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Senior Spotlight: Final tennis season wiped out, but South Park senior’s golf game in full swing
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Stone Ellis was a rock for the South Park boys golf and tennis teams the past several seasons. He hoped to cap his prep athletic career this spring with...
Kiski Area planning for fall sports season despite distance learning decision
Kiski Area’s superintendent announced plans to start next school year online, an approach other districts may adopt, but that doesn’t mean sports are canceled. “If every other PIAA school in the WPIAL is ramping up for fall sports, we will be doing the same thing,” Kiski Area athletic director John...
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Tuesday, June 2
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Tuesday, June 2 in the second round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. We had two more convincing wins as the theme of impressive victories in Round 2 continues with only one more match left before the...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Hunter Robinson, Avonworth vs. Rachel Martindale, North Allegheny
Over a month and a half, May Madness will determine who you 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...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Neil Walker, Pine-Richland vs. T.J. McConnell, Chartiers Valley
Over a month and a half, May 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 alums. Outside of a few exceptions, the field is made up of...
Former Franklin Regional coach Doug Kelly expected to get Penn-Trafford boys basketball job
Doug Kelly is the recommended candidate to be the next boys basketball coach at Penn-Trafford. He is expected to be approved at the next school board meeting, set for June 15, according to a source. The district advertised in-house first and then posted the job online for a couple of...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Softball No. 4
From classification expansion to field renovations forcing a change in the venue for the district championships, there was a lot going on with the WPIAL softball championships this past decade. From Lilly Field at Cal (Pa.) to Seton Hill to a mishmash of title games played here and there or...
Former assistant Amber Cernuto takes over Southmoreland girls basketball program
While taking a year off for personal reasons, Amber Cernuto was able to watch Southmoreland girls basketball from a different vantage point. She didn’t mind buying tickets to see this team play. Even from the bleachers, the former assistant coach could see the budding talent and potential from a group...
Latrobe grad steps down from Ringgold girls basketball coaching position
After two seasons at the helm of the Ringgold girls basketball program, Lindsy Muchnock has tendered her resignation. The former Seton Hill and Latrobe star was hired at Ringgold in August 2018, taking over for Erika McCarthy. In her two seasons at Ringgold, Muchnock finished with an overall record of...
Senior Spotlight: Freeport 2-sport standout left her mark on diamond
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Tori Radvan will have plenty of memories from her prep sports career. Wins and hardware. Home run trots and match-turning spikes. The senior from Freeport was a standout softball...
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Monday, June 1
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Monday, June 1 in the second round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. It was another one-sided affair, but there also was the first nail biter of the second round that wasn’t decided until the final minutes....
4 unanswered questions about PIAA sports, covid-19
Here are a few unanswered questions regarding PIAA sports and covid-19: When can Pennsylvania high school teams resume workouts? For now, PIAA teams must wait until July 1 to start working out together because Gov. Tom Wolf has school buildings closed for the rest of this school year in response...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Jess Strom, Steel Valley vs. Becky Novacek, Hopewell
Over the course of the next month and a half, May 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 alums. Outside of a few exceptions, the field...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Tyler Boyd, Clairton vs. Ayden Owens, North Allegheny
Over the course of the next month and a half, May 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 alums. Outside of a few exceptions, the field...
Penn State eliminated as Peters Township’s McMillon reveals Top 5
Peters Township junior Donovan McMillon eliminated Pitt and West Virginia a month ago, and now Penn State also disappeared from his list of college football destinations. The 6-foot-2, 193-pound safety announced a top five list of finalists Monday that included Florida, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas Tech and Virginia Tech. He’d eliminated...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Baseball No. 5
While it almost became a theme to repeat in WPIAL softball this past decade, it was nearly an impossible dream for district baseball teams. Wild Things Park in Washington continued to be the home for the WPIAL baseball championships, but only twice in 42 title games was a school successful...
Rising star Brendan McKay of the Tampa Bay Rays talks winning WPIAL gold, the coach opponents love to hate
Trib HSSN has been fortunate to cover a lot of great athletes these last two decades. While the “Best of the Century” contest continues, we now feature some of the brightest high school stars from the last two decades twice a week on Monday and Thursday on the Rebel Yell...
Iowa becomes 1st state to resume high school sports with baseball, softballVideo
While Pennsylvania debates the future of fall sports, Monday was the first day of baseball and softball season for high schools in Iowa. Like the rest of the country, the Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa High School Girls Athletic Union canceled spring sports seasons, but the state...
Saint Vincent’s Sleith hangs up cleats to get head start on coaching career at alma mater
Regrets? Surprisingly, you won’t get any from Alona Sleith. A softball star at Saint Vincent who had two years left to play, Sleith gave up the game to try her hand at coaching. A former all-region and all-conference player who led the Bearcats in batting average (.392) and RBIs (40)...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Hopewell vs. Amani Johnson, East Allegheny
Over the course of the next month and a half, May Madness will determine who you 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 alums. Outside of a few exceptions, the...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Darrelle Revis, Aliquippa vs. Spencer Lee, Franklin Regional
Over the course of the next month and a half, May 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 alums. Outside of a few exceptions, the field...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Softball No. 5
From classification expansion to field renovations forcing a change in the venue for the district championships, there was a lot going on with the WPIAL softball championships this past decade. From Lilly Field at Cal (Pa.) to Seton Hill to a mishmash of title games played here and there or...
Will June be busy or quiet for 2021 WPIAL football recruits?
June can be a busy month for college football commitments, but will this year be different? A year ago, 14 of the state’s Top 25 recruits made their decision in June, according to Rivals.com rankings. That 2019 list of June commitments included WPIAL stars Michael Carmody of Mars, A.J. Beatty...
Senior Spotlight: Preseason trip provided lasting memories for Division I-bound USC midfielder
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. The Upper St. Clair girls lacrosse team was able to spend more time together than most in Western Pennsylvania. There were the typical captains’ practices throughout the offseason, as...
Senior Spotlight: Frazier softball star who started PIAA petition made her voice heard
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. No one can question whether Emi Curcio’s voice was heard. The proof lies in an online petition she set up a few months ago. One that generated a brow-raising...
