Tag: Franklin Regional
High school wrestling notebook: A call to the Hall for Western Pa. trio
December 18, 2018
Greensburg Salem graduate Greg Jones, Norwin wrestling coach Vince DeAugustine and former coach Floyd Marshall will be inducted into the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame. This is the PWCA's 50th anniversary. Jones, a 2000 Greensburg Salem grad, was a three-time NCAA Division I champion at West Virginia. He
Trib HSSN wrestling team of the week: Seneca Valley takes 2nd at KOM
This week's WPIAL wrestling team of the week is Seneca Valley. The Raiders showed the strength of their individual wrestlers at the annual King of the Mountain tournament at Central Mountain High School on Friday and Saturday, with two champions and seven more medalists lifting the Raiders to a second-place
Mars uses late surge to top Franklin Regional in rematch of WPIAL title game
December 17, 2018
Mars is going to Las Vegas for a holiday boys basketball tournament. Before the Planets head west across the country, they stopped to play a high-stakes Section 3-5A game against a team primed to be their rival this season. The top-ranked Planets used a big fourth-quarter surge to turn back
Franklin Regional girls bounce back, defeat Plum in Section 2-5A matchup
The Plum girls basketball team wasted no time in establishing a lead in Monday's Section 2-5A contest at rival Franklin Regional. Kennedie Montue converted a layup four seconds into the game, and Kelsie Zik followed with a 3-pointer 20 seconds later. But Franklin Regional rallied to take its first lead
PIHL Player of the Week: Montour’s Ritchy Froehlich Jr.
December 16, 2018
Oh Captain, My Captain. Whether it's a quote from the movie andquot;Dead Poet's Society,andquot; or describing the play of the captain of the highest-scoring team in the PIHL, the picture is the same. It's the senior captain of the Montour Spartans standing above the rest as the first Trib HSSNThree Franklin Regional wrestlers win at King of the Mountain tournament
December 15, 2018
Franklin Regional had three wrestlers win titles Saturday at the King of the Mountain tournament at Central Mountain High School. Carter Dibert (106 pounds), Colton Camacho (132) and Mason Spears (138) were winners for Franklin Regional. The Panthers finished fifth in the team standings and had five placewinners. Freshman Finn
Westmoreland notebook: Franklin Regional’s Jackson taking talents to Miami
Franklin Regional senior golfer Palmer Jackson had a summer and fall to remember as he qualified for various high-level events at some of the top courses in the country. His All-American tour continues this week in Florida -- with more global flavor -- as he plays in the prestigious South
After wake-up call, Franklin Regional hockey finding success in Southeast Conference
December 14, 2018
There's a moment during most every season where it's gut-check time. A team's season can go either way: regroup and rally or sink to the bottom of the standings and play for next season. The Franklin Regional hockey team chose to regroup and rally following a 4-0 loss to PIHL
Franklin Regional uses defense to top Norwin in Rettger final
December 12, 2018
It wasn't pretty, but Franklin Regional will take it. Behind another strong defensive performance, the Panthers defended their title and won their fifth Mike Rettger Memorial Tournament in seven years with a 44-39 victory over Norwin on Wednesday night in Murrysville. A game with little fluidity saw both teams run
Hough’s first win lifts Franklin Regional wrestling past Penn-Trafford
The Franklin Regional wrestling team needed a stopper during Wednesday's WPIAL Class AAA Section 1A match at Penn-Trafford. So Panthers coach Matt Lebe called on Charlie Hough, not the former Major League Baseball pitcher whose main pitch was the knuckleball, to be that person. Hough, who was 0-21 during the
