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WPIAL basketball semifinals come with intriguing storylines
February 24, 2020
Mars will face Chartiers Valley in a WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball semifinal Tuesday at Moon.
Path to the Pete moves on to Final Four starting Monday
February 23, 2020
The WPIAL basketball playoffs are at the midway point. Two rounds in the books, two rounds coming this week.
Wrestling and diving and hoops, oh my. All the action Saturday on Trib HSSN
February 21, 2020
The second round of the WPIAL basketball playoffs concludes Saturday afternoon with quarterfinals games in boys 6A, boys 4A, girls 5A and girls 3A.
The Herald Spotlight Athlete: Grady Munroe, Shady Side Academy
Senior Grady Munroe recently closed out his athletic career at Shady Side Academy. A 6-foot-3 wing man on the basketball team, he averaged close to 18 points a game. He was also a starter on the golf team. He will be attending Loyola Marymount in the fall and study screenwriting.
Penn Hills bowlers look ahead to regionals after stumble at WPIBL tournament
The Penn Hills bowlers weren’t pleased with their most recent performance at the WPIBL team championships.
WPIAL quarterfinal basketball in four brackets set for Friday
February 20, 2020
They say the third time is the charm. But what do you call the fourth time?
Plum’s Small comes up big at WPIBL championships
All season long, it looked like Plum senior Shannon Small was the best girls bowler in the WPIBL. She had the top average in the league at 223.23 and rolled the highest game with a 299.
WPIAL basketball quarterfinals tip off in four brackets Thursday
February 19, 2020
After nearly a week of first-round games, the Path to the Pete moves on to Round 2.
Clutch performance gives Norwin’s Turek WPIBL boys singles title
Norwin senior CJ Turek is doing some of the best bowling of his four-year high school career, and on Wednesday, he picked up some hardware to prove it.
WPIAL basketball first round concludes Wednesday with boys 4A, girls 3A matchups
February 18, 2020
There were four first-round byes award by the WPIAL basketball steering committee in the boys Class 4A playoffs. They went to Uniontown, winners of Section 3 with the No. 4 seed, Section 1 co-champions Highlands and Knoch, which drew the top two seeds, and Section 2 co-champion Quaker Valley at No. 3.
Westmoreland high school athletes of the week: Latrobe’s Cole Ferri and Penn-Trafford’s Corina Paszek
Cole Ferri
A-K Valley high school athletes of the week: Samantha Coleman and A.J. Corrado
Samantha Coleman
WPIAL boys 6A, girls 5A and A headline Day 4 of first-round basketball
February 17, 2020
Last year, Peters Township knocked off Penn-Trafford in a Class 6A boys basketball first-round playoff game before losing an upset bid to Pine-Richland in heartbreaking fashion at the buzzer, 66-64, in the district quarterfinals.
WPIAL wrestling realignment takes geographical approach
The WPIAL board approved new wrestling sections Monday based more on geography and less on competitive balance.
WPIAL basketball playoffs continue Monday with first-round games
February 16, 2020
West Allegheny scrambled last season to make the WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball playoffs and was seeded No. 13 in a 13-team playoff field.
After scholarship from Hines Ward, Valley’s Guzzo to be featured in book
Greg Guzzo was checking his email randomly last year when he saw a message titled “Positive Athlete.”
Gateway bowlers make strides to qualify for WPIBL singles championship
February 14, 2020
Gateway bowling’s regular season wrapped up Feb. 5, and the Gators failed to qualify for last week’s WPIBL team championship, but that wasn’t the end of the story.
WPIAL basketball playoffs tip off, district gymnastics championships start Friday
February 13, 2020
Love is in the air. Sure, it’s Valentine’s Day, but for area high school basketball fans, Friday is the first date night with playoff basketball.
West Greene’s Sheyann Watson captures WPIAL rifle title
Sheyann Watson has turned in good performances at the WPIAL individual rifle championships every time she has represented West Greene at the event in her high school career.
Greensburg Salem wins WPIBL girls team championship
Over the last dozen years, Westmoreland County schools have dominated the girls team competition at the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League championships.
