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Westmoreland County PIAA basketball playoff preview capsule for March 13, 2026
PIAA basketball playoffs Girls Class 3A Quarterfinals Greensburg Central Catholic (21-7) vs. Trinity (23-2) 5 p.m. Friday at Altoona District seeds: Greensburg Central Catholic 7-2; Trinity 3-1 Winner plays: Winner of 7-1 Shady Side Academy (25-2)/6-1 Central Cambria (22-6) on Monday in semifinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Jayla...
A-K Valley PIAA basketball playoff preview capsule for March 13, 2026
PIAA basketball playoffs Boys Class 4A Quarterfinals Deer Lakes (14-14) vs. Obama Academy (18-9) 7 p.m. Friday at North Allegheny District seeds: Deer Lakes 7-4; Obama Academy 8-1 Winner plays: Winner of 12-5 Carver E&S (22-6)/7-3 North Catholic (21-6) on Monday in PIAA semifinals (Time, site TBD) Players to watch:...
WPIAL trio climbs medals podium at PIAA Class 3A girls diving championships
LEWISBURG — The WPIAL again was well represented on the medals podium at the PIAA Class 3A girls diving championships. North Allegheny senior Maggie Lapina, Mars junior Marin Raible and Seneca Valley senior Ali Walters finished second, third and fourth, respectively, Thursday afternoon at Bucknell. Hayden Taylor, a senior from...
WPIAL releases new-look girls volleyball alignment with 6 classes
On the 10-year anniversary of the PIAA expanding football, basketball, baseball and softball from four to six classifications, girls volleyball is next to grow in class. The WPIAL released the new section alignment and schedules for the 2026 and 2027 seasons, the first two years of girls volleyball entering the...
WPIAL swimmers earn top seeds in 5 events on Day 2 of PIAA Class 3A swim championships
LEWISBURG — The WPIAL will have four of the top five seeds for the championship heat of the Class 3A boys 100-yard freestyle Thursday evening at the PIAA swimming championships at Bucknell. Upper St. Clair senior Nazar Zoukovski (44.80) finished first in the morning preliminaries, with Mars sophomore Dom Davis...
Saturday’s PIAA girls basketball quarterfinals loaded with WPIAL teams in Class 5A, 4AVideo
The WPIAL has a 75% chance of having a district girls basketball team playing for state gold in the PIAA Class 5A and 4A championship games, while their chances in Class A have flat-lined. Three of the final four PIAA western teams in both 5A and 4A are from District...
5 WPIAL boys basketball teams set for Saturday’s PIAA quarterfinalsVideo
One class is shining bright with three WPIAL boys basketball teams of the four remaining on the western side of the brackets. Another class has two of the four left, while a third is vacant of District 7 schools heading into the state Elite Eight. On Wednesday, WPIAL boys teams...
WPIAL releases football conference alignment for next 2 seasonsVideo
Following plenty of speculation with various plans considered between league officials, the WPIAL released new conference alignments and schedules for the 2026 and 2027 high school football seasons Thursday. It’s a day coaches, administrators, players and fans have been eagerly awaiting. “Glad we finally got these, and now we can...
2026 WPIAL Class 2A softball preseason breakdown
It would seem Neshannock would have a tough time topping its 2025 championship season that ended with WPIAL and PIAA Class 2A championships and a 26-0 record. But that could have been said for the past four seasons. The Lancers have won four straight district championships, are riding a 52-game...
2026 WPIAL Class 2A baseball preseason breakdown
Who knew Cinderella was a dog – a bulldog that is. A year ago, Freedom held off both Laurel and New Brighton by one game to finish in third place in Section 2-2A just to make the WPIAL postseason. When the district Class 2A brackets came out, Freedom was the...
Defending champ Avonworth, Quaker Valley earn spots in PIHL Class A Penguins Cup finalVideo
The PIHL Class A Penguins Cup championship game is set between No. 2 Avonworth and No. 3 Quaker Valley. In the first semifinal matchup Wednesday night, Avonworth shut out top-seeded Canon-McMillan, 4-0, to make its second-straight Penguins Cup final. In the nightcap, Quaker Valley advanced to its ninth championship game,...
What to watch for in high school sports on March 12, 2026: WPIAL set to announce football realignment
While we pull over to take a break between the second round and quarterfinals on the Road to Hershey and the PIAA basketball playoffs, football jumps to the forefront Thursday. The WPIAL has said it plans to release the new conference alignments and schedules for the 2026 and 2027 high...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 11, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Class 6A Second round Wednesday’s results Plymouth-Whitemarsh 59, Bethlehem Liberty 46 Father Judge 82, Central York 68 (2OT) Imhotep Charter 68, William Penn 45 Parkland 62, Delaware Valley 33 Central Dauphin 68, Souderton 55 New Castle 65, Methacton 61 Central Catholic 54, Chambersburg 38 Upper St....
