Brisbane remembers when the WPIAL allowed every team into the 1984 playoffs, as it will this season.
WPIAL coaches have mixed feelings about open basketball playoffs
January 16, 2021
Yes, we’re open.

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Longtime Hempfield track coach Roger Sullenberger died Wednesday at age 75.
Roger Sullenberger, coach with encyclopedic knowledge of Hempfield track, dies at age 75
Roger Sullenberger was a math teacher at Hempfield, but if anyone wanted to know the history of the school’s track program, Sully was the guy to go to.

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