Bill Hartlep stories, Page 31

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Noah VandeWater has a love of lacrosse. So much so that not even a quarantine can keep him from playing. “I pretty much play lacrosse two to three hours...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Most high school spring sports athletes were deprived of a senior recognition night because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Peters Township girls lacrosse team, however, did find a way...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Alek Beddings’ senior highlight reel includes an impressive goal where he carries the ball for 40 yards, beats two defenders and scores from 10 yards out. It’s also the...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Zack Jadlocki is like many other high school seniors. He fills his time with schoolwork, video games and athletics. The coronavirus pandemic, however, has taken sporting competition away from...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. When spring began, Ashley Irwin was preparing for starring roles in the school musical and as a scoring middie/attack on the Canon-McMillan girls lacrosse team. Then, the coronavirus pandemic...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Most of the world might be shut down, but Carli Chini has never been busier. The Plum senior might not be able to take the field with...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Sami Taoufik was supposed to be standing atop a podium in his home stadium Friday night. The Butler senior and reigning WPIAL Class AAA high jump champion...

College football coaches aren’t saddled with leading spring practices or monitoring workouts or even attending daylong meetings on campus during the coronavirus pandemic. Many are stationed at home, hunkered over a computer screen, scouring highlights of high school athletes from around the country. Apparently, a junior defensive end from Kiski...

A pair of Western Pennsylvania freshmen have stepped into the recruiting spotlight this week. After receiving football scholarship offers to Pitt and Penn State earlier this week, Laurel Highlands’ Rodney Gallagher and Brashear’s Ta’Mere Robinson received offers from Michigan on Friday. Robinson, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound safety, reported offers from Syracuse,...

A day after Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association officials called off the annual Big 33 Football Classic and East-West all-star football game, another all-star contest was canceled because of the coronavirus outbreak. The BeeGraphix Great 38 game, scheduled for June 13 at Trinity, has been canceled. The inaugural game was...

The WPIAL board of directors bid farewell to three members Wednesday during its annual meeting. WPIAL associate executive director Amy Scheuneman and board president Scott Seltzer met with area athletic directors and principals via a Zoom conference call, and they announced new board members while recognizing those who are leaving...

One of the most talented senior athletes in Western Pennsylvania has decided where he will be competing next fall. And also what sport he will be playing. McKeesport senior Deamontae Diggs signed an official letter of intent to play football at Youngstown State on Wednesday. Officially Signed ✍️Deamontae Diggs |...

The WPIAL announced the 20 winners of its annual James Collins Scholar-Athlete scholarship awards during its annual meeting Wednesday. WPIAL associate executive director Amy Scheuneman and board president Scott Seltzer met with area athletic directors and principals via a Zoom conference call. The WPIAL annually awards 20 scholarships of $1,000...

Organizers for the Big 33 Football Classic and East-West Game hoped the annual all-star games could be played over Memorial Day weekend. On Tuesday, those plans were canceled. Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association executive director Garry Cathell announced both all-star games and the events surrounding them will not be held...

American Legion baseball season officially was canceled across Pennsylvania on Monday, but Jason Bush isn’t ruling out playing games later this summer. The Region 7 director and president of District 31 in Westmoreland County is trying to organize a one-year league that could provide the players a welcomed return to...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Jo-Michelle Huczko can’t pole vault in her living room. There’s no landing mat in her driveway or space for a 15-foot pole in the kitchen. Perfecting her...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Emelia Krakora will play competitive lacrosse again. It just might not be until next spring. A Mt. Lebanon senior bound for Division III Bowdoin College in Maine,...

This year’s Trib 10 boys basketball all-star team is a senior-heavy group, with two young and talented exceptions. Freshman Rodney Gallagher opened his high school career by scoring nearly 600 points in leading Laurel Highlands to its first WPIAL championship since 1968. Sophomore Jake DiMichele helped lift OLSH to a...

For nearly a month, high school student-athletes held out hope they could return to normalcy on the fields, courts and track. On Thursday, those hopes were dashed. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced all schools in the state will remain closed for the remainder of the school year as people all...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic. The North Allegheny boys lacrosse team advanced to the WPIAL Class AAA semifinals last season before losing to runner-up Mt. Lebanon. Isaiah Davis was a major...

Ethan Morton just wants to play basketball. Whether it’s in the PIAA tournament or on a playground court. The coronavirus pandemic has taken away that competition, the camaraderie, the memories and, well, basketball in general. When the coronavirus outbreak quarantine ends, Morton says he will “Probably go play basketball, even...

It’s been a pretty productive offseason for Elizabeth Forward junior Chase Whatton. Not many football players can say that given the restrictions of the coronavirus outbreak that has rendered team workouts and activities forbidden. While he has continued to lift weights and build strength, Whatton has seen the most growth...

A quartet of former WPIAL football players are in elite company. Cal (Pa.) products Rontez Miles and Eric Kush, along with Slippery Rock’s Brandon Fusco and Marcus Martin, were selected to the D2Football.com All-Decade Team on Tuesday. Miles, a 2012 grad, was a first-team selection at defensive back. Kush, also...