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Trinity’s Courtney Dahlquist commits to Big South champion CampbellVideo
The Campbell women’s basketball roster is dotted with players from North Carolina and Virginia down to Florida, fitting for a team in the Big South. Trinity’s Courtney Dahlquist will add a northern flair. The 6-foot-3 rising senior committed Monday to Campbell, a Division I program in Buies Creek, N.C. Nicknamed...
Pine-Richland wide receiver Eli Jochem adds 1st Division I offerVideo
Pine-Richland’s Eli Jochem, one of the WPIAL’s top receivers, announced his first Division I offer Monday from Fordham. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound rising senior ranked third among WPIAL players last season in receptions (71) and receiving yards (1,065). He scored 14 touchdowns for Pine-Richland, the runner-up in WPIAL Class 6A. Fordham...
Minus international players, FIBI forges ahead with full schedule of baseball
For nearly four months, Freeport International Baseball Invitational officials closely monitored updates on the coronavirus pandemic. All the while, the 26th annual event, set to begin Tuesday and continue through Saturday, remained alive. Now, on the eve of the start of a full slate of games involving nearly two dozen...
PIAA approves winter championship sites for next 4 seasons
Get your Hershey’s chocolate ready. The PIAA basketball and wrestling championships are staying at Giant Center for at least four more seasons. The PIAA board approved winter championship sites for the 2020-21 through 2023-24 seasons this week with no changes. Both the team and individual wrestling tournaments return to Giant...
PIAA approves kicking game, scrimmage options for sub-varsity football teams
Middle school, junior high and junior varsity football coaches can eliminate kickoffs and punts this season, or turn their games into scrimmages, if they choose. The PIAA board approved a plan Wednesday that provides flexibility for coaches looking to teach rather than compete. The proposal was adopted as a one-year...
Heavily recruited Peters Township safety Donovan McMillon commits to FloridaVideo
At this time last summer, Peters Township safety Donovan McMillon didn’t have a single Division I football offer. That changed in a hurry. As college coaches watched his junior film, McMillon’s stock rose as quickly as any recent WPIAL recruit, drawing offers from more than 50 schools. Now, it was...
New coach brings enthusiasm, swagger to Monessen football programVideo
Poised to lift the Monessen football program back to prominence, new coach Shane Swope is bringing the strength of a construction worker, the tact of an architect and the touch of an artist to a program in need. “There is no reason we can’t be up there with the likes...
Face-covering fundraiser to benefit Belle Vernon soccer’s Sasko Tournament
Face coverings, as mandatory and maligned as they are these days, don’t have to be dull. The masks, meant to guard against the spread of covid-19, can be jazzed up with a little creativity. Belle Vernon is using them as a fundraiser for its premier early-season soccer tournament. Proceeds from...
2 WPIAL rising sophomores add basketball offers from MinnesotaVideo
Minnesota women’s basketball coach Lindsay Whalen, a former Olympian and WNBA star, is recruiting two of the WPIAL’s top rising sophomores. North Allegheny’s Jasmine Timmerson and Indiana’s Eve Fiala each added a Gophers offer Friday. The two are AAU teammates on the Western Pa. Bruins, who competed last weekend at...
Neighboring states delay fall sports, but PIAA says ‘our folks don’t want that’
Pennsylvania is surrounded on three sides by states that already have delayed the start of fall sports, a list New York joined late this week. But the PIAA isn’t taking cues from its neighbors. “We’re not following Maryland. We certainly are not following New Jersey,” PIAA executive director Bob Lombardi...
Soccer success helps Greensburg CC put best foot forward in Class A Trib Cup competition
The Greensburg Central Catholic boys and girls soccer teams played for WPIAL gold on Nov. 1 and earned a split decision with the GCC girls settling for silver and the boys winning gold. However, when it came to 2019-20 Class A Trib Cup, it was a unanimous decision in favor...
’Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 45: Schenley’s DeJuan Blair stayed home, almost led Pitt to Final Four
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 45: DeJuan Blair DeJuan Blair stood 6-foot-4 in eighth grade when he was first spotted dunking a basketball. That feat occurred at the Ammons...
Norwin’s Nick Fleming catching eye of Division I baseball programs
Nick Fleming did not have a junior baseball season at Norwin because the PIAA canceled fall athletics due to health concerns over the coronavirus. But that hasn’t stopped him from drawing attention from college programs. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound incoming senior received a pair of Division I scholarship offers this week,...
