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Olympian Lauryn Williams among 11 entering Beaver County Sports Hall
Olympian Lauryn Williams, a Rochester native who won medals in both the Summer and Winter Games, is among 11 inductees set to enter the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame this month. Also chosen were Hopewell’s Nate Guenin (hockey), Center’s Tom Hays (broadcasting), Riverside’s Chuck Kotuby (coaching), Rochester’s James Law...
Allderdice selects former Central Catholic assistant Devin Crummie as boys basketball coach
Devin Crummie, a longtime assistant boys basketball coach at Central Catholic, is headed to Allderdice. Crummie, who coached at Central with his father Chuck for 17 years, will take over the successful City League program pending school board approval. He replaces Buddy Valinsky, who resigned in March after winning his...
Sister vs. sister: ‘Sibling rivalry’ as North Catholic softball hosts Ellwood City
Adrienne and Angie Nardone will share a softball field Wednesday afternoon when Ellwood City visits North Catholic. Sisters playing softball is fairly common in the WPIAL. What makes this sister tandem unique is that they’ll be playing and pitching for opposite teams. Adrienne is a senior for North Catholic. Angie...
WPIAL denies postseason eligibility to 3 softball players after transfers
The WPIAL denied postseason eligibility to three softball players under the new PIAA rule that makes transfers ineligible unless they qualify for a specific waiver. North Catholic junior Billie Aguglia (softball), Serra Catholic junior Kaitlyn Conrad (softball) and Moon senior Antonia Schaefer (softball, track) are eligible for the regular season...
Former North Catholic linebacker Nikhai Hill-Green adds 11th offer since March 1
Former North Catholic standout Nikhai Hill-Green left Pennsylvania this winter, but college recruiters have found him in Maryland. The standout linebacker has announced 11 offers since March 1, a list that includes both Pitt and West Virginia. His latest came Saturday from Rutgers. Hill-Green announced in February that he was...
Peters Township freshman Journey Thompson adds 2nd basketball offer
Journey Thompson’s remarkable spring continues. In the past two weeks, the Peters Township freshman scored 16 points in the PIAA Class 6A championship, celebrated a perfect 30-0 season and added two Division 1 scholarship offers. The most recent came this week from Kent State, joining the Pitt offer she announced...
Central Catholic’s A.J. Beatty announces SEC football offer
Central Catholic defensive end A.J. Beatty announced his first SEC offer Saturday, adding to a growing list that already includes ACC, Big 10 and Big 12 schools. Beatty received a South Carolina offer during a visit to Columbia for the Gamecocks’ spring game. The 6-foot-5, 255-pound defensive end now has...
TribLive HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Year: Moon’s Donovan Johnson
Donovan Johnson’s storybook season had a major plot twist near the end. Moon held a double-digit second-half lead in the WPIAL championship and seemed destined to wear gold medals around their necks at Petersen Events Center. But that changed when Mars rallied back that night, dashed the Tigers’ dreams and...
TribLive HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Year: Peters Township’s Makenna Marisa
Makenna Marisa was dominant all season long, but the Peters Township senior seemingly saved her best for under the bright Giant Center lights in Hershey. With the undefeated Indians one win away from making history, the 5-foot-11 guard scored 29 points in the PIAA finals and her team celebrated its...
West Mifflin’s Nahki Johnson announces ACC football offer
West Mifflin sophomore Nahki Johnson, who won a WPIAL football title last fall at Steel Valley, added his first Power 5 scholarship offer Saturday. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound defensive end/outside linebacker received a Virginia Tech offer while visiting Blacksburg, Va. Johnson announced his offer on Twitter. He already held offers from...
2 perfect seasons help shape Trib 10 girls basketball all-star team
One word can describe both Peters Township and Chartiers Valley: Perfect. Only three girls basketball teams in WPIAL history had celebrated undefeated state titles before this season. But the Indians and Colts added their names to that list last month when they capped 30-0 seasons a day apart with state...
3 high-scoring juniors join senior-heavy Trib 10 boys basketball all-stars
Western Pennsylvania had no shortage of standout scorers this season. The WPIAL’s two leading scorers — Woodland Hills’ Keandre Bowles and Serra Catholic’s Jimmy Moon — are among seven seniors on the Trib 10 boys basketball all-stars for 2019. But three talented juniors with Division I college basketball in their...
Trib HSSN WPIAL baseball rankings for week of April 7, 2019
Baseball rankings Class 6A 1. Central Catholic, 7-1, 3 2. Penn-Trafford, 7-0, - 3. Seneca Valley, 5-1, 1 4. Bethel Park, 4-1, 4 5. Pine-Richland, 5-3, 5 Out: Hempfield (4-3, 2) Class 5A 1. Moon, 4-0, 4 2. Mars, 5-2, 1 3. West Allegheny, 5-1, 3 4. Shaler, 5-2, 5...
