Tag: Highlands

Southmoreland girls basketball coach Amber Cernuto (center) said one of the chief challenges of low roster numbers is creating a strong practice environment.
Girls basketball teams facing crisis of dwindling rosters
December 13, 2023
She calls them her “Fab 5.”

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Highlands’ Bradyn Foster dunks to end the first half against Shady Side Academy on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Fox Chapel.
Bradyn Foster reaches 1,000 career points as Highlands holds off Shady Side Academy
December 12, 2023
Bradyn Foster figures to encounter many more pressure situations this basketball season and beyond.

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Highlands senior Jocelyn Bielak
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Highlands’ Jocelyn Bielak
December 11, 2023
Highlands forward Jocelyn Bielak quietly has become a leader on a team striving to bring home a section title for the first time in 48 years.

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Plum’s Saphia Davis holds onto teammate Maddie Killmeyer as Plum girls wrestling coach Dave Miller instructs during a workout session last season.
First official season for girls wrestling in Pennsylvania getting started
December 9, 2023
The date May 17, 2023, will not soon be forgotten by those who follow and have an affinity for girls wrestling locally and throughout Pennsylvania.

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Highlands’ Bradyn Foster averaged 19.4 points per game last season.
Starting 5: A primer for 2023-24 boys basketball season in the A-K Valley
November 30, 2023
The WPIAL boys basketball season opens Friday. Here are some of the top storylines, teams and players to watch this season in the Alle-Kiski Valley

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Highlands’ Kate Myers hit 93 3-pointers last season.
Starting 5: A primer for 2023-24 girls basketball season in the A-K Valley
The WPIAL girls basketball season opens Friday. Here are some of the top storylines, teams and players to watch this season in the Alle-Kiski Valley”

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Burrell’s Cooper Hornack stands atop the podium after winning the 127-pound final at the 2023 WPIAL Class 2A championships.
Burrell’s Cooper Hornack sets championship goals for senior season
November 29, 2023
There’s a fresh, new banner in the Burrell gymnasium for Cooper Hornack’s state championship last year.

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Burrell’s Calio Zanella attempts to escape from Burgettstown’s Dylan Slovick at 127 pounds at the WPIAL Class 2A team wrestling championships Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at Chartiers-Houston High School.
WPIAL Class 2A preseason Top 10 for 2023-24 wrestling season
Preseason Top 10

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North Catholic’s Alayna Rocco celebrates after defeating Greensburg Salem last season.
Trib HSSN 2023-24 WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball preseason breakdown
November 27, 2023
North Catholic, Blackhawk and Elizabeth Forward won section titles with undefeated records last season, and all three bring back their leading scorer.

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Lincoln Park’s Meleek Thomas scores between South Allegheny’s Cameron Epps (5) and Michael Michalski during WPIAL 4A boys quarterfinal action last season.
Trib HSSN 2023-24 WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball preseason breakdown
With apologies to the late voice of NFL Films, John Facenda, there are 24 teams in WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball, then there are the Lincoln Park Leopards.

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