High School category, Page 18
Jeannette, New Castle bowlers win regional titles
Jeannette’s Natalie Christoff and New Castle’s Jeffrey Natale won Western PA Regional singles bowling titles Saturday. The boys and girls singles matches featured matchups of the top two bowlers in qualifying. On the girls side, Apollo-Ridge’s Allison Beighley led qualifying with a five-game series of 1,000 with a 223 high...
Norwin’s Landon Sidun upset, Belle Vernon’s Elijah Brown gets revenge at PIAA 3A West Regional
The unexpected happened at the PIAA Class 3A West Regional wrestling tournament Saturday at Canon-McMillan. The top 121-pound wrestler in the country, Norwin junior Landon Sidun, lost. DuBois sophomore Mateo Gallegos used a reversal in overtime to defeat Sidun, 3-2. Gallegos (45-2) was able to slow Sidun’s pace down. Sidun...
Derry freshman among 4 WPIAL champs at PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional
ALTOONA — One of Derry’s six WPIAL champs wore gold for the second consecutive week Saturday, and he needed only one point to make it happen. Freshman Patrick Bulger won the 114-pound championship at the PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional tournament in Altoona, making a second-period escape stand up for...
Kiski Area’s Ava Golding wins 3rd West Regional girls wrestling title
Coming into the PIAA girls wrestling West Regionals at Mt. Lebanon High School, Kiski Area senior Ava Golding had a couple more goals to check off. She already won her third WPIAL gold medal a week ago and came into Saturday’s event one win away from 100 for her career....
Chartiers Valley adds 8th WPIAL title to trophy case with victory over Thomas Jefferson
Luca Federico doesn’t seek to avoid the pressure that comes with continuing to add chapters to the already storied history of the Chartiers Valley boys basketball program. The sophomore guard only knows winning. Following the Colts’ second consecutive WPIAL Class 5A championship victory, a 63-37 win over Thomas Jefferson Saturday...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Kiski Area’s Ava Golding, Knoch’s Roman DeFelice
Ava Golding School: Kiski Area Class: Senior Sport: Wrestling Claim to fame: Golding won her third straight WPIAL wrestling title Feb. 21. She was the top seed in the 142-pound weight class at the PIAA West Regionals at Mt. Lebanon on Saturday and won her third consecutive regional gold medal...
Hempfield Madison Altman, Latrobe’s Preston Miller win Tri-State indoor titles, head to states
Hempfield junior Madison Altman and Latrobe junior Preston Miller brought home gold medals from the Tri-State Track Coaches Association’s indoor championship on Feb. 21 at Edinboro University. Altman edged out South Fayette senior Delaney Schumaker in the 60-meter hurdles. Both girls ran 8.99 seconds. Miller nudged out Seneca Valley senior...
Canon-McMillan starts fast, finishes strong to topple Norwin, win 1st WPIAL championshipVideo
Canon-McMillan went from the edge of despair to the doorstep of a championship. Norwin made an improbable comeback to reverse an impending blowout. In the end, the top-seeded Big Macs finished the job and made school history. Canon-McMillan built a 19-point lead and saw it shrink to four before finally...
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Hempfield’s Madison Altman, Franklin Regional’s Tommy Westerman
Madison Altman School: Hempfield Class: Junior Sport: Track and field Claim to fame: Altman won the 60-meter hurdles at the Tri-State Track Coaches Association Indoor Championships at Edinboro’s Mike Zafirovski Sports and Recreation Dome. Her winning time was 8.99 seconds. She also ran a leg of the winning 1,600-meter relay...
Oakland Catholic girls beat No. 1 Blackhawk to win back-to-back WPIAL crownsVideo
After a thriller last season that saw Oakland Catholic defeat Blackhawk with a basket in the final 10 seconds, the Eagles and Cougars met again Saturday for Class 4A’s WPIAL championship. Oakland Catholic won its eighth WPIAL championship and second straight by knocking off previously unbeaten Blackhawk, 51-44. The Eagles...
Qa’lil Goode’s 30 points help Aliquippa top South Allegheny for WPIAL-leading 15th championshipVideo
Aliquippa’s Qa’lil Goode unleashed a 30-point barrage to pull away from South Allegheny in a 65-54 victory Saturday in the WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball championship that gave the Quips their third title in the past four years. Goode spearheaded a 12-1 run in the fourth quarter, leading the Quips...
Belle Vernon’s Elijah Brown gets rematch with DuBois’ Kendahl Hoare at regionals
Belle Vernon senior Elijah Brown has lost one match this season. That was to DuBois sophomore Kendahl Hoare, 10-8, on Dec. 6, 2025, at the Trinity Duals. Brown (41-1) will get a chance to avenge that loss Saturday afternoon at the PIAA Class 3A West Regional at Canon-McMillan. The bout...
