Westmoreland lookahead for Feb. 12-17

By: HSSN Staff
Sunday, February 11, 2018 | 5:54 PM

MONDAY

Hockey

PIHL Class AA South/East heavyweights Latrobe (12-5) and Franklin Regional (10-6) square off in an important divisional clash at 8:30 p.m. at Center Ice Arena in Delmont.

Other games to watch include Hempfield (9-5) vs. Shaler (8-7) at 6 p.m. at Alpha Complex and Upper St. Clair (9-6) vs. Penn-Trafford (9-8) at 7 p.m. at Ice Castle. And in Class A, Norwin (7-10) meets Deer Lakes (8-9) at 6:30 at Center Ice.

Boys basketball

Jeannette (16-3) plays its regular-season finale against Saltsburg (9-11), but football will be on display at halftime when the WPIAL and PIAA champion Jayhawks are honored — and presented a check from Elliott Group to put toward championship rings.

Altoona (5-11) at Latrobe (14-7) and Greensburg Salem (10-10) at Derry (8-10) are other playoff tune-up games.

Girls basketball

Hempfield (11-10) heads to Class 4A No. 2 Blackhawk (17-2) in its regular-season finale. Latrobe (15-6) visits Connellsville (11-10), and Norwin (11-8) hosts 6A No. 2 Peters Township (18-3) in nonsection action.

TUESDAY

Basketball

Coaches and team representatives will gather at 7 p.m. at the DoubleTree Hotel in Green Tree for the WPIAL playoff pairings meeting. Eight local boys teams and five girls teams will learn their opening opponents.

WEDNESDAY

Bowling

The WPIBL boys team championships will be at Wildlife Lanes in Lower Burrell.

THURSDAY

Swimming

The final section night of the season features Latrobe at Hempfield and Norwin at Penn-Trafford in Section 1-AAA.

Derry goes to Greensburg Salem in Section 4-AA.

Bowling

The girls WPIBL team championships will be at Family Bowl-Away in Butler.

FRIDAY

Wrestling

The WPIAL Class AA individual section tournaments begin at various sites.

Gymnastics

The WPIAL team gymnastics championships will be contested at Moon. Doors open at 4 p.m. The parade of athletes will start at 6:55 with competition starting at 7.

Basketball

The WPIAL playoffs traditionally begin on this night.

SATURDAY

Wrestling

Class AA section tournaments conclude around the WPIAL.

Gymnastics

Moon will be the site for the WPIAL individual championships. The parade of athletes is at 9:50 a.m. and competition begins at 10.

Basketball

The WPIAL playoffs continue with early round games.

Tags: Franklin Regional, Greensburg Salem, Hempfield Area, Jeannette, Latrobe, Norwin