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WPIAL connections lead Gateway defensive back Shane Thrift to DelawareVideo
Shane Thrift hasn’t visited Delaware’s campus yet, but he’s confident he’ll feel comfortable there. The Blue Hens already have seven former WPIAL athletes on the football roster, so Thrift decided to join them. The 6-foot, 170-pound defensive back and wide receiver announced his commitment Monday. “There are a lot of...
Trib HSSN June Madness finals: Tyler Boyd, Clairton vs. Spencer Lee, Franklin Regional
We have finally reached Championship Week in June Madness as we finally determine who fans believe is the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. HSSN put together two 32-player brackets, one for the boys and one for the girls, of WPIAL alums. Outside of a few exceptions, the field was made...
Pine-Richland’s Miguel Jackson identifies 9 finalists, wants to visit every campus
Pine-Richland defensive lineman Miguel Jackson set out to pick eight finalists from his list of 30 college offers, but that task proved harder than expected. “It was difficult to choose,” he said. “I was planning on doing a Top 8, but another school came in.” So, Jackson created a Top...
Tom Evans retires as athletic director at Yough
The longest-tenured athletic director in Westmoreland County has retired. Yough’s Tom Evans, who has been athletic director or assistant AD since 1993, will retire as a teacher on June 30. Evans has also been a PIAA official for more than 35 years and has served on various committees with the...
Driscoll Westmoreland scholar-athlete banquet set for July 15
It looks like the 64th annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete banquet is a go. According to banquet host Judge John J. Driscoll, the banquet will be 6 p.m. on July 15 at Ferrante’s Lakeview Lounge in Hempfield. Guests will be limited to scholar-athletes, families, athletic directors and committee members and sponsors....
Montour’s Jaiden Hill sticks with 1st Division I offer, commits to LibertyVideo
Jaiden Hill’s first offer turned out to be his favorite. The Montour rising senior announced he committed Sunday to Liberty, the school that gave him his first Division I offer in March. He’d since added Duquesne and Robert Morris but ultimately stuck with the Flames, an independent FBS team. The...
Westmoreland high school notebook: 2022 recruiting resumes
With excessive early commitments in Division I women’s soccer sweeping the country in recent years, the NCAA opted to make a rule change in 2019. Players regularly were committing as freshmen and sophomores. So rising juniors — girls or boys — were not allowed to have contact with Division I...
Trib HSSN June Madness semifinal results for Friday, June 19
The HSSN June Madness results are in from Friday, June 19 in the final semifinals match of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. Two real life friends and former AAU teammates fought for the final championship berth in the Battle of the Alleghenies, and in the...
Q&A with new WPIAL executive director Amy Scheuneman: Will there be fall sports?Video
As Amy Scheuneman points out, there was no coronavirus pandemic when she agreed to become the WPIAL executive director. While that’s true, she’s certainly not running from the challenge. “One of my favorite movies is ‘The Replacements,’” said Scheuneman, who borrows a line from football coach Jimmy McGinty, played in...
Noel Roach commits to Akron after talks with former Penn Hills teammateVideo
Noel Roach couldn’t visit Akron’s campus, so the Penn Hills senior found other ways to learn about the school and its football program. It helps to have a trusted source on the inside. Roach committed Friday to Akron, where former Penn Hills teammate Corey Thomas is a redshirt freshman on...
13 WPIAL wrestlers rated among nation’s best in preseason rankings
Four Waynesburg wrestlers were among a group of 13 from the WPIAL that cracked the top 20 in TheOpenMat.com’s national preseason rankings. Four PIAA returning champions from the WPIAL made the list: Franklin Regional senior Carter Dibert, Seneca Valley senior Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, Waynesburg senior Wyatt Henson and Mt. Pleasant junior...
High school golfers get head start with eased restrictions, summer tournaments
Freeport’s youth program is as much of a summer tradition at Buffalo Golf Course as outings and leagues. The program, which amounts to a voluntary preseason gathering of high school golfers who are getting ready for the fall season, has been in place since 1993 and has not missed a...
