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Major Corley, championship coach of Monessen girls basketball team, dies of coronavirus
To many who didn’t know him, Major Corley was an imposing figure. He was 6-foot-8 and walked with a slow, mission-oriented pace. Not to mention his nickname was “Tuffy.” But to those who knew him, Tuffy was nothing like his gruff exterior suggested. He was a calm, compassionate and mellow...
Quaker Valley gets a golden kick out of winning the Trib Cup 4A championship
Consistent success throughout the fall and winter sports season and a big season on the pitch by the boys soccer team has Quaker Valley getting their kicks this summer as the Quakers have earned the Class 4A Trib HSSN Sports Cup. Quaker Valley captured gold in both the WPIAL and...
Pitt, Penn State make the cut as Gateway’s Derrick Davis narrows his college options
Pitt and Penn State both made the cut Sunday as Gateway football star Derrick Davis narrowed his college recruiting options. The rising senior announced a Top 7 on Twitter. Joining the Panthers and Nittany Lions on his list were Clemson, Georgia, LSU, Ohio State and Southern Cal. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound...
Avonworth tight end Trevor Faulkner commits to Air Force AcademyVideo
Avonworth rising senior Trevor Faulkner, who had more than a dozen Division I offers, committed Sunday to Air Force. A 6-foot-5, 225-pound tight end and defensive end, Faulkner announced his decision on Twitter. He also held FBS offers from Akron, Army and Liberty. The converted quarterback helped Avonworth win the...
New Yough football coach Chris Chunko tackling unorthodox offseason
Unorthodox and fluid, the first few months of Chris Chunko’s rookie year as a head football coach have been a slow but surprisingly steady process. The job did not come with a how-to manual, especially one that included a section on negotiating the effects of a global pandemic. Football has...
Pitt commit Nahki Johnson announces offer from national champion LSUVideo
West Mifflin’s Nahki Johnson committed to Pitt last summer, but on Saturday night he announced an offer from the defending BCS national champion. “Extremely blessed and humble to say I got an offer from LSU,” the rising senior wrote on Twitter. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound defensive end committed to the Panthers...
Gateway’s Derrick Davis ready to narrow college football offers to Top 7Video
The WPIAL’s top football recruit is getting closer to a decision. Gateway’s Derrick Davis, a rising senior and heavily recruited four-star prospect, announced on Twitter that he’ll reveal his Top 7 schools Sunday. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound safety, linebacker and running back holds offers from nine of the first 10 teams...
A few more doors open for Black athletic directors as WPIAL tries to promote diversity
When Sto-Rox hired LaRoi Johnson as athletic director this summer, he used social media to thank those who had opened doors for him in his career. His list included friends, colleagues and mentors. “I’m happy for all of the people who helped me so much,” said Johnson, a first-time school...
Another neighboring state decides to delay high school football season
Another of Pennsylvania’s neighbors is delaying the start of high school football season. The director of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission — that state’s version of the PIAA — announced Friday that the first day of football practice there is postponed from Aug. 3 to Aug. 17. As...
Mt. Lebanon’s Ashleigh Connor adds 1st Division I basketball offerVideo
Mt. Lebanon’s Ashleigh Connor, one of the WPIAL’s top rising juniors, announced her first Division I basketball offer Friday from Xavier. The Musketeers offer came while Connor was competing at an AAU event in Indianapolis with the Western Pa. Bruins. A 5-foot-10 guard/forward, Connor averaged 22 points and six rebounds...
Franklin Regional athletic director: Prepping for fall sports ‘an uphill battle’
A meeting is planned next week between regional and state high school sports officials and athletic directors “to discuss possible alternatives, like moving fall sports to the spring season and thinking outside the box in ways we haven’t before,” Franklin Regional Athletics Director Zach Kessler said. Kessler called the challenges...
2019-20 Trib Cup: Victory Bell rings loud as North Catholic runs away with title in Class 3A
North Catholic has a tradition that players ring the school’s Victory Bell when their teams win a district or state championship. When it comes to the 2019-20 Class 3A Trib Cup, the bell tolls for the Trojans. The chase for the Cup in 3A wasn’t even close thanks to a...
