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Five things to watch during the PIHL Penguins Cup finals
Chalk. It’s a term to describe a tournament that runs as expected, no surprises with the favorites all winning. Welcome to the 2019 PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs. The league will crown four champions Monday and Tuesday with the title games set for doubleheaders each night at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex...
Plum softball hoping to turn last season’s close losses into wins
For the Plum softball team, 2018 was a season filled with several close games in which it had an opportunity to win but came up short. In eight of their 10 losses, the Mustangs lost by three runs or fewer, and four of those eight were by one run. Their...
Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week: Ringgold
Of the eight teams in the Penguins Cup championships or the Division 2 championship, only one is a seeded lower No. 2. In Class AAA, the top two seeds made it. In classes AA and A, both division winners, thus the two top seeds, will play for the title. In...
WPIAL Class 5A baseball preseason breakdown
While Mars has been golden on the boys basketball court the last two years, the Fightin’ Planets are tired of seeing the silver lining on the diamond. After losing to Latrobe in the first WPIAL Class 5A championship game in 2017, Mars was knocked off by North Hills in an...
NCAA Selection Sunday winners and losers: CBS, Bradley, Big Ten, Larry Bird, TruTV and more
The bracket is out. The bubbles are burst. The NCAA Tournament got real Sunday night as CBS’s “Selection Sunday” show revealed the field. And as is always the case, with the telecast as well as the teams, there are winners and there are losers. Some shining moments indeed. — Winner:...
Burrell ready for 3rd clash with pesky Ringgold, this time in finals
From the beginning of the season, the Burrell hockey team made no secret that its goal is to win the school’s first PIHL title. Standing in the way is one final hurdle. That hurdle is a Ringgold team that arguably has played the Bucs the toughest since they restarted the...
Report: U.S. could keep nearly 1,000 troops in Syria
WASHINGTON — The United States could keep up to 1,000 troops in Syria three months after President Trump ordered a full withdrawal from the war-torn nation, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The Journal’s report, citing U.S. officials, said the United States planned to continue working with Kurdish fighters in...
Despite losses of key players, Plum baseball aims to contend again
During his tenure as Plum’s baseball coach, Carl Vollmer has aimed to perpetuate his team’s culture. “It’s just an understanding of how to win baseball games,” Vollmer said. “I believe we have the culture to win. I just think it’s getting each and every kid to learn that and getting...
No surprises for PIAA Class A semifinalists Monessen, Vincentian Academy
The last time Monessen and Vincentian Academy faced one another, a trip to the WPIAL Class A championship game was on the line. Three weeks later, it’s time for Round 2. And the stakes are higher. With a trip to Hershey up for grabs, the Greyhounds (18-9) will take on...
Tanker truck catches fire, triggers explosions in South Los Angeles, injuring 2 peopleVideo
LOS ANGELES — A 9,000-gallon tanker truck leaking gasoline caught fire and triggered multiple explosions Sunday in South Los Angeles early, igniting surrounding structures and sending a huge column of black smoke into the air, authorities said. Fire officials arrived at the scene on West Slauson Avenue about 7:45 a.m....
Charles Mitchell: For union members, knowledge is power
Francisco Molina knows what it takes to overcome adversity. Raised by a single mother from just 3 years old, Molina endured severe abuse. He wore long-sleeved shirts to school to cover the scars from his mother’s beatings. Such experiences can make or break a person. Molina did not break. Instead,...
Michelle Malkin: Protect kids from Google predators
The father of the World Wide Web is right: It’s time to take back “complete control of your data.” Tim Berners-Lee, who conceived the first internet browser 30 years ago, warned of its increasing threats to “privacy, security and fundamental rights.” To mark the anniversary, he argued that demanding transparency...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Week: Moon’s Donovan Johnson
Donovan Johnson School: Moon Class: Junior Donovan Johnson has been scoring points all year for Moon. The senior is averaging more than 23 points per game. However, when points are harder to come by as the regular season turns into the district and state playoffs, Johnson has continued to do...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week: Vincentian Academy Royals
The Trib HSSN Boys Basketball Team of the Week reached the title game in the WPIAL Class A playoffs and is one win away from playing for state gold in the PIAA finals — the Vincentian Academy Royals. Talk about mixed feelings. On one side, there is the team you...
High school sports broadcasts scheduled this week on Trib HSSN
Both the Road to Hershey and the PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs conclude this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues postseason hoops coverage with semifinals and possibly championship game action from Hershey for the 2019 PIAA boys and girls basketball playoffs. The Network also has...
Pine-Richland stays atop Trib HSSN PIHL power rankings
Every Monday during the 2018-19 PIHL hockey season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases weekly Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. This is our next to the last rankings of the season. Next week, we will have postseason rankings following the Pennsylvania Cup state finals. Here are...
Girls basketball rankings for week of March 17, 2019
The Road to Hershey has shuffled the deck with three rounds in the book and two more coming this week. Four of the six top-ranked teams in the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings are still alive for a PIAA title. Two others saw their golden dreams come to an...
Kirsten Gillibrand declares candidacy for president after campaigning for months
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York announced her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination Sunday, casting herself as the party’s strongest champion of reversing President Trump’s agenda. Gillibrand, who started an exploratory committee in January, has been campaigning for months. But she used a video announcement online to draw new...
Tarentum teen, 15, dead after being hit by train early Sunday
A Highlands High School student died early Sunday morning after he was struck by a freight train passing through Tarentum, according to authorities. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Kodey Heckman, 15, of Tarentum. The accident occurred at 6:23 a.m. on the Norfolk Southern train tracks...
Editorial: Mental health has to be prioritized
As the trial of former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld for the shooting of Antwon Rose is set to begin, another police shooting has happened. While the Rose shooting brings attention to the nationally felt tension between the black community and law enforcement, the death of Nina Adams, 47,...
‘Friday the 13th’ actor brings his metal band, First Jason, to Pittsburgh – Mar. 17, 2019
When he was just 14 years old, Ari Lehman drowned in Crystal Lake. His life has never been the same. The actor and musician, now 53, played the young Jason Voorhees, sans hockey mask, in the original “Friday the 13th” movie. Released in May 1980, the horror flick about a...
Fox News pulls episode of Jeanine Pirro’s program after hijab remarks
Fox News pulled Saturday’s episode of conservative commentator Jeanine Pirro’s program after publicly admonishing her for on-air comments she made last week about a Muslim congresswoman’s hijab. “Justice With Judge Jeanine” — which airs Saturdays at 6 p.m. Pacific and is typically the most watched cable news program on the...
Letter to the editor: Thank you, President Trump
Thank you President Trump: … for being the first president since Nixon to not release your tax returns (with the exception of Ford, who released a summary rather than a return). … for tweeting offensive names about those who disagree with the stand you take. … for bullying, name-calling and...
Letter to the editor: Advocating for white males
Regarding E. Nicklas’ letter “White American male will stand tall”: Why is it that white males don’t have an advocacy group? Women have NOW, blacks have the NAACP, Muslims have CAIR, but nothing for white men — especially the single (that means unmarried — unburdened) kind. Could it be that...
Letter to the editor: GOP, get behind Trump
Democratic leaders are urging Republican lawmakers to publicly air their displeasure with President Trump. I hope they are smarter than that. There are three political parties in this country — the Democrats, the Republicans and the true conservatives. The conservatives vote for Republican candidates. However, too many Republican candidates are...
