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H-S Athlete of the Week: Zach Franks, Connellsville

NAME: Zach Franks SCHOOL: Connellsville GRADE: Senior SPORT: Wrestling FRANKS’ WEEK: The Falcons’ 114-pound starter won all four of his bouts in the Class 3A state dual meet tournament last week, including his 100th-career victory on Saturday against Nazareth in the consolation ...

Matching up

Geibel Catholic has two of the top scorers in the WPIAL in Emma Larkin and Mallory Clemmer and came within a late-season loss in the final seconds of a perfect season. Even so, that lone defeat, 51-50 to highly regarded Serra Catholic, a team the Lady Gators defeated on the road in their first ...

Larkin breaks Fayette County scoring record in Lady Gators’ victory

Emma Larkin scored 27 points to not only help Geibel Catholic to a 67-32 victory over Carrick in non-section girls basketball action, but break Fayette CountyĢƵ all-time scoring record on Monday at Carrick. Larkin, a senior who will continue her academic and basketball careers at Belmont ...

Local calendar

Wednesday, Feb. 11 High school Girls wrestling Connellsville in Southwest Pa. Girls Invitational, at Washington & Jefferson College, 3 p.m.

Doubling up

When the high school basketball section season wrapped up on Saturday there were 15 area teams that had punched their ticket into the WPIAL playoffs. Of that group, 10 came from just five schools. Laurel Highlands, Belle Vernon, West Greene, Waynesburg Central and Beth-Center will each be ...

Rockets enjoy section title, turn attention to playoffs

HOUSTON – On two occasions Friday night against Chartiers-Houston, the Jefferson-Morgan boys basketball team thought the game was over only to realize time was being put back on the clock. Once was for a foul that was whistled and the other was for a player stepping out of bounds. The ...