Tag: Latrobe

Greensburg Central Catholic head coach Jim Nesser talks with his team during a timeout midway through the fourth quarter against Hempfield on Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, at the Greensburg Salem Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament. Hempfield won 61-44.
Westmoreland high school notebook: Jim Nesser to coach against former Jeannette squad
January 14, 2018
When Jim Nesser returned to coaching, he knew he would run into some old friends. And when he took the job at Greensburg Central Catholic,

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Fox Chapel defense stymies Latrobe boys in Section 3 win
January 12, 2018
Latrobe has pulled its starters in the fourth quarter of big games before. But that was when it had commanding leads that made for anticlimactic

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Greensburg Salem's Megan Kallock brings the ball downcourt against Hampton during the WPIAL Girls Class 5A playoff game at Fox Chapel High School on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Greensburg lost the game, 75-34.
Westmoreland basketball notebook: Kallock among Greensburg Salem’s all-time scorers
Greensburg Salem junior combo-guard Megan Kallock is on her way to chasing some of the big names on the program's scoring list. Only a junior,

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Hempfield's Kierstin Schade (18) celebrates a point against Baldwin in a WPIAL Class AAAA quarterfinal match on Tuesday Oct. 31, 2017 at Norwin.
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Hempfield’s Schade signs with Eastern Kentucky
January 6, 2018
A trip to the WPIAL volleyball semifinals in the fall was more rewarding than Kierstin Schade could have imagined. Schade helped underdog Hempfield reach the

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Latrobe's Anthony Fannie attempts to block a pass by Hempfield's Jules Nicholls on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 during WPIAL boys' basketball at Greater Latrobe Area High School.
Fenton scores 35 to lead Latrobe boys past rival Hempfield
January 5, 2018
Latrobe honored its WPIAL and PIAA baseball championship team at halftime on Friday night. The basketball team didn't need to take on the persona of

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Westmoreland high school basketball notebook: Hempfield, GCC boys employ unique free throw strategy
A Hempfield player gets set to take a foul shot, but none of his teammates are in the lane. It's more like a free rebound

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Graytok scores 29 as Latrobe girls win ‘Backyard Brawl’ over Hempfield
January 4, 2018
Latrobe senior guard Laura Graytok wasn't about to let her team lose the latest installment of what the Wildcats call, andquot;The Backyard Brawl.andquot; andquot;Rankings don't

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Girls basketball returns to section play as part of 3 things to watch Thursday in WPIAL athletics
January 3, 2018
Section play resumes for the first time in 2018 for most WPIAL girls basketball teams Thursday. One of the better matchups is a Royal Blue

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Latrobe players celebrate with the PIAA Class 5A championship trophy after their 7-0 victory over Whitehall on Thursday, June 15, 2017, in State College. The game was called after a rain delay stopped play.
State championship dominance among Westmoreland County sports highlights from 2017
December 31, 2017
Flash bulbs and fire truck escorts back to town. Exuberant student sections and bus loads full of fans with plenty to cheer about — all

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Pine-Richland's Jordan Crawford carries the PIAA Class 6A championship trophy to the fans with Phil Jurkovec, after the Rams defeated St. Joseph's Prep, 41-21, in the state final Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017, at Hersheypark Stadium.
Performance of Pine-Richland, Phil Jurkovec among WPIAL’s top high school sports stories from 2017
This was a year of milestones in Western Pennsylvania sports including the birth of a new high school sports network. The TribLive High School Sports

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