New Riverview football coach Trevor George hopes to build momentum through summer workouts
When Trevor George was hired as the head coach of the Riverview football team, he hit the ground running with workout and conditioning sessions that helped him get to know better the players with whom he would be working. The Carlynton grad said momentum built over the few weeks from...
New Derry coach Vince Skillings committed to program’s trademark ground game
When Woody Hayes spoke, Vince Skillings listened. A former Derry football star who is taking the reins of his high school alma mater as a first-year head coach, Skillings played defensive back for the legendary Hayes at Ohio State. New coaches often bring new schemes. When asked if Derry will...
PIAA approves weight class reduction for wrestling from 14 to 13
PIAA wrestling is dropping weight. The PIAA board gave final approval Wednesday to a plan that reduces the number of weight classes from 14 to 13 starting next season. The vote was unanimous. The PIAA will maintain weight classes 106, 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 145, 152 and 160 pounds....
Norwin’s Kurtis Phipps, Hempfield’s Olivia Persin earn top honors at Driscoll awards
After a delay of more than 2½ months, the winners of the Excellence Award were revealed Wednesday at the 64th annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete banquet hosted by Judge John J. Driscoll. Hempfield’s Olivia Persin and Norwin’s Kurtis Phipps were surprised. Maybe even shocked. Persin, a three-sport standout, and Phipps, who...
WPIAL grads come to grips with PSAC’s decision to suspend sports for fall semester
Michael Marisco walked the golf course as often as possible over the past couple of months. The Fox Chapel graduate built a measure of momentum with successful results and made the field for the West Penn Amateur at Allegheny Country Club with a first-place finish in a qualifier last month....
PIAA moving forward with fall sports as scheduled
The PIAA won’t cancel or delay fall sports, for now. The board of directors met online Wednesday and agreed to keep the start dates as scheduled, including Aug. 10 for football’s heat acclimatization period. Some neighboring states already delayed their fall seasons, but the PIAA won’t follow their lead, PIAA...
2 WPIAL sophomores announce basketball offers from MarshallVideo
Two rising sophomores in WPIAL girls basketball received Division I offers from the same school Tuesday. Pine-Richland’s Kaili Doctor and North Catholic’s Dacia Lewandowski announced offers from Marshall hours apart. Both play AAU basketball with the Western Pa. Bruins, which competed last weekend at the Hoosier Heat event in Indianapolis....
Upper St. Clair’s Jordan captures medalist honors at Isaly’s Junior event at Youghiogheny
Scott Jordan of Upper St. Clair shot a 1-over par 73 to capture the Isaly’s Junior Tour tournament at Youghiogheny Country Club on Tuesday. Pittsburgh’s Adam Steinmetz was second with a 75 in the 17-18 age division. Cranberry Township’s Dante Rossetti won the 15-16 division by shooting a 77, while...
Penn-Trafford football standout Ethan Carr takes his versatility to Villanova
Ethan Carr navigated unprecedented times in college football recruiting. He connected with coaches via his web cam and relied on his junior season highlights to do the rest of the talking during the most critical time in the process. Showcases and camps were wiped from his schedule and never happened....
Pine-Richland’s Miguel Jackson becomes 3rd WPIAL senior committed to LibertyVideo
Pine-Richland’s Miguel Jackson visited Liberty’s campus on Independence Day weekend and saw some fireworks on the drive home. The “oohs” and “aahs” came a few days later, once he called the school’s football coaches to commit. “They were excited and surprised,” said Jackson, who committed to Liberty on July 8,...
Harrison City’s Turowski wins again on Isaly’s Junior Tour
Nick Turowski continued his dominance on the Tri-State PGA Isaly’s Junior Golf Tour in the 11-14 age division. The Harrison City native shot a 6-under 66 at Willowbrook Country Club on Monday to breeze to a seven-shot victory. Pittsburgh’s Connor McKenzie was second with a 1-over 73. He’s won four...
Westmoreland County scholar-athlete awards to be handed out Wednesday
The votes are in and the winners have been selected for the annual Judge John J. Driscoll Westmoreland Scholar-Athlete banquet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Ferrante’s Lakeview. As long as Gov. Tom Wolf doesn’t make any surprise announcements over the next two days, the winners will be honored in person....
