Chris Harlan stories, Page 119
Texas A&M targets linemen from WPIAL, City LeagueVideo
With NFL first-round picks Myles Garrett, Mike Evans and Von Miller all recent Aggies, Texas A&M football coaches can make a strong nationwide pitch to recruits. This week, Jimbo Fisher’s staff dipped into Western Pennsylvania to offer a pair of defensive linemen. Westinghouse junior Dayon Hayes and Central Catholic sophomore...
Public school advocates plan another ‘athletic equity’ summit
Public school advocates are planning another statewide summit this summer to further their campaign to create separate PIAA playoffs. In an email Sunday to supporters, the Pennsylvania Athletics Equity Committee announced that it will hold a summit July 30 at a site to be determined. The group organized the PA...
Notre Dame offers another Carmody — this time for footballVideo
Could Notre Dame recruit two Carmody brothers? Mars junior Michael Carmody announced a football scholarship offer Sunday from the Fighting Irish, the same school that landed his basketball-playing brother Robby last year. Carmody also added offers this week from Iowa and Stanford, giving him scholarship from all five Power 5...
East-West game gives 16 WPIAL football players 1 last go-round
May isn’t typical football season in Western Pennsylvania, but it is for 68 seniors from across the state who will gather Sunday in Altoona. Rather than spend their spring weekends relaxing in the sun or getting ready for graduation, they have chosen to take part in the PSFCA East-West all-star...
WPIAL baseball rankings for week of May 5, 2019
Here are this week’s Trib HSSN baseball rankings: Baseball Class 6A Team, record, previous 1. Penn-Trafford, 14-2, 1 2. Pine-Richland, 13-3, 2 3. North Allegheny, 12-5, 5 4. Peters Township, 11-5, — 5. Bethel Park, 12-3, 4 Out: Seneca Valley (9-5, 3) Class 5A 1. West Allegheny, 15-2, 1 2....
Pirates notebook: Interleague play has been kind to Bucs
The Pittsburgh Pirates have called the National League home for more than a century, but recent interleague results might make them want switch leagues. “We’ve been really good the last couple years (against the American League),” said manager Clint Hurdle, whose team entered Friday with a 16-4 record at home...
Pitch-count confusion forces another WPIAL baseball team to forfeit
The PIAA’s new pitch-count rule forced another WPIAL baseball team to forfeit. Chartiers Valley notified the WPIAL that its April 17 victory over Trinity must be forfeited because its player threw more pitches than allowed, CV athletic director Angie Potthoff said. The loss leaves the Colts (3-10, 3-5) in fifth...
Central Catholic’s A.J. Beatty adds 40th offer, sets date to announce favorites
A.J. Beatty’s scholarship total has climbed for weeks, but the Central Catholic junior will start narrowing his options soon. The 6-foot-5, 255-pound defensive end revealed this week that he’ll announce a list of “top schools” on June 1. In the meantime, Beatty continues to add Division I schools. He collected...
Central Catholic’s Elliot Donald adds West Virginia, Syracuse offers
Elliot Donald’s uncle ranks among Pitt’s all-time greats, but that didn’t stop West Virginia from recruiting him. The Central Catholic sophomore announced offers this week from West Virginia and Syracuse, raising his scholarship total to 14. The 6-foot-2, 230-pound defensive tackle ranks among the WPIAL’s top recruits in the 2021...
Nebraska football makes recruiting push into Western Pennsylvania
Nebraska’s football roster lists 75 players from the Cornhusker State and a number of others from the midwest, but coach Scott Frost’s staff is making a push in Pennsylvania. Four WPIAL standouts announced offers this week from Nebraska: Aliquippa junior Zuriah Fisher, Baldwin sophomore Dorien Ford, Gateway sophomore Derrick Davis...
WPIAL baseball rankings for week of April 28, 2019
Here’s a look at this week’s Trib HSSN WPIAL baseball rankings: Baseball rankings Class 6A 1. Penn-Trafford, 12-1, 1 2. Pine-Richland, 10-3, 2 3. Seneca Valley, 9-3, 3 4. Bethel Park, 10-2, 4 5. North Allegheny, 9-5, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. West Allegheny, 12-2, 1 2. Franklin Regional,...
Latrobe’s Williams leaves home track as big winner at WCCA meet
Latrobe sprinter Zakharee Williams always has considered himself a strong finisher. So, making his final appearance on his home track, the senior won four events Saturday and earned MVP honors at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association championship meet. Williams won individual medals in the boys 100 and 400 meters, and...
