Bill Hartlep stories, Page 16

Albie Fletcher gave a joyous bear hug to each of his Deer Lakes players in the moments after the final buzzer sounded Friday night at the Petersen Events Center. It was a moment more than 30 years in the making. The 1993 Deer Lakes graduate, in his first season as...

Avonworth was one of the WPIAL’s best defensive teams during the regular season. On Friday afternoon, the Lopes put that lockdown style on display on the biggest stage in Western Pennsylvania and rode it all the way to the program’s seventh WPIAL girls basketball championship with a 48-40 victory over...

WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball championship No. 1 South Fayette vs. No. 2 Oakland Catholic 5 p.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com WPIAL titles: South Fayette 2 (2016, ‘22); Oakland Catholic 6 (1999, 2000, ‘01, ‘02, ‘05, ‘06) South Fayette (23-2) Coach: Bryan Bennett Projected...

WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball championship No. 1 Blackhawk vs. No. 2 North Catholic 3 p.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com; Radio: WBVP (1230 AM), WBVP (99.3 FM), WMBA (1460 AM) WPIAL titles: Blackhawk 8 (1996, ‘97, ‘99, 2000, ‘11, ‘14, ‘15, ‘22); North Catholic...

WPIAL Class A girls basketball championship No. 1 Union vs. No. 3 Aquinas Academy 11 a.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com WPIAL titles: Union 0; Aquinas Academy 0 Union (17-6) Coach: Rob Nogay Projected starting lineup No., Name, Ht., Cl., Pos. 3, Kayla Fruehstorfer, 5-6,...

Julz Mohrbacher made an impact at both ends of the floor Thursday night during the WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball championship. The Freedom forward had 15 points, seven steals, five assists and eight rebounds. Her fifth foul, however, proved to be the stat the changed the game and helped No....

WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball finals No. 1 Upper St. Clair vs. No. 2 North Allegheny 7 p.m. Friday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com WPIAL titles: Upper St. Clair 6 (1973, ‘93, ‘94, ‘96, 2003, ‘08); North Allegheny 5 (1972, 2017, ‘18, ‘20, ‘21) Upper St....

WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball final No. 4 Avonworth vs. No. 2 Laurel 3 p.m. Friday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com WPIAL titles: Avonworth 6 (1976, ‘79, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, 2005); Laurel 0 Avonworth (18-5) Coach: Nick Dizon Projected starting lineup No., Name, Ht., Cl., Pos....

Twelve WPIAL basketball championship games will be contested this week at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center, and if you can’t be there in person, the TribLive High School Sports Network has you covered. Trib HSSN will provide free and exclusive live video stream broadcasts of all 12 championship games, presented by...

No. 1 Shenango vs. No. 2 Freedom 7 p.m. Thursday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com; Radio: WBVP (1230 AM), WBVP (99.3 FM), WMBA (1460 AM) WPIAL titles: Shenango 0; Freedom 0 Shenango (21-4) Coach: Ricci LaRocco Projected starting lineup No., Name, Ht., Cl., Pos. 12, Amara...

WPIAL basketball playoffs Girls Class 4A Third-place consolation 6-Highlands (16-8) at 4-Quaker Valley (16-8) 7 p.m. Thursday at Quaker Valley High School, Leetsdale Winner plays: District 10 runner-up in PIAA first round March 11 (site/time TBD) Loser plays: District 5/District 6 champion in PIAA first round March 11 (site/time TBD)...

Butler’s Drew Griffith, Mt. Lebanon’s Logan St. John Kletter and Brownsville’s Jolena Quarzo won titles at the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association indoor state championships Sunday at Penn State. Griffith, a junior, won the boys one mile run in 4 minutes, 7.24 seconds. St. John Kletter, a junior, took...

Braylee Ireland Class: Freshman School: Knoch Sport: Wrestling Report card: Knoch’s Braylee Ireland won the 118-pound title at the second annual Western Pa. girls wrestling championships Sunday. She pinned Fox Chapel’s Ava McCaffrey in 2 minutes, 58 seconds to clinch first place. In the first round, Ireland scored a 10-0...

WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 5A Quarterfinals 11-Fox Chapel (14-9) vs. 3-North Hills (18-5) 8 p.m. Wednesday at North Allegheny High School, McCandless Winner plays: Winner of 2-Penn Hills (18-3)/7-Mars (15-8) in semifinals Saturday (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Kameron Greil, Fox Chapel; Royce Parham, North Hills Layup lines:...

Anna Troutman Class: Junior School: Fox Chapel Sport: Track and field Report card: Troutman finished first in the high jump at the Tri-State Track Coaches Association championship meet Saturday at Edinboro. She cleared the bar at 5 feet, 5 inches, bettering the next-closest competitors by 4 inches. She also finished...

WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 5A First round 14-Kiski Area (11-11) at 3-North Hills (17-5) 8 p.m. Friday at North Hills Middle School, Ross Township Winner plays: Winner of 6-Thomas Jefferson (15-7)/11-Fox Chapel (13-9), Feb. 22 in quarterfinals Players to watch: Isaiah Gonzales, Kiski Area; Royce Parham, North Hills Layup...

Katelyn Myers Class: Junior School: Highlands Sport: Basketball Report card: Highlands’ girls basketball team earned a fourth straight win Thursday, and junior guard Katelyn Myers led the way, scoring 25 points, including seven 3-pointers, in the 84-42 triumph over Valley in Section 1-4A. On Monday, she had 12 points in...

Eliza Miller Class: Junior School: Kiski Area Sport: Swimming Report card: Miller won a pair of gold medals at the WCCA championship meet Jan. 28 at Derry. The junior broke her own school record in winning the 500 freestyle in 5 minutes, 5.31 seconds. She also won the 100 breaststroke...

West Virginia football added one recruit to its 2023 class Wednesday. Treasure Coast (Florida) defensive lineman Corey McIntyre signed with the Mountaineers. The 6-foot-3, 290 pounder had 37 tackles, three tackles for loss and a sack as a senior. The three-star prospect ranked No. 65 among defensive lineman nationally and...

Veronica Flanagan Class: Sophomore School: Kiski Area Sport: Bowling Report card: Flanagan rolled a 580 three-game series to finish fourth at the second annual Westmoreland County Coaches Association bowling championships Jan. 21, at Hillview Lanes in Greensburg. She also helped Kiski Area capture the girls team title with 2,514 pins....

The Pittsburgh Maulers have officially adopted Pittsburgh’ colors. On Tuesday morning, the USFL franchise announced they will switch their team colors to black and gold, matching that of the city’s other professional teams — the Steelers, Pirates, Penguins and Riverhounds. We had to make a change for season 2 ????????Your...

Hattie McGraw Class: Senior School: Knoch Sport: Basketball Report card: McGraw hit four 3-pointers and scored 17 points as Knoch earned a nonsection victory over Deer Lakes on Thursday. A second-team Valley News Dispatch all-star last year, she also had a team-high 12 points in a 56-39 loss to North...

Brinley Toland Class: Senior School: Apollo-Ridge Sport: Basketball Report card: Toland scored 21 points Thursday as Apollo-Ridge (11-2, 3-1) defeated Burrell, 57-45, in a Section 3-3A girls basketball game. That followed the point guard’s 17-point effort Monday night when the Vikings scored a 50-43 victory over Deer Lakes. Also a...

Three underclassmen who helped their football teams reach the WPIAL Class 6A championship game were recognized for their efforts Friday. Central Catholic juniors Peter Gonzalez and Cole Sullivan and North Allegheny junior Khiryn Boyd were selected to the Pa. Football Writers Class 6A all-state team. North Allegheny defeated Central Catholic,...

Ryan Palmieri was at his best on the state’s biggest stage, and Friday he was recognized for his efforts. The Pine-Richland senior quarterback, who accounted for four touchdowns in leading the Rams to a 28-14 win over Imhotep Charter in the PIAA Class 5A championship game, was named the state’s...