Roundball Classic all-star schedule, rosters revealed
The annual Roundball Classic senior all-star basketball games will be played May 30-31 at North Allegheny. The schedule and rosters were announced Tuesday. There are four boys games May 30 and three girls games May 31. The schedule is as follows: May 30 — Class 4A vs. 5A, 2 p.m....
3 WPIAL girls basketball standouts named state players of the year; 2 coaches also honored
Three WPIAL standouts earned player of the year honors, and the district also produced a pair of state coaches of the year when the Pennsylvania Sports Writers All-State Girls Basketball teams were announced Tuesday. South Fayette senior Juliette Leroux, who helped lead the Lions to back-to-back PIAA championships, was named...
Mt. Pleasant softball nearly squanders all of big lead before holding off Yough
Mt. Pleasant was resolute, not shaken, when Yough chopped a nine-run lead to three with a sixth-inning rally. The Lady Vikings didn’t tremble, either, when they made five errors. A potential run-ruled finish might have turned into a game, but the visitors didn’t relent. No. 3 Mt. Pleasant answered the...
Westmoreland County campus clips: Seton Hill wrestlers earn PSAC honors
The three Seton Hill wrestlers who made the NCAA Division II Championships earned all-conference honors. Redshirt senior Mike Zacur was named to the All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference first team at 157 pounds, while senior Ty Linsenbigler (Hempfield) and senior Kane Kettering made the third team at 149 and 174. Kettering...
Girls flag football ‘taking off’ in 1st year as PIAA-sanctioned sport
Latrobe is often recognized as the birthplace of professional football. Mackenzie Livingston would love for it to be known as the motherland of girls high school flag football, too. The new WPIAL sport has caught on fast at Latrobe, whose team has the look of a title contender with a...
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Latrobe’s Jack Sacriponte picks Youngstown State
Like a bogey-free scorecard, Youngstown State checked all the right boxes for Jack Sacriponte. The Latrobe senior committed to play NCAA Division I golf for the Penguins. “Good distance from home, very good golf program and schedule, has what I am looking for academically, and I was looking for somewhere...
Norwin boys volleyball looks to get back on playoff track
Norwin lost the look of a playoff contender last season, finishing 5-12 to fall well short of its expectations. But Knights coach Mike Palaschak thinks the team can “flush it,” like Paul Skenes did with his season-opening start, and return to the WPIAL boys volleyball postseason. “Our goal is to...
Franklin Regional looking forward to turf makeover for Haymaker Park
When Franklin Regional baseball players run onto the field at venerable Haymaker Park early in the season, the ground is often muddy and squishy. A deep drive to right field last week by senior shortstop Luke Williams, for example, plugged in the ground. But next season, the Panthers won’t have...
Westmoreland college notebook: Belle Vernon’s Whitlock enters transfer portal to leave IUP
One of the most prolific playmakers to come out of Belle Vernon is looking to cash in after a big season at IUP. Devin Whitlock, a wide receiver who earned All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference first-team honors last season, has entered the NCAA transfer portal, according to his representatives with The...
Jake Knight rises up in 1st varsity start to lift Norwin baseball past Hempfield
Norwin senior Jake Knight found out less than two hours before Thursday’s game that he would be pitching at Hempfield. He knew he might start the finale of the teams’ Section 2-6A baseball series, but it wasn’t official until he boarded the team bus and found out he’d be taking...
Westmoreland County baseball notebook: Derry playing Long ball
Cason Long had one of those days at the ballpark. The Derry senior on Monday went 3 for 3 with a double and a home run, scored the winning run and recorded a save as the Trojans defeated Valley, 5-4. Long drove in three runs. A Shippensburg commit, he said...
Penn-Trafford softball team warms up, takes down Latrobe
Penn-Trafford had lost twice at Latrobe in the last three years, so the Warriors proceeded with caution when they took Graham-Sabota Field for Wednesday’s Section 1-5A softball game. “You go into every game not wanting to take anyone lightly,” Warriors coach Denny Little said. “It’s never a good feeling when...
