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Girls Basketball - Greensburg Salem vs Franklin Regional
January 20, 2022
Greensburg Salem Girls Take Down Franklin Regional 35-25 for season sweep. Greensburg Salem tapped into home court advantage to take an early lead on Franklin Regional and never trailed, completing their season sweep of the Panthers with a 35-25 victory in a Class 5A Section 4 matchup on Thursday, January 20 in Greensburg.
Greensburg Salem kept a...
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Girls Basketball - Norwin vs Penn-Trafford
January 18, 2022
Norwin Girls Take Down Penn-Trafford 29-14 Blame it on this week's winter weather if you wish, but the Norwin and Penn-Trafford girls had their own brand of cold shooting happening on the hardwood at Norwin High School. In a game that saw both teams struggle to find the hoop early on, Norwin eventually got their game going and pulled away from Penn...
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Boys Basketball - Hempfield vs Penn-Trafford
January 14, 2022
Penn-Trafford Outlasts Hempfield 50-48 in Closely-Contested Section Battle It was a matchup that had all the potential of a high-scoring, fast moving, down to the wire battle of Class 6A Section 3 opponents. Hempfield and Penn-Trafford have past history of high intensity games decided by buzzer-beater bombs, and recent performances would suggest th...
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Boys Basketball - Derry Area vs Burrell
January 14, 2022
Burrell Boys Beat Derry 55-31 for their eighth Win. Burrell stormed to an 8-point lead on Derry in the first period before the Trojans managed to get onto the scoreboard. The visiting Buccaneers never trailed in a lopsided victory that was highlighted by 9 three-pointers they hit on the evening.
Burrell senior Brandon Coury drained four of those t...
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Girls Basketball - Latrobe vs Gateway
January 13, 2022
Latrobe Girls Beat Gateway 63-35 for their Eighth Win. It was raining 3-pointers in Latrobe as they dropped 27 points from behind the three point line in a lopsided victory over Gateway. Latrobe sophomore Elle Snyder drained five of those treys in a 17-point performance. Three other Wildcats registered double digits as Latrobe dominated Gateway 63-...
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Boys Basketball - GCC vs Jeannette
January 11, 2022
GCC Boys Shut Down Jeannette in 2nd Half to Win 63-43 For two-and-a-half quarters, it looked like a typical Greensburg Central Catholic versus Jeannette classic in the making. The perennial rivals in all sports were locked up in another fierce battle, this time on the hardwood in a Class 2A Section 3 matchup. But then the pendulum swung permanently...
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Girls Basketball - Hempfield vs Canon McMillan
January 10, 2022
Hempfield Girls Beat Canon-McMillan 60-56 for First Section Win If anyone was looking for an indicator of how the Hempfield Area girls basketball team would fare against Canon-McMillan, Alexis Hainesworth dropped a clue out of the clouds early on. She drained a 3-point shot in the opening 15 seconds of the game, later adding 3 more, to lead the Spa...
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2022 WCCA Wrestling Championships
January 08, 2022
Greater Latrobe Wins 2022 WCCA Wrestling Championship With 4 champions and 4 runners-up in the final round, Greater Latrobe cruised to the team championship of the 68th Westmoreland County Coaches Association Wrestling Championships on Saturday, January 8, at Kiski Area High School.
Hempfield Area claimed the team runner-up trophy with 3 champions...
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Boys Basketball - Latrobe vs Franklin Regional
January 07, 2022
Fourth Quarter Free Throws Boost Latrobe Boys to 55-48 Win over Franklin Regional It didn't have the dramatic finish of last year's buzzer beater ending, but for three quarters the Latrobe Wildcats and Franklin Regional Panthers played another spirited, close basketball game on the hardwood at Greater Latrobe. This time it was the Wildcats fourth q...
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Boys Basketball - Hempfield vs Norwin
January 04, 2022
Hempfield Boys Open Conference Play with 77-72 Win over Norwin With the season opening non-conference games and holiday tournaments in the rear view mirror, Hempfield and Norwin met to open their Class 6A Section 3 conference schedule on Tuesday, January 4 at Hempfield's Spartan Fieldhouse. An evenly matched game saw hot shooters on both sides of t...
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Boys Basketball - Latrobe vs Greensburg Salem
December 23, 2021
Latrobe Boys Storm Past Greensburg Salem in 2nd Half for 83-58 Win It took them better than half the game, but when the Latrobe boys basketball team finally found their groove, they took off like a rocket.
The Wildcats, who had trailed since early in the game, overcame a 3-point halftime deficit, outscoring Greensburg Salem by 22 points in the thi...
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Boys Basketball - Hempfield vs Belle Vernon (WCCA Showcase)
December 18, 2021
Whitlock's Buzzer Beater Forces OT, Leads Belle Vernon to 83-77 Win over Hempfield in WCCA Showcase In a matchup that resembled a track meet for much of the game, it was fitting that it was a dead heat at the end of four quarters. But Belle Vernon had a little more kick left in their legs as they outran Hempfield for a 83-77 overtime win during the...
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Boys Basketball - Mount Pleasant vs Monessen (WCCA Showcase)
December 18, 2021
Monessen Boys Get First Win of Season, Beat Mt. Pleasant 58-44 in WCCA Showcase After a slow start, which saw Monessen and Mt. Pleasant score only 29 combined points in the first half, Monessen found their groove and beat Mt. Pleasant 58-44 in the Westmoreland County Coaches Association Boys Basketball Showcase at Hempfield's Spartan Fieldhouse on...
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Boys Basketball - Franklin Regional vs Kiski Area
December 17, 2021
Kiski Area Boys Move to 4-0 with 60-48 Win at Franklin Regional It's still early in the season, but the Kiski Area boys basketball team is on a roll. The Cavaliers are off to their best start in recent memory with 4 wins in 8 days, capped by a 60-48 win at Franklin Regional to open Class 5A Section 3 play on Friday, December 17, in Murrysville.
A...
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Girls Basketball - Franklin Regional vs Kiski Area
December 17, 2021
Big Third Quarter Powers Franklin Regional Girls to 50-31 Win Over Kiski Area A 23-point third quarter extended a 2-point half time lead by Frankln Regional to 17 as the Lady Panthers beat Kiski Area in a non-conference matchup on Friday, December 17, in Murrysville.
Avery Musto led the Panthers with 11 points. Sophia Yaniga was next with 9 points...
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