Winning 300 hurdles at WCCA meet a breeze for Burrell’s Sharrow
As Burrell’s Kaylen Sharrow stood at the starting line, the hurdlers in the other lanes weren’t what concerned her most. “The first thing that came to my head was, ‘Oh my god, the wind!’ ” said Sharrow, who starred down 20-mph gusts Saturday at the Westmoreland County Coaches Association championship...
PBC Roundball welcomes several elite players for pair of games Saturday
The public address announcer gave Moses Malone a Roundball Classic introduction of Biblical proportions. “Thou shall not enter the lane, thou shall not block my shot, and the place roared,” said John Giammarco, once a ball boy for the original Roundball Classic and now owner of the Pittsburgh Basketball Club....
Pirates notebook: JB Shuck’s homer-stealing catch one of few highlights
JB Shuck rubbed his sore shoulder in the clubhouse Thursday, the shoulder that crashed into the PNC Park wall while stealing a home run. It is a price he was willing to pay. The Pittsburgh Pirates left fielder made a running, twisting, leaping catch that should rank among this season’s...
Pirates’ bats quiet again as skid reaches 5 with loss to Greinke, D’backs
Arizona Diamondbacks ace Zack Greinke sliced a line drive into the right-field corner Thursday and legged out a triple as the ball rolled to the Clemente Wall. That one extra-base hit, his first career triple, was more than he allowed all afternoon. The Pittsburgh Pirates managed two singles in seven...
West Mifflin’s Nahki Johnson announces Pitt, West Virginia offers hours apart
West Mifflin sophomore Nahki Johnson could watch the recruiting version of the Backyard Brawl. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound defensive end/outside linebacker announced scholarship offers about two hours apart Wednesday from Pitt and West Virginia, the latest Division 1 schools to joins his growing list. He now lists five FBS offers. Johnson...
Central Catholic hires college assistant as boys basketball coach
Central Catholic dipped into the college ranks Wednesday and hired Brian Urso as boys basketball coach. Urso is director of basketball administration at Robert Morris, a position he will maintain in a limited role. Previously, the Fox Chapel graduate was an assistant at Chatham in 2015, when the school first...
100 or 105? Confusion over pitch-count rule forces WPIAL baseball team to forfeit
When the PIAA increased the baseball pitch count from 100 to 105 last summer, that change affected only the playoffs. That discrepancy between regular-season and postseason rules has caused confusion and already cost one WPIAL team a win. Laurel notified Neshannock on Wednesday that it would forfeit their game from...
Senior season in question for Moon basketball star Donovan Johnson
Moon junior Donovan Johnson won a state basketball title this winter as one of the best players in the WPIAL, but his eligibility for next season is in question. High school athletes are allowed only six seasons of interscholastic basketball after sixth grade under PIAA rules, and the WPIAL board...
Nick Burdi leaves with arm injury, Pirates lose to Diamondbacks
After hurling a 97-mph fastball, reliever Nick Burdi clutched his pitching arm just above the right elbow, fell to his knees and stared down at the PNC Park mound. At that awful moment, which forced Burdi to walk off in tears, an ugly night for the Pittsburgh Pirates bullpen became...
Pirates notebook: Rookie Bryan Reynolds proves his worth
Bryan Reynolds’ major league debut didn’t draw as much fanfare as teammate Cole Tucker’s, a former first-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates. But he quickly has shown his worth. “One of them is like chasing a roadrunner,” manager Clint Hurdle said of Tucker. “The other guy is the sheepdog...
Pirates activate Gregory Polanco from IL, ready for season debut
Seven months removed from surgery, Gregory Polanco insisted his recovery isn’t just a little ahead of schedule. “A lot,” said Polanco, who was activated Monday from the injured list, clearing the way for the Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder to make his much-anticipated season debut. “I can’t describe how happy I...
Woodland Hills TE Josh Rawlings names Pitt among his ‘Elite 8’
Woodland Hills junior Josh Rawlings, a football recruit with more than two dozen offers, announced Sunday a Top 8 list of favorites that included Pitt. Also among his favorites were East Carolina, Indiana, Iowa State, Minnesota, Syracuse, Vanderbilt and Virginia. However, Rawlings added: “This list is not final. Recruitment still...
Butler’s Ethan Morton draws recognition from USA Today, MaxPreps
Butler basketball star Ethan Morton was named to USA Today’s All-Pennsylvania team — one of two honors the junior received this week. Morton also was recognized by MaxPreps as one of the nation’s top juniors. Joining Morton on the All-Pennsylvania team were Abington’s Eric Dixon, Roman Catholic’s Hakim Hart, Kennedy...