With no fanfare, longtime Ligonier Valley softball coach Zimmerman steps down
Over the past few years, people often have asked Mark Zimmerman how much longer he wanted to coach softball at Ligonier Valley. “I always told them the same thing,” he said. “I will do this as long as it’s fun. Well, it stopped being fun. Plus, there are some other...
Friends raising money for family of Greensburg basketball standout who lost home in fire
Friends of the Tarpley family are asking for help. The Tarpleys, of Greensburg, lost their home in a fire Sunday on the 400 block of Harrison Avenue. A GoFundMe page was started to help them rebuild their lives. A.J. Tarpley is a standout basketball player at The Kiski School. He...
Westmoreland County softball notebook: Hempfield pays final tribute to legendary coach
Hempfield mourned the death of legendary coach Bob Kalp last week, even giving him one last stop at his eponymous field. After the funeral service at Barnhart Funeral Home in Greensburg, a 21-
vehicle procession made a stop before taking Kalp to his final resting place, Sacred Heart Cemetery in Jeannette....
With MLB scouts watching, Caden Sivrich lifts Norwin past Hempfield
More than a half-dozen professional scouts were in attendance to watch Caden Sivrich pitch. The Norwin senior right-hander made sure the MLB reps didn’t waste a trip to North Huntingdon. The hard-throwing Sivrich did his best to toss a shutout, throwing five scoreless innings and striking out 10 before reaching...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Jeannette grad helps Kentucky to Sweet 16
A former local basketball star experienced March Madness at the highest level. Kentucky assistant coach Ciara Gregory (Jeannette) and the Wildcats reached the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. They fell to top-seeded Texas, 76-54, to finish the season 25-11. Gregory is a second-year assistant who also serves as the team’s director...
Norwin baseball survives strong Hempfield rally for section win
Norwin was cruising along with a six-run lead, and starter Matt O’Neil was in command, limiting Hempfield hitters into the fifth inning. But in the short time Norwin took its eyes off the road, the host Spartans clapped back to make it a game. Despite the mid-inning adversity, though, Norwin...
Westmoreland high school notebook: Girls volleyball moving to 6 classifications
Girls volleyball was one of the few WPIAL sports that had maintained four classifications through the PIAA changeover to six classes in 2016-17. But the sport finally joined the party. Starting next fall, girls volleyball will have six classes. There will be nine teams in 6A, 30 in 5A, 16...
Norwin track teams out to defend WPIAL team titles
Norwin is eyeing WPIAL championship repeats in boys and girls track and field. The Knights pulled off a team title sweep last spring as the boys won for the first time since 1977 and the girls grabbed their first trophy since 2008. The girls also won their first PIAA title....
Norwin notebook: Knights baseball team prepares for section play
No matter how long the season, a strong start is a good sign for any baseball team at any level. Norwin won its first two games, carrying over momentum from its run to last year’s WPIAL Class 6A championship game. Norwin took the season opener, 4-3, over Fox Chapel. Jake...
Franklin Regional notebook: Panthers baseball earns 2 out-of-state wins
Franklin Regional opened the baseball season with three wins in four games, with two victories coming out of state. After a 10-4 win over Fox Chapel in a rare season-opening home game that wasn’t postponed because of weather, the Panthers defeated DePaul Catholic (N.J.), 1-0, and Glenelg (Md.), 6-0, in...
2026 TribLive Westmoreland County girls basketball all-stars
Player of the year Erica Gribble Sr., G, Greensburg Central Catholic The next time the Gribble sisters get together, Erica, the youngest of the three, will probably be wearing her shiny gold medal. Her PIAA championship gold medal. “Oh yeah, I am definitely going to brag,” Erica Gribble said with...
2026 TribLive Westmoreland County boys basketball all-stars
Player of the year Markus McGowan Jr., G, Jeannette Markus McGowan had a career season at Jeannette, but that doesn’t mean the long-bombing junior shooting guard is content. Far from it, in fact. “Was I satisfied? I don’t think so,” McGowan said. “I definitely didn’t plan for it to go...
Hoffer steps down after 4 seasons as Yough football coach
Some coaches put more into a football program than they get out of it. Numerous attempts at a rebuild end up becoming a skipping record. Even with the best intentions in place, moving a mountain — in this case, Cougar Mountain — is a lot harder than it looks. That...