Trib HSSN June Madness semifinal results for Thursday, June 18
The HSSN June Madness results are in from Thursday, June 18 in the third semifinals match of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. It was not by decision, but rather a decisive pin that Spencer Lee of Franklin Regional defeated Luke Hagy of Mt. Lebanon. The...
Trib HSSN June Madness semifinal: Amani Johnson, East Allegheny vs. Rachel Martindale, North Allegheny
Over the course of the next week, June Madness will determine who fans believe is the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. HSSN has put together two 32-player brackets, one for the boys and one for the girls, of WPIAL alumni. Outside of a few exceptions, the field is made up...
WPIAL plans Diversity Advisory Council to better represent minority communities
The WPIAL soon could have a Diversity Advisory Council, created to give a louder voice to the challenges faced by minority communities. Associate executive director Amy Scheuneman shared her idea Thursday with the WPIAL board of directors, who supported the plan and voted unanimously to develop the council at a...
Greensburg Salem’s Mankins captures Westmoreland County junior in playoffVideo
It’s been a busy week on the golf course for Greensburg Salem’s Jeff Mankins. He’s competed in three tournaments and played 92 holes over the past four days. He capped off the week by winning his first Westmoreland County Golf Association’s Junior Amateur on Thursday at Latrobe Country Club. Mankins,...
WPIAL eliminates football, basketball pairings meetings in cost-cutting move
The longstanding WPIAL playoff tradition that drew football and basketball coaches to a crowded hotel conference room is ending. The WPIAL board voted Thursday to eliminate pairings meetings in a money-saving move meant to reduce the league’s 2020-21 budget. Concerned covid-19 could cause the WPIAL financial pain, the board unanimously...
It’s a great day to be a Cavalier: Kiski Area football team returns to practice field
Kiski Area football coach Sam Albert starts every practice the same way. He steps onto the field and yells the phrase, “It’s a great day to be a Cavalier.” But after a long layoff because of the coronavirus pandemic, the longtime coach was a little rusty when his team returned...
Trib HSSN June Madness semifinal results for Wednesday, June 17
The HSSN June Madness results are in from Wednesday, June 17 in the second semifinals match of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. This was a victory for the youth and for field over track. Maura Huwalt, a 2019 South Park graduate, continued to throw aside...
Trib HSSN June Madness semifinals: Spencer Lee, Franklin Regional vs. Luke Hagy, Mt. Lebanon
Over the course of the next week, June Madness will determine who fans believe is the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. HSSN has put together two 32-player brackets, one for the boys and one for the girls, of WPIAL alumni. Outside of a few exceptions, the field is made up...
Norwin names Tim McCabe as interim athletic director
It did not take long for Norwin to name an interim director of athletics and activities to replace the athletic director who has taken a similar job with neighboring Hempfield Area. Tim McCabe, Norwin High School’s assistant principal, has been named interim athletic director, Superintendent Jeff Taylor said. McCabe was...
Beaver County league gives high school softball players a place to play
High school softball is coming back — at least in Beaver County. It may be a permutation of the real thing since the WPIAL season was scratched because of the cornavirus outbreak, but a new league will include many of the same players. A 10-team, unnamed league, the brainchild of...
Trib HSSN June Madness semifinal results for Tuesday, June 16
The HSSN June Madness results are in from Tuesday, June 16 in the first semifinals match of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. The NFL center from Moon High School was a perfect 3-0 against former quarterbacks in the first three rounds. However, his luck ran...
Trib HSSN June Madness semifinals: Lauryn Williams, Rochester vs. Maura Huwalt, South Park
Over the course of the next week, June Madness will determine who fans believe is the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. HSSN has put together two 32-player brackets, one for the boys and one for the girls, of WPIAL alumni. Outside of a few exceptions, the field is made up...
PIAA could rewrite co-op rule, making combined teams easier for schools
The PIAA could rewrite its co-op rule this summer, making it easier for two schools to form a combined sports team. Currently, to cooperatively sponsor a sport, school districts must be contiguous, meaning they share a border. But at times, neighboring districts aren’t willing or able to co-op, so schools...
