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Trib HSSN May Madness results for Tuesday, May 26
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Tuesday, May 26 in the second round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. Both winners of these second-round matchups did so convincingly, winning by a slightly less margin than their first- round victories. In the boys’ matchup,...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Maura Huwalt, South Park vs. Kaitlyn Orstein, Mt. Lebanon
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: Pat McAfee, Plum vs. Steve Breaston, Woodland Hills
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: Baseball No. 7
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...
WPIAL reveals 2021 baseball schedules with ‘long overdue’ 2-game section series
If a section opponent had a star pitcher, West Allegheny baseball coach Bryan Cornell always assumed his team would face him twice. Next spring, that will change. The WPIAL released revamped baseball schedules Tuesday that have section teams playing a two-game series on consecutive days in 2021. Now, a team...
Senior Spotlight: North Allegheny jumper looking forward to Princeton career
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Students at North Allegheny have two more weeks of school to finish before they can enjoy the summer. And while the coronavirus has closed high schools and stopped athletics...
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Monday, May 25
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Monday, May 25 in the second round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL Athlete of the Century. Both matchups were unique in that one was close before a late surge turned it into a rout while the other was one-sided before...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Softball No. 7
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...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Pine-Richland’s Meghan Klingenberg vs. Quaker Valley’s Tabitha Bemis
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: Montour’s Devin Wilson vs. New Castle’s Malik Hooker
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: Baseball No. 8
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...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Christa Harmotto, Hopewell vs. Amanda Palenchar, Derry
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: Phil Jurkovec, Pine-Richland vs. A.Q. Shipley, Moon
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...
H.S. notebook: Baseball, softball sections get new look next spring
WPIAL baseball and softball will take on a different look next spring. The league realigned its sections for the 2020-21 season, and a number of Westmoreland teams will move to new classifications and sections. Three area baseball teams — Penn-Trafford, Derry and Mt. Pleasant — are dropping one classification. Penn-Trafford...
PIAA approves new classifications, divisions for competitive spirit
Competitive spirit, which became a PIAA sport eight years ago, will see some changes next season. The PIAA board approved a new formula for grouping teams that measures both school enrollment and squad size. As a result, there will be five state champions crowned next winter rather than four. The...
Senior Spotlight: Thomas Jefferson pitcher overcame obstacles to become one of WPIAL’s best
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Bella Bucy was born with a rare, congenital hand condition called symbrachydactyly. The Thomas Jefferson senior has underdeveloped, shorter fingers on her right hand. As a result, she was...
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Friday, May 22
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Friday, May 22 in the opening round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL athlete of the century. A battle between athletes from the same school was not as close as expected, while the girls final opening-round contest went down to the...
Senior Spotlight: Hempfield javelin champ keeps goals in sight
If things were normal around the world, and we know they’re not, Hempfield Area senior Jake Boord would be in Shippensburg competing in the PIAA Track and Field Championships. But the coronavirus took that opportunity away from Boord and hundreds of athletes from across the state. Still, Boord remains positive...
As Lawrence County transitions to green, football coaches eager to start workouts
Lawrence County is about to turn green, but the battery icon on Joe Cowart’s cell phone was trending toward red. The New Castle football coach’s phone started buzzing Friday after Gov. Tom Wolf named Lawrence among 17 counties moving into the green phase of his color-coded reopening system May 29,...
Connellsville’s Luke Peperak headed to Pitt
All-state forward Luke Peperak is taking his soccer talents to Pitt, where he hopes to follow in his brother’s footsteps. The senior from Connellsville will graduate with the most goals in his school’s history (87). He netted 33 as a senior. His brother, Alex, played at Pitt from 2016-19 and...
WPIAL reveals section schedules for 2020-21 basketball season
In WPIAL boys basketball, Butler vs. Pine-Richland has become one of the hottest section rivalries, with overtime finishes and single-digit margins driving up the drama. Next season, it’ll be 50% bigger. There are only five teams in Section 1-6A boys for the 2020-21 season, so the WPIAL will allow those...
Senior Spotlight: Tennis phenom hoped to make impact in lone season at Greensburg Salem
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight WPIAL spring athletes whose senior years were cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Loren Byers hopes to get on the court for a couple of high-profile tennis tournaments this summer before beginning his studies and joining the men’s team at Penn State....
Trib HSSN May Madness results for Thursday, May 21
The HSSN May Madness results are in from Thursday, May 21 in the opening round of the brackets to determine the WPIAL athlete of the century. Both matchups were one-sided, including the biggest blowout of the first round, which is down to one contest remaining in both brackets. In the...
Trib HSSN May Madness: Todd Thomas, Beaver Falls vs. Lance Jeter, Beaver Falls
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: Lauryn Williams, Rochester vs. Sydney Bordonaro, Burrell
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...