Neshannock holds off Winchester Thurston to win 4th WPIAL championshipVideo
One year after suffering a heartbreaking loss in the WPIAL Class 2A championship, Neshannock girls basketball had a singular goal entering the 2025-26 season: win the gold. And after storming through the playoff bracket as the No. 1 seed, the Lancers defeated Winchester Thurston, 60-51, at the Petersen Events Center...
Fox Chapel grad finds success as freshman on Washington & Jefferson mats
Sonnie Blanco likes to watch Jack Viti employ his unorthodox wrestling style. What the Washington & Jefferson coach would like to see Viti do more of is lead the dance. When Viti is in situations he feels comfortable, he employs a funky style that befuddles his opponents. Viti, a 2025...
Fox Chapel Herald notebook: Shady Side Academy boys headed to state tournament
The Shady Side Academy boys basketball team didn’t quite finish its Cinderella run through the WPIAL Class 3A boys playoffs. But the Bulldogs springing two upsets and reaching the semifinals means Shady Side Academy will be returning to the PIAA playoffs. No. 13 Shady Side Academy pushed defending champion South...
After emotional loss in WPIAL finals, Jeannette regroups for state playoffs
Jeannette is trying have a short memory after losing the WPIAL championship. The boys basketball team was scheduled to take a day off to regroup before preparing for its next venture, the PIAA tournament. The Jayhawks (22-2) dropped a 52-38 decision to Sewickley Academy (25-1) on Friday night at Petersen...
Fox Chapel wrestler fights through adversity to earn 100th win
Reaching 100 wins meant that Fox Chapel senior wrestler Joey Geller had to find a way to get through the North section qualifier to reach the WPIAL Class 3A championships. But nothing would be easy for Geller during the 215-pound bracket at Butler High School. He battled strep throat all...
After late-season surge, Fox Chapel boys ready to tackle future challenges
The Fox Chapel boys basketball team typically sits on the line between Class 5A and 6A. The Foxes know that next season, they will have to navigate the WPIAL’s largest classification. When Fox Chapel coach Zach Skrinjar had his end-of-season meetings with his players, the message was a simple one....
Westmoreland County high school notebook: 7 picked for East-West football all-star games
Seven local football players were selected to play in the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association East-West senior all-star games. The small-school game kicks off at noon May 17 at Cumberland Valley in Mechanicsburg. The big-school game follows at 5. Hempfield and Norwin each had two players make the big-school game....
Norwin notebook: Girls track team takes indoor title
Norwin and Hempfield went back and forth at the Tri-State Track and Field Coaches Association Indoor Championship on Feb. 21 at Edinboro’s Mike Zafirovsku Sports and Recreation Center. Norwin won the girls championship by 2.5 points over Hempfield, while the Hempfield boys also took second. Norwin’s highlights included: • The...
Michael Ruane joins decorated group of Franklin Regional champions with 1st WPIAL title
Franklin Regional junior Michael Ruane won his first WPIAL Class 3A wrestling title Feb. 21 and ended a short three-year drought for the program. After having a champion every year from 2008-21, the Panthers did not have a champion until Ruane defeated Plum senior Owen Campbell, 2-1. Ruane (41-3) is...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 27, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Friday’s results Upper St. Clair 52, New Castle 51 Class 5A Championship Saturday’s schedule Chartiers Valley (22-2) vs. Thomas Jefferson (23-2) at Petersen Events Center, 7 p.m. Class 3A Championship Saturday’s schedule South Allegheny (16-8) vs. Aliquippa (17-6) at Petersen Events...
Upper St. Clair rallies past New Castle in final seconds to secure 3rd straight WPIAL titleVideo
Jake Foster’s ability to have active hands on defense isn’t something that comes naturally. The Upper St. Clair senior guard has it drilled into him by the culture Panthers coach Danny Holzer has instilled. When USC needed help late in the WPIAL Class 6A title game Friday night at Petersen...
High school roundup for Feb. 27, 2026: Allderdice rallies past State College, earns date with Central Catholic
Lukas Stead tallied 22 points and seven rebounds to lead Allderdice to a 45-43 victory over District 6 champion State College in a PIAA Class 6A District 6-8-10 subregional game Friday night. Zachary Coffey hit an off-balance 3-pointer with four minutes to go to give the Dragons the lead for...
Hempfield, Penn-Trafford wrestlers have big 1st night at PIAA West Regional
It was quite a night for wrestlers from Hempfield and Penn-Trafford during the first day of the PIAA Class 3A West Regional. Hempfield senior Nate Caracciolo pulled off two upsets Friday at Canon-McMillan and advanced to the final day of the tournament. Wrestlers who reach the semifinals need only one...