Latrobe rallies for ninth straight victory in Westmoreland County baseball summer league
Sometimes you win games. Sometimes you get a gift. The latter is what happened to Latrobe on Thursday night at Legion Keener Field in a first-place showdown in the Westmoreland County American Baseball League. Christmas came in July for the Jethawks. Latrobe (11-1) took advantage of 11 walks and a...
Hempfield state wrestling champ Ethan Berginc commits to Army
A PIAA wrestling championship scene-stealer has committed to an NCAA Division I program. Hempfield 113-pounder Ethan Berginc, the Class AAA state champion this past season, announced Thursday he will continue his mat career at Army. Berginc, an incoming senior who attends Jeannette but benefits from a co-op with Hempfield, defeated...
So far, so good as Westmoreland County summer baseball league hits season’s midpoint
It’s the halfway mark for most teams in the Westmoreland County American Baseball League, and things are going as smooth as league director Jason Bush could expect. “We haven’t had any covid-19 cases that I know of in all three leagues,” Bush said. “Bedford/Cambria and the Central Penn leagues are...
Carlynton’s Nathan Milsom honored by Athletic Administrator’s Association
Nathan Milsom loves to challenge himself. The athletic director in the Carlynton School District for more than a decade fills his plate with his duties with the Cougars athletic program, work as the president of several conferences, his involvement with the WPIAL basketball committee and as the veteran head coach...
Belle Vernon state champ Ian Shahan to swim at Army
Wanting to be part of something bigger, Belle Vernon rising senior Ian Shahan committed to join the Army men’s swimming team for the 2021-22 season. “I’ve always been interested in the service academies,” said Shahan, who turned 18 in June. “I had a great visit at West Point and really...
Penn-Trafford sports workouts resume with safety modifications
Penn-Trafford resumed athletic workouts Tuesday but with new provisions to its health and safety guidelines. The school’s voluntary summer conditioning for fall sports teams was paused Friday after Gov. Tom Wolf gave clarification on mask-wearing for indoor and outdoor workouts and discussed the importance of self-quarantining after out-of-state trips. Penn-Trafford’s...
Sewickley’s Fitzgerald wins Hurricane Junior Golf event again
The last time the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour was in Western Pennsylvania, the players played in light snow and cold temperature. That was May 9-10 at Glengarry Golf Links. It was more than 50 degrees warmer Sunday and Monday at Hannastown Golf Club. While the temperatures were different, the winner...
WPIAL, PIAA football gold pave way for Thomas Jefferson to take Trib Cup 5A title
The Thomas Jefferson football team did more than bring WPIAL and PIAA gold back to Jefferson Hills. The Jaguars also led the way to a Trib HSSN Sports Cup championship in Class 5A. The Jaguars football team claimed its fourth WPIAL title in the last five years and captured PIAA...
Derry’s Bushey, Norwin’s Federovich overcame personal challenges to excel
Aidan Bushey and Matt Federovich do not know each other, but they have more than a few things in common. Both were star athletes at their respective high schools, Bushey at Derry and Federovich at Norwin. They were playmakers and lead-by-example teammates. Each will play a sport in college and...
Coronavirus pandemic could worsen WPIAL shortage of football officials
The WPIAL doesn’t have enough football officials, and the coronavirus pandemic could make the shortage worse this fall. At his final WPIAL meeting before retirement, longtime officials representative Bill Sinning warned the board last month there aren’t enough officials for every football team to play Friday nights. At least one...
Athletes not required to wear face masks during workouts, state says
Pennsylvania’s athletes are not required to wear a face mask during workouts or competition, according to guidance provided Friday by Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration. However, those athletes must wear a mask when not engaged in activity, according to state Heath Secretary Rachel Levine. The PIAA shared information from Levine to...
Return-to-football workouts expose those ‘slacking’ when schools closedVideo
Central Catholic’s campus was closed for three months, cutting off access to the football team’s weight room, but most players found ways to stay in shape. With this week’s temperature in the 90s, their fitness was tested. “There are people who were working out and people who were slacking,” said...
2019-20 Trib Cup: Basketball success lifts OLSH to repeat in Class 2A
Though the school did not sweep gold in football along with both boys and girls basketball like it did the previous year, one championship out of three was enough to give Our Lady of the Sacred Heart another Class 2A Trib Cup. The honors continue with the announcement of the...
