Bill Hartlep stories, Page 11

WPIAL Class A girls basketball championship No. 1 Union vs. No. 3 St. Joseph 11 a.m. Saturday at Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: NFHS Network WPIAL titles: Union 1 (2023), St. Joseph 0 Union (18-5) Coach: Rob Nogay Projected starting lineup No., Name, Ht., Cl., Pos. 1,...

WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball championship No. 1 Avonworth vs. No. 2 Shady Side Academy 3 p.m. Friday at Petersen Events Center On the air: Audio broadcast: Trib HSSN; Video livestream: NFHS Network WPIAL titles: Avonworth 7 (2023, ‘05, 1992-94, ‘79, ‘76), Shady Side Academy 0 Avonworth (22-1) Coach: Nick...

WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball championship No. 1 Deer Lakes vs. No. 11 Burrell 5 p.m. Friday at Petersen Events Center On the air: Audio broadcast: TribLive HSSN; Video livestream: NFHS Network WPIAL titles: Deer Lakes 1 (2023); Burrell 0 Deer Lakes (20-4) Coach: Albie Fletcher Probable starting lineup No.,...

WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 4A Seventh-place game 8-Knoch (15-10) at 3-Montour (20-4) 7 p.m. Tuesday Winner: Earns seventh place in the WPIAL and a PIAA playoff berth Coaches: Alan Bauman, Knoch; Bill Minear, Montour Players to watch: Zane Pacek, Knoch; Jake Wolfe, Montour Layup lines: Knoch lost to North...

WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 3A Semifinals 1-Deer Lakes (19-4) vs. 4-Neshannock (20-3) 6 p.m. Monday at Fox Chapel Winner plays: Winner of 2-Mohawk (17-7)/11-Burrell (15-7) at 5 p.m. Friday in WPIAL championship at Petersen Events Center Coaches: Albie Fletcher, Deer Lakes; John Corey, Neshannock Players to watch: Billy Schaeffer,...

Fox Chapel, Gateway and Peters Township will host WPIAL semifinal doubleheaders Tuesday night. Games are scheduled that night for Class 6A and 2A boys and Class 5A and 4A girls. WPIAL basketball Tuesday’s semifinals Class 6A boys 1-Mt. Lebanon (20-4) vs. 4-Baldwin (17-6) at Bethel Park, 7 p.m. 2-Central Catholic...

Veronica Flanagan Class: Junior School: Kiski Area Sport: Bowling Report card: Kiski Area junior Veronica Flanagan captured the WPIBL girls singles championship Thursday at AMF Mt. Lebanon after she defeated Freeport’s Mackensie Livingston, 222-183, in the final. Flanagan, the WPIBL runner-up last year, was fourth after the qualifying round when...

WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 5A Consolation tournament 12-Kiski Area (16-8) at 8-Fox Chapel (13-11) Noon Saturday Winner plays: Winner of 7-Gateway (17-7)/11-Bethel Park (12-12) in fifth-place game Wednesday (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Colin Keller, Kiski Area; Jefferson Moorefield-Brown, Fox Chapel Layup lines: Kiski Area dropped a 73-57...

WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 5A Quarterfinals 1-Moon (20-3) vs. 8-Fox Chapel (13-10) 8 p.m. Thursday at North Hills Winner plays: Winner of 4-Thomas Jefferson (20-3)/12-Kiski Area (16-7) Monday in semifinals (time, site TBD) Coaches: Gino Palmosina, Moon; Zach Skrinjar, Fox Chapel Players to watch: Elijah Guillory, Moon; Jefferson Moorefield-Brown,...

WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 4A Quarterfinals 1-Lincoln Park (20-3) vs. 8-Knoch (15-8) 8 p.m. Wednesday at North Allegheny Winner plays: Winner of 4-Uniontown (20-3)/5-North Catholic (14-8) Saturday in semifinals (time, site TBD) Coaches: Mike Bariski, Lincoln Park; Alan Bauman, Knoch Section finish: Lincoln Park 1st, Section 2; Knoch 2nd,...

WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 5A First round 9-North Hills (12-9) at 8-Fox Chapel (12-10) 8 p.m. Monday Winner plays: 1-Moon (19-3)/17-Woodland Hills (9-13) on Thursday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Section finish: North Hills 3rd, Section 4; Fox Chapel 2nd, Section 2 Players to watch: Eric James, North Hills;...

Isabella Thomas Class: Freshman School: St. Joseph Sport: Gymnastics Report card: St. Joseph freshman Isabella Thomas finished fourth out of 37 competitors in the all-around with a score of 34.850 in the Intermediate I division at the WPIAL gymnastics championships Feb. 10. Thomas placed eighth in bars (8.600), fourth in...

WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 4A First round 16-Freeport (7-14) at 1-Lincoln Park (19-3), 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Friday Winner plays: Winner of 8-Knoch (14-8)/9-Beaver (12-10) Wednesday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Section finish: Freeport 4th, Section 1; Lincoln Park 1st, Section 2 Players to watch: Brady Sullivan, Freeport; Meleek...

Jeff Capel expressed complete confidence in his team’s ability to shoot the basketball after Tuesday’s 74-63 upset win at No. 21 Virginia. In the process, Pitt has shot back into the NCAA Tournament discussion. Winners of four straight conference games, the Panthers (16-8, 7-6 ACC) have climbed into a tie...

Alaina Claassen Class: Sophomore School: Plum Sport: Wrestling Report card: Plum sophomore Alaina Claassen won the North Allegheny girls invitational title Feb. 3, scoring a 4-0 decision over Cumberland Valley’s Aja’nai Jumper, the top seed, in the finals. The WPIAL’s top-ranked girls wrestler at 235 pounds, Claassen is 14-2 this...

Eliza Miller Class: Senior School: Kiski Area Sport: Swimming Report card: Kiski Area senior Eliza Miller won a pair of gold medals for the third straight season at the WCCA swimming championships Jan. 27. The two-time Valley News Dispatch athlete of the year won the 500-yard freestyle (5:04.80) and 100...

Abbie Johns Class: Senior School: Kiski Area Sport: Basketball Report card: Abbie Johns surpassed 1,000 career points in Friday’s 48-17 win over Gateway as the Kiski Area senior combo guard drained all 5 of the 3-point attempts and finished with 20 points. Johns also had 18 points in a 49-37...

Julie Spinelli Class: Senior School: St. Joseph Sport: Basketball Report card: Reigning Valley News Dispatch girls basketball player of the year Julie Spinelli had 22 points Monday in a 70-40 win over Riverview in Section 3-A and then tallied 19 points in Thursday’s 56-39 victory over Eden Christian. The 5-foot-11...

Ella Campbell Class: Freshman School: Burrell Sport: Wrestling Report card: On Tuesday, Campbell pinned Latrobe’s Addysen Young at 118 pounds to help the Bucs to a 39-24 victory, earning the first dual meet win in program history. Now 7-4 this season with five pins, Campbell also won the Southmoreland tournament...

The No. 7-seeded Pittsburgh Steelers will visit Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., for a 1 p.m. kickoff Sunday, facing the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Wild-Card round. The Bills beat the Miami Dolphins, 21-14, on Sunday night to clinch their fourth straight AFC East title and earn the No....

Adah Fuller Class: Senior School: Knoch Sport: Basketball Report card: Knoch sharpshooter Adah Fuller hit five 3-pointers and had a career-high 25 points Tuesday in a 46-30 win over Freeport. Then, on Thursday, she knocked down four 3-pointers and had 19 points as Knoch picked up a 51-16 win over...

Sophie Yard Class: Senior School: Apollo-Ridge Sport: Basketball Report card: Apollo-Ridge’s Sophie Yard was named to the all-tournament team at the Apollo Trust Company Tournament this week after she scored 33 points in a 59-8 win over East Allegheny on Thursday and had 11 points in a 57-22 loss to...

Coach Art Walker and a group of decorated upperclassmen led North Allegheny to a second straight WPIAL Class 6A championship and a PIAA runner-up finish this fall. The veteran coach of three of those Tigers were honored for their accomplishments Friday by the Pa. Football Writers. Walker, the Trib HSSN...

Nolan DiLucia’s first season as a starting quarterback was quite productive … and rewarding. The sophomore signal caller helped Peters Township win the WPIAL Class 5A title and finish as PIAA runner-up. He threw for a WPIAL-leading 3,036 yards and 30 touchdowns and ran for 392 yards and eight scores,...