Ousted at West Mifflin, football coach Ray Braszo returns to roots in Steel Valley
Ray Braszo wore West Mifflin blue and gold for nearly three decades, but the veteran football coach also has deep roots in Steel Valley. It was there in Munhall, Homestead and West Homestead that Braszo got his start years ago as an assistant to George Novak and later coached the...
North Allegheny runner posts early-season time to beat in 3,200 meters
Outdoor track season is only two weekends old, but elite North Allegheny runner Zach Kinne already holds the state’s top time in the 3,200 meters. Kinne competed this weekend in the Adidas Raleigh Relays at North Carolina State and posted a 9:13.06 in the 3,200 race. He took ninth in...
Central Catholic’s A.J. Beatty nears 3 dozen offers with ACC, Big 10, Big 12 options
The offers keep coming for Central Catholic junior A.J. Beatty. The 6-foot-5, 255-pound defensive end is approaching three dozen Division 1 football offers with options in the ACC, Big 10 and Big 12 conferences, among others. His latest additions this week included an offer from North Carolina, his fourth school...
Pine-Richland’s Dan Petcash commits to Binghamton
Pine-Richland’s Dan Petcash, one of the WPIAL’s top seniors, committed Sunday to Binghamton. He announced his decision in Twitter. The 6-foot-4 guard averaged 22 points this season for the Rams, who went 22-4 and reached the WPIAL semifinals and the PIAA second round. Proud to announce my commitment to Binghamton...
Bethel Park’s Maddie Dziezgowski commits to St. Bonaventure
Bethel Park junior Maddie Dziezgowski, who helped the Black Hawks reach the WPIAL girls basketball semifinals, announced her commitment Saturday to St. Bonaventure. The 5-foot-11 guard/forward averaged 14 points for Bethel Park, which went 22-4 overall with all four losses coming to eventual PIAA Class 6A champion Peters Township. The...
Aliquippa’s Zuriah Fisher becomes 2nd WPIAL junior with Penn State offerVideo
Aliquippa’s Zuriah Fisher became the second WPIAL junior with a Penn State football offer when the Nittany Lions joined his scholarship list Saturday. The 6-foot-3, 230-pound linebacker announced his offer on Twitter. He joins Mars lineman Michael Carmody as the only WPIAL recruits in the 2020 class with a Penn...
WPIAL baseball rankings for week of March 30, 2019
Rankings Class 6A Rk, Team, W-L, Last 1. Seneca Valley, 4-0, 4 2. Hempfield, 4-0, 5 3. Central Catholic, 4-1, — 4. Bethel Park, 2-1, 3 5. Pine-Richland, 3-2, 2 Out: Canon-McMillan (2-2, 1) Class 5A 1. Mars, 4-0, 1 2. South Fayette, 1-0, 2 3. West Allegheny, 3-0, 3...
Former Elizabeth Forward basketball standout Tre Mitchell commits to UMass
Former Elizabeth Forward basketball standout Tre Mitchell, who left the WPIAL for a prep school in Connecticut, committed to Massachusetts on Friday. Mitchell revealed his decision on Twitter. The 6-foot-9, 230-pound center transferred to Woodstock Academy in 2017 after playing two seasons at Elizabeth Forward. He quickly became that state’s...
Arizona basketball offer adds to Donovan Johnson’s month of madness
March has brought more joy than madness for Moon’s Donovan Johnson and his family. Johnson won a state basketball title last Friday in Hershey, watched his brother play in the NCAA Tournament two days later in Columbus, and then on Monday the 6-foot-7 junior received a scholarship offer from Arizona....
McKeesport’s Deamontae Diggs draws 1st FBS offer as Buffalo blankets WPIAL
Buffalo had two football players with Western Pennsylvania roots last season, but the Bulls coaches spent this week trying to boost that number. Seven WPIAL juniors announced scholarship offers from coach Lance Leipold’s staff in the past three days: Central Catholic’s A’meer and A’maar Allen, Gateway’s Tui Brown, McKeesport’s Daemontae...
Woodland Hills TE Joshua Rawlings sees 3rd Big 10 school join recruiting list
Woodland Hills junior Joshua Rawlings quickly became one of the WPIAL’s hottest football recruits. The 6-foot-6, 235-pound tight end and defensive end added his third Big 10 offer Wednesday from Indiana. He now lists two dozen scholarships with nine arriving since Feb. 1. Minnesota and Rutgers each started recruiting him...
North Catholic’s Tess Myers adds 8th college offer after reaching state finals
North Catholic’s Tess Myers, one of the WPIAL’s top juniors, added another Division I offer after leading her basketball team to the state finals. The 5-foot-10 guard announced an offer from Atlantic 10 member St. Joseph’s this week, raising her scholarship total to eight. Myers added three others just in...
