Bill Hartlep stories, Page 24

WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball championship No. 1 Mt. Lebanon vs. No. 3 Upper St. Clair 7 p.m. Friday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com; Audio: WJPA-FM 95.3 WPIAL titles: Mt. Lebanon 3 (2009, ‘10, ‘12); Upper St. Clair 6 (1973, ‘93, ‘94, ‘96, 2003, ‘08) Mt....

WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball championship No. 1 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart vs. No. 2 Neshannock 3 p.m. Friday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com WPIAL titles: OLSH 1 (2019); Neshannock 2 (2019, 2021) OLSH (21-4) Coach: Don Eckerle Projected starting lineup No., Name, Ht.,...

It was another successful crusade for the Bishop Canevin boys basketball team. The top-seeded Crusaders defended their WPIAL Class A title Thursday night by defeating No. 3 Union, 58-45, in the first of 12 championship games at the Petersen Events Center. With a suffocating man-to-man defense and strong inside attack,...

WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball championship No. 1 North Catholic vs. No. 3 Freedom 7 p.m. Thursday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com; Radio: WBVP-AM 1230, WBVP-FM 99.3, WMBA-AM 1460 WPIAL titles: North Catholic 20; Freedom 0 North Catholic (18-5) Coach: Molly Rottmann Projected starting lineup No.,...

WPIAL Class A boys basketball championship No. 1 Bishop Canevin vs. No. 3 Union 5 p.m. Thursday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com WPIAL titles: Bishop Canevin 1; Union 1 Bishop Canevin (19-4) Coach: Gino Palmosina Projected starting lineup No., Name, Ht., Cl., Pos. 3, Amari Evans,...

Life is coming full circle for Dave Heavner. The 1989 Valley High School graduate was named the Vikings head football coach Tuesday night and is ready to guide the program where he starred as a running back and linebacker and later served as an assistant coach. “It’s a dream for...

Sam Wygonik finishes classes each day and heads to swim practice, but for the St. Joseph senior, it’s not as simple as walking down a few hallways to the natatorium. Wygonik is the lone swimmer at St. Joseph and does his daily workouts at Fox Chapel High School. He’s an...

South Fayette girls basketball coach Bryan Bennett said his players have “been in this moment all year.” They proved that from the start Friday night on their home court. The second-seeded Lions scored the game’s first 15 points and held off all of No. 7 Latrobe’s attempts to rally en...

Sam Pine likes being busy when he’s on the ice. He prefers being engaged in the action in front of his net, rather than watching play develop at the other end of the rink. The past two games, he certainly has had his share of work, and he’s been up...

One week after claiming a gold medal at the WPIAL gymnastics championships, Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode again found herself atop the medals podium. The freshman gymnast posted an all-around score of 37.767 to win the title at the PA Classic gymnastics championships Saturday at Moon. Though not sponsored by the PIAA,...

Allderdice will send 11 wrestlers to the Northwest Regional tournament next month after an impressive showing Saturday at the City League championships at Carrick. The Dragons had three champions — Mike Rosario (120 pounds), Elijah White (160) and Marcus Wahila (215) — as well as five runners-up and three third-place...

Finding a perfect fit is a challenge for any teenager, whether it’s with friends, classes, college plans or even clothing choices. When you are 6-foot-7, some of that becomes even more difficult. “Every single pair of pants you have is always 6 inches too short,” said Matthew Aulicino, a senior...

Tonight on the TribLive High School Sports Network, 167 high school basketball teams will see their path to the WPIAL championships. Trib HSSN has exclusive coverage of the WPIAL’s postseason tournament brackets reveal. The 86 boys teams and 81 girls teams will learn their opening-round opponents on the WPIAL Basketball...

Hempfield’s rifle team was right on target Tuesday … in the absolute middle of the target. Boasting 100s across the board, the Spartans celebrated a sixth WPIAL title. Senior Amanda Hardman had a perfect score of 100 with 10 center shots to help Hempfield win the team championship at Dormont-Mt....

There were 4.5 seconds remaining. St. Joseph trailed Riverview by 2 points. Four of the Spartans’ regulars were sidelined with injury or illness. Rylan Zale told his coach and teammates he would take, and make, the winning shot. “I called timeout to draw up a play underneath the basket,” St....

West Virginia’s football team added a fourth wide receiver to its 2022 recruiting class. Cortez Braham (6-foot-2, 193 pounds), a junior receiver from Hutchinson Community College in Kansas, signed a letter of intent Wednesday. He has three years of eligibility remaining. He had 68 receptions and 1,387 yards in two...

Emily Warrene Deer Lakes A 4-0 start has made the inaugural season a successful one thus far for Deer Lakes’ girls bowling team. But the bowlers’ enjoyment goes beyond the scoreboard, according to senior Emily Warrene. “We’re very uplifting to each other,” she said of the girls and boys teams....

Jrake Burford Highlands wrestling Jrake Burford has built quite a collection of wrestling medals and accomplishments during his career. Before reaching high school, he was a two-time All-American who placed seventh at the prestigious Greco-Roman Nationals at Fargo, N.D. Since then, the Highlands senior has been a section and WPIAL...

Brandon Coury’s basketball skills continue to develop. A third-year starter for Burrell, he has always found ways to score, evidenced by his impending 1,000 career points milestone. But it’s the other areas of his game that have truly benefited the Bucs, who were 1-20 two years ago before improving to...

Andrew Haus Springdale football, soccer Andrew Haus was talked into playing football this fall. A longtime soccer player, Haus saw his brother Matthew excel on the gridiron and thought he would give it a try. As the Springdale goalie the past three seasons, Haus had plenty of experience booting a...

A pair of Gateway wrestlers earned fifth-place medals in the season-opening Eastern Area Invitational Wrestling Tournament on Dec. 10-11. Arontay Heningcamp was fifth at 120 pounds, and Floyd McKenna took fifth at 172 pounds. Heningcamp lost his first match 3-0, but rebounded 4-0 and 3-0 decisions in the consolation round...

Like most Power 5 college football coaches, Neal Brown is pleased with his 2022 recruiting class. The third-year West Virginia coach secured national letters of intent from 21 players Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period for the Class of 2022. “This is a group that we’re really...

Stella Swanson started playing volleyball as a freshman at St. Joseph. By the end of her sophomore season, she was a third-team all-section selection. A year later, she was awarded second-team honors. With her high school volleyball career recently completed, the 5-foot-7 senior outside hitter can celebrate being a first-team...

Neshannock girls basketball coach Luann Grybowski says her team has “unfinished business.” The Lancers won Section 1 and WPIAL championships last season but finished runner-up in the PIAA tournament after losing to Mount Carmel in the Class 2A finals. The veteran coach with 685 career wins returns the entire starting...

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart put together a perfect season a year ago, winning section, WPIAL and PIAA titles. Jake DiMichele and Dante Spadafora were first-team all-state selections, and coach Mike Rodriguez was the state’s coach of the year for Class 2A as OLSH became the 14th WPIAL team...