High school roundup for March 11, 2026: Central Catholic, New Castle, Upper St. Clair win as WPIAL goes 3-0 in 6A 2nd round
Enzo Khalil and Jack Stoessel each scored 13 points each to lead Central Catholic to a 54-38 victory over Chambersburg in the PIAA Class 6A boys basketball second round Wednesday night. Christian Williams added 12 points for the Vikings (24-3), who will take on Upper St. Clair in the quarterfinals...
Propel Schools to serve as host team for football co-op with Imani Christian
Imani Christian Academy and Propel Charter have played football together as part of a co-operative agreement for the past four seasons under the Imani Christian name. On Monday, Propel Schools announced it will now serve as the host school, starting next fall. Propel will assume full leadership of the program...
North Allegheny’s Claire Bacu, relay teams claim gold on 1st day of PIAA swim meet
Claire Bacu is a state champion. The North Allegheny senior finished 15th and then ninth in her first two cracks at the 200-yard individual medley at the PIAA Class 3A championships at Bucknell University. Last year, she was the runner-up to Fox Chapel graduate Sarah Pasquella. This year, there was...
Forest Hills jams up Aliquippa in PIAA Class 3A 2nd roundVideo
The Aliquippa boys basketball team had travel troubles getting to Norwin High School for its PIAA Class 3A playoff game Tuesday. That was the least of their problems. They had trouble slowing down District 6 runner-up Forest Hills and its big man, 6-foot-6 junior forward Dylan Stohon, who scored 18...
Jeannette slams Jefferson-Morgan to move into PIAA Class 2A quarterfinalsVideo
Kymon’e Brown believes he can fly. “I felt like something special was going to happen tonight,” the Jeannette point guard said. On the last play of the second quarter, something did. Brown showed his vertical athleticism when he dashed down the lane, elevated like he was on a forklift and...
Latrobe senior cuts time, earns medal on 1st day of PIAA Class 3A swim meet
LEWISBURG — Latrobe senior Chris Heese entered the 50-yard freestyle prelims Wednesday at the PIAA Class 3A championships seeded 13th. He assured himself of a podium finish and a swim in the championship-final heat with a prelim time of 21.09 seconds. Heese then dropped 22 hundredths of a second in...
South Fayette in championship form in PIAA Class 5A 2nd-round win over Penn-TraffordVideo
If South Fayette was one thing, it was as advertised. The WPIAL-champion Lions, with their five Division I prospects, length and postseason experience, overcame a slow start to sprint past Penn-Trafford, 58-38, in the second round of the PIAA Class 5A girls basketball playoffs on Wednesday night at Peters Township’s...
Fox Chapel’s Ellie Lange rallies for 200 IM gold in PIAA swimming championships debut
LEWISBURG — Freshman Ellie Lange was in fifth place entering the third leg of her swim in the championship heat of the 200-yard individual medley Wednesday evening at the PIAA Class 3A championships at Bucknell University. But she made up three places in the 100 butterfly and finished off her...
A-K Valley softball preview: Knoch sets sights even higher
Sometimes Mother Nature can be cruel. The Knoch softball team found out the hard way in its Class 4A quarterfinal loss to No. 6 Beaver last season. “That was a game we thought we had handled,” coach Chris Gardner said. “After about three or four lighting delays and a two-and-a-half-hour...
Westmoreland County softball preview: Plenty of new faces at Penn-Trafford but the standard remains high
Sometimes, sentimentality gets the best of Denny Little. A confirmed baseball romanticist who still collects and trades bubble-gum cards, the Penn-Trafford softball coach allows himself to daydream, if only for a few seconds. He gets whisked away to one of his program’s proudest days. The setting is Penn State’s Nittany...
Burrell hockey aims to upset familiar foe in PIHL semifinals
As Burrell hockey prepares for a Division 2 semifinal matchup against Morgantown, W.Va., one just has to look back five months ago for proof the Buccaneers can topple the top-seeded Mohigans. Burrell was able to outlast Morgantown, 4-3, in overtime. But Bucs coach Drew Burkett knows all too well that...
Knoch’s Adrian Lavorini eyes golden opportunity at PIAA championships
LEWISBURG — Adrian Lavorini concludes his high school swim career Friday and Saturday at the PIAA Class 2A swim championships at Bucknell. While the Knoch senior has one eye on his future, which includes swimming in college, the other eye is on lowering school-record times and challenging for gold on...
