Tag: Latrobe
Westmoreland girls basketball notebook: Monessen preps for playoff return
February 12, 2020
Janine Vertacnik has coached in numerous WPIAL playoff games over the years, including when she led teams at Jeannette and Greensburg Salem.
Bowling teams turn attention to WPIBL championship tournaments
February 10, 2020
The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League regular season has concluded, and the top individual bowlers and teams are shifting their focus to championship opportunities at the local, regional and state levels.
Gaffney, playoff-bound Hempfield keep rival Latrobe from WPIAL postseason
February 7, 2020
Mikey Gaffney thought Hempfield had a playoff team last year, but the Spartans fell short of reaching the WPIAL boys basketball postseason. A 25-point loss on the final night of the season to rival Latrobe, a perennial playoff team, only rubbed salt in the wound.
Inspired effort from Maura Suman helps Penn-Trafford top Latrobe, clinch playoff spot
February 6, 2020
Play for pap.
Inspired effort from Maura Suman helps Penn-Trafford top Latrobe, clinch playoff spot
Play for pap.
Fox Chapel, Norwin set off shot-clock debate in high school basketball community
Plenty of people who viewed a short video clip last week of Fox Chapel holding the basketball for nearly a minute against Norwin had a strong opinion of what they had just watched.
Westmoreland boys basketball notebook: Huge game looms for Franklin Regional
At Franklin Regional, the thought of missing the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs is just that, a thought — and a bad one, at that.
Westmoreland County girls basketball notes: Upset win gives Penn-Trafford momentum
February 5, 2020
If Penn-Trafford needed momentum heading into its section finale Thursday — a section finale at Latrobe that will decide the final playoff spot in Section 3-5A — then the Warriors found it in a head-turning upset.
Section logjams about to break in key WPIAL boys basketball games Tuesday
February 3, 2020
The final week of section play in WPIAL boys basketball tips off Tuesday with plenty of key games.
