Tag: Highlands
Late-season success pays dividends for A-K Valley boys basketball teams
February 12, 2019
St. Joseph boys basketball coach Kelly Robinson wondered early Friday evening about the potential ramifications of the Spartans' game that night against Leechburg. A win and St. Joseph would win the outright Section 3-A championship and a better WPIAL playoff seed. A loss would mean a three-way tie for first
Breaking down the 2019 WPIAL boys basketball playoffs
Here is a breakdown of the 2019 WPIAL boys basketball playoffs: Class 6A Favorite: Senior guards Dan Petcash (22.2 ppg) and Greg Shulkosky (16.1) lead a high-scoring Pine-Richland lineup that enters the playoffs on a 19-game winning streak. The Rams average 79.7 points per game, which leads the entire WPIAL.
Highlands cheer team has perfect ending, wins national title
February 10, 2019
The Highlands competition cheer squad might have been singing the blues following a rough outing at January's WPIAL competitive spirit championships, but the Rams were rocking in Cleveland to close the month. The Rams put their WPIAL woes behind them, regrouped and traveled north to the banks of Lake Erie
A-K Valley lookahead for Week of Feb. 11, 2019
MONDAY Girls basketball: Deer Lakes and Freeport don't share the same section -- or even the same classification -- anymore, but will meet up in the first game of a girls-boys doubleheader at Deer Lakes. Both the host Lancers and visiting Yellowjackets qualified for the WPIAL playoffs, Deer Lakes in
WPIAL boys basketball rankings for week of Feb. 10, 2019
February 9, 2019
Rankings Boys basketball Class 6A 1. Pine-Richland, 19-2, 2 2. Latrobe, 18-2, 1 3. Mt. Lebanon, 17-3, 3 4. Butler, 16-4, 5 5. Upper St. Clair, 19-3, 4 Out: none Class 5A 1. Mars, 21-1, 1 2. Moon, 21-1, 2 3. Penn Hills, 18-3, 3 4. Woodland Hills, 16-5, 5
A-K Valley lookahead for Week of Feb. 4, 2019
February 3, 2019
MONDAY Girls basketball: The Section 1-4A playoff race is muddied, with Apollo-Ridge (14-5, 6-5) and Knoch (8-10, 6-5) holding on to the last two spots and Greensburg Salem (10-9, 6-5) right behind. Apollo-Ridge visits Highlands (2-16, 0-12), Knoch visits Freeport (14-3, 6-5) and Greensburg Salem hosts Indiana (7-13, 5-7). Leechburg
A-K Valley notebook: St. Joseph grad stars in Super Bowl commercial
February 2, 2019
A former St. Joseph boys basketball standout will get a shining moment on professional football's biggest night. Chris Conroy, a 2005 St. Joseph graduate, is starring in a Super Bowl commercial for Mercedes Benz's A-Class model. In the ad, which was posted online Thursday and is titled andquot;Say The Word,andquot;
Highlands boys run away from Mt. Pleasant in crucial section victory
February 1, 2019
Edging toward its 11th section title in school history, Highlands showed no letdown from Tuesday's big win at Knoch. The Golden Rams put on a show for the home fans Friday on senior night, rolling to an 86-59 victory over Mt. Pleasant in a Section 1-4A contest. Junior Johnny Crise
Highlands displays growth in key Section 1-4A win at Knoch
January 29, 2019
Growth. That's the word Highlands boys basketball coach Tyler Stoczynski used to describe the difference between a 15-point loss to Knoch at home Jan. 8 and a 54-45 victory Tuesday over the Knights. The Golden Rams trailed by 10 in the first quarter but worked their way toward the victory
Pine-Richland, Butler set for rematch in 3 things to watch Tuesday in high school sports
January 28, 2019
The Section 1-6A title could be at stake in a rematch from one of the top WPIAL boys basketball games this season. Pine-Richland is 7-0 with three section games left, including a showdown at Butler (6-1) on Tuesday in a game that can be heard on the TribLive High School
