Tag: Southmoreland

Connellsville begins play in the 2026 Chipotle USA Hockey High School National Championships on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Plymouth, Minn. The team includes players from Southmoreland and Mt. Pleasant. (Courtesy of Ian J. Zimmerman/Limitless Marketing)
‘Quite an honor’: Connellsville hockey to vie for national title in Minnesota
March 17, 2026
The Connellsville hockey team set some lofty goals this winter.

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Belle Vernon’s Chace Petrosky stiff-arms Trinity’s Anthony Giorgi in October. (Mike Darnay | Mon Valley Independent)
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Belle Vernon football on the move to 3A
March 15, 2026
The WPIAL released football conferences and schedules for the next two-year alignment cycle.

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Swimmers take the blocks during the PIAA Class 2A 400-yard relay girls prelims March 14, 2026, at Bucknell. (Michael Love | TribLive)
Several WPIAL swimmers to contend for state titles on Day 2 of PIAA Class 2A meet
March 14, 2026
LEWISBURG — The final day of PIAA Class 2A swimming Saturday will have several WPIAL competitors in the evening’s championship finals.

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The PIAA Class 3A swimming championships got underway March 11, 2026, at Bucknell University. (Michael Love | TribLive)
Several WPIAL swimmers in medal contention at PIAA Class 2A swimming championships
March 13, 2026
LEWISBURG — The WPIAL will be well represented in the 12 finals heats Friday evening at the PIAA Class 2A championships at Bucknell.

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Norwin’s Trevor Vitsas (22) is mobbed by teammates after the Knights defeated Butler in nine innings in a WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinal May 19, 2025, at North Allegheny. (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
Westmoreland County high school baseball preview: ‘Tight-knit bunch’ planning encore at Norwin
March 12, 2026
It was quite a year for Westmoreland County high school baseball teams in 2025 as 11 qualified for the WPIAL playoffs.

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Penn-Trafford pitcher Allyson Paulone delivers against Greencastle-Atrim during the 2025 PIAA Class 5A championship game. (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
Westmoreland County softball preview: Plenty of new faces at Penn-Trafford but the standard remains high
March 11, 2026
Sometimes, sentimentality gets the best of Denny Little.

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Mohawk celebrates with the trophy after beating South Park during the WPIAL Class 3A softball championships May, 29, 2025 at Lilley Field. (Chaz Palla | TribLive)
2026 WPIAL Class 3A softball preseason breakdown
Could there be a WPIAL championship three-peat in Class 3A softball this spring?

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Southmoreland’s Zoey Murphy wrestles Bethlehem Liberty’s Addyson Munro during last year’s PIAA semifinals at Giant Center in Hershey. (Louis B. Ruediger | TribLive)
With eye on state wrestling gold, Kiski Area, Southmoreland girls turn focus to regionals
February 26, 2026
Southmoreland senior Zoey Murphy and Kiski Area senior Ava Golding have earned medals in the PIAA girls wrestling championship.

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Ligonier Valley's Noah Knupp (24) celebrates with Levi Moser (21) and Jacob Petalino (11) during a WPIAL Class 3A seventh-place game against Southmoreland on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (Paul S. Brittain | Daily Courier)
Ligonier Valley avenges losses to Southmoreland, earns spot in state playoffs
February 25, 2026
In sports, the third time can either be a charm or a curse.

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Franklin Regional’s Magdalena Hull wins the 200-yard freestyle during the WCCA swimming and diving championships Jan. 24, 2026 at Derry Area High School. (Chaz Palla | TribLive)
Westmoreland County swimmers chasing medals at WPIAL championships
February 24, 2026
For the better part of the last four years, Lily King and the Mt. Pleasant swim team have been the center of attention, ruling the podium and setting records at the WPIAL championships.

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