Tuesday, January 19, 2021 | 6:01 AM
The Tigers dominated the North Allegheny Duals this weekend as they hosted Central Catholic, Southmoreland and Chartiers Valley on Saturday.
Over the course of three matches, North Allegheny recorded 23 pins and outscored the opposition, 202-16. Chartiers Valley was the only team to win bouts against the Tigers, recording two pins and a major decision. Other than that, it was all North Allegheny.
The Tigers only earned eight match victories via forfeit, and they were carried by several solid performances throughout the day. Dylan Coy (120) Nick Gorman (126), Nathan Monteparte (132), Adam Rohan (152), Collin McCorkle (160), Aidan Buggey (189), Brady Leczo (215) and Luke Rumpler (285) all recorded at least two pins.
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Burrell’s A.J. Corrado shakes hands with opponent Malachi Duvall of Penns Valley after winning the 152-pound bout semifinal in class AA in the PIAA state wrestling championship on Friday, March 6, 2020 at the Giant Center in Hershey.
The Burrell wrestling team got its season started off on the right foot this weekend when it traveled to the North Allegheny Wright Automotive Invitational. Out of 13 weight classes, the Bucs had two first-place finishers, one second, two thirds and three fourths.
Each weight class had between seven and 10 wrestlers.
Senior AJ Corrado got his final high school season started off with a first-place finish at 160 pounds, which is a class above where he competed in last season when he won a WPIAL title and made a run to the PIAA championship.
Greg Macafee | Tribune-Review
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Highlands senior guard Dom Pesci looks for an open teammate during a drill on Tuesday, Jan. 5.
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Highlands guard Jimmy Kunst plays defense during a drill on Tuesday, Jan. 5 2020.
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All basketball teams around Western Pennsylvania have been through a series of ups and downs in the past few weeks. The Highlands boys, however, didn’t even get to take the court for so much as a practice before Gov. Tom Wolf put a three-week pause on high school sports.
So, when the Golden Rams began their first practice of the season Monday, the excitement level of coach Tyler Stoczynski and his players was through the roof.
Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review
Shady Side Academy’s Melissa Riggins (left) celebrates her second goal with teammates during their game on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Burrell. SSA won, 2-1.
Michael Love | Tribune-Review
Shady Side Academy celebrates after a 2-1 victory over Ellis School in the WPIAL Class A field hockey championship game Monday, Nov. 2, 2020.
Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review
Shady Side Academy’s Sam Farner heads the ball in front of the Deer Lakes goal on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, at Deer Lakes.
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Shady Side Academy officially has a new mascot and nickname the Bulldogs.
The SSA Board of Trustees began a five-month search process in July after they decided to discontinue the use of the Indian as the school’s mascot and team name.
Kristina Serafini | Tribune Review
Quaker Valley’s Isabel Huang competes in the girls 200 individual medley during the 2020 AA WPIAL Swimming and Diving Championship at Trees Pool on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020.
In his first year at the helm of the Quaker Valley swimming and diving program, John Nemeth wants athletes to put in the work that will enable them to compete at their highest level.
Despite limitations resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, that is exactly what the Quakers were doing until all Pennsylvania high school sports were put on pause last week. They have been adhering to protocols and putting in their work in the pool. The rest should take care